The ONLY question I ask to stay INSPIRED and MOTIVATED

[@JackConteExtras]

If I’m being completely honest, I actually don’t really struggle with staying motivated - I think I was blessed with good brain chemistry or something. But I DO STRUGGLE with staying positive. I’m super fucking hard on myself, and I often feel like the only road forward is the road OUT. And that is a defeatist attitude that will sometimes drag me down for days. When I’m in that dank awful pit and my brain is stuck on a “fuck this, I’m done” spiral, I try to go back to the concept in this video - the mission. so far, it’s worked for me. I figured I’d share it, because I know a lot of folks struggle with this, too

[@SarahMcCartney]

Truth, I spent thus afternoon asleep because I am done in, but now I have coffee and I'm making perfume.

[@DTH_MT]

So glad you decided to stick to creating! I am 100% one of the people that benefit from what you have done. You are great!

[@thebirdartistscottage]

I do something similar to what you describe. My inner monologue is "I'm sick of busting my ass." I have always been very critical of myself so even though I have a lot of self discipline, I'm also very prone to self doubt and that often leads to giving up too easily. I really appreciated your video today because it helped pull me out of the negative mindset that was threatening to pull me down...again.

[@petter_rylen]

Jack you are a master of inspiration and motivation (considering how much you've been able to make!), for which I look up to you, but I do think you miss the point a bit here. I hear your chain of reasoning like this: Why make art? -> art is what makes life worth living -> when we're stuck we should ask ourselves why we do it -> by reading the stories about how much people love what we do -> making people happy = inspiration I think this is flawed, because it reinforces the idea that if other people like what we do, it's "good". And the seeking to write a "good" song that loads of people like, is the biggest inspiration killer I know of. Nothing wrong with asking what our why is, but my suggestion for HOW to ask ourselves would be: Why do we do it? What do we ourselves want to learn and explore? When we're learning something that excites us, it truly doesn't matter if we play for 0 people or 1 million. The thing we want to investigate, is our why. I think you're extremely good at this, and that's why you're able to stay constantly motivated, that's what your "good brain chemistry" is about :) Many of us don't yet have a library of motivational and encouraging comments to use. Especially those of us who mostly play for 0 people. But I think anyone can learn to stay constantly inspired, it's just a matter about finding out what excites us! :) Love, Petter

[@jalex19100]

Thanks for sharing. I could write dozens of comments about how almost every bit of your work (and nataly’s) has made the world more enjoyable for many years. BTW, the new vinyl record (invisible people) I received recently is crazy nice quality and sounds freaking amazing. Thanks!

[@anthonylazz]

It's crazy that this guy went from arrested development to this

[@ca-qy3mk]

what

[@laillaE]

😄🤣😂

[@JackConteExtras]

O...K...... OK...... ok. ... ok fine.

[@bbacalhau]

This one was special. Thank you for making this Jack 🙏

[@LiveLoopers]

YES!

[@DailyCommuteKtm]

I was about to quit something today, but that last sentence, man that last sentence hit the home run for me. I'm glad I played this video. Thank You.

[@laillaE]

You know what's the coolest thing? That the CEO of Patreon is a normal, cool human being who genuinely believes in what we do. I love that! Thank you so much for this video

[@adamlane8751]

Yes the CEO of Patreon is a normal, uncool human being who genuinely believes in CENSORING creators who do not obey the dictates of techno-fascist. Squashing free speech and canceling the accounts of those who dare to think for themselves.

[@JonnyCastle]

Tonight I'm watching this video after a virtual memorial service for my brother. COVID fucking blows. But Jack, I swear you are one of the few creators that I watch that invoke such emotion from me. I don't know how to express my gratitude for what you do. Even in a moment like tonight, when I'm mourning...I am inspired by your work. Thank you.

[@erintozier8700]

"life is a never-ending giant trash fire and art makes it worth it" Thanks, Jack. I've been searching for the words to the feelings I've had for a while and i think those are it.

[@thebirdartistscottage]

Thank you so much for this video. On Sunday, our dog died very suddenly. He was my constant companion in my art studio and practically everywhere else. In the last couple of days, I’ve asked myself how to go on creating videos while I feel so sad and am experiencing so much grief. And you helped me answer that. The world is such a fucking hard place and art helps us endure the adversity and remember what’s good. Thanks, Jack, for all you and your team contribute to the world.

[@ScottHebert604]

sorry for your loss!

[@SarahMcCartney]

Sorry to hear about your dog. 💙

[@mitya_music]

love you Jack! been updating my own "ПАПКА ДОБРА" with some heartwarming comments I receive from time to time. Revisiting this folder can be so helpful when you're down! I once got a message from a woman who gave a birth to her child while listening to my music. That's when you realise, that those 10K views on your EP you've been working on for a year is not actually that bad

[@KiraandtheSurvivalPod]

I agree with you so much, Jack! The world NEEDS art to make it more beautiful. Even if no one seems to like my art, I'm going to keep trying. I can't help it. Thanks for your videos, Jack! You're the best!

[@itsdavidmora]

As a early-stage KZbinr, it's soooo easy to get sucked into extrinsic validation. One of the most powerful ways I applied this video is BEFORE I decide what to create: I ask "If only my loved ones watched this, what would I want to create just for the joy of it?" Then, it's worth it no matter the reception. ❤️

[@ClayTallStories]

I was having the hell battle to keep my channel afloat 5 years ago. I was in debt and sinking fast going nowhere. Kids to feeds and rent to pay and ready to give up my dream of being a musician/ youtuber and start some crappy job just to survive...Then Patreon came along...Say no more. I now own the very house and land I was actually renting back then. As one muso to another Jack, you have no idea how many of us hold you in the highest respect for creating this platform. You deserve to be the richest man on this earth for your work.

[@chantalabdel-nour7717]

I teach graphic design at a college, and was just on break between classes when I stumbled on this gem of a video-guess what I'll be sharing with some young minds when we resume for next class? Thank you for such a timely and germane message for creatives, Jack. Quality content, as always!

[@duzer]

THIS IS SOOOOOOO RIGHT ON!!!!! Thank you THANK you THANK YOU!

[@SarahMcCartney]

Thanks Jack, way back when I was making jewellery and my mom was painting watercolours, we would go to craft markets and swap stalls. I would sell hers and she would sell mine. It's so much easier to praise someone else's work! She got a bit tetchy in her older years, but when I have to describe what I do, sometimes I imagine, when my mom was still happy, how would she have described this? And I say that.

[@chrissharkey1261]

I’m a bass player in New Orleans! This company couldn’t be run by a better person than You! Thank You!

[@LifeAfterBrainSurgery]

The 70 years of existence and sometime in the future seeing a film trailer that I'll die before actually seeing is a thought that goes through my brain every day! Life is the longest thing anyone ever does, but it's so fucking short...

[@GLASYS]

This is such an important and beautiful message Jack. Thanks for making this video 🙏

[@neilgooge]

God damn... I needed this today. 4 years in, I've still not pressed the publish button on my patreon account as I feel I can't deliver something worth people giving me money for at this stage... for four years. I forget how much positive impact, what I do had on me when I was younger and aspiring to do what I do. And not just the work that was acclaimed, smaller comics and games, long forgotten... Thanks for this...and for everything you do, even if I haven't pushed publish my own page yet. Because your platform allows some of my favourite creators to create consistently and supply me with the conetn I consume to keep me, and many others, inspired.

[@ShawnMacDonell]

You sir are such a breath of fresh air. Thank you. The only thing I ask of you ever is, please...more Jack Conte more often. You are always straightforward, your insights are great, and your dedication to helping others is always so inspiring. Thank you Jack. Always thank you. Thank you for trying. Thank you for doing. Thank you for creating.

[@TomBrazelton]

This one caught me by surprise, Jack. I produced webcomics for a decade before stepping back to raise my family. For years, I've been threatening to get back into it. This video has me seriously considering my failure to launch and the benefit of expression waiting for me on the other side if I decide to go through with it.

[@kortyeo]

Been so anxious to watch your videos since I lost super patreon. But I definitely missed and needed this. Thank you

[@chrisadams809]

Hey Jack - Pomplamoose videos carried me through the summer last year and inspired me to learn bass guitar. I’m a month or two into it and completely re-energized. Yeah, art matters. Thanks for enduring the pain to make something. You created another maker in the process.

[@melissanabulsi8706]

You always seem to speak to a topic rattling around in my mind. Why do I paint, what’s my purpose, what am I trying to say and do I create for me or to make other people happy? You are helping me come to my answer.

[@jonstamm]

I watch Jack to receive encouragement and positive vibes. Thanks, man.

[@LuisBurke]

Lovely Jack!!! That's the key to any successful accomplishment in life. If you don't enjoy with passion what you are doing, then you are on the wrong side of the road. Cheers to your inevitable success man!!

[@Junglamusica]

You inspire us every time, thank you for all your advise!!

[@leocarriazo_]

Thanks Jack for creating such a great content. It’s super cool to see you telling about failures and feel that I’m not alone on this stage. Please, keep creating this kind of videos 😎

[@jkdubb]

Man you nailed it. It’s so easy to not enjoy something you love because of the why.

[@whiteknives]

Hey Jack, I'm so glad you stuck it out through playing empty venues in 2007 so Kyla and I could find you in 2008. It was doubtless in our minds way back then that you were destined for greatness and it has been a dream watching you succeed since.

[@coscorrodrift]

Damn, your videos are always on point. This one actually made me tear up, the anecdote plus the way you said like 3 or 4 times the word "why" kinda hit me hard. I don't know why but I consider myself a creator, even though I don't really ever finish anything. I won't say that your videos are inspiring, because that would imply that I actually follow through on that inspiration, but they do hit a nerve that other stuff doesn't. It makes me wanna ask the opposite question of your "why". "Why not?" . Why am i not creating? Why don't I feel like I can make those pieces of art (or anything) that would make someone write a comment like mine, or like those? Why do I feel so disconnected to everyone and everything?

[@Soulr]

Jack these videos are so important. You gave me a huge boost today.

[@curtismmichaels]

I am setting up a new project. It will be my first effort to get out there and serve in more than a decade. I'm ready now. I know why I am doing the work of preparing for this. I know why it's worth the pain. Thank you for the opportunity to ask myself that question. I just discovered this channel, but I'll be around. Eventually I'll be a Patreon customer.

[@cokecl]

Thank you Jack. Not the first time I cry while listening to you. Life is hard, but art gives us a smile.

[@avaonalee]

I also have that tiny version of my head inside of my mind in a black blob - and it also asks me hard and anxiety provoking questions

[@HavikenHayes]

Your art is inspiring others to make art. Thanks, I needed that.

[@UntetheredTogether]

What an illuminating and solution-oriented dude! Particularly like the sound design in Jack's videos.

[@AlexBeldi]

You're a funny guy Jack, many thanks for sharing, big hug to all the Patreon team

[@randygeorge]

Jack, you are one amazing dude. Why is power.

[@andrewjudahmusic]

Thanks for this Jack, I've been following along since you first started doing Radiohead covers in your PJ's wayyyyy back in the early days. Very inspiring! #love

[@Nimbin]

thank you, that was just great!

[@LetsgowithHyro]

Wow, this is very inspiring and refreshing! Thanks!

[@andrewharris6347]

Love this message … there’s a lot behind why.

[@calebjmurphymusic]

Definitely creating a “why” doc for myself. Thank you for this video!

[@camali_ch]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I know I'll be coming to this video again whenever I feel like I can't take another step.

[@jonsheik3060]

The highest expressions of our humanity are art and education. I support your art across the board, from you humming it in the shower, all the way to me listening to you through a stream. And all the "business" you unfortunately also have to do to make the art go $. Much love. :-)

[@Idogomusic]

Thank you. You're a true human in inhuman times.

[@AlessandroAued]

Thanks a lot for this msg, Jack! Sending #love from Brazil !

[@anicastro6920]

Dang, this has boosted my happiness today. These past couple years, I've found something I really love--writing--and I've been working on this one story, my first one, for the entire time. But then I finished it, and things went . . . wheeeeee BOOM!! I'm trying to just write, but the story's not coming as easily as it did before. Gah, it's so hard to write now. But this has given me the smidgen of confidence I needed to keep at it. Thanks.

[@michaelrosstv]

In highschool each kid in our grade was sat down in a large room and asked to sit around the edge. We were given an envelope and asked to write our name on it. We were also given a stack of pieces of paper that fit the envelope and a pen. We were then asked to pass our envelopes 10 spaces to the left. Each did this and we ended up with an envelop in front of us with a fellow student's name on it. We were then asked to write something positive about that student on a piece of paper and place it into the envelope. If you really don't like the person and absolutely cannot think of something positive, write nothing. Then, pass the envelopes around again. And again, write something positive about the kid whose envelope lands in your lap and pop it inside. And keep it anonymous unless you truly want the receiver to know it was you who wrote it. Once done, we had around 40 pieces of paper in our envelopes. Each piece of paper had something nice about you written on it. And we were told, if we ever feel down in life, get out that envelope and read through it, read all he positive things people have said about it you. THAT, sir, is what your #love document reminds me of when applied to a group instead of on an individual level.

[@konsevdi]

One of the most important video for creators. This needs to be in every creator’s #LOVE sanctuary/place! Thank you for this Jack!

[@colineustace57]

Lovely message dude! Inspiring and helping others is the way for us to move forward as a people. i love your work, keep inspiring and motivating.

[@andrewmcfarlane6934]

Videos like this remind me of what is important in the art world, and life in general. Thank you, Jack.

[@TheTwoTonesLive]

Such a special part of KZbin this channel is for me

[@cheriemendez4292]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I love your heart and really needed to hear this today!

[@AlexDelargeXII]

Jack, Thank you for sharing these powerful words, you're awesome!

[@RoamOverlanding]

Thank you for this. I think alot of us needed a wake up call

[@gangsterleo1]

incredibly inspiring. To not get lost in the little "wars" and wants and needs, and to always have in mind what you want to keep watering and nourishing, so it can grow steadier and steadier, stronger and stronger, bigger and bigger. Thanks so much. Need to keep that in mind ! :)

[@brileystewart]

I needed that! thank you so much!

[@minishchap]

Identifying the “why” has been a challenge in my creative life, but I think I have overcomplicated it. Lately I’m letting the answer be a gravitation rather than a full-on thesis statement.

[@jafetguzmanfabila]

thank you Jack, I needed to hear this

[@marcshelton2006]

You make it look easy! thank you. Marc Shelton

[@waynecallister2236]

I really have a hard time getting my head around your playing to empty venues. Thank you so much for sticking with it! I think your advice about reminding yourself about the why is great advice for everyone about anything!

[@DomBurgess]

I need to watch this every day.

[@KCRambles]

Thanks Jack. Thank you to your team and your band and your music. And Thank You for all the creators I enjoy on the daily that would otherwise be unable to do what they do because of financial constraints. Inspiring, Innovative, Supportive, and Fundamentally Good. Keep on keepin' on sir! :)

[@SeekersofUnity]

#Love this hit me deep Jack. Thank you, and thank you for allowing me to support myself and share free education as part of the creative class.

[@bendelliott]

Needed this! Thanks so much Jack :)

[@razveck]

This is why I love you, Jack

[@marcshelton2006]

You guys do ROCK!

[@vancalven]

Love your honesty and humility! 100% inspired by your creativity too! keep it up Jack!!

[@soundcanal]

The best! Lotsa love, Jack!

[@Sladeonslade]

I'm releasing my five of five books this year, and this video helped to reinforce positive thoughts and push away the doubt train. Thank you brother, thank you for what you do. PS if you could use a magic wand to get people to watch my KZbin about writing, I promise, it's funny. Stay safe, and always smile.

[@GearsGadgets]

Thank you.

[@carrie1777]

I love this! Thank you

[@wystemd]

As a part-time creator, this is what I needed today!

[@SebastianBudde]

Wow! This is one of the most meaningful videos I've ever watched.

[@frontrowattheshitshow8849]

1:42 THANK YOU!

[@VanlilfewithDaleandBailey]

I love your videos. Their so inspiring! I love seeing your passion.

[@regularvids]

Great video. Thats it. Why. Thats the most important question. Thanks for that.

[@4it4k]

I couldn't like this video enough. I'm not a creator. But it still resonated with me on a deeper level.

[@DomnulVictor]

Thank you so much Jack, this means a lot to me. Love from Bucharest

[@LudwigWright]

Such a good point. That really is boiled down to the point. Thank you, Jack.

[@jeroenfigee]

I have a big list of mails I got from people, when they saw my artwork or heard my music. What's in the list is incredible. I named it : F A N M A I L That list started just after the millenium. I read it from time to time and it always makes me feel really good. . It's kinda the same thing. :-) #lovefanmail :-) . I also have a series of songs of Pomplamoose that I stored on facebook for myself and other people, that I often play: - Fight Back [yesss] - Is everything perfect [looove this song] - I'm the s**t - Let Loose - It's Like You're Always On My Mind - How it ends . If it's somebody's birthday .... I sent them your birthday song :-)

[@AustinMCraigDoesNeatStuff]

Jack is my hero. Thanks Jack.

[@WilliamSunPetrus]

This is a good video. I like this.

[@HKKetoRecipes]

22 years making music. SO much pain but I wouldn't do anything else.

[@FollowKellie]

No everlasting void for you, Jack… ♾️✨

[@FullshotFilms]

Thanks for this!!! Really im starting a new big challenge and this give me a new perspective of things!!! thank u!!! Grettings from México

[@dalejones4322]

Eureka!! I've been struggling trying to keep my eight year old enthused about playing piano. The practice time required is trying. He has a youtube channel which I have kept comment free because of his age. I think he needs the "love" to keep him enthused. I will try to explain to him the impact he could have on people's lives as well. Thanks Jack

[@moisesherreraa]

You are amazing!!

[@js9437]

Love you, dude.

[@RedCarRecords]

Thank you! This was needed for me 🙏 gotta keep up the hustle! 🤙

[@gamingwithfly9868]

Man this information is awesome learning more and more

[@ThvonS]

I think if the best producers/songwriters were punished for creating a hit they would still do it. Because its harder not to. Creating something always gives a deeper meaning. The smart kids always take more pleasure in creating a castle made of sand, rather than destroy it

[@midicraft6909]

Well said! Thanks for that.

[@smetlogik]

Much needed, thank you. Prob wrong place to ask, but adding "Music" to the end of Pomplamoose on your other channel, did that help with searches or ranking?

[@brentwilliams3855]

Damn, this is awesome, Jack.

[@f2ni11]

Great video Jack 🤙🏼

[@digital.garage]

Thank you!!

[@benjaminbachman]

Love love love this.