Kevin learned about a 5-year-old girl named Anastasia who has six channels and over 107 million subscribers total. Last year, she made over $18 million!
Kevin’s eyes bugged out.
Over $18 million?
Over 100 million subscribers?
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Youtube
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When Kevin got home, he didn’t start his homework, he searched on the internet: “How to start your own YouTube channel.”
This was his result:
- Sign into YouTube and click on the user icon at the top right of the screen.
- Click on the gear icon to get to your account’s YouTube Settings.
- Click on Create a new channel.
- Then choose “Use a business or other name”
- Add your Brand name and click create.
Kevin felt scared and excited at the same time.
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Kevin watched Jesse’s 15 videos. They were short and focused on Jesse playing video games with friends or Jesse talking about a video game.
They weren’t that interesting to Kevin because he didn’t play any video games.
But 552 subscribers!
Wow.
Kevin wanted subscribers. He imagined so many people admiring him. All the kids at school would surround him in awe. He’d be popular.
Kevin and His YouTube Channel (pg 9)
But Jesse’s screen looked different. There were pictures of him and next to his name it said, “552 subscribers.”
Kevin and His YouTube Channel (pg 8)
Jesse was on YouTube!
Kevin and His Youtube Channel (page 7)
One afternoon, in math class, Kevin noticed that Jesse was not working on math. Upon closer inspection, Kevin saw that Jesse was quite off-task!
Garbage In, Garbage Out
I take walking breaks between teaching classes. I used to grab my little iPod mini (which replaced my Sony Walkman). I got tired of listening to my music. So I plugged my headphones into my cell phone and listened to TedTalks and informational videos on YouTube. The change has been tremendous!
I’ve learned about meditation, motivation, education, nutrition and much more. Because I learn during my walks, I have more to offer my students, my children, my spouse and friends. Now, my walks provide mental as well as physical energy.
What are you listening to? What are you reading? You’re in control of the input. Now – more than ever – there is “information” and “noise.” Be mindful about what goes through those ears of yours and into your beautiful mind.
What’s Behind Amazing Feats
Can a single mom with four children, build a house for her family, using YouTube videos?
Yes, she can.
Motivation is tricky. You have to have several factors present, including:
- The belief you can achieve the objective (advancement);
- autonomy (you have free will and the ability to it your way); and
- responsibility (you take on what you need to in order to achieve it)/
What are you motivated to achieve?
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