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꩜ Spiral learning
Any important area of life has many (perhaps, unlimited) layers of understanding and application. This is certainly true with Joyful Productivity. Each time you return to one of the lessons, consider these 4 steps: Choose one concept, tool, or exercise from the Lesson that you're most interested to apply right now. All other ideas, put on the "back burner" for future consideration. It'll always be available to you to revisit. Choosing to apply one idea at a time will make your real-life learning more sustainable. Experiment as you apply it into your life or business. This means you're open to making "mistakes" as you try implementing the idea. Reflect on your real-life learning and implementation: add a comment underneath that particular lesson. Share your experience with the class. Ask any questions. Netcare by reading a few other comments and replying underneath them. Perhaps even reach out privately to someone to appreciate their reflection. By using these 4 steps again and again, you will spiral deeper (or higher) into your skillfulness with Joyful Productivity 👏🏽
Choosing just one skill. What a relief!!
I was going to skip this video thinking, oh that's not going to be very important, I know how to learn, right?
But this is so important.
The other three steps too. But this one struck me.
@Margo Helman Such a relief, indeed!
Choosing is also our brain's way of pointing out what is timely, relevant and relatable. We are ready to integrate only a subset of what is presented to us on any given day in any given context. I just thought of this, not sure if I heard it anywhere but it feels right.
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Inspiring examples of progress... part 1!
Share your experiences of YT "success" thus far... however you define it, whatever is motivating you! As I see your comments below, I'll add some of them here as examples... Jill B -- "I’ve hit 1.1K views on my channel overall since the start of this program!" Simon Berkowitz -- 2k views within 5 days of uploading this video Mara Clear Spring Cook -- "I have 14 vids up now, and spontaneous positive feedback, and I even received a client booking." Shoubhik Purkayastha: 1st video: 637 views in 33 days + tons of Heart-wrenching comments/ emails/ texts -- powerful healing in me (Unanticipated - seeing the healing in others)... 2nd video: 127 views in 5 days --> massively SURPRISED at the deep connection.. and how they are watching multiple times to go deeper. See other examples from your fellow classmates in the comments below! Not from this course but other examples I discovered recently: Erin Foley career coach (gets most of her many client inquiries) from this one unedited video from years ago Old mans advice -- 25 million views of this unedited video If you don't see comments below, or don't have the ability to comment, you need to be logged into this course.
I finally don't psych myself and try to perform or prove myself. This is huge. I can finally express myself authentically.
I don't worry about making it perfect, I save a ton of time and energy, and I'm so relaxed that I'm not embarrassed to show my quirkiness which "accidentally" came out in this video .....
as compared to this one from one year ago where everything had to be rehearsed or scripted and I'm basically performing and communicating from my mind and not from the heart. It was so exhausting back then and definitely NOT sustainable!
I'm grateful for this program that helped me through the 100 video challenge (I'm 20% there!) and George's leadership. Thanks,
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Audio is surprisingly important for Video, especially for talking-head videos...
Think of it this way -- you're essentially recording a podcast, except including your video as well. Become really aware of reverb/echoey sound in your audio, and adjust for it. Ideas to try: Bring your mic as close to your mouth as possible (well, not so close as to distort the sound.) Fewer hard surfaces around you where sound can bounce around -- cover it with soft material like clothing or blankets. Or sound tiles. Which can be pieces of art! Get a better mic :) my favorite are Earpods (the wired type) purchased direct from Apple (don't get the knockoffs from Amazon and many retailers) Comment below with mics that have great sound for you! (This is a preview segment. If you don't see any comments below, you might not be logged into the course, or perhaps not enrolled. If you haven't enrolled, you can do so here.)
There is no laptop input that matches the headphones, looks like I need some kind of adapter...
OK, now I know my next step :-) THANKS!
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☀️ Lighting? Make sure your face is clearly seen... don't be backlit.
Soft natural daylight is best – I face a large window in my office which is where I make most of my videos. The main point is to try not to have your face in the dark. When natural light is not possible, I recommend an Umbrella Lighting Kit (approx $40) -- that single lighting kit will suffice for home video recording. Here is an example and another example using this lighting kit. Alternative: a softbox lighting kit. You do need about 2.5 feet (0.75 meters) of clearance for this lighting kit, placed behind the camera, facing you. The key is: don't be backlit.
"ANY GREAT TRUTH IS SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE WITH AND MINE THE GOLD FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES"
This is brilliant! Thank you,@George Kao
Wow, I see it's been a while since I was here! Glad to be back! The quote is still as powerful today as it was then.