On Purpose with Jay Shetty - The 3 Pillars Needed To Achieve Greatness: Community, Coaching & Consistency

Episode Date: November 1, 2019

Are you currently feeling stuck? If you’ve been working toward your goals and feel you aren’t getting the results you are looking for, this episode will help you tremendously. The key to achieving... your goals is to quickly dial into the 3 C’s: Consistency, Community, and Coaching from a mentor. You may have one of the three down, but you’ll learn why no long-term growth is sustainable without them all. Commit to the three C's & growth will follow. - Jay Shetty See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:01:39 Namaste. Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose. My name's Jay Shetty. I am so, so grateful that you're here right now. And I just want to take a moment, listen to this. This is crazy, right? We're nearly at 10,000 five star reviews. It's insane.
Starting point is 00:01:58 And that's thanks to each and every single one of you that are turning up every single week. Our audience and community is growing on a daily basis and we're so close to having those 10,000 reviews. So if you're already a subscriber to the podcast, thank you so much. If you haven't subscribed, please do so you get notified whenever we launch a new podcast. And if you've already subscribed, please, please, please go and relieve a review. It means so much to me. I love reading the ones that are so powerful, so deep and so meaningful, and they really, really do mean a lot to me. So thank you so much. Now, this week, I want to do
Starting point is 00:02:31 something really interesting on the episode. I'm speaking a lot of events. I'm going to a lot of sessions. And sometimes these Q&A and events are really powerful ways for me to connect with each of you. And I want to share these with you you and the reason I want to share them with you is sometimes I think when someone asks me a question in the audience, I'm thinking I bet there's more people who think like this I bet there's more people that are struggling with this or challenge with this and then when I did this Q&A I thought this one I want to share on the podcast So what you're about to hear right now is a Q&A that I did in an event this year, and you're going to get to hear people ask me
Starting point is 00:03:07 their real challenges, real questions, and you're going to hear me talk about so many different things, everything from being a video creator, all the way through to being more mindful, through how to have real transformation in your life. And I talk about these three Cs of transformation, which you're going to hear, but I want to put them up front for you. You're going to hear about the power of coaching, the power of consistency, and the power of community. And as you're listening through this episode, I want you to ask yourself that question, where am I getting coaching? Of course, you're listening to this podcast, so you're getting it right here. But where, where in your life are you open to mentorship and coaching?
Starting point is 00:03:41 The second thing is, what is helping you be consistent? If the air in your life you want to accelerate, are you consistent in growth in that space? And the third is, are you surrounding yourself with a community that is built for growth? I can't wait for you to hear this episode, as always, share your insights on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and everywhere else, and I can't wait to see what you learn. and everywhere else, and I can't wait to see what you learn. [♪ music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music playing in background, music anything. I'll just work. Perfect, let's do it. Hey J. I love when we share our last session about how we get to be conscious with our consumption. Yes. Especially social media. I'm going to flip that and go even into creation. And so when you look at kind of an overlay of my as those hierarchy leads and the internet
Starting point is 00:04:40 and social media, one might say that Facebook is giving us belongingness, linked in achievement. What's next in terms of self-actualization and ultimately self-transcendence? Yeah, thank you for asking that question. So first of all, I don't think any social media can give us self-actualization. I wish it could, that'd be so cool if you could
Starting point is 00:05:03 take a pill or watch a video or whatever it may be and that it just gave you that moment, that would be so cool if he could take a pillow, watch a video or whatever it may be, and that it just gave you that moment. It would be amazing. But I think what's next is we have come to a place where I think people are looking for alternatives that people have become dissatisfied with the norm. It's why social media videos around the positive elements are growing because all of us are seeking, and I think that's awesome. And I think the biggest thing we have to do is I think everyone has to sit down and
Starting point is 00:05:26 just seek a step further and just go, okay, I've found this piece of content online that inspired me, that moved me. What do I do now about it in my real life? Right? That's online offline. What am I going to do offline that is parallel to what I just saw online? And if it's just constantly watching more videos, that's not gonna work. There are needed regular reminders, but I think we have to go have an offline experience. So what I say to a lot of people is, like, I love the fact that we're all meditating
Starting point is 00:05:54 for five minutes a day, ten minutes a day, et cetera. But if you can go away and do a day course on meditational mindfulness or self-realization, if you can go away and do a weekend, an immersive experience, trumps, sorry to use that one. A immersive experience trumps a 10 minute segment that you could do all year, any day,
Starting point is 00:06:16 in terms of deepening an experience. I'll explain what I mean. If you meet someone that you wanna date, go guy whatever it is, and you wanna date them, and you saw them for 10 minutes a day, How long will it take you to fall in love? If you spend a whole weekend with someone, you're more likely to know whether you want to be in love with them or not and what works and what doesn't. So my point is the 10 minutes today is great but go have an immersive experience, go and really
Starting point is 00:06:39 get stuck into an ideology, a methodology that works for you, and then that 10 minutes is going to feel meaningful and fruitful. So that would be my tip. Thank you so much, man. Thank you for your question. Hey, man. I'm sure that you just wanted to know, what is the biggest obstacle that you're currently overcoming in the entrepreneur?
Starting point is 00:06:56 Beautiful question. Wow, thank you for that. I think the biggest obstacle, can I give two? I have internal and external things for everything. And what I mean by that is, there's stuff that I'm working on personally that's a challenge and then there's professional stuff that's a challenge. So the professional stuff that's a challenge is we're still living in a world which values mainstream media messages. So for a lot of us creators who are really trying to make a stand we're still trying to break through that noise.
Starting point is 00:07:24 There is a group of people that have been buying the same work, doing the same work, spreading the same messages, and slowly we're trickling in there, but it's still required a lot of work. So the more people that keep reminding people that this is where the world's going, this is what the world needs, that's going to help all of us break through. So that's one of the biggest obstacles that I face all the time is despite everything, you're still having to convince people, right? Who are in positions of power, that wellness,
Starting point is 00:07:54 empowerment, uplifting messages, are the future of what humanity needs. So we still live in a world that wants to feed us negative content, we still live in a world that wants to go with the quick win, right, the cheap comedy, the quick win, rather than the refining acts of creation. On a personal level, the biggest obstacle I go through
Starting point is 00:08:12 is refining my intention on a daily basis. And the reason why I say it's an obstacle is because I always remind myself to be cautious. I'd rather be more cautious than end up in a mess. So every day I refine my intention about what I say yes to and what I say no to. It's so easy to say yes to brand deals because they make a lot of money. But constantly I'm looking at them and refining my intention and going,
Starting point is 00:08:36 is this going to help my audience? Because that's why I started. When I started, I didn't think about any of that. All I started was service. And so I'm constantly reminding myself to only create and only make out of service. So if something's going to serve, then it fits. If it's not going to serve, then I don't really want that in my life, because that's going to keep planting what I call weeds. So I'm always refining my seed and weed formula.
Starting point is 00:08:59 So seeds are positive seeds, positive themes that are going to empower people, help people, serve people and weeds are negative intentions. So seeds are positive intentions, weeds are negative intentions, every day I'm ripping out those weeds out of my heart because I don't want to plant those weeds because we all know weeds don't grow trees,
Starting point is 00:09:18 fruits or shade for anyone else. Yeah, thank you. Awesome man, I'll see you there. Thank you bro, good to see you. I'll be trying to wear my t-shirt. I love it. It's really nice. Hey, how's it going? So I have questions you create a lot of content and a lot of people obviously watch it
Starting point is 00:09:35 and it's way consummational for a lot of people. I was curious about a senior portion of the program from that. What do you see actually with people from watching to bringing that shift of engaging and taking action for themselves? Absolutely. So I think videos give inspiration.
Starting point is 00:09:54 In three to four minutes, you can inspire someone. And let's not. I don't want to underestimate the potential of a video, too. I get thousands of messages every week, where someone messages me and says, your video stopped me from committing suicide. And for me, that's why I make video at one of the deepest levels. It's incredible to see, I never thought a video could do that, but it does.
Starting point is 00:10:15 And I always response saying, no, I didn't do that. You did that. You stopped yourself from committing suicide. Take that responsibility. You did it. You won. You beat that battle, not me. You did it yourself.
Starting point is 00:10:25 And so I don't want to take away from the power of a video, but what I do want to say is that the quicker you can get into something that is consistent, community-based, and coached by a mentor, the quicker you're going to grow. Those are the three C's of growth, right? You need a coach. If you want to get good at everything, you have to have a coach.
Starting point is 00:10:42 There is no one who's got good at anything without having a coach, whether it was conscious or subconscious, whether you knew it or you didn't know it. You know, for me, a big thing was getting a person trained in last year when I started exercising more, taking care of my body and my health. I realized how much a coach could make you fall in love with something you don't enjoy. So coaches are the number one. The second thing is it needs to be consistent.
Starting point is 00:11:03 It's not good enough to hear someone wants at a conference. It's not good enough to hear someone once at a conference. It's not good enough to meet someone once a month. You need that consistency. We shower every day, we eat every day. Right? You have to do both to stay alive. So you need to refuel and renew your mind every single day. It needs to be consistent. And the third thing is it needs community.
Starting point is 00:11:20 Right? If you're growing without community, it's not sustainable. All of us needs friends that want the same thing. All of us need friends to discuss things with, to grow with, to hear the same ideas back, to reflect with. So those are the three C's. So if you're not growing, it's because one of those three C's or two of those three C's, or maybe three of those three C's
Starting point is 00:11:38 are not in our lives. So I ask myself, when I'm not growing, I'm like, which one's missing? And then I find it, and then I go find that, and I water that. Right? So three T's. Awesome, thanks. I'm Jay Shetty, and on my podcast on purpose, I've had the honor to sit down with some of the most incredible hearts and minds on the planet.
Starting point is 00:11:59 Oprah. Everything that has happened to you can also be a strength builder for you if you allow it. Kobe Bryant. The results don't really matter. It's the figuring out that matters. Kevin Haw. It's not about us as a generation at this point. It's about us trying our best to create change. Luminous Hamilton. That's for me been taking that moment for yourself each day, being kind to yourself because I think for a long time I wasn't kind to myself. And many, many more. If you're attached to knowing, you don't have a capacity to learn.
Starting point is 00:12:31 On this podcast, you get to hear the raw real-life stories behind their journeys, and the tools they used, the books they read, and the people that made a difference in their lives so that they can make a difference in hours. Listen to on-purpose with Jay Shetty on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Join the journey soon. I'm Dr. Romani and I am back with season two of my podcast, Navigating Narcissism. Narcissists are everywhere and their toxic behavior in words can cause serious harm to
Starting point is 00:13:02 your mental health. In our first season, we heard from Eileen Charlotte, who was loved by the Tinder Swindler. The worst part is that he can only be guilty for stealing the money from me, but he cannot be guilty for the mental part he did. And that's even way worse than the money he took. But I am here to help. As a licensed psychologist and survivor of narcissistic abuse myself, I know how to identify the narcissists in your life.
Starting point is 00:13:33 Each week, you will hear stories from survivors who have navigated through toxic relationships, gaslighting, love bombing, and the process of their healing from these relationships. Listen to navigating narcissism on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is what it sounds like inside the box-paw. I'm journalist and I'm Morton in my podcast, City of the Rails.
Starting point is 00:14:01 I plunge into the dark world of America's railroads searching for my daughter Ruby who ran off to hop train. I'm just like stuck on this train, not where I'm gonna end up. And I jump. Following my daughter, I found a secret city of unforgettable characters, living outside society, off the grid and on the edge. I was in love with a lifestyle and the freedom, this community. No one understands who we truly are. The rails made me feel like I was in love with the lifestyle and the freedom this community. No one understands who we truly are. The Rails made me question everything I knew about motherhood, history, and the thing we call the American dream.
Starting point is 00:14:37 It's the last vestige of American freedom. Everything about it is extreme. You're either going to die, or you can have this incredible rebirth and really understand who you are. Come with me to find out what waits for us in the city of the rails. Listen to city of the rails on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Or cityoftherails.com. How did you begin the whole content creation thing?
Starting point is 00:15:07 Sure. I have a company right now where I'm doing a lot of it at myself. It's trying to figure out who my audience is, who naturally fits with me. Go after the audience and try to fit myself to them. How do the whole content things start for you? Absolutely. A lot of people don't know this, but I started making content when I was 18, but it wasn't online.
Starting point is 00:15:27 So when I first got exposed to the wisdom that I speak about now, I set up a university society called Think Out Loud. And literally groups of 10 students would come to him and speak every week on philosophy, psychology, and science. And so I would do these interactive presentations. And I did them every week from 18 to 22, and by the end, when I left university, we had 100 students coming every single week.
Starting point is 00:15:50 So one of the things I talk about with any good content creator is, I've spent more time with people's pain, and that's why the content works. Because when you've sat with people and you've really understood their issues, and you've done it again and again and again, and bear in mind, when I did that university, it made zero money, I had zero followers and it was zero views. It was purely, and it still is, to help people, but at that time there was no other element to it.
Starting point is 00:16:13 But I have to sit with real people, with real challenges. Come into a conference like this is great. The questions you ask me are feeding content in my mind because I'm hearing what people are really struggling with. So the first step is you've got to sit with real people with real stories, who have real challenges, because ultimately content has to be a cure to that.
Starting point is 00:16:31 And the second thing I say is that there's two types of content creators. One is the sell out, and one is the sell fish. So a sell fish creates only creates videos for themselves. You know when you make a video, I'm like, I would sew watch this, right? And it's like, yes, you're the only person that would so watch that. And I've made some of those videos too, where you just think you're so smart and you look so cool. But that's
Starting point is 00:16:51 selfish creator. You make stuff that only you understand, right? No one else would get it. And then you have the, the sell out content creator. The sell out only makes for the audience. The sell out goes, oh, what's trending this week? Let me make a video about this. Oh, that buzzword, or I'm going to chuck it in there. And that doesn't work either, because that's hard to refuel. It's hard to feel meaningful. So the truth is the marriage between the two. You want to listen to people to find out what their challenges are,
Starting point is 00:17:17 but you want to draw from whatever you're learning to serve that challenge. And you finding that sweet spot is where, where all the content creation happens. So for me, all of my videos start with a real challenge someone's dealing with. And then I'm finding a solution in what I learn as a monk to apply to that. And I always try and find science to back it up because I'm a bit of a geek and I like science. So that's kind of how I create content. Thank you so much. Hey, I'm Ali. I'm a fellow at work that I'm trying to do right now, helping my students invest in their personal development,
Starting point is 00:17:49 providing personal development scholarships. And so I want to know you would go back in time to tell your guys for yourself to what would you say to invest in yourself early when you just didn't have time to do some energy just invest in their personal development. The biggest thing I did wrong was I used to look at job specs and think, can I do that? I would look at a job specification, I'm sure many of you have done this.
Starting point is 00:18:14 The stats show that when men look at job specs, if they can do 75% of it, they are like, yeah, I'm applying. If women look at it, and even if they could do 75% of it, they'll say, I can't apply. So women, obviously, are based on that and more honest than men. But men have that ability, a statistic show, that men are over amplifying their skill set and how they view themselves. So my point being that I always analyzed my abilities
Starting point is 00:18:39 based on what a job spec said. So I was always trying to fit what I had into that. And I think everyone should work the opposite way around. We should be teaching young people to reflect on, what am I good at? What are my skills? What brings me alive? What do I love?
Starting point is 00:18:54 What do I love doing and could work on all night long? Like when you start getting someone to live like that, they're either gonna find a job and create their own job inside a company, or they're gonna go off and become an entrepreneur. Or they're going to do something that's really meaningful to them. It's not about entrepreneurship or being an employer, any of those options. It's the point of, let's not look at our lives based on,
Starting point is 00:19:14 do we fit a resume? Do we fit in a job spec? Analyzing yourself based on that is so limiting, and I did that for such a long time. And so my biggest advice to my high school self or just before I got a college, your started a job would be, let's get me to reflect on what I'm good at, what I'm passionate about. And the second step is, let me get really good at it. And that's what's often missed. We always hear people say, like, follow your passion, like, live your passion. That's terrible if you're not good at it.
Starting point is 00:19:42 Right? That's terrible advice if you're not the best in the world at it or in or one of the best in the world at it. So I absolutely love soccer, right football, real football. I absolutely love soccer and I've played my whole life. I'm pretty good. I could never have played at a Premier League level. And I love it and I'm passionate about it. I love the sport, but I don't have the physical ability
Starting point is 00:20:05 or the physical training, or even the tolerance and discipline to do that. And so it's not just about what you're passionate and I think we've got to stop just pushing that bit. It's about passion and then perfecting. And we've got to force people to move that passion to perfection. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:20:20 Thank you. Oh, awesome. Happy birthday. Have a great weekend. Hey. Hey. Hi, awesome. Happy birthday. Have a great weekend. Hey. Hi, guys. I'm a single last session. I think we're still really struck behind on this. How do you portray a pain in the online online online?
Starting point is 00:20:29 Can you talk about that model? Because at the end of the day, it's a simple, straight, but it's a common way to have a good time. And I'm trying to be a talking about it. So I love the core and it's a kind of helpful thing to tell. Absolutely. So I come from a world where I used to do a lot of one-to-one coaching, working with individuals.
Starting point is 00:20:55 And then when I had this desire, I read that study that said, more people own a smartphone than a toothbrush. And I was just like, I need this content to connect with everyone in the world. And that's when I started making videos because I felt that I didn't just want to speak to the boardrooms. I didn't just want to speak at conferences. I wanted this to touch everyone who owned a mobile phone, like because then we could help everyone in the world because that was a pattern that I saw. And so when I came from that world and then I started making videos and then multiple
Starting point is 00:21:23 people sent emails to me saying, hey, Jay, we'd love to be coached by you, we'd love to work with you. And I realized if I started doing individual coaching again, I could never keep up with it. So I set up my genius coaching group at the beginning of last year in 2018, which is my online coaching program, which has thousands of members all over the world
Starting point is 00:21:41 that are connecting and being coached by me as a group. And the beautiful thing in that is that the community is so strong and so deep. People meet each other for birthdays, they send each other Christmas presents. People are getting, if I went down my page right now, I could show you every city in which we have a meet-up right now. Which I'm going to do it, because it's fun. If I could bring up on the screen, I would. But this, this has given me more joy than anything I've achieved in the last year because we have all these meetups having every week and the best thing is
Starting point is 00:22:08 They're not based around me being present and that's the most fulfilling thing to me that it's not I don't have to turn up for people to meet so this is just this week New York London Switzerland San Francisco, India Bangalore, Mexico City, Pakistan, Lahore, Bulgaria, Australia, UK, Edinburgh, Canada, Maryland, Virginia, India, Pune, India Mumbai, Singapore, France, Spain, right? Just this week. And then we have, thank you so much. And that goes on and on and on and on and on. And so for me, I was constantly thinking about what's really going to help people.
Starting point is 00:22:42 They're watching my video and getting my coaching is important, but people need friends and family. And I realized one of the biggest challenges people have today is that they don't feel their current group of friends or family really get them. Anyone have a felt like that? Yeah, when I became a monk, my family didn't get me and I don't blame them for that.
Starting point is 00:22:57 But if you feel that way, I've noticed that this coaching group has really helped people. So if that's something I'm interested in, it's called my Genius Coaching Program. It's easy to find online in check out. I'd love that too. I just, I don't really know so much about the education system in this country, having not come from it because I grew up in a born and raised in London, so I don't know so much, but Sure, thank you. I appreciate that. Thanks so much
Starting point is 00:23:38 Not too long ago in the heart of the Amazon rainforest this explorer stumbled upon something that would change his life I saw it and I saw oh wow. This is a very unusual situation It was cacao the tree that gives us chocolate. But this cacao was unlike anything experts had seen, or tasted. I've never wanted us to have a gun fight. I mean, you saw the stacks of cash in our office. Chocolate sort of forms this vortex. It sucks you in.
Starting point is 00:23:56 It's like I can be the queen of wild chocolate. We're all lost. It was madness. It was a game changer. People quit their jobs. They left their lives behind so they could search for more of this stuff. I wanted to tell their stories, so I followed them deep into the jungle, and it wasn't always pretty.
Starting point is 00:24:13 Basically, this like disgruntled guy and his family surrounded the building armed with machetes. And we've heard all sorts of things that, you know, somebody got shot over this. Sometimes I think, oh all all this for a damn bar of chocolate. Listen to obsessions while chocolate on the iHeart Radio app Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. Our twenties are seen as this golden decade. Our time to be carefree, full in love, make mistakes and decide what we want from our life. But what can psychology really teach us about this decade? I'm Gemma
Starting point is 00:24:52 Speg, the host of the Psychology of Your 20s. Each week we take a deep dive into a unique aspect of our 20s, from career anxiety, mental health, heartbreak, money, friendships, and much more, to explore the science and the psychology behind our experiences, incredible guests, fascinating topics, important science, and a bit of my own personal experience. Audrey, I honestly have no idea what's going on with my life. Join me as we explore what our 20s are really all about. From the good, the bad, and the ugly, and listen along as we uncover how everything is psychology, including our 20s.
Starting point is 00:25:34 The psychology of your 20s hosted by me, Gemma Speg, now streaming on the iHot Radio app, Apple Podcasts or whatever you get your podcasts. I am Mi'Anna and on my podcast, the R-Spot, we're having inspirational, educational, and sometimes difficult and challenging conversations about relationships. They may not have the capacity to give you what you need and insisting means that you are abusing yourself now. You human! That means that you're crazy as hell, just like the rest of us. When a relationship breaks down, I take copious notes and I want to share them with you. Anybody with two eyes and a brain knows that too much Alfredo sauce is just
Starting point is 00:26:26 no good for you. But if you're going to eat it, they're not going to stop you. So he's going to continue to give you the Alfredo sauce and put it even on your grits if you don't stop him. Listen to the art spot on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcast or wherever you listen to podcasts. on living a life of presence as your mind is racing and I'm going to capture that, I want to do this. So this is too big of an opportunity. I'm going to do this. And I love it, I love it. So I read a study.
Starting point is 00:27:13 I read a study that says, you can't be created and logical at the same time. How many of you have tied to go from coming up with the next best video idea to walk into a meeting about numbers and business, like two seconds later, right? Or you're in a meeting where you're trying to care about people and then the next meeting is like, all about task, strategy, breaking things down
Starting point is 00:27:33 like logistics. What you're basically doing is stretching the minds capability, so you can do both, but not for long. What you're doing is you're stretching the minds capability, you're creating more stress, more burnout, productivity goes down, effectiveness goes down, creativity goes down.
Starting point is 00:27:47 So what I do is I block create content, and then I live and do everything else. So what I mean by that is in a 30 day month, right? I spend nine days a month creating content where I get so deep, all I'm doing is scripting, reading, researching, videoing, filming, editing, titling. I'm like completely immersed in the process.
Starting point is 00:28:09 And then for the other 21 days, I'm out at conferences like this. I'm doing meetings where I don't have the pressure of having to create content. I'm not sitting here going like, oh my God, I need a poster video right now because that would stress my brain out. And I used to do that.
Starting point is 00:28:22 And then when I read this study, I was like, how do I apply that to my life bank? I found it and now that's what I do. So I'm stressed my brain out and I used to do that. And when I read this study, I was like, how do I apply that to my life bank? I found it and now that's what I do. So I'm recommending to everyone that when you go creative, go deep. And then when you go logistical and networking and connection, go deep. Don't try to do both at the same time.
Starting point is 00:28:36 No. I was a man here in the vlog to finish. Oh, that's awesome. I was so happy to hear your answer. Yeah, thank you. Yeah, so in that point, even if you have a weekly vlog, don't record it weekly. Record it in one week and spread it across the month, right?
Starting point is 00:28:50 Like anyone who's creating weekly content is gonna really struggle for the rest of your life if every week, I know people who do daily content and after doing that for one or two years, they are destroyed. And when I say destroyed, I mean, like, people are burnt out. Like all the creators that I know that I personally work with are burnt out because they're trying to create new content every day just to keep up with the algorithm,
Starting point is 00:29:12 just to get that view, just to get that ad revenue. It's the worst way of working. Create your content, go deep in creativity, and then post and share and make that consistent. You make better content, too. For. Thank you. So I'm also in production and we create informational content for brands
Starting point is 00:29:31 who want to make a positive impact in the world and the scheduling of everything and you run a company and doing the meetings like totally resonates with me. And I like that you pick the number nine. I was thinking of doing my production and production post-production, like 11-day increments. I'm curious what your process is like from the three
Starting point is 00:29:54 phases of production during the 90s and how much work you actually end up creating. Sure. So I'm thinking of content all the time in the sense of when I'm listening, learning, when I'm in a conversation. I'm not thinking of content in the sense of, oh, this will make a good video. I'm trying to be a human algorithm of learning. So I consider myself to be an intuitive algorithm.
Starting point is 00:30:18 When I'm having a conversation, I'm trying to learn and grow and take in and absorb as much as I can so that that stores in my mind so that I can use it as a data set later on. So then when I'm sitting down to create content, I'm like, yeah, I remember that one person asking that question and that really resonated with me and I read that study the other day and that was really powerful.
Starting point is 00:30:36 So what I do is when I'm on planes, I literally have my Apple Note cell and I'll just be jotting tons of things down. They're not aligned, they're not anything and I said one thing at a Q&A and I'll write that down because that made sense. So I'm just putting all this random thought in. And then in nine days it goes from being random thought to being scripts to then shooting what I do usually in nine days is 12 videos. So I'm making 12 videos because that's how much content I create a month, I create three videos a week. And so
Starting point is 00:31:03 that goes from scripting into shoot and edit. So we shoot and edit 12 videos across four days. We do three videos a day. That's usually the volume. And then release. What? Thank you. And I've got to stop.
Starting point is 00:31:15 I'm so sorry. I have this sign waving in my face. But please tweet me and I will answer. I promise. Thank you so much, everyone, for coming. I'm so grateful. I hope that was useful. Thank you. I really appreciate everyone. Thank you so much everyone for coming. I'm so grateful. I have those useful. Thank you. I really appreciate everyone.
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