Before we rush into the next goal, the next upload, the next milestone—let’s pause for a moment. Gratitude for how far you’ve already come. Gratitude for every viewer and subscriber who chose to spend their time with you. Gratitude for YouTube being a free platform where we get to share our thoughts, skills, experiences, and stories—without permission, gatekeepers, or limits. It’s easy to normalize this. But zoom out for a second. We’re living in a time where we can connect with brilliant minds all over the world instantly. Learn from each other. Teach. Build. Create impact from our living rooms. That’s not small. That’s extraordinary. Today, just take a breath and acknowledge it.You’re not behind. You’re participating in something incredibly rare—and powerful. Grateful for this space. Grateful for this community. Grateful for you all and wishing you a happy holiday season.🤍

I've noticed over the last view videos my views have dropped hugely! Has anyone else noticed something similar? Honestly don't know why this is happening. I've learned thumbnails, titles, hooks .. trying to keep engagement, I have a new phone, better sound etc, following ideas that are of high interest to viewers .. but significantly dropped views.. gone from around getting up to 1k views over a few days, down to less than 100 .. .. whats going on?

Imagination—our unleashed creative power and the strength of our inner images—determines whether someone takes something personally or not. For a long time an Angel makes a post. Hard work?! Train your brain, Angel! Your brain is always right. If you say something is hard work, then it truly becomes hard work. If you say you can’t do something, you won’t be able to. If you say, “Today is a great day,” most of the time it will be a great day. When you tell yourself that making a video is hard work, it becomes hard work. But when I tell myself, “This is hardly any work at all,” the task gets done quickly and easily. When your imagination and your willpower move in opposite directions, your imagination always wins. These are from the laws of Émile Coué. He is my hero. I’ve studied him more than any other teacher in my life. Now, it's a hard work or hardly a work?

Who thinks YouTube is hard work? I do! I'm doing it on top of a full time job and creating the right video, with the right title and thumbnail, and getting a hook right , getting sound and lighting right is soooo much work!!

So after watching Alexa's video "Hook viewers in 5 seconds" .. this happened! My next video had more views, more watch time and the retention graph was way better than previous videos .. it hasn't gone "viral" but its a good foundation. Thank you Alexa 🙂