It is the best and worst time to be into self-improvement

Why has trust fallen between viewers, and self-improvement creators? Why are people watching less self-improvement content? I talk about this and give my opinions.
Break away from binge watching self-improvement videos, and start taking action with a group in my paid community: cole-hastings....

[@wbymyka]

Cole always comes in clutch with the wholesome big bro vibes ☄️🏌🏾‍♂️

[@CoalHastings]

[@nars2467]

FIRST :) thank you for acknowledging this and being honest and open (and also self aware enough) to share about it I also have been feeling the same way myself, as someone who’s watched self improvement videos for YEARS almost every other day if not daily - at a certain point you have to take action and stop focusing on other people’s journeys (as inspiring as they might be) and embark on your own. Also the fact that there’s just SO much content out there it can be overwhelming and like you said a lot of the times repetitive Excited to see what you post on this channel and always appreciate the authenticity!!

[@connorleblanc5435]

Really great topic Cole! You highlighted a lot of why I feel put off to the modern self-improvement guru content. The harsh and assertive advice always felt too formulaic, as if there is some hard set path to “win life”. You never win life, you just keep enduring until it’s over. That endurance takes different forms of experience and heights of joy and despair for every single individual. It’s all nuanced. That’s why I prefer more intimate sit down talks like this if anything from a “self-improvement” person, which we all are in our own way. We’re all on the hero’s journey. I much would rather read a great canon novel or mature film than a self help book or finance bro reel. Life is just people’s stories. And your own. The only consistent conceptual thread of my ever evolving philosophical framework is empathy. For myself. And everyone. Preciate this new channel it’s probably more my style haha. Keep it up!

[@CoalHastings]

Really appreciate the comment. I'm most likely going to be writing my next book soon and guess what... it will be fiction.

[@connorleblanc5435]

@@CoalHastings that’s a monumental task man. So exciting. I currently dream of being a writer. Trying to get started this summer. Keep us updated about your book I will definitely be tuning in!

[@LukeSutherland.]

As someone who is literally starting a self improvement channel this info has been valuable. I've been through some crazy life events, and I've learned a lot through pain and believe that things like depression can be an advantage to push you. Lets do this 👊

[@CoalHastings]

Share those experiences, make high quality content that you would want to watch. You got this

[@RobinVoils]

Actually Getting out there, interacting in person with people, and getting involved to help improve the world. That’s what I naturally found myself drawn to more as I have stopped watching self improvement. At some point , this should be the videos goals though, right? To help you actually ‘ self improve ‘so that you don’t need them and don’t want to watch them as much anymore. So then you can actually get out there in the world and make an impact, which to some degree is what I think we all really want to be able to do

[@CoalHastings]

Exactly right

[@ChiaraSupernova]

You are right, self improvement must become authentic! 💯

[@ChiaraSupernova]

You a real one we fck whichoo 😅

[@friendly76]

Glad to see you here in a more unstructured format! This is the "other" Eric (Aniversario) on your Discord and Skool communities. I appreciate your take on the current state of self improvement on KZbin. I have watched your videos (and those of other self improvement creators) for a few years and I'd like to say that I genuinely have made some meaningful strides in life progress since then, but of course there is always (much) more room to grow. I'd say that my consumption has actually stayed about the same since then, but there are some results to justify those many hours of watching.

[@CoalHastings]

haha as long as you've seen a change, your consumptions habits are justified. Glad you're still here

[@Eljoueur_dz]

I love ur way of scripting in ur main channel ! Im happy that u opened this new channel ❤

[@CoalHastings]

Thank you

[@the_messageman]

This actually gave me a lot of inspiration and ideas for where I want to take my KZbin channel. Appreciate you Cole 🙏

[@Nakkemies]

I like the honesty! Nowaday seeing true honesty and kindness is kinda rare.. Most influencers has the agenda of keeping the viewer hooked/dependent, instead you show the necessary tools for us, which has worked in you daily life. True kindness shows in life, in a way that actions/lessons are made so that everyone is able to become self-sufficient and be able respect our differences. "To stop hunger, don't just give the food. Instead teach to become self-sufficient." Part of growing is to allow to make mistakes. I often see "leaders" and people who micromanage everything. So no one can learn to become someone who can operate independently. Example, best leaders give tools, then watch and allow mistakes to be made. Also, being present if needed and supportive when mistakes happen. Trying to control everything is unhealthy and poor management, because we grow from our mistakes. Life isn't about profit and control, it's a life we share together and interact, allowing us to become best version of our selves. Thanks for being real and trying your best to sincerely heal as much as you can!

[@alexdobos902]

People are starting to seek deeper content for growth. I found that videos have become more popular, which emphasizes the other half of self-improvement: acceptance, letting go, shadow work, and finding deeper meaning. Additionally, I feel that people like Dan Koe, who promote self-experimentation and developing a unique journey and system for one's vision, are starting to rise.

[@CoalHastings]

Dan Koe is crushing

[@martinhendle7262]

Very refreshing Cole , I have been following you for some time now . Some of your videos are boring and some are brilliant. Some I take nothing from others just a few comments but these comments resonate in my life . And I do use your thoughts to help me at times . So in the end I’m glad you randomly came into my life . Martin a 60 year old English guy who’s slightly better off by watching you vids x

[@CoalHastings]

Appreciate the transparency! Thanks for being here

[@JuliusNarte27]

Hey bro i’m happy you started an unscripted channel! In regards to self improvement i can resonate with the nuanced approach to self improvement and i’ve actually started to detach from the internet, live my life and use my own voice in my mind to gain virtue.

[@CoalHastings]

Beautiful stuff man

[@EverydayImmortal]

Thank you for the advice Cole. I'm trying to break into the self-improvement space. Slightly more on the spiritual side, though I try not to be too woo-woo about it. I just want to help people by sharing the mindsets that have helped me. Your short film is what inspired me to start writing the blog I've been too scared to start for a long time and start posting on this channel.

[@CoalHastings]

Thats sick, keep posting

[@ItsAryax]

I think it's also kinda becomes an obsession as u get more into it eat some point it's just become perfectionist trying to live a "perfect life" & be your "nest percect self" that's more purposeless than jeffrey who got goals in videgames

[@ericappreviews3989]

Hey Cole, Eric here. In your Discord and your Skool community. I like the video format and enjoy. I haven’t been active as I’m trying to take the silent action, minus me telling you this now…and hope to report when something has happened and not within the “I’m going to do this” You’re correct, you’re different, and super authentic. I don’t enjoy the Hamza hate he’s received. The only problem he had is that he was so certain and then changed his mind on a lot of things. I think I’ve seen the same young KZbinrs you have that tell you to meditate 😂. I appreciate you also mentioning in this video that the new ones to succeed are likely the ones that do change it up and offer something else that’s different than the norm. That gives me comfort in the journey I’m constantly battling within on whether to be super unique or bland and safe. Thank you

[@CoalHastings]

Thanks for being here, man! Are you in the paid skool community? You can get in for free.

[@JakPiggott]

Most valuable 22 mins I’ve spent in a long time 🫡❤️

[@CoalHastings]

Haha dude, when I mentioned creators who have blown up in the past year or two, your channel came to mind. Good to see you here

[@marcmailloux2679]

thanks for the different perspective , I love the honesty. I do admit I have an addiction to self improvement., that sometimes becomes toxic , insecure I do admit I have been woke to the fact that I am a gym cell from your last video and I’ve been working so much on myself that I’ve killed a lot of opportunities outside of my life

[@CoalHastings]

Thanks for being on the second channel. It's all up to you to create the ideal lifestyle that mkaes you the most fulfilled.

[@Paulgotit862]

Good idea and about time

[@linguaaan]

Wow, Cole! It’s great to see you speaking so naturally and relatable being unscripted Cheers to you, man!

[@CoalHastings]

Cheers, glad you liked it

[@LessonsFromAnime]

I've noticed that exact same trend of "people are more interested in the more gentle side of things" in my own videos

[@NFSMAN50]

Just subscribed to your new channel Cole. What i like about you is that, you dont have a red-pill, manosphere esque type of vibe to your channel. Hamza has that vibe about him.

[@CoalHastings]

To each their own. Hamza's approach works for him, it is him, and it helps a lot of young guys. I've chosen a different approach that's more genuine to who i am.

[@GaryAGalindo]

Yooo second channel? Now I have more stuff to listen to on my walks

[@sunnydanisummers]

Interesting concept - I look forward to seeing what comes of your new direction. As someone who has been working on herself and self-improvement, I’ve become incredibly disillusioned with the self-help approach that most have now. It does come off as fake, or to make money on suffering. It’s very unsustainable for the majority of humans as it takes out a lot of the humanity in how we live. Anyways, I’m here to see what you have to say. Good luck !

[@sunnydanisummers]

7:30 I’m commenting while watching your video, probably a mistake. If you wanted to explore the history of the business of self-improvement, I agree with you that in 2017, there was a huge increase in self-help advice geared towards men, but argue that this was something that came out of the already existing, “girl boss” gimmick that had been thriving in the early 2010s. It really seems that male influencers took note of that market, especially with MLMs growing and capitalized on the idea for a new demographic

[@CoalHastings]

And even before that there were the Jim Rohn motivational speaker types

[@MichalWck]

Thank you for this video :) Just like the market. The stock has to go up and down. There are only opportunities in every downfall or rise. Im a 16 year old small creator and most of my KZbin journey I've been shitting bad videos, just recently started to do a lil better (I still shit bad vids but I have some in the safe lol). I think its not something new that is happening just the normal cycle of life, Hamza became the masculine SI creator everyone needed but now he used up this and now people need something else. I've been feeling like my content is not what I want to make tbh and I know I have so much more potential but Iv've just decided to "just copy Hamza" as literally everyone is doing now lol. The season of my life is learning, not "self-improvement". It became a cult and is just doing everyone a disservice. No matter if youre a creator or a viewer we need to educate ourselves on how the world operates from the first principles because if we dont there are always people who will know those and those can manipulate the shit out of you. Thanks again and looking forward to your channel.

[@CoalHastings]

Well said, great insights, especially at 16

[@ianr7418]

We are just tired of people telling us the “best” way to live, so now that the pandemic crisis is over we’re just like fuck it, I don’t really care about self improvement anymore

[@thomase13]

While the sentiment of "I don't care" is everywhere, that's the only reason people believe the pandemic crisis is over, while the actual data only paint worse pictures.

[@ItsAryax]

I mean at yeah at some point it's just perfectionism trying to live a perfect and best life that's just purposeless

[@wavestation999]

​@@ItsAryax right, at a certain point self improvement went from bettering your self as a person, building good habits etc. to full on perfectionism

[@Daveighna]

Idk about others, but for me I just don't care anymore XD I'm just living, I'll try to do something to achieve my goals, but I won't work my ass off for that, I'll die anyway, and it won't matter xd now I just prefer to spend time with family, etc.

[@PebbleOcean]

I started philosophy essays for my KZbin. There’s things we have to do. The information is worth everything 😭

[@CoalHastings]

Teaching philosophy is a great way to provide content

[@RealJayMelon]

Ngl, These are the videos I really fuck with. I honestly prefer watching unfiltered channels compared to main channels. Like you said, I don't even watch your main videos like that anymore, Unless you got something interesting. It's nice watch something and listen like you're next to me instead of watching a documentary

[@CoalHastings]

I’m glad I’ve got a new format for ya

[@wamda._]

Loved the channel, thankful ❤

[@thedavidboland]

Good to see you shooting (or speaking) from the hip with this channel man! Scripted videos don't tend to keep my boat afloat personally... I feel like the self improvement channels that you're referring to are using self improvement as the only inspiration for their videos rather than just living life and telling stories based on grounded experience. You can't self improve without living. I would say a lot of people need to just take action and live their lives - and naturally, they will evolve and "improve"... and then MAYBE making a "self improvement" KZbin channel could be a nice offshoot from all of this. Big hug - did you run your marathon yet?

[@CoalHastings]

Thanks man. Yep ran the marathon last weekend. Didn’t go exactly as planned but we did it. Finished in 4:34

[@thedavidboland]

@@CoalHastings solid! well done buddy. I finished my first ultra (53k) in about 7 hours!

[@CoalHastings]

Insane

[@carpo719]

What I have realized is if self-help is not based on the desire to help others it will never be satisfactory.... ultimately we want to be better people for others, otherwise we can make up whatever illusion we want. So my advice is to impress the people that are worthy, not those that aren't worth our time.

[@CoalHastings]

I think the end goal of all self improvement should be to have a cup that is so full, that you can now start pouring that cup into other people's. It becomes very meaningless if the only reason you are improving for is yourself, forever.

[@carpo719]

​​@@CoalHastingsexactly. However, this isn't how many seem to understand it. That said.... a full cup is always subjective.

[@IssaIbrahim1]

This is the Coal Hastings we needed to see lol

[@CoalHastings]

Coal Cole Hastings

[@cibirajgl]

Great Man (Just Be true to your self)❤

[@HackShiv]

Self-improvement is shit. Just live yo life man.

[@benamitchell]

Ooh I'm excited for this bro

[@CoalHastings]

Good to see you here Ben

[@DrakenTandem]

Yeah absolutely, for me authenticity is huge. For example when comparing hamzas daily video with some goofy thumbnail that he used to do and now which is longer not edited videos, it make it seem to be more relatable in some sense and there isn’t a fake mask put on every new video. Also for me it’s the courses, I feel like a lot of self- improvement ytbers try to take advantage of the lack of drive and sense of improvement in the young guys, hence the course which I do not mind but it really (at least for me) make it seem like there is no good intent but rather a pure motive for money.

[@CoalHastings]

I don’t doubt a lot of self improvement KZbinrs only make courses for a quick cash grab, but others want to: - genuinely connect with their viewers on a deeper level by creating a community with calls/stuff like that - have income separate from KZbin Which is completely understandable. We need to make money somehow to be able to consistently put out content-YouTuve views and sponsorships are very unpredictable. So why not offer something useful and valuable that also allows you to talk to your subscribers face to face? Seems like a win win. Though I am aware of how many bad courses exist for the reason you mentioned.

[@DrakenTandem]

@@CoalHastings yea absolutely I forgot to mention that I don’t mind courses and that ppl gotta make money somehow and provide good benefits for its audience, I was just talking ab the shitty ones and the ones that seem disingenuous.

[@flame0814]

i was so confused about the subs number before u said its the 2nd channel

[@CoalHastings]

Name is different too

[@SyNcLife]

nice idea, I should do that too lol

[@dismayingmist7868]

I been watching your videos a few years now I sub to your chennal

[@aaronbong]

Your speaking ability is great! How do you improved it until this point and what can be improved some more?

[@CoalHastings]

I improved it by talking to a camera every week for almost a decade (my main channel). I could improve my wit and cleverness/word choice

[@aaronbong]

@@CoalHastings Thank you! I definitely need to take the advice of practicing more often

[@patricksmangan]

The real (old) ones remember a lifetime ago, when we’d listen to every single podcast episode that Stefan Molyneux put out.

[@carpo719]

Before he fell off the deep end?

[@Gyan_9619]

💜

[@yxb_21]

I think u mean a third channel

[@CoalHastings]

Podcast channel doesn’t count 🤫

[@sandeep2027]

❤❤

[@Qualityfun-relaxationLla-ud7pm]

330th sub

[@CoalHastings]

real one

[@unnderneath]

This man is hot.

[@realsamg]

The British accent was spot on

[@CoalHastings]

Propa

[@yash.delusional]

As iam so early wanna do a quick zoom podcast with you let me know

[@CoalHastings]

Dm on insta

[@Happiness11112]

Hi coal

[@CoalHastings]

Hi

[@char2723]

Sir, you need to redact your cussing. Please and thank you.

[@CoalHastings]

No thanks, this is the unfiltered version of me

[@vindicus]

I don’t know if that or everyone is now doomer and gave up 😂

[@CoalHastings]

😂 I hope not, I mentioned that in the vid

[@EMMANUEL-qx5mb]

Well im early

[@CoalHastings]

My guy

[@tuzar359]

The URL was so close to read out 'c0LE'