Hey there! Just stumbled upon your video and I really appreciate the insightful strategies you shared. It's interesting how the theme of growth and progress aligns with the messages of perseverance and determination that I often discuss on my Christian channel. Your tips are incredibly helpful, and I've already hit the like button and subscribed for more valuable content. Keep up the fantastic work!
@lvshope5 ай бұрын
Love your insights.
@thesongmom5 ай бұрын
I've loved these thank you for sharing your insight!
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching friend!
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
I like the attitude that we are providing a "transfer of confidence". If we are truly confident in a product or service, telling our contacts about it is not harmful or manipulative. Let's operate "in service to" people rather than "at the expense of" people. That's pretty guilt-free for me. What do you think?
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Totally agree. If you're not confident in what you're selling, you probably shouldn't sell it! I love that phrase "transfer of confidence"
@lvshope5 ай бұрын
Have loved your videos. Need to play catchup.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Always so encouraged by you friend. Thanks for watching!
@ChrysJones5 ай бұрын
Great job! you’ve stayed diligent!!
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
😅
@zionvisions5 ай бұрын
Loved the consistency and quality of your videos brother! 🔥
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Thank you sir! 🙏
@ChristophIsbjorn5 ай бұрын
Hey man! Great job and a great video for crossing the finish line! You should be really proud of this. Looking forward to seeing what you continue to do in the future :)
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏
@ailearners5 ай бұрын
do you script your video?
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Sometimes. I always outline. If I want to say something in a specific way I'll script it.
@ailearners5 ай бұрын
@@videosbyjtm sometimes it feel overwhelming but i need to start planning and outlining.
@ChrysJones5 ай бұрын
Looking forward to the next year! You’re an inspiration to me as well! My main channel is KZbin.com/@yourredeemedlife, and I’m on a similar journey, and I’d be down to collaborate with you!
@abhishek.scariya5 ай бұрын
Hello Jonathan, Great list. In the modern times one person of significance would be Makoto Fujimura (who was also a friend of late Dr. Keller). Mako has made great contributions on the area of art and faith. BTW, just found out about your channel and am enjoying it. Subscribed :) God bless you brother.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I'm checking out Makoto's stuff now!
@funky_dude7095 ай бұрын
Amazing video. Your 100% right about successful creatives still having that looming anxiety that beginners do, but they want to share and create so much that it overpowers their fear.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
yes!
@Fraud-zl5ul5 ай бұрын
I have a quote from an old friend, "If you are scared and alone, think about the happiest momment in your life, then think of nothing at all. Which is more terrifying?" I don’t know if she meant anything really provocative by this.
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
You understand! Please accept this value: You have the assets to be very successful in this arena or other avenues that touch the lives of those around you.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
thank you!
@GeekyStoics5 ай бұрын
i want to get this book so bad
@heartandhandsmusic5 ай бұрын
Man the "con" of realizing how many pther more talented people there are has always gotten me down more than it should. This qas insightful!
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Dude, same! The thoughts in this video have been a game changer for me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6mzeKqJnZdlf6Msi=aqhudUbhkDMKbOev
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
Be careful of burnout. I recommend you take a breath at the 30-day mark. We will still be here when you catch your stride again after some recharge time. This is another solid video BTW.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
thank you 🙏
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
Remember, for every positive comment you receive, there are a dozen more people who feel the same way but just remain silent. They appreciate your content but for some reason they don't put it in writing. so one vote of confidence in writing equals twelve.@@videosbyjtm
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
Good points all around. You have a gift as a presenter. Very captivating. I believe it will serve you well when it comes to audience retention.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this encouragement!
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
Thank you for acknowledging @@videosbyjtm
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
I was trying to learn a second language. A fast way to progress was to immerse myself in conversing with native speakers. Of course, no native speakers were impressed. A desire for greatness as a communicator helped me to be willing to humiliate myself as a novice in a new language. Loved your explanation of this concept.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
That's a good example
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
I love your content. Please keep bringing these points to our attention.@@videosbyjtm
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
I've been enjoying your insights on other videos but this one made me subscribe. You really nailed this topic. I am researching and writing for a video I will release in February that has a very similar take on the complexity surrounding comparing ourselves to others. I thought I knew what I was going to say but the more I dig into the subject, the less I'm sure of. I agree with what you said here and I would love to get your feedback when I finally get my thoughts in order. Keep up the good work.
@GeekyStoics5 ай бұрын
This was worthwhile. We do a lot of talking about the passions and warnings there, but every passion comes from a good place that is simply corrupted. Anger can come from a good place 👍 Thanks for this. Gonna refocus this week on something making me mad.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Ha! Go be mad. Seriously encouraged by this comment. Thanks for watching!
@humbleviewpoint5 ай бұрын
This video feels like a great example of exactly what you speak about. As I am viewing it you have 1.1K views. I predict that it will continue to attract an ever-increasing audience. Thank you for your wisdom.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and for this encouragement
@user-oc9ib7ld6k5 ай бұрын
So almost people want to be looked as the artists. Do you ? Personally not quite for me. I like listening to music as I would act like writing all songs I am just listenint to them. And I feel all people seem to be angry as if they are insisting like they are their songs. It is so weird actually I feel that way so vividly. But it is true. So I should be angry because I 'm the one doing all that as a matter of fact. Actually I am little much angry on them about the way all music is originally theirs. The truth is I don't care. I look myself going like super dry. They insist anyway and so do I. It would never be ending. That is the answer. By the way listening to music and you feel the colors, right ? That is the skill unfortunately I don't have. I can feel the colors while listening to music. I think that is sort of art too. You should be angry. If I have an occation sometimes to feel whatever, I 'd like to pretend like I don't care. There is no way avoiding that after all. I just don't wanna lose precious time just to be angry.
@videosbyjtm5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@noesanchez7776 ай бұрын
looooove this This is so helpful!!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Duuude, so encouraged. Thanks for watching brother!
@zionvisions6 ай бұрын
The channel I needed to come across on for this new year! About to binge all your videos. 🔥
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Dude, this comment made my day! Thanks for watching!
@tripplejaz6 ай бұрын
So often my ambitious creative endeavors get thought of as "works." To which I respond, "yes!" We agreed to be in the vineyard until sundown. We agreed to pick up our cross. We told Jesus we would invest our talents. He's coming back some day and wants to see what we've done with what He gave us. Do everything you do to the glory of the Lord.
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
🙌 thanks for watching! You're animations look awesome dude!
@primowuzhere6 ай бұрын
Thank you brother, it’s not a coincidence I found you 🙏
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
🙏 thank you for watching!
@primowuzhere6 ай бұрын
🔥
@newcreation8706 ай бұрын
I love the thought that I’m Heaven one day, no one will care about how many followers they have or how many likes… it’s just going to be humans living in loving community with God and each other. ☺️ love this video topic!!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Thanks man! And thanks for watching :)
@AndrewPatocchi6 ай бұрын
Great video! Great serires! God bless u bro!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@newcreation8706 ай бұрын
The quality of these videos are insane! Love em keep it up!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
You're making me blush :) Seriously, thanks dude! I was really encouraged by this comment
@RecoveryMisfit6 ай бұрын
This was a timely video for me. I’ve been putting off my Fiction novel, been stuck at 27,000 words the last few months. Yesterday, I pushed past some really dense chapters I was dreading. Now I’m at 34,000 words and I’m hoping to double that by the end of the week. You’ve got my sub!
@newcreation8706 ай бұрын
Are you going to publish it? Sounds cool!
@RecoveryMisfit6 ай бұрын
@@newcreation870 That’s definitely the goal, but there’s a lot of hoops to jump through before that happens
@newcreation8706 ай бұрын
@@RecoveryMisfit yeah I understand that… I’m rooting for you! I think that’s so cool!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
GET IT! Rooting for you! Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing! I'm encouraged and glad to hear the video was helpful
@TeemuLeinoArt6 ай бұрын
First video I ever watched from you and it was great! Subscribed to see more and listen to your thoughts. Well done.
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
So encouraged by this. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@chiemerieorizu50056 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing 🙌
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@YourRedeemedLife6 ай бұрын
You're not the only one who struggles with this! Keep at it! Great work!
@YourRedeemedLife6 ай бұрын
This is great content bro! I struggle with this as well! Thanks for the honest reminder!! I deal with this every time I release a video
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Thanks brother! Thanks for watching
@ChristophIsbjorn6 ай бұрын
Hey man, just wanted to encourage you to keep going! You're over halfway done with the 30-day challenge and you're doing great. I really enjoy seeing the way you weave entrepreneurship, creativity, and faith-based conversations into your videos. Can't wait to see tomorrow's video! Also, it'd be really cool when you finish this challenge to have playlists broken into those three different domains that you're covering and you can put the end cards of each video linked directly to the next one in the playlist. This'll help your audience retention so viewers and subscribers don't have to go to your page to look for another video or hope that KZbin puts it up in their top line of browse videos when they go to KZbin homepage. I know you have a lot going on doing a video per day, so please don't sweat doing this right now (Can't emphasize this enough, just keep going with the making of the videos, you're doing great).
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Yes! Thank you! These are all good thoughts. My plan is to clean up the channel a bit, create some playlists, and link videos once I have a bit more time to spare. I appreciate all your encouragement!
@ChrysJones6 ай бұрын
Thanks for your thoughts man!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Thanks for watching!
@themovingnorth6 ай бұрын
Theres an interesting difference between promoting yourself as the creator and promoting your creation. To take the creator's ego out of it, and push content based on the identity and worth of the content itself, to people who may connect with it, is okay? Yea? But I feel 'self-promotion' is often negatively labeled to auto-dismiss any share of original work. I certainly struggle with this in my creative pursuits. On Reddit, for example, there exists a bevy of communities centered around really niche concepts. If I as a creator, find a community that clearly resonates with a work, and I put out my original content into these communities, leaving myself out, I am still more-often-than-not shunned for self-promotion. Mods delete the post and no one sees something that caters directly to the community they're a part of.. But if someone else (third-party) were to share the same content in these communities, would the reaction be the same? Think about that.! I'm confused why consumers loathe people trying to share their hard work, and yet all-the-time knowingly interact with clickbait, pot-stirring, and creators who use media for their own ingratiation and for their own riches. Sure it would be noble to click "publish" and leave my work's fate solely up to the KZbin algorithms... but what is so wrong with asking someone else to check out a piece of new/struggling content if they might enjoy it? Posts like "get me to 5000 followers" or " I JUST RELEASED A NEW VIDEO, CLICK THE LINK ! CLICK THE LINK!," are NOT the same as "I made a piece about xxxxx and its relevant because yyyyy so if you're interested, please check it out..." but they all get tagged with this vile 'self-promotion' and effectively, I feel, it's almost helpless to take initiative in advertising your content on platforms that are already so heavily saturated.
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Thank you for this thoughtful comment. I've read over it a few times and have been thinking about it for a few days. In this video, I think I was talking more about the internal struggle of promoting our work as creatives. In your first paragraph, you hit the nail on the head of what I was getting at in the video. We have to reach a point where we find value in the work itself and get a mental space of sharing that value. I get what you're saying about sharing your content in online communities. Because we benefit from sharing our own work...I think it works best in communities like that to start by sharing value that gains you nothing but good will and trust. I think it's helpful to be wise about how you share and offer value in various settings. It's most helpful to "promote" the stuff we make to people who are ready for it. I think of KZbin as both a discovery platform and a holding tank (like a website). I think the algorithm could help me connect with new people...but I also want to add a bank of content to KZbin SO THAT when people in various settings (like a Reddit Community) start to like and trust me...A.K.A. when THEY are ready for it...they'll find that I have bunch of helpful content there for them. Online relationships are still relationships. There is a progression of trust. You've got to go on some dates before you ask a person to get married.
@themovingnorth6 ай бұрын
thanks for the thoughtfulness toward the matter. I appreciate your insights bro@@videosbyjtm
@fayvohwilson6 ай бұрын
I enjoyed watching this 100% 💯
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@scott4890ify6 ай бұрын
This was your most informative video so far in the series! Thank you!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@ThePJMcConnell6 ай бұрын
Hi Jonathan, I am a filmmaker that has been beat down by worrying about finances and has found myself in one of those jobs you describe where I hate it but feel trapped in it for financial reasons. Since it's also a creative role, it drains me of any fuel for my personal projects. I have hit quite the wall but your kind words were powerful and inspiring. Thanks!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Dude, thanks for watching this video! I glad to hear it was helpful. Cheering you on
@daniel_elliott6 ай бұрын
You're right, I am here to say that you can dunk a basketball! You just need to barrow the the extending stilts that are in the newest video on the Stuff Made Here KZbin channel.
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
That’s exactly what I need! 😂 Also my son Judah would LOVE to learn how to make those. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻
@daniel_elliott6 ай бұрын
@@videosbyjtm you’re welcome! I’ve been enjoying your videos this month and I’m looking for to more! Unfortunately I’ve been away from the know of maker stuff so I can’t recommend anything practical for Judah to learn how to make stuff like that (but on an age appropriate scale).
@SarahRNeill6 ай бұрын
I feel seen and attacked. I definitely needed to hear what you're saying. Thank you ❤
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Ha! My intention wasn’t to attack but I’m glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻
@ChristophIsbjorn6 ай бұрын
Hey man, I know it's a grind to put out these 30 videos in 30 days. You're doing great. You've already doubled your subscriber count since I first saw one of your videos on Browse two days ago. Keep it up :) You're doing great! Your point about doing this from a place of the gospel showing us why our lives have meaning and what life is about is great. My wife and I have had a lot of discussions around Genesis 1-3 and one of the most controversial stances we have amongst Christians is that this world has the potential to be the best possible world God could have created, and still has that potential. This stems from a long argument of humans having free will, and that freedom of choice as being the ultimate good that God could create in beings created in his own image. As beings with free will we can choose good or less than good, but the greatest good can only ever come from a being with free will. Then, when Jesus comes around (39 books later) he drops multiple messages that all ultimately stem from "there is no greater law than this: Love the lord your God with all your heart, mind, and spirit, and strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself" The act of love requires free will, love cannot be conscripted or forced. Anyways, off my soap box, I think you had a great point about the way we live our lives and why creation is not just a fun hobby, but a holy mandate from God. I look forward to tomorrows video :)
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and for this thoughtful comment. 🙏🏻 I’m encouraged by you
@mattwarren14196 ай бұрын
Your thoughts resonate on the constant theme that as Christians identity is rooted in Christ. Identity in Him provides fellowship, hope, security, worth, and significance. Working through 1 Corinthians, this really comes forward. Great Stuff!
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Love ya Matt! I was encouraged by this comment. Thanks for taking time to watch!
@rebeccadbates6 ай бұрын
Love this. Great food for thought on how my work can contribute to someone’s life! Also, love the drawing in the background 🥹
@videosbyjtm6 ай бұрын
Haha! Love ya friend! I was wondering who would notice the drawing :) Thanks for watching!
@tonyfphotography6 ай бұрын
This was such an important message. Make it less about "MY" work and what is the value to the viewer/client/customer. Thanks for the reminder and insight.