Spreading wisdom on old YouTube comments

My “wisdom” is what I think is right. From my experience. Judging where I’m currently at in life. It can change any moment.

In this post, I’m going to share something I wrote on YouTube.

Let me explain.

At the beginning of this year, my girlfriend broke up with me. I parted ways with my old friends. Things got tough at home. It was all in all not a good spot to be in. Life’s a rollercoaster after all.

So, I came across a video on one of the entrepreneurial channels I follow. Reasons to never give up.

It inspired me and I decided to leave a comment. Telling my story. In 2-3 short sentences. As a way of keeping myself accountable.

That was 6 months ago.

I didn’t think much about it until somebody commented on it again lately.

That’s when I realized it’s been half a year since I posted this comment.

So, I decided to take a moment, look at my journey and evaluate.

Now, Steemit serves the purpose of documenting such things. I can come back and look at my process later on.

Pretty amazing.

The comment starting it all (6 months ago)

When you start changing you lose your friends, ain't got no friends, girlfriend broke up with me last month, family laughs at me - it always gets uglier before it gets pretty but mark my words I'm going to make it! I'm not pushing myself for nothing. New set of eyes incoming. 18 hours a day, every day, is just how it is.
Thank you Patrick

A response (2weeks ago)

I believe in you!!!

My response

Appreciate it! :D damn, posted this 6 months ago, doing pretty good but can still hustle harder :D

A question

what have been your main challenges regarding persistence and longevity and how did you overcome them? :)

My answer

It's really easy to get caught up in instant gratification, rather the illusion of it.

When you work a lot and want everything to happen NOW it's tough to step back and realize that there's a lot of time. A lot.

Being patient and seeing the big picture does a good deal towards enjoying the process. One doesn't need the fancy car, the nice trips, and the sportscar immediately.

The game, the climb is what you have to enjoy. Getting clarity on WHY you're acting, what makes you get up in the morning.

Sometimes when stuff takes longer than expected I get frustrated, discouraged. It's these moments where I kept going saying to myself that persistence is key, nothing good happens when you slack off.

I look at it as a 1% improvement every day. It's not much, it's achievable, but it makes all the difference in the world.

Where other people quickly give up because of the lack of instant results you know where you're going and you've accepted that it will take time. The time will pass anyway so you can utilize it no matter how small of an impact you think your daily actions have. They compound into something huge if you stick with them.

With patience and clarity, you treat people differently. You don't screw them over for a quick buck. You give more than you get, don't expect anything in return. Build important relationships. Spread positivity.

Stifling myself, wanting answers to every single question, hedging every risk are further problems.
Just do. Not every question is meant to be answered. Or even has an answer. So, I stopped asking, analyzing too much.

It's one giant experiment. A learning process. I only just started. Test, test, test.

100% focus is needed. Not every opportunity is for everybody. And I have to embrace uncertainty a little more.

Hope I can help you. I'm still figuring everything out myself, after all.

Have an amazing day! :)

Stay awesome and don’t fail to create!