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This week, I've felt fired up with the business. In August and September, I cancelled my WeWork subscription (a co-working space) for various reasons, and decided it'd be good to experiment without it. Usually I'd go there a couple times a week and meet with various other entrepreneur friends. But instead I tested working from home and cafes. In short, it sucked. I didn't quite realise how much it was damaging me until I got back into WeWork last week. Some people can just lock in from home every day with no issues. And definitely if you can do that, there are productivity gains like having a nice desk and not having to find a call booth. But for me, whenever I work from home too much I end up thinking something along the lines of "is this it...? is this the dream I was working towards? just working at home on my own and making videos? " I sensed this discomfort rising up in my self again. So I restored my WeWork subscription, and marched back into the Waterloo location. It's the global flagship WeWork apparently, and it sure does bring the vibes. I organised to meet with my pals Adam (from The Keys Coach channel) and Saf, my long time bro running his own YouTube agency. Instantly, the vibes returned. We all spent some time discussing the various tax structures for business owners in the UK. Electrifying stuff. But they're the kind of conversations that don't randomly happen remotely, and can be extremely useful. The power of being in person with people who are doing similar things, want the same things as you, question your thinking, and encourage you to swing bigger, is game changing. You can get a lot of this from being in the right environments online, and I certainly love meeting with my team and clients each week. But for me, I need that in person sauce too. So here's a friendly reminder to go find some other YouTube pals wherever you are in the world. The best way to find them to start with is join some communities online, and then see who's in your neighbourhood. E.g. inside my free YouTube community there's a map of all the legendary YouTubers. You can zoom in on your area and see who's nearby. It might just change your life. While we're on the topic, come join next week's free YouTube workshop inside the community too. I'll help you grow your channel and business. Tintin 🫡 P.s. If you're an educational YouTuber and want to work directly with me to scale your channel and business to multi 6-figures, that's exactly what we do inside The $100k YouTuber. You can learn more, see results, and book in a call with me here. P.p.s If you're a fellow WeWorker in London, let me know! Join My Free Workshop Next Tuesday: attend here The $100k YouTuber Roadmap: read here My YouTube Channel: watch here Podcasts I've Done: watch here |
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