Peter Vander WallFounder driving creative community growth

Stop creating content

Name: Stop creating content
Uploaded: 2024-08-30T13:01:04+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Peter Vander Wall
Description: A short YouTube monologue advising creators on authenticity: the speaker argues that not everyone needs to be in front of a camera or position themselves…

30 Aug 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube monologue advising creators on authenticity: the speaker argues that not everyone needs to be in front of a camera or position themselves as a teacher, especially without the credibility to back up big claims. Alternatives are suggested—share your journey or lessons learned instead of soapboxing—and creators are encouraged to be regular, honest people rather than performative experts.

Not everyone belongs in front of the camera. Like, if you're talking big, but you don't have anything to back it up, then, yeah, get out of here, man. And there's no shame, too, in saying I don't have the credibility to teach. It's just a conversation you need to have with the man or the woman in the mirror and figure out why you feel the need to flex your brain in front of a bunch of people. You don't have to teach to create content. You could share the journey. You could share lessons you're learning along the way. But, man, like, get off the soapbox and just be a regular person.