I tried everything (almost)
I was waiting for this exact moment to talk about, how I started everything. How I failed. How I can do what I am doing today
Start.
The main question is how to get STARTED.
Pick one thing that you like to do more (or wanted to learn) - for me, it was making Designs and Thumbnail for my videos.
Again! Pick one thing - iterate - iterate - iterate.
Try to make something out of what you like!
If it is Design? Make more designs. If it is Drawing or Sketching? Do more Drawings or Sketchings. If it is Coding? Write more codes.
That’s how you’ll start!
Starting with something will make you somehow 1% better than your past self.
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Try.
Try to experiment with what you have picked up. Try to experiment with new styles, new domains, new things, and new pieces of stuff.
I was making Thumbnails for my Youtube channel in 2021, then I started making Instagram posts then Carousels (even, I didn’t know that it is called Carousels.) Check it out here.
and here, I am helping Creators and brands (~30M Subscribers on YT) to grow on YouTube and Instagram with the help of engaging Thumbnails, Banners, Social Media Posts etc, and have worked with Josh Talks, Bekifayati, TheBuildersClub etc
Along with Building One place to (learn to use) A.I. for noobs here
My life took a greater turn at the start of 2022 when I realised that English communication is very important to me, and it’ll be a compulsory need during Interviews ( and a dream of Becoming a Public Speaker and giving multiple TedTalks, which is still a dream but it is what it is )
This channel also failed, as I realised this wouldn’t work for me but I was wrong.
That channel alone helped me become way more confident in English than I could ever thought.
Now, I am building TheHarshWise and also it started because I started this YouTube Channel. Check it out here.
I am also trying many new things to date, that interest me. You’ll get to know about it in Future Issues of Newsletters.
Meet new people!
When you meet new people, you learn new perspectives that you may never know.
I got to know about many Skills, just because I was following and meeting new people on Twitter from 2021. I made so many friends and joined new communities.
Not only did it help me gain new knowledge, but it also opened doors of opportunities for me. I earned my first 100 INR because I was sharing my work in different groups on WhatsApp, Discord servers etc.
(this is called, I’ll talk about it in the next issue, so please do subscribe)
Even today, I connected with so many people in 2022-23 that landed me with so many opportunities today.
Failure.
Yes, I have failed many times, and even burned out while handling many things at once :)
Yes, I tried so many things but also failed in many (got succeeded). After completing my 12th in 2021 (fortunately, there was no exam thanks to COVID), I failed JEE.
So, I took a drop and started learning Design, and also sharing my work online. There I got my first freelance job as a designer (that was my first WIN).
Next, I got my second opportunity as a Social Media Manager, just because I was sharing my work online and that helped me gain a good amount of followers.
But, that opportunity didn’t last 3 months as I was not interested in doing it anymore (yes, I loved to do that but I lost my interest).
I failed to be an SMM. Then, I continued my Design journey.
Failing on YouTube.
Let me take you around 7-8 years ago, I was very bad at communication and even, I was very underconfident. Not even able to give answers in my class, and can’t even take a stand.
I started creating content on YouTube in the Tech Niche (as it was quite trending, and I also had an interest in it) but I failed to keep myself on it, so I left that.
After some months, I started another YouTube Channel, which again failed. And it continued (starting-failing-starting-failing…..) till 2022.
Sad Story right? Naahhhhhhhh😂 It helped me throughout my school to transition from underconfident to a very confident student.
You’ve seen those students, who are always ready to give answers (even if they give wrong answers). When they get a chance to speak - you’ll see them in front of the class. When someone asks for any language activity, you’ll see them.
Yes, I became that.
Let me show you one pic of mine from College Class, where I was doing the presentation in Language lab and it also started with becoming the first student to give an Introduction and being the first person in the class to take a stand.
And, it was all in English. And, let me tell you - in my whole School time I was very confident in Hindi (never in English), But life got a greater turn when I started my English Channel - I already told you right.
That made me super confident again, and this time it was in English.
So, What are you waiting for? Start as imperfect today, and see yourself getting better in future.
Resources (Bonus*)
In the last issue, I asked my subscribers if I should share videos I am watching, resources I using and more here. Many people polled to Yes.
So, here are a few videos, blogs, and resources I am using these days :
A video on Master Communication by Ansh Mehra : here
Concept of Hedgehog and Foxes : here
Blog on Steve Jobs on Doers and Believers : here
Thanks for reading this Issue, in case you got to learn something, make sure to share it with your friends as well!
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