Casey Neistat: Why I Quit YouTube & What I'm Doing Now!
- Dec 11, 2023
- 1:46:22
- Full Episode
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0:00 Intro 03:23 The Early Years That Made You Who You Are Today 07:29 Your Parents 08:51 Your Parents Divorce 12:03 Your Plan In The Early Years 14:09 Having A Child At 16 Years Old 18:10 What Do Now Know About 'Brilliant Accidental' Decisions 22:12 Why Don't People Make The Leap Into The Changes They Want? 25:02 The Gift Of Failure 28:42 The Role Of Persistence & Patience In Your Story 31:56 Where Does Your Patience Come From? 40:47 What Was It That Got You Into Video? 44:10 How Do We Create Originality? 54:02 Warning For Anyone Wanting To Get Famous 57:14 Finding Your Success 59:21 Starting Your Daily Vlog 01:03:59 Launching A Tech Company 01:07:53 You Were "Unqualified" To Do All Of These Things...What Does That Mean 01:15:50 A Million Failure For One Success 01:18:15 How You Were Feeling During Your Exist From Beam 01:22:26 Dealing With Fam 01:26:43 Your Wife Candice 01:28:08 Ads 01:29:35 What Does The Next 10 Years Look Like? 01:34:48 Whats Next For Casey? 01:36:53 What Advice Do You Wish You Had But Never Received? 01:39:34 The Current Landscape Of Vlogging 01:44:04 The Last Guest's Question
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Brief Summary
Casey Neistat discusses his journey from a challenging childhood to YouTube fame, emphasizing patience, authenticity, and the importance of failure.
Key points
- The Weight of Success. Achieving success can sometimes lead to unexpected unhappiness.
- A Naive Perspective. Reflecting on his youth, Casey recalls the fearlessness of having nothing to lose.
- The Pursuit of Happiness. Exploring how happiness and fulfillment are the true measures of success, not fame or wealth.
- The Power of Patience. Highlighting the importance of patience in achieving long-term goals and success.
- Mindset and Motivation. How the presence of a backup plan can diminish motivation and performance.
- Mr. Beast's Influence. Mr. Beast's success has led many to emulate him, but this can dilute creativity.
Episode highlights
- The Weight of SuccessAchieving success can sometimes lead to unexpected unhappiness.“I had by every definition achieved success but I wasn't happy.”1:09Dec 11, 2023
- A Naive PerspectiveReflecting on his youth, Casey recalls the fearlessness of having nothing to lose.“I had nothing to lose then.”16:14Dec 11, 2023
- The Pursuit of HappinessExploring how happiness and fulfillment are the true measures of success, not fame or wealth.“The only goal that anyone should have in life is one of happiness and fulfillment.”23:13Dec 11, 2023
- The Power of PatienceHighlighting the importance of patience in achieving long-term goals and success.“Patience is a really unsexy way of saying it.”30:02Dec 11, 2023
- Mindset and MotivationHow the presence of a backup plan can diminish motivation and performance.“Even the presence of a plan B can reduce motivation towards your plan A completely.”35:22Dec 11, 2023
- Mr. Beast's InfluenceMr. Beast's success has led many to emulate him, but this can dilute creativity.“I call this the Mr. Beastification of YouTube.”44:54Dec 11, 2023
- The Daily Vlog ExplosionConsistency and quality led to explosive growth on YouTube after years of preparation.“I went from 280,000 subscribers to 10 million in 18 months.”59:33Dec 11, 2023
- The Chaos of StartupsReflecting on the madness of technology startups and his own potential.“The magic of this amazing book reveals the madness that was a technology startup.”1:05:03Dec 11, 2023
