1. Your video doesn’t matter. Stop wasting so much time on the video quality when you have no idea what it takes to nail the titles and thumbnail. You need to attract before you can retain. 2. YouTube is not one skill. It’s ten jobs in one. If that overwhelms you, this career will eat you alive. 3. The algorithm isn’t your enemy. It’s actually telling you what people want more of. The truth is, you’re not putting your whole self into the work consistently enough for it to connect. 4. If your business model is only AdSense and brand deals, you’ve built yourself another job—longer hours, more stress, and the boss is quite unforgiving (spoiler: it’s you). 5. Stop obsessing over perfection. Quality is subjective anyway. A video only matters if it serves your target audience. 6. Copying other creators is why you’re invisible. No one wants another watered-down version of someone they already follow. 7. You have to give up being understood. People won’t “get” why you chose this path—esp...