I Deleted My First Video Because It Got 43 Views
I deleted my first video because only 43 people watched it. Posting consistently instead of judging myself after one attempt helped me improve much faster.
If you only have a minute.
- Situation
- I deleted my first video because only 43 people watched it. Posting consistently instead of judging myself after one attempt helped me improve much faster.
- What they tried
- A few weeks later, I posted again.
- What they learned
- Your first attempt is not supposed to prove that you are talented. It's supposed to give you something to improve.
A TURNING POINT“Your first attempt is not supposed to prove that you are talented.”
Problem
I posted my first proper video online. I had spent way too long on it. Edited it. Changed the caption. Watched it around twenty times before posting. Then I kept checking the views. 43. That was it.
Struggle
I felt stupid. Not devastated or anything. Just embarrassed. I had imagined at least a few hundred people seeing it. Meanwhile, someone I followed had posted something that morning and already had thousands. So I deleted mine. Then I told myself I just wasn't good at content. After one post. Very strong dataset.
Action
A few weeks later, I posted again. This time I tried not to treat it like some huge launch. I made something simpler and left it up. Then another. And another. Some did badly. One randomly did much better. I started paying attention to what people actually watched instead of deciding everything was a failure based on the number under the post.
Outcome
My videos are still not going viral every week. Most don't. But I stopped taking low numbers personally. More importantly, I actually got better because I finally had enough posts to learn from. You can't really improve something you keep deleting.
The lesson
Your first attempt is not supposed to prove that you are talented. It's supposed to give you something to improve.
