A short YouTube excerpt in which Lauren Bateman reflects on feeling imposter syndrome when starting as a creator, compares herself to large-channel guitarists, and recounts advice from a business coach: that not sharing one’s unique gift online is selfish because it withholds help from others. The clip reframes creating as serving others rather than competing with peers.
When you're just getting started, you can have that imposter syndrome. I thought when I started I was like, I got these guys, like Justin guitar, he's kind of like the premier or Marty. These guys got like 2 million subscribers. And here's little Lauren coming in with her acoustic guitar. And what am I going to do? I can't compare to these guys. And I was like, you know what? I'm not going to try and be them. I'm going to try and be something else. I had a business coach and she told me, you have a gift and if you do not go online and share this gift, you're being selfish because there are so many people you could help. And by not pressing record on that camera, you are denying people the help that you can give them. And I was like, holy crap, that's deep. So instead of making it about you, make it about everyone else.
