The Golden One - September 17, 2019


The YouTube Dilemma - And How to Deal With Frustration in a Productive Way


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5 minutes

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163.82715

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968

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48


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Greetings laddingtons. Today I want to talk a bit about how to deal with
00:00:05.480 frustration and I will take this very personal example upon my YouTube
00:00:11.840 dilemma or YouTube experience. So I worked relentlessly for the last six
00:00:19.440 years, it's over six years actually, and I've had one goal in mind and that is to
00:00:24.360 reach 100,000 subscribers here on YouTube and at the moment I am at 96,000
00:00:32.520 and I've been at 96,000 for ages. It feels like I've been there for ages and
00:00:38.700 that's because YouTube is doing something with my channel. We can call it a shadow
00:00:45.520 ban. I know something has been up since, well actually last year, but as of late
00:00:50.400 during the recent purges I've noticed that my channel doesn't grow, I don't
00:00:55.680 reach my own subscribers, I don't reach any new people and yeah it's of
00:01:05.100 course frustrating since I worked so hard and for those of you who weren't with
00:01:09.180 me in the beginning, which is well the majority of you of course, I started from
00:01:13.740 one subscriber. I didn't have any movement behind me, I didn't have anything behind
00:01:18.780 me. I started from just the beginning and then I climbed my way up from there.
00:01:24.280 Other guys might time things with certain movements or certain happenings etc, then
00:01:30.420 you have a quick boost. I never had any such thing so when I say I worked hard I
00:01:35.460 truly mean it and when I do something I'm very dedicated to it and I can also say
00:01:40.320 that I've never given up on a single thing in my entire life. Obviously I won't
00:01:44.820 give up on reaching my my goal that I've had for such a long time. But that being
00:01:52.080 said, since I know that I can't really reach people as effectively anymore
00:01:57.120 because someone at Google or YouTube has seen fit to try to strangle my channel,
00:02:02.460 what can I do? Yes of course I can do my very best to create good videos which I am
00:02:09.000 trying to do. I'm trying to constantly better my videos. Even though I'm shadow banned I want
00:02:15.240 to make this worthwhile for you all to see. But that being said, it's also not a good
00:02:22.060 idea for me to only focus on YouTube and only focus on how slowly things go. So what I've
00:02:28.240 done over well the last two years maybe and especially during the last year it's I've really
00:02:34.240 intensified my work on Legio Gloria. So now I can have some really really aesthetic
00:02:40.360 high quality clothes that I am very proud of having developed. And yeah you can see on the page
00:02:48.040 you can see the new polo shirts I've released. Super happy with them and just as I've said
00:02:52.680 with the linen shirt and with the MMA shorts it's a lot of development behind them. And it's a product
00:02:59.460 I am very proud to present. So instead of just focusing on the YouTube dilemma I can also focus
00:03:07.480 on the things supplements and clothes that I can you know just go forward like an unstoppable
00:03:13.320 juggernaut. I can just move forward with these things. So the wisdom for today is if you have
00:03:21.720 something that you are passionate about, if you have a long-term goal that you really really want to
00:03:28.720 achieve. It's also good to have other venues where you can focus your progression on. So to take an
00:03:35.280 example in the gym maybe you want to reach a certain number in your deadlift but for some reason it
00:03:41.180 doesn't go maybe you can focus on your squats then instead. So that you don't waste all your energy into
00:03:48.780 something that isn't really yielding that much success. Now of course I'm saying again just as for me
00:03:55.500 I will not give up and I don't say that you should give up on your given endeavor but you can also
00:04:00.600 focus on something else at the same time so that you make progression at least in something. So you
00:04:06.780 have different goals that you can put in your efforts into. So that would be the best way to deal
00:04:13.440 with frustration in my humble opinion. So basically don't stare yourself blind at something
00:04:19.020 a single thing but also have other things you can try to progress into. That way you can focus on
00:04:27.380 those things and not become disheartened by the lack of progress. And of course for me personally even
00:04:33.740 though the YouTube game is not going particularly well I have so many other things to be happy about.
00:04:41.340 my wife and my daughter, my companies etc. So a lot of good things which I can focus on instead of being
00:04:49.260 angry and stressed about the YouTube game. Which of course it would be natural if I am but it's not
00:04:56.200 productive for me to be focusing on all of these negative things. So the game plan going forward is
00:05:03.620 just to keep trying to make good videos but also focus on other things that you actually can progress in.
00:05:10.140 So yeah for you personally if you are in a situation where you feel frustrated try to
00:05:17.580 adapt a stoic mindset. Say to yourself it is what it is. Try to make the best out of the situation. Try
00:05:23.740 to make the best you can but also focus on other things. So that was my wisdom for the day. Thank you
00:05:31.880 for watching and yeah if you aren't already subscribed I would definitely appreciate if you do subscribe.
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00:05:51.480 So thanks for watching. XOXO. Boo.