Evan Carmichael realized his habit of not wanting to let people down was sabotaging his videos. When cameraman Jason was present, he'd rush instead of taking five minutes to think, making worse content. Once he told Jason what was happening, Jason used the wait time to shoot extra footage, turning the problem into something useful.
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So last week I made a video talking about conquering your nerves and my experience working with, uh, camera operators to help me build my channel and produce better videos. And after that video, I went out and I had dinner with a buddy of mine and realized that the issue went a lot deeper than me just being nervous. I figured out that I hate letting people down. Just, that's a personality trait of mine, and for the most part it's good, right? It means you're gonna— it means I work harder than I may need to. It means that, you know, I tend to be a good boss. You know, I always show up early for things, and for the most part it's good in life. But I found that this trait was hurting me in making the videos because my usual process before I recorded it myself, when I didn't have a cameraman, was Before each question, I would pace for 5 minutes, maybe a little bit less, and just think about what I wanted to say before I got on camera. And now I would find that I didn't want to make Jason wait those 5 minutes. I didn't want him to be bored. I didn't want to let him down. And so what was happening was I was rushing, right? I didn't take the time that I needed to make a good video, to be the best that I could be, and rushed. And as a result, felt unprepared coming into each video. And then as I thought about it, I thought, well, you know, I'm doing myself a disservice, I'm doing you guys a disservice, and I'm doing Jason a disservice too, because, you know, his goal with all of this is to help me make videos that have an impact. So the better that I can be, the better he's going to feel about the quality of work he's producing. And so it was just the awareness first, right? Recognizing that this was a habit that I was holding myself back from, and it was hurting the end result. That I was coming up with. And since then, we've changed it, right? I let Jason know what was happening. He's using that time now to film some extra B-roll, and he was happy to do it. Didn't give me a hard time at all. And even if he's just sitting there waiting for 5 minutes, he's happy. And the funny part about it is we all have these things in our lives that hold us back, and the challenge is it's— it just happens, right? You do it out of habit. You do it without thinking about it. So you do these things in your own life, in your own business that hold you back, you're not even aware of. So you can't fix it until you're aware of it. And so that's the first step. And I'd encourage you to think about what are some of the habits that you have that may support you in some areas of your life, but in some specific areas hold you back and hurt you from getting to that next step. And I'd actually love to hear that. I'd love to hear from you in your comments below what habits you feel you have that hold you back from reaching a level of success that you think you should have and, uh, and you'd like to get more aware of. So leave that below. So that's my story for this week. Thank you guys so much for watching. I appreciate all the love and all the support you guys give on the videos. Continue to believe, and I'll see you soon.
