Back when I worked in Visa I had my own coach. And one day I was talking to her about wanting to start a Youtube channel. But I worried that I wouldn’t be very good at it.

I didn’t know how to write a script, build an audience, record or edit a video. I felt that because I was a Senior Manager responsible for 4 teams I had to be good at this from the start. It would be embarrassing if I wasn’t.

And she actually told me:

Hey, you’re a Sr. Manager in Visa, you’ve earned that. And it took years to develop the skill to get to this level. You’re not Senior Manager of YouTube videos. Let yourself be a beginner and let yourself suck at it. Just start.

I stopped letting my ego get hurt by the number of views or subscribers.

I measure my success by whether I published, and what new thing I learned from each video.

Those are things I can control.

Since I started I learned how to edit the video to make it more engaging. I learned to find better music. I learned to look at the camera. I learned how to have better audio and lights.

And doing that I also hopefully helped a couple of people.

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