How do I make videos?

What should I talk about on my channel?

What...

Wait, I'm just gonna stop you right there

I am NOT gonna answer another of your questions on YouTube

And before you get all mad about it

Hear me out. There are several reasons why.

First of all, I'm not a smashing-it YouTuber myself

I'm still climbing up the ladders, kind of halfway there

So I don't kind of feel like in the right place to give you advice on this

Even if I am

I am extremely busy

As you can tell from the dark circles.

They're just getting darker and darker every single day

But that I'll put aside the main reason why I am NOT gonna talk about making videos to anyone

anymore is simply because I've done it so many times already

Sitting down with people over dinner, replying personal messages, getting back to email

getting into detail on how to set up your channel...

choose your microphone, camera, your lighting settings, how to set the composition, etc, etc

I've done it so many times

And it's not that I mind spending my time on this

Actually I love sharing. I love talking about this.

What bothers me is like out of the 10 or 20 people that I've got back to on these questions...

On the top of my head, like only one person actually started his own channel

So for the 9 rest or the 19 rest that haven't

Guys, what a waste of my time, honestly

So if you want to start a channel, start a channel.

Quit asking. Get down to it.

Just Do It !

Wait, that sounds advertising

Impossible is nothing.

So just...

Do it

Couldn't think of another phrase to phrase it.

I love working with doers. They turn ideas into entities.

They walk the walk. They're go-getters

They're always on the go

I like sharing with these guys and girls

Cuz you know they're gonna turn this conversation that we're having now into something real before the next time we meet

And that makes you excited

I like to think of my college martial arts coach.

Yeah, I've learned a little bit of Kung fu myself

He's this really cool and straight guy with a ponytail looks like ancient Chinese

Whenever he's here at practice

he teaches us the basics and then he makes his practice for hours

Whenever I ask him a question, he asks me back

Have you practiced a hundred times yet?

Uh.. No, coach

Then come back when you've done so

He never gives us easy answers

He always makes us find out on our own

His philosophy is simple.

He'll tell you the basics

But you got to do the work yourself

He makes you practice repeatedly countless times

And a lot of times, along the way you just figure it out yourself

And even if you don't

after so much practice, he's like...

So you've done it a hundred times?

Yes, coach

Show me

And he goes like

That's your problem.

You're exposing your head to your enemy

So tell me what are you gonna do about it now

That's right

Just without the Bruce Lee sounds

After all that practice, he gives you this tiny little tip that makes you all of a sudden realize what you've been missing out all along

And if it weren't for all that practice, we wouldn't have understood the significance and the difference of these tiny little details

Coach never gave us easy answers

He made us earn them so that we would never forget

And the same is with everything

Today's video is not talking about being or not being a YouTuber

It's about taking action, putting things into practice

You can only take away as much effort you put into it

If you sit down with me, we talk about how to set up your camera, your lightings, the composition, how to make your thumbnail stand out, etc.

You wouldn't understand to the fullest 'cos you haven't got your hands on it yourself yet

If I gave you an amount of ten, you'd probably take away like four or five or even less

The more you've done it yourself, the more you'd understand

And I guess that's probably why MBA programs in the States require that you have a three to five year work experience before you apply

So now when somebody asks me advice on how to start a channel I simply give them the basics

Go get a Googla account. It's tied in with your YouTube account

Go to youtube settings and click on "create a new channel"

Just follow the steps. It's easy

Voila! Simple!

Change your profile, your photo, your banner, and the next thing...

Make five videos before the next time we meet

Ciao

Bye

Go!

It's the same with everything

You got to do your own bit

You got to put in your effort before you start to really learn something

Peace