One important lesson I learned in the Skool games was that consistent growth requires a consistent high quality traffic source. If you're trying to win the games your growth has to be consistent day after day. And you only have 30 days to lock in your win, so focus is a must. The games force you to think about those daily tasks that can drive traffic to your community. For me, there was really only one lever I could pull to make that happen, YouTube. It's the only platform where when I put in more time on the video I know I get better results. My channel was growing before the Games, but everything changed for the better when I changed my YouTube strategy. And it's simple. - Make the best video on YouTube about that topic - Make a video ONLY you could think up and execute - Give away every detail and step (don't hide anything) I started spending 2-3 days on each video, instead of a few hours and my channel has grown 999x compared to the year before. I also personally make each YouTube thumbnail 1-2 hours. It changed everything for my channel, and frankly my business, and helped me get to #12 on the all time leaderboard for the Skool games. I don't do any channel research, keyword research, competitor analysis, none of it. I'm not saying that stuff doesn't work, I don't really know. But I do know what has been working for me. I just try and make the best video on YouTube. Take a look at the YouTube graph below. The first big spike is when Hormozi announced he was investing in Skool (this made all my existing Skool YT videos blow up!). The next big spike happened June 1st when I entered the Skool games and decided to give everything away on YouTube. I tell you this now because you could wait 1-2 years to do this like I did, or you can start right now and get there a WHOLE LOT FASTER. You don't need a YouTube strategist, you don't need "consistency", you just need to put in the energy to make a great video without fear that no one will hire you (they will).

I've been really fascinated with mission and vision statements lately. Because I've seen their true power. They keep you going when things go wrong. They take your EGO out and make whatever you're doing about OTHERS instead of you. They become a north star that keeps you focused on important things. But they are SUPER hard to actually implement. Very few people take the time to make the statements at all. Some take the time, and then quickly forget about them. Some speak the words into the world and quickly forget them after a lack luster response. And I know why, because at first, mission and vision statements have little meaning. If you do share your mission and vision with others, don't expect a big applause. In fact, the opposite. They are nothing but WORDS. Of course they have ZERO impact on the world. Most people won't connect with a few simple words that don't really directly apply to them. It's too abstract. People connect with true movements and a sense of momentum. That only comes from real proof, people moving in a direction, and lives being changed by those words. So yes you should share your mission and vision, but don't expect anything much in terms of feedback until those words CHANGE LIVES. As the leader you'll need to move mountains and gain that momentum all by yourself. It doesn't have to be you forever, but someone needs to be that flame 🔥 (that fire starter). Keep your eye on that north star and PROVE to people that those WORDS mean something. Then people will care.

I decided to study how to create YouTube videos faster & more efficiently for the past 2 weeks. I came up with many conclusions & I condensed it all down to 5 best tips I learned. If watching a 6-minute video & then saving hours every week creating content is too hard for you, I'm sorry but I can't help you. Any feedback would also be recommended:

I'm about to sit down and record a YouTube video. I don't want to do it. Maybe that's why I'm right here writing this post instead? Maybe you want to record a video and instead you're reading this post. Sometimes people tell me I make it look easy—recording videos. And while I'm not terrified like I used by be (see screenshot of my first LinkedIn video), I feel all sorts of resistance, probably every time I do it. I get anxious, I doubt my idea, it never fully goes away. At least not yet. And guess what, sometimes I screw up, I have to re-record. It often takes me more time than I want. I hate that feeling, all that wasted time... (though of course it's not truly wasted because I always learn something new in the process) But regardless, it's hard, so naturally I come up with all sorts of distractions. The best way I've been able to combat this is to try and make a quality video. Sometimes I have to focus on a script (or at least an outline) and write it out. I have to clarify all my thoughts, and I rework and synthesize my thoughts over and over to refine and articulate my thoughts into simple powerful ideas. It's all about creating value, articulating powerful points in simple terms. The better you can reduce the learning curve for someone the better your videos will do. That process while not always fun reduces the anxiety I feel because I know the video will be good. I can actually feel it inside my gut. Sometimes people are trying to build all these complex systems that make things easy—but they never actually hit record. Or it zaps the life from their videos. That might sound counterintuitive coming from me giving the products I sell. But truthfully my systems work best automating good content. Not helping you avoid the creation process. You can use ChatGPT but if you don't know what a good video is, if you don't know what a good script is, you won't be able to push back and modify the script to make it better. So, don't be afraid to put in the time. The obstacle is the way.

In this video I’m going to show you how to turn an audio brainstorming session into a YouTube video, Blog, Newsletter, Tweets, Image Carousels and more. I’ll cover: ✅ Using your phone to record and sync into the cloud ✅ How the automations turn audio into other types of content ✅ How to design scalable ways to run the entire process BTW, this is also a preview of KEDB v3, you can learn more about it RIGHT HERE