Puri: Daily YouTube creator treadmill is not worth the personal cost
Shaan Puri · The $5M Question, The Company You Would Build If You Had the Time, VR Therapy, and More · Dec 16, 2021 · at 7:56
Sean Puri discusses the operational burnout and algorithmic traps of personality-driven media businesses on My First Million.
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“Like, this is such a hard thing to do to get on that treadmill and say, I'm going to produce awesome content five days a week, nonstop. And if I ever stop, The algorithm punishes me and my subscribers leave my channel and my Patreon people stop giving me money and my, I don't have ad content for my sponsors. And if I ever, you know, just don't feel like being in front of the camera, like it doesn't work. There's no substitute teacher to, you know, step in here and step into this business. So I think it is a really valuable, I think it's a powerful business when you have it. Cause anytime you have the trust of millions of people who like your entertainment, that's great. But man I don't think it's worth it.”
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