Larry WeidelMentor and Coach Empowering Million Dollar Earners

Why Most People Waste Time on YouTube Videos Instead of Taking Action

15 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Short transcript excerpt of a YouTube video in which Larry Weidel argues that passive consumption of videos/books (especially fiction) does not produce personal transformation. He emphasizes actively applying ideas—commenting, picking up and integrating concepts into daily patterns—as the path to improvement, using a garden metaphor for life.

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Listening to YouTube videos is not going to create transformation for you. You know much you've got to respond and it's the people who make comments who, people who make pick up ideas and they add them into their flow of life, into their patterns that wind up getting the benefit. You know, it's like are you going to, is it just another movie you're going to watch a stream on tv, another book you're going to read and you know, fiction, you know, that's why I don't like fiction. I can't get any. I can't. I rarely get ideas out of fiction that I can go in and apply to my life and make my life better. I can be entertained, mindless. That's okay, that's great. I'm looking for things. What makes my life enjoyable is when you can improve and then you can see the improvement. It's like your life is like a garden.