The best recipe for success is the ability to be rejected without losing enthusiasm. We got thousands of rejects for interview requests over the years. But during those thousands of requests, we always get a few that say yes. Sometimes we get a yes years later. I can guarantee you that I've been rejected more times than you. There would be no VladTV in 2026 if I had given up in 2008 after being rejected. And we still got rejected today. And this mentality doesn't just apply to business. It applies to dating, friendships, and almost everything else in your life. Keep this in mind the next time you get rejected.
I see all these posts about people selling their company for millions and then becoming depressed. If it’s so bad being rich, why do you NEVER see someone give away all their money and go back to struggling financially? Don’t let these bullshit stories fool you into thinking that you shouldn’t strive to be financially well off.
My PSA to Small YouTubers…
Quality over Quantity is Bullshit and almost every Big YouTuber preaching it makes more in a week than you do in a year…
And of course it works and is true if you’re already famous or you had money before you started,
It doesn’t work when you are nobody and come from nothing.
You have to grind … and it’s really convenient that people tell you that’s toxic now…
When every artist of old would tell you the same thing and all of them literally suffered for their art and only were celebrated long after they were gone…
Viewers on YouTube aren’t going to reward you for an over edited video you spent 20 hours on because you worked hard on it….
But someone giving a raw authentic opinion screaming at the camera with less than 1 hour of editing?
A genuine video from a normal person being vulnerable that took 2 hours to edit to cut some of the crying out?
A loosely edited video of real game play that breaks a world record and took less than 2 hours to edit to keep the authenticity and prove you didn’t cheat or mod?
If people want to watch over edited videos they are going to do it from a YouTuber that’s established with a team of people putting 100 hours behind every upload…
The actual advantage of a Small YouTuber is having the guts to have a real opinion snd perspective…
And a personality not influenced by sponsors of ad revenue.
It’s easy to say quality over quantity when it’s your editing team’s problem to deal with…
And when you have a $10,000-$100,000 budget.
Quality over Quantity is bullshit to the working class creator who has rent due… free software, and $70 left open on their credit card.
Your single greatest advantage is competing on authentic and bringing value to viewers that Big YouTubers leave behind.
You can reply to every comment… they can’t…
You can make a video just because 29 people in the comments asked for it… a Big YouTuber would never…
You can make a video unfiltered… they can’t usually due to contrasts…
You can make a version of the video not padded for ad revenue…
Or do the deep dive they are too scared won’t get the right retention..,
Your biggest advantage as a small YouTuber is you have NOTHING to lose,.. no audience, no reputation, no data in the algorithm, no sponsors to appease, no haters to avoid triggering…
You only have everything to gain by not holding back and giving the viewers the most authentic experience (of something they actually value) possible…
You’re over thinking
You’re over editing
You’re over analyzing
YOU CAN JUST DO THINGS…
And once something lands, double down and take YES for an answer…
A lot of you get here but not the videos you hoped would do well.
You’re refusing to like back an audience that showed you the like you…
And chasing an audience that already passed on you….
YouTube is pushing your content .,. You’re just upset the thing you wish did well didn’t instead of taking a hint an appreciating what did work and rolling with it…
Always remember Twitter is not real life, so you have to be very careful how you consume your information on it. Most people play video games just to have fun & escape from crazy world we live in. There is a subset of people online who basically get paid to hate on everything
When I graduated college in 2015, I got a job making $55,000 and my take home pay was $2,800/month. My expenses:
Rent: $550
Car payment: $217
Car insurance: $90
Utilities: $100
Phone: $35
Food: $200
I had $1600 left to save, invest and spend and I felt rich…times have changed
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Wow, I found my senior high school photo of my Business Teacher and me, Ms. Lu, back in 2005. She shaped me into the person I am today. She was so hard on me, and I didn't get it at the time.
I remember the time she gave me an after-school detention for scoring an 85 on my Accounting test. The rule for this exam was that if you scored below 70, you would receive detention. As no surprise, the 8 Asian students in our class scored 105, and I was the only student who scored in the 80s. The rest of the class failed, and yet she still handed me a detention.
I thought she was picking on me. I was furious, and she pulled me aside. Then she told me why she made this decision.
Ms. Lu: You're so smart and yet so lazy. You do the bare minimum to get by. The look on your face after receiving that 85, you settled for that score, knowing you have the potential to aim much higher. You are an "A" student, nothing less. There's hope for you, and I don't want you going through life doing the bare minimum and settling for it.
She told me that I can score a 105 and I didn't believe her. I didn't believe I was as smart as those Asian students in my class. But she told me I am just as smart as them if I stop being lazy.
Boy, that put flame under my ass, because the next Exam I scored a 110, 5 points higher than the smartest Asian Girl in the class at the time. She was pissed and in disbelief that I had a higher score than her. The class was generally surprised that I pulled it off. Since then, I was an "A" student in her class. I even surprised myself, and I thank Ms. Lu for that.
I miss my teacher. I wonder how life is going for her right now?