Craig Pedder
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Expect worse content from me

Expect worse content from me

Aug 22, 2022

My tech YouTube channel goes through long periods of inactivity. This is down to a lot of different reasons. Not having the tech to review. Not feeling motivated. Not having the right equipment.

I've realised that most of this is just excuses. True I haven't got a camera to record with or a pc that's capable of video editing. But still, the main thing holding me back is myself.

In the book I'm currently reading, The Buddha and the Badass by Vischen Lakhiani there's a chapter that goes into detail about OODA. OODA stands for Observe Orient Decide Act. It is a system developed by military strategist Colonel John Boyd. He discovered that the most successful air force pilots are the ones that water the most bullets. They waste the most bullets. But they take down most planes. Skipping over the details, Vischen applies this to his business by saying it is. Enter to have 5 80% perfect plans in development than to have 1 100% perfect plan. You waste .ore time preparing that 1 plan and making it 100% perfect when you could have the other plans launched.

And it dawned on me this is the approach I should be taking with my YouTube channel. It is better to release 5 imperfect videos than 1 perfect one.

I procrastinate on video ideas be arsed I can't execute them exactly how I would. like to. I watch videos by MKBH, Mr WhoseTheBoss, Mr Mobile etc who all make incredible videos that I could only dream of making. But I film and edit videos on my phone. They have studios and very expensive equipment.

I need to get out of the thinking that my videos need to be on par with theirs. 5 imperfect videos are better than 1 perfect video.

All that said, I'll be making a lot more content in future. But don't expect them to be perfect 😉

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