[Music] whether you want to start a youtube channel a business start pursuing your art or any music or whatever the hardest part is always just starting right just ripping off the band-aid and just doing it when we want to do something or we even have like an itch to maybe try something out i think a lot of times without realizing it we make excuses that are actually rooted in fear that keep us from doing what we want or at least trying it and i know for me ripping off the band-aid and just starting my youtube
channel actually was not that scary just because i didn't think anyone was gonna find me like i didn't think anyone that i knew would find me i didn't really think that i was gonna grow that much i wasn't really starting a youtube channel for the sake of it being my career but when i did start building an audience and people that i knew in real life started actually finding me that's when i started playing it safe and really started overthinking when it came to my content i talk about this like in every single video at
this point but i had one college video do really well and after that i just made college content for two years i was scared of getting less than a thousand views on my videos because i knew that that's what the college advice content would get and so i just stuck with a status quo and it was just the easy route for me we're almost at a thousand subscribers and i'm really really really excited and i didn't realize at the time but by playing it safe i was inhibiting my growth like i had all these all
these things i'm making videos about now i would talk to people about i would journal about i'd be thinking about all the time i would be talking myself about them but i never wanted to film it because i thought that people would think that i'm weird right and turns out a lot of us all feel the same way about a lot of these topics right and so moral of the story as long as you are playing it safe out of fear as long as you are procrastinating starting that thing that you've always been dreaming of
doing as long as you're scared to try that thing as long as you're scared to put yourself out there you are limiting your own reality right there's this quote that i read by robin sharma that says limitation is nothing more than a mentality that too many good people practice daily until they believe it's their reality you literally create your own reality right and the more that you buy into your excuses the more that you buy into your doubts and your fears the more those things will become your reality and that's why you see people who
as they get older they are less and less willing to go after their dreams they're less and less willing to take risks and a lot of times it's because they started families and they have bills to pay and they have to support their children all that stuff which i get but as people get older they tend to become more practical they tend to follow the safe route and they become more and more scared to go after something they actually wanted to do i really really encourage you to not let yourself be that person you have
so much potential in this world and the only thing that is stopping you from reaching that potential is you if you're scared of starting something because you're scared of failing you will never give yourself room to be great if something is really meant for you if you fail at it you will pick yourself back up and start doing it again like you have to fail in order to get good at something you have to start from somewhere right you have to just do it i was not this good at speaking to the camera i was
not this good with dealing with criticism and coming up with ideas and putting myself out there i didn't even look this cute back in the day like i was not where i am today but you have to get there you have to start somewhere and again if you're 25 if you're 40 if you're 75 and you're making the excuse that it's just too late for you you're just always going to be unhappy and you're always going to be wondering what if what if i just went after that one thing that i really wanted to do
right so i just encourage you to go after it and to realize that you are going to fail a little bit you have to fail you have to start from somewhere but that's how the greatest people turn great at what they do is because they just went after it i wish someone would have told me this a long time ago because it would have made it so much easier than having to learn it myself but i'm finally realizing that fears will always be there whether you are doing what you want right now or you haven't
even started or you've gotten to a point where you're literally not even working a nine-to-five and you're doing what you want to do full-time there will always be fears there there's no world in which you are just untouchable from having doubts and insecurities and fears no matter how hard you try to fight them off they will exist you are the one who decides how much power that fear has over you you can see fear and look at it in its face and choose to just keep on walking towards what you want to do or you
can see fear and freeze and let that freeze you and stop you from doing what you want for your entire life right so i encourage you to realize that if you've been scared to start something if you've been procrastinating because you're scared of what people might think of you or you don't even know why you're procrastinating i promise you you are not alone fear can be very debilitating it can cause you it still causes me to this day to sometimes stay in bed and not want to do anything but scroll through tick tock for hours
a day we all experience it right but as long as you continue to buy into your excuses you will be a victim of your fear excuses are really just us rationalizing our fear and allowing ourselves to become victim to it the harder you work at something the closer you get to achieving your dreams and getting to your goals the more courage it takes to continue going after that thing so even when you start something even when you start doing it i promise you that fear is not going to go away it may even amplify right
it takes courage to be different it takes courage to face judgment from others right the bigger your platform gets the bigger of a voice you have the more criticism you have to hear from other people and it takes more and more courage to fight that off and to challenge yourself and to keep trying to improve at what you do so i encourage you to realize that there are going to be days even when you start doing the thing that you love there are going to be days that you feel fear you cannot beat yourself up
for it you have to choose okay yesterday i saw fear and i stayed in bed but today i am waking up and going after what the i want to do right do not let fear keep you in bed scrolling through tick tock watching other people live their dream lives be that person living their dream life be an example for someone else because i promise you you are more than capable of doing it but you have to recognize that fear will always be there you decide how much power fear has over you the longer that you
beat yourself up and convince yourself that you're this person who's not capable of doing the thing that you want the more that you will buy into it and the more that will become your reality right so pick yourself up tomorrow or as soon as you close out this video make a list of things that you can do right now to make your dreams your reality [Music] fighting your fears so you can go after what you love is something that you have to put into practice every single day i'm a very practical person but sometimes my
fears and my worries can be very impractical if you have fears or excuses that pop into your head i encourage you to go write them down and then try to find a practical solution for them there are so many platforms and resources out there to help you start whatever it is that you want to do which is why i'm so excited that squarespace is sponsoring this video squarespace is the one-stop shop for you to start what you want to do to put yourself out there and to find practical solutions to whatever may be stopping you
from doing what you want to do right if you if the lack of money is keeping you from starting your business you can do crowdfunding on squarespace squarespace allows you to collect donations through venmo through stripe through paypal so you can easily raise money for your business right or if you don't know how to do certain things like bookkeeping or shipping and like the logistics of running a business squarespace has easy to use extensions that basically do the work for you or if you just don't know how to put yourself out there and you're scared
of what people might think of you the least you can do for yourself is find a template on squarespace put your portfolio up on there and share it and show people what you are capable of doing the next thing that i really suggest you do is walk away from people and environments and situations that fuel your limiting beliefs and fears right people who are negative people who are constantly jealous or talking about other people or who are just spending their time doing things that are not serving you be observant about what is fueling your fears
be observant of how your energy feels when you're around people and when you're talking about what you want to do when you're talking about your dreams when you're telling your friend about something that you want to start doing pay attention to how supportive they're being if they're judging you or making you feel weird about it that person's not your friend right walk away from those kind of people walk away from those kind of relationships and those environments those situations i promise you it's going to make a world of a difference in you fighting your fears
and going after what you want to do my last piece of advice is to observe your fears and your thoughts daily again fears are not going to ever go away we are human beings who naturally have childhood wounds we have limiting beliefs because of what our parents have taught us because of what society has taught us there's fears that are going to exist within us and i encourage you to be active again in fighting those fears but also observing them so meditating is really really helpful for this doing shadow work is really really helpful for
this i have some videos on how i've done that in the past so i really encourage you guys to go watch those that all to say you know you are capable of anything you want and i'm not telling you that because i'm trying to you and scam you into thinking that we all can just do whatever i get we live in a stressful world and sometimes you have to be realistic but i really encourage you to realize that the more that you buy into your limiting beliefs the more that you make those fears your reality
do not let the hero in your soul perish and lonely frustration for the life that you deserve and have never been able to reach the world you desire can be won it exists it is yours i really hope you guys enjoyed the video let me know in the comments down below what has been your biggest struggle when it comes to going after what you want to do is it what other people think about you is it just the fact that you don't feel like you have time is it money let me know and i'll see
you guys in the next video bye [Music] you
