Peter Vander WallFounder driving creative community growth

Nobody's paying attention to you

Name: Nobody's paying attention to you
Uploaded: 2023-03-06T15:00:14+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Peter Vander Wall
Description: A short monologue advising new online content creators that publishing content does not automatically bring attention; typically people only notice once…

6 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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A short monologue advising new online content creators that publishing content does not automatically bring attention; typically people only notice once someone is already successful or personally known. The speaker likens online attention to an elementary school talent show—audiences pay attention only to familiar faces or clearly outstanding performers—and encourages creators to ignore fear and get started.

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Everyone seems to think if they start posting content online, they're suddenly gonna have all this attention on them, all these eyes, these people just silently watching and judging when in reality nobody cares until you're doing well. And so even though you're putting yourself out there, you can kind of grow in silence. And as soon as you're doing well, you'll be the star of the show. If you've ever been to like a kid's piano recital or an elementary school talent show, you know exactly how this works. People are only paying attention when A, it's their kid or B, it's a kid with actual talent. And I think content is really similar in this way. People really only pay attention when they either know the person or the person really crushing it. And remember, the only people judging you are the ones who are doing worse than you. So just let that fear roll off your back and get started.