During the day, various tasks are to be accomplished. Some of these tasks bring great joy and we do them with energy. Other tasks we try our best to avoid. Channel Dad Bryon Lape reads an article covering how to get motivated for all the tasks needing your attention.
Need to find a new job, but do not feel like applying? Why do you want a new job? Want more satisfaction in what you do? Need more money? Want to feel you have more influence and control? Develop an internal reason to make a change and let that emotion override any negativity you may encounter.
Channel Dad Bryon Lape misreads yet another article. He is not quite a Boomer, but the listener will no doubt think he is one based on the number of words he mispronounces or ideas that cause him to trail off. Listen to Bryon Lape read and leave comments. Some listeners have made a drinking game out of his inability to read clearly and properly.
The video is about motivation and for some reason Channel Dad Bryon Lape spends a lot of time talking about time sheets. Is he really this nuts?
Setting goals and objectives are important. Whether you have financial goals or personal objectives, you want to prioritize your goals. Do some 2020 goal setting and watch your accomplishments grow.
Many people have habits that they would like to change, while they also have routines that need modification. There are also new ideas they would like to take on as habits and time after time they fail to do so. Why? Is that new habit really a habit? Is it perhaps a routine that is being confused as a habit? Put down the self-help book a moment and analyze the situation.
Author Nir Eyal takes the reader on a journey into the psychology of habits and routines. These two ideas are often confused and mishandled, leaving many people to be frustrated as they try to improve themselves and their lives. Often, it is best to start a new habit as a routine until conscious effort is no longer required in order to do it. The brain detachment and muscle memory of the routine is very important to make it a habit. Routines that will always require quite a bit of mental involvement, like paying the bills or practicing the piano, will never become habits. If one confuses these and believes such a routine can become a habit, they will continue to be frustrated and feel inadequate. Stop trying to make a routine into a habit!
Nir Eyal gives some tips on how to identify if a routine can become a habit and ways to make the transformation so it will be successful. Improve your life by learning what is a routine and what is a habit, then make the proper decisions for good success.
Have you read Charles Duhigg’s books like The Power of Habit? How would you compare Charles Duhigg advice and assessment with Nir Eyal’s observations and scientific analysis? Surely “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business” is more comprehensive and how successful are those who read these books and take the advice of Charles Duhigg?
Make a new start with the 2020 habits you really want. Start a proper new routine and create a beneficial new habit. The Power of Habit audiobook may help.
Find Nir Eyal’s complete article titled “Stop Confusing Habits for Routines: What You Need To Know” at GetPocket. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/stop-confusing-habits-for-routines-what-you-need-to-know?utm_source=pocket-newtab
A new year has started and the last year of the second decade of the 21st century is upon us. Are you ready for a the Blue Ocean Shift?
Too often people and companies get bogged down in the Red Ocean of over competition. They are constantly churning in the same space as everyone else, dividing the current market into smaller and smaller pieces. Organic growth is not possible and many feel like failures. There is no need to be this way. Enter a Blue Ocean.
What is a Blue Ocean? It is quite simple, expanding into a new area, a new market. For individuals, it is growing into new ideas and new methods. A business may create a new market with new products or expanding on an existing product in a new and novel way. The water in a Blue Ocean is clean. The waters do not churn.
As 2019 drew to a close, my YouTube channel was mostly in retreat. There are various reasons I was losing subscribers, but I was determined to be open to new avenues and new ideas. I started reading the book Blue Ocean Shift and it really started to teach me a few things. The rollover into 2020 brought growth back to my channel and a new outlook for the future. I stepped out of the Red Ocean of anger and bitterness and stepped into the Blue Ocean of Peace and Fulfillment. A growing channel was not the only positive.
In mid-November I left a job that I enjoyed to seek one that offered better fulfillment. Within the first two weeks, there was serious talk of me doing several Lunch and Learns to teach the junior developers. This was a large piece that was missing from my last job. This is why I was here. Each day as the challenges come forth, it is easier and easier to let the negative emotions go and live in the present in Peace and Gratefulness. It is amazing.
The other books I am reading is The Art of Living by Bob Proctor. This is a books I started several years ago and then neglected for too long. The Art of Living and Blue Ocean Shift books are incredible and well aligned. One book will bring up a point and the other will re-enforce the idea. For more alignment, watch some of Bob Proctor’s videos. The Secret is being aligned to the proper energy and believing you will succeed. Most likely you will have to change your subconscious. There is where the real battle is.
In this realm, the year 2020 is officially the year of alignment. Finding your path and purpose. Creating your Blue Ocean.
The time had faded and the grey of obscurity loomed upon me. Would the new YouTube accept my eclectic channel or would the new algorithm swallow me whole? The standard algorithm preferred channels that had one, and only one, focus. The Bryon Lape channel, or LapeTV as it was sometimes known, had no single focus. The videos reflected the whim of the day or questions sent from subscribers. It was not contained within Pop Culture, Beer, Fitness, or Photography. Video topics came and went. Subscribers came and went.
Some weeks, the drunken oddness attracted viewers and subscribers. The Brie Larson fans would defend her selection as Captain Marvel and state she was not hated by the rest of the MCU cast, despite the rumors. They came and left comments on videos that would claim Captain Marvel was not wanted or if her comics were being cancelled. Her fans would quote the sales figures, they would state why Brie Larson is great and how she should be a part of Disney Star Wars. They might down vote a video, but their feedback and comments were welcome. The views count, no matter what.
Then YouTube changed. The FTC and the Attorney General of New York State sued. YouTube lost money. Google lost money. It all changed over night. They did not like losing money. They made changes to the rules. Many channels died. Videos had to be tagged if they were for children. Videos had to be tagged if they were for an audience that is over 18. The FTC said all this was not necessary, not correct. It mattered not. Google made the changes to YouTube. Many channels died. Be careful with the beer reviews. Be careful with the supplement reviews. Tag videos. Mark videos. If the wrong audience saw the video and the wrong metrics were saved, there were serious fines waiting.
Stillness stood upon the Internet. Then, it happened.
Out of the darkness came a voice. LapeTV could exist. Bryon Lape’s channel could exist. Brainmuffin could exist. Channel Dad could exist. All of the oddness could exist. It didn’t matter that the Fandom Menace had rejected the Old Man. It didn’t matter that bullshit had past the channel by. There was a way out of the darkness. There was Elizabeth. She was the path to the answers.
The time had started simply. An experiment to test the viability of the Bryon Lape YouTube channel had started. The subscriber count grew. The numbers were not fantastic, but with minimal efforts the growth became self-sustaining. The people believed and supported the channel. They found honesty and openness. There was no direct effort to market to them. The reviews where seen as honest and proper. People would buy. People would believe. There was truth.
Elizabeth became a part of the behind the scenes. Margaret was quite persuasive in the future of LapeTV. Be honest and open. Do not hide when products were provided and not purchased. Do unboxing videos and state plainly if the products were purchased or provided. Discount links worked. Do not pretend to be something that it wasn’t. It was all good. It all worked. It was all correct.
There wasn’t a pull back. There didn’t need to be. Some channels pretend to be something they are not. Instagram Influencers have been shown to be frauds when they make claims that are not true or they Photoshop images to improve the surroundings. With LapeTV there was no need. Sometimes Channel Dad Bryon Lape was with the World Class Bullshitters, sometimes he was just by himself. He was open and honest always. They audience responded. The channel grew. People subscribed. Bryon Lape visualized 100,000 subscribers and it happened.
When there is a desire to learn from success, there is no need for failure to be expected. While it is possible to learn from failure, it is far more powerful to learn from success. When you learn from success, the pattern to repeat and perfect is provided. When the learning comes from failure only the pattern to avoid is provided. It is far easier to repeat a pattern than to avoid. Seek you first the pattern that provides than the pattern that prohibits. For no greater experience can one provide for themselves than one that can be studied and repeated with even greater success.
Reach out. So much can be had when you maximize your Life.
The YouTube channel was finally starting to grow. Each week, the number of subscribers rose, as did the amount of increase. Nothing spectacular, but the growth was steady.
When the milestone of reach 2,500 subscribers was reached, a new trend started to develop with the video watches. Previously, the videos about pop culture, in particular Star Wars and Marvel Movies, had been the highest watched. This was in contrast to trends from several years ago when the supplement reviews were king. New subscribers were starting to watch the reviews again, with several reaching more views than the channel had subs. What was going on?
Around the 3,000 sub level, a contact came in from a marketing research firm. They wanted to chat about a test venture that would no doubt grow my channel. Surely this is spam and it was ignored. A few days later, a more convincing message was sent and contact was made. They had conducted an honesty survey using several channels and mine rated the highest. A six week experiment was in order to see how much potential there was in a channel that had various topics and was not trying to directly sell anything. This sounded great!
The first two weeks of the experiment was about getting the videos in order and tagging them properly. Several old videos had to go. They were too divisive or too old. Away they went. Others need to be updated for proper tagging. A few thumbnail tweaks here and there as well. Nice and proper. Good, what next?
A consistent schedule was created. Videos would go out three times a week. Sunday afternoons were good for a pop culture video. It could be a single topic or a summary. The experiment would derive which worked better. Tuesday morning at 9 was good for a supplement review or other fitness related video. Friday morning was primetime for a beer review. People were getting ready for the weekend on Friday and a good beer suggestion helped them prepare. There, now stick to this schedule, until it needs to be updated.
Now for the thumbnails. They are too boring. Each should be unique and yet have a familiarity. Each should convey enough insight to be interesting. A format was chosen for each video type. A formula was discovered. Care was taken in their creation. They looked sharp, but not too professional.
The videos themselves needed something that was missing: an air of caring, not one of a hobby. YouTube, after all, was a place of business and the videos need to reflect that. Don’t just throw together a video in minutes. Take some time to prepare and plan them. A consistent introduction was needed for each type. A proper and consistent expectation needed to be created in the mind of the viewer. They should be able to tell what type of video they were watching by the introduction alone. No more sloppy t-shirts, even in the gym. Look like you care. Look like you want to help them. Well, because, you want to do so. The viewer must get that message subconsciously in the first ten seconds. If not, they would be lost. Too often, and they would not return.
Over time, the videos took on the new ideas. By the fourth week, the channel growth was up to 200 new subscribers a week. This was not some drop in the bucket as had been when the Brie Larson/Captain Marvel video exploded. Views hit 1,000 for every video. Then 5,000. This was real growth and people showed their appreciation. The number of likes grew. Comments were left that reflected their desires. They communicated with one another. The first steps to a real YouTube community were being created. Finally! This is Awesome!
The channel was not the only thing to be growing. The marketing research firm was able to collect useful data from subscribers and viewers (surveys, advertisement reactions, social media sharing). This information could be sold or used to help their clients better their marketing efforts. They called and wanted a face to face. They had a new proposal.
It was with a bit of hesitance that a meeting was arranged in Upstate New York. Would the rights to the channel have to be sold or signed away? Would the income continue to grow?
No, on both accounts. Margaret wanted a more direct partnership: full-time consultant. The channel stays in the same hands, but direction and feedback would come from the firm to help it grow. Viewers would also be encouraged to take part in surveys and such to help gauge the value. The largest market was the fitness supplements industry, but it wasn’t the only one. Videos needed to be more often. There were brands interested in offering views discounts on new orders. A few apparel companies wanted to have their wears on display in workout videos. The best, though, was the request for not only interviews with the spokespeople for brands, but workout videos and appearances on their channels. LapeTV was becoming a bigger thing and it needed to grow, quickly.
A new video schedule was created. Sunday afternoons would now be “Conversations with Brainmuffin,” a new interview series like no other. All too often, the same questions are asked repeatedly and the personalities become quite tired of answering them. A new idea was to be tried, let them create their own list of questions, at least in part. What have they never been asked? Is there a question they would like to revise an answer for? New lines of thought? Why does no one ask these questions? A casual conversation was the goal, instead of some firing line style Q&A. Great!
Views about pop culture moved to three days a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Supplement reviews and taste tests, workout videos, and videos on correct exercise execution came out on Tuesday and Thursday. Beer reviews were still limited to Friday, but beer making would be added from time to time. Interviews with brewers would also be added to “Conversations with Brainmuffin,” but only once a month. Beer just isn’t paying the bills.
The return trip was overwhelming. The firm rented most of a floor in the Carew Tower in downtown Cincinnati as a place for conducting interviews and making the tasting videos. A kitchen area was created to allow for fitness cooking and beer making. An area of the floor was reinforced and a proper gym was created. Starting with local talent and fitness pros (personal trainers, rehabilitation specialists, sports coaches), workout and training routine videos were created. Often, the same people not only wanted to be on “Conversations with Brainmuffin,” but they also wanted to do supplement taste tests. Brands eventually allowed their local spokes person to bring new flavors and products by. The YouTube channel grew and so did the BitChute echo.
Helping with everything locally was Margaret’s trusty assistant, Elizabeth. Keeping everyone on schedule, in particular Brainmuffin himself, was a full-time job. After a month, Margaret knew she had to give up Elizabeth and let her run the operation. A new partnership was crafted: the making of a YouTube channel like none other.
Then, the first development happened. Arnold reached out for an interview in Columbus during the Classic.
In the English language, there are few words or phrases that are more destructive, more disruptive, more discouraging, nor more damaging than can’t. Matters not if it is used in its formal form of cannot, separated for emphases as can not, nor pronounced as if it spelled cain’t, the damage, the discouragement, the destruction is the same.
Parents will use the term believing they are teaching their children not to do something harmful. When physical or emotional harm is the known outcome, it is still encouraging to use another word. A child should not have to put their hands to a put stove to know it is hot and will burn them, but the common usage of can’t is too tempting to bleed over into other uses whose damage will not be seen for years.
Each person is born with a unique set of talents and gifts. Often parents are not sure what to do with their child when they are different. Unknowingly, a parent may tell a child they cannot do something out of fear or jealousy. Suppose they have a child who is adapt at piano when they never were. The parent might tell the child “You can’t spend the time to learn well enough.” The parent is making a judgement about their child and placing the seeds of doubt within them. Instead, the parent should empower the child to make a better decision whether to pursue and for how long: “I believe you can play well. Let’s set some learning goals and a practice schedule to get there.” Sure, these first goals may be as simple as learning the C scale in both directions with proper finger placement, but it shows the child how the path will look.
Parents are not the only ones who disarm with can’t. Often a person themselves will sabotage their own success by looking at a new endeavor and saying “I could never do that,” or worse “I can’t do that.” How do you know till you fully try? Don’t assume you cannot and then give a half-hearted effort to create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Instead, believe that perhaps you can do it. Create a plan, even it is just a mental one, and give 110% to the attempt. Decide and take massive action.
Inside each and every person ever born or will be born has an unique blend of talents and gifts that the World needs to better itself. How those gifts are used is the choice of that person and no one else. Whether or not those gifts and talents are used is also a choice of that same person, no matter what negative “can’t” words have been used by others toward them. Every great leap forward, every great progressive step, every breakthrough, every incredible discovery was created by someone who refused to accept the limits imposed of them by others. Create your can. Drop the can’t.
For about a year now I’ve been meaning to read and study Raymond Holliwell’s “Working with the Law”. Finally, finally. It has been ordered and is now in my possession. I also have the companion CDs with discussion about the book and its chapters featuring Bob Proctor and Mary Morrissey. Since acquiring them, I’ve listened to them twice.
I first came across The Secret on YoutTube and watched it several times. Bob is also featured in the movie and I started to find his other videos. Along the way, there was mention of Holliwell’s book and that slowly began my journey. A journey of understanding and wisdom.
Once the book arrived, I started to read each night. Listening to the appropriate CD on the way to work the next day. This worked for a few days, until I did read and then the CD was ahead. Driving to work without something going usually leads me to talk to myself (forget the radio). Sometimes this is necessary as I work various issues and ideas out, but sometimes it is not. A new plan is needed.
My order from Amazon also included Bob Proctor’s “The Art of Living,” so a new idea came to mind. What about reading both books at the same time? No, not each book every night, but some alternating scheme. Various ideas ran through my mind until one settled in: one Law chapter per week, Bob’s book on odd days, and the same CD each day. Interesting.
Sunday I’ll start the new idea, rereading chapter one as a whole. Mondays will have the chapter reviewed, a few pages in deep study, taking notes, highlighting, etc. Tuesday and Thursday evenings will be for reading “The Art of Living” and studying it as well. Wednesday and Friday evenings will be for the other two-thirds of the week’s chapter. Saturday is when the whole chapter will be read once again to summarize and continue.
The daily CDs on the drive to work? When my mind isn’t in full gear, the time will be used to listen to the proper CD for the chapter. Some of these are longer than one-way of my commute, so the ride home may also have more listening. If my mind needs to work things out, no sound, just talking.
I can’t wait to try this new approach to learning and studying “Working with the Law” and the changes it will bring to my Mind, Heart, and Life. So much has happened over the last year, this one will be no different.
