A balance you need to fix: Creation vs. Consumption

Imagine a world where instead of people doubling down on consuming, they doubled down on creating. That's a world I'd like to live in. Maybe you're the same.
0:00 - My switch from consuming to creating
5:57 - The role model vs. the anti-role model
7:50 - Create for the 3 you's (past/present/future)
16:40 - Creations work for you. You work for consumptions.
19:20 - Opportunity = responsibility
23:05 - If your time was $1000 per hour, how would spend it?
1. The role model vs. the anti-role model
Who are the people you look up to? What do they have in common? Is it creating or consuming?
2. Create for the 3 you's
Make things to educate and inspire your past self, which bring your current self pleasure and pride and those which your future self will be thankful for.
3. Creations are nonlinear
One creation could change your entire life's trajectory. Except it's impossible to know which (they all do in some way). The only thing for sure is it will never happen if you don't start.
4. Opportunity = responsibility
Taking on the opportunity to create things which make your heart sing requires responsibility to let go of what's tieing you down and to climb over what stands in front of you (both of these are often only you).
Bringing change in the world first requires you to say, "I'm going to do this." and then doing it.
5. You're your own boss
Would you pay an employee $1000 per hour to spend time scrolling through a slot machine?
I wouldn't either.
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[@mehdizobiri9267]

Man , someone really has to bring you for a TED talk , you would be great.

[@mrdbourke]

I’m in!

[@blooddef]

Revisiting this still, a lot of time later. Incredibly valuable and made me start a blog about holistic health, and hopefully about the napoleonic era soon as well. Cheers!

[@vaishnavv4207]

Great video. When you consume more and create less, you doubt even the right thought. People consume things for fun because it's available,if they really create, they wouldn't have time to watch all day...

[@GC-jl4rv]

I first came to your channel for machine learning a year ago, but you have given me so much more than that. I have a new lense now by which I can view life. You are truly an inspiration for me, thank you.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you for sharing my friend. So kind of you.

[@NicolasMagneTang]

I think one of the most important things to start is to balance... Thank for the video

[@usamazahid5793]

It's difficult for me but one day I am going to meet you, till then keep inspiring,,,

[@grassfrens]

I found you one year ago because I was on my bed thinking "I should create more than I consume"... So what I did right after was to type on Google "create more than you consume" and you popped out. Cool, it was good to find you. After one year I could say that I tried, something is actually out, but yesterday night I was thinking the same. And you post this video, today. Cool, this is the last one I watch from you Daniel. Thank you, for now. I really appreciate your uniqueness in your content. Keep going!

[@mrdbourke]

Antonio you absolute and complete living legend. Thank you for the kind words my friend. Hearing you getting after it inspires me. Thank you again.

[@JayMaverick]

This is a very cool video and an important message. I'm glad you didn't demonize consumption. Totally agree that the ratio of creation/consumption is totally skewed, but creativity needs consumption to work properly. At least in my head. I get my best ideas from watching movies.

[@velvetsound]

Thank you fellow Aussie. I really needed to hear this tonight to kick off 2021. :)

[@addambleu654]

Wow, I found this video after I started working out for my health (bad posture mainly). It's really is inspiring, and even when you consume a great product you want to create something great too. I know what I want but I never knew how to put it into words, your video was a perfect catalyst for that. I never comment on videos but I had to make an exception ! Gotta go learn deep learning to make models to help people :D

[@net.garden]

thank you for sharing. happy to be on this journey

[@inkytbe26]

man I respect your viewpoint. I am really inspired by ur viewpoints.. I feel like my inner self is talking to me. I will definitely quote u when I reuse your thoughts .. golden words man.. wonderful to find this video, time and place recorded for my future self.. something very divine

[@nikhitasattiraju3726]

Exactly what i was trying to phrase it in my journal but couldn’t give a name to it. Thanks , your blogs are also very engaging, i sat and binge read 80% of your blogs in one go.

[@cosmicprankmusic]

Incredible video.

[@HKG432]

Thank you for this, I literally searched exactly these keywords ❤

[@heshamahmed8347]

6 Months later, I stumbled upon this video of yours and I have to say, this was quite the insightful piece my friend. As a consumer of the red-pill, I have begun to realize that in order for things to actually change, I would need to put what I consume, into practise and in essence, just start creating. Thanks for the video Daniel, I look forward to more of these kind of videos from you.

[@mrdbourke]

Glad you enjoyed Hesham! Keep creating legend

[@gojo.satoru577]

Hey, Daniel. I wish you kept making such videos where you share your thoughts. No pressure, but a lot of us benefit from your thinking out loud process!

[@EBCEu4]

I've started to follow your blog recently, very inspirational. You are that person to grab a piece from! Keep it up!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Yuriy! Really appreciate it my friend.

[@blacklabelmansociety]

Truly inspirational. Thanks mate

[@CloudAdvocate]

Thank you!! I totally agree with you. Its a grind to create content but it gives you satisfaction as you are helping people and bringing change in their life.

[@mrdbourke]

You’re totally right. Consuming is easy. Creating is hard.

[@edisonsmith233]

This is life changing. Thank you Daniel

[@PunitChoudhary]

Thank you for creating this video 💖

[@gusyates6111]

You are a complete bro! I hardly subscribe to YT channels, let alone comment. But felt the need to let you know that you've given me confidence to set some goals, start creating and move toward a new path (in DS). Thanks again DB! [From just down the road in Sydney ;) ]

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you for sharing Gus! Keep getting after it brother. Appreciate the kind words.

[@nate22621]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@hemrajmendon6234]

These are excellent honest thoughts!!

[@FunFitandWell]

Very useful video! I also thankful for your past-self! (:

[@mayaramein]

I liked your talk you are really good man

[@yogeshhasabe4931]

Daniel, you are truly motivating me in all the dimensions of AI+Health(Workouts)+Psychological aspects of Mind.. Hats Off..to you.. Your "PRESENT-YOU" is surely going to brighten our "FUTURE-US"

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Yogesh. We're building multidimensional beasts out here.

[@treymcnasty2326]

you give great advice!

[@TheGoodboy26]

Dan ,my boy thank you for Enlightening us!!!Love from India!!

[@hardikkamboj3528]

The channel is the most underrated thing on youtube, There are so many things that i love about you, i have to tell you one thing, you have no idea what the service you are providing means to us, especially to a person like me, Thanks a lot for this channel. Thank you.

[@mrdbourke]

woah!! Thank you so much brother. I really appreciate it. Plenty more to come.

[@shawnjames3242]

Well you are one person i look upto and you definitely focuses on creating more than consuming ❣️

[@mrdbourke]

👊 my boy Shawn

[@CristiVladZ]

Glad I found you bro! This is along the line of gary vee's 'document vs. create'. Looking forward for more insightful videos

[@abdullahmosibah560]

Thanks for the informative eye opening content , keep it going

[@ashikshafi1765]

Been watching your video's today all day.. stuck up with to finish the course and new video brighten up me 😁 after breaking fast gonna work on finishing up.. Thanks Dan you being an great inspiration 💓🙏. Create video's like this dan make us realise not to put upon our precious time on something doesn't brings values but at that age our thinking is different we need temporary pleasures and we fall for it exactly!! Loved the content was so real 🔥

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you so much Ashik, I really appreciate it. Keep getting after it my friend.

[@ashikshafi1765]

@@mrdbourke I am on it Dan coz of your massive inspiration ♥️🔥. Is it good to do one thing at a time or two ? I am planning to take Deep learning.ai specialization and and I am halfway with Imperial College London's maths for ds. Or finish one and then carry on with another ? Which work's better ?

[@dmitry10x74]

This is brilliant. Thank you very much, Daniel

[@mrdbourke]

Glad you enjoyed Dmitry, thank you for the kind words.

[@TrentTube]

Thank you.

[@ashishbhatnagar9590]

Great stuff Daniel. You are truly an inspiration.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Ashish, that’s so kind of you to say

[@GermanLearningJourney]

Thank you for your valuable content!

[@ninokvl3956]

thank you so much for making this video , you are such an inspiring person 💪

[@mrdbourke]

Glad you enjoyed Nino!

[@wf2078]

Hey Daniel, Thank you for making this video. It is refreshing and inspiring listen to you confront the behavioral 'norms' our societies have adopted. I'm glad and relieved this video is getting is much support I graduated college today . During my whole time on campus I would constantly use my school work as an rational to postpone personal code projects (why waste time not getting the best grades possible if that's what you are paying for.Right?). It always felt like there was a specific 'right' time (required) to start an extracurricular project, but that time was always after my next test, then pushed after the next and so on... Luckily as i begun my senior year, I ran into some like-minded productive types that helped get me out of my procrastination rut. That year, I was able quit social media, started making my bed, taking real care for my things, and quit hesitating to begin projects. The best time to start a project is yesterday. Your worst work is an empty page. The worst failure comes right before the best success.

[@mrdbourke]

Hey W F, massive effort on graduating my friend. So cool to hear about the changes you’ve made. Nothing inspires me more than hearing someone getting after it. Another saying you might like: A person who doesn’t take risks makes about 2 big mistakes per year. A person who takes risk makes about 2 big mistakes per year.

[@naamgumnaam6]

You presented it in a very well thought manner. It's good to keep touch with our own ethics and philosophy and work on it too. And as you said at 28:09, it'll be great if you make these kind of speaking from the heart and mind, but it's best to keep it to the optimum required level, because philosophy is a life long thing. I personally see it is a really really helpful/ enlightening topic, but I try to bear in mind that it doesn't take up too much time and thought. Again, awesome video. Good luck!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you for the kind words

[@JesseMathiu]

Mate thank you for this! God bless you

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Jesse, I appreciate it mate!

[@PJtravels]

If anyone needs something for media consuming I recommend the Netflix show called "D A R K". What you mentioned about past, present, future self reminded me of that show. Very thought provoking! Awesome video and Udemy ML and DS course as well!!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Patrick! Glad you're enjoying the course

[@dhartdata5998]

Like your videos, you are inspiring. I hope my journey too starts soon.

[@malprimitvs577]

Fantastic video!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Mal!

[@niceday2015]

Thank you so much for sharing this, subscriber from China

[@mrdbourke]

Glad you enjoyed! Hello from Brisbane, Australia

[@adybrain7693]

Great vid. I go by ‘ Do your future self a favour’ and live by the compound effect...5 mins each day invested in a new skill (e.g. learn play guitar) over 12 months will get you closer to your goals than 5 mins each day watching Netflix.

[@mrdbourke]

Quote worthy of writing on the wall

[@adybrain7693]

I have it as a screen saver 😎

[@jayeshsaita9536]

Nice one! Been working on this for some time now. Btw, you should keep this look, you look like Captain America from Avengers Infinity war 😀

[@ECGJoeAF]

Great video :)

[@arhumz1573]

Daniel, you've given us various tutorials and lessons on health, ML, productivity, and lifestyle. It's now time for the haircut tutorial :)

[@mrdbourke]

Oh you just wait! This mullet is just getting started!

[@bigbadwolf8930]

imagine if everyone in the comments walked the walk and created their own content instead of just consuming the video and writing comments

[@kailkuhn]

I got a question for you Daniel, how did you manage to really commit to your blog and how hard was to focus on the topics you write about in it (I can imagine you have many interests)? Did it just happen as time passed by and you began writing about the things going on in your life or was it a preconceived decision?

[@mrdbourke]

I made a decision to start creating more than I consume. After that, I looked for the story in everything. If something sparks my interests, chances are, I'll write about it. Writing is nature's way of showing how bad your thinking is.

[@MrDiglenson]

Thanks for sharing some really good ideas in your video. It would have been better if your videos were a bit shorter with ideas a bit more organized.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Divyanshu. I do tend to ramble on a bit don’t I. Think of this video as something to listen to whilst cooking a nice meal.

[@RashidAlipage]

Could you share the list of books or content you have read so far?

[@mrdbourke]

for creating: everything by Seth Godin and Steven Pressfield is a good place to start

[@HKG432]

How to balance reading books and creating?

[@zaeemAtif]

Someone who shares my thoughts, Creator > Consumer

[@samuraifis]

Have u made a video about Bitcoin or Cryptocurrencies? Interested to hear ur thoughts on them.

[@mrdbourke]

I haven’t, my knowledge about them is about as much as you’d learn after a week or so of researching them

[@sudeepnellur]

Even I felt the same when I realised that I'm really good at explaining things in layman language so later then taking you as inspiration I have started writing article in medium just like you do. Just wanna thank you for this kind of video because for me writing blog in medium has gave me little bit internet presence around my profile which is great. And it would be truly wonderful if world gets more creators BTW nice work Dan❤ keep going. My medium link(if you can give me some suggestions) medium.com/@jairus313.ai

[@mrdbourke]

So glad to hear you started writing Sudeep, I just followed you on Medium. Keep it up my friend

[@sudeepnellur]

@@mrdbourke thank you so much Dan that means alot♥️

[@arianrahman4840]

I have 10-12 hours screen time .....on my Laptop that is ;)

[@mrdbourke]

I hope you’re making something amazing!

[@prabhussingh]

First Comment ❤️

[@mrdbourke]

👑 You nailed it

[@harikiranm5756]

I just want to meet you brother