This reminds me so much of Marco Pierre White's story that he told at Oxford. Gaining 3 Michelin stars was his life's greatest journey, but once he got the maximum rating from Michelin, running his restaurant because such a boring, taxing slog of maintaining unimaginably high standards. He believed he could either keep being in the kitchen where he could never spend quality time with his children, live a lie by being a celebrity chef who didn't cook the food in his restaurant, or give it all up and free himself from the trap he created. I think a lot of veteran TH-camrs are following in the path that Marco took.
A similar story about Sébastien Bras is explored in depth in the book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life where he came to more or less the same conclusion. He felt trapped in creating to a standard that wasn't his own.
BRUH this video made me realize that youtube is freelance work. That's incredible and I can't believe it's not talked about more. And I totally agree with you about things like online metrics. I know people online who stress when a twitter post they make doesn't get enough likes. That shit will absolutely tank your confidence and wreck your productivity the moment you falter.
it's very refreshing hearing from someone with the corporate experience to actually know what he's talking about with this stuff but the humanity to remember at the end of the day it's all bullshit and to just do what works.
4:10 That's such a feel. My family doesn't seem to understand just how hard it is for me to make a wish list because I usually just let go of my desires because it's easier than pining for things I'll likely never be able to justify buying.
I am probably going to watch this video 2-3 more times in the next few days. This, in tandem with the "I Do Not Wish to Podcast" video. Really, thank you for putting these thoughts out.
Thanks for the heads up on the podcast video That last line in the video about being the boss to yourself you would want to have hit me hard Ran a business for ten years and wish I would have had that perspective
Thank you for mentioning “The E Myth!” I had never heard of it before, and just started listening to the audiobook after watching this. The first insight about technicians being the ones to start businesses instead of Entrepreneurs is really interesting! Thanks for constantly supporting my critical thinking skills (and my general well-being 😎) with your videos.
Finally got around to watching this!! Nailed it. There is a point where you have to decide what exactly you want. Letting Go - David Hawkins. It talks about this in the chapter about Desire... I mean really the whole book is about letting go so the concept is touched on throughout. It really changed the way I think about creating and work in general.
This is probably the nicest way to tell burnt out successful TH-camrs "skill issue". Jokes aside, good points here even for those of us with different professions!
Love that approach so much, I think it's part of the reason why your videos remain unique and refreshingly enjoyable. I think many youtubers tend to gradually fall into the trap of becoming just like everyone else on the platform in the chase of growth; thumbnails follow the same catchy template, unique editing style turns into a uniform "safe" style, etc. Almost feels like they turn into content machines.
I appreciate that you changed the aspect ratio. This looks way better on mobile. Also this is great advice beyond quitting TH-cam. As someone on the precipice of leaving the corpo world for self-employment due to complacency and feeling stagnant, thank you.
Working in tech a prior company I worked for grew 15% YoY and the CEO that was at the bottom range of what’s considered acceptable. To me growing 15% annually seems like we’re doing more than just good enough. If a business venture is doing well enough to pay the salaries, overhead, equipment, taxes, and have extra left over to cover future lean times, that’s success to me. Totally love the philosophy to have “enough” and peace over grinding for more, more, more.
It's about potential. For some companies, 15% *is* absolutely a great success. But if you took control of Apple right before the release of the iphone, 15% growth would be an immense failure A safe job is nice for the people in the company now, but maybe the company could employ 10x the people in the future and pay 10x the taxes. How would you feel if the company decided "nah we're good with that whole growth thing" right before they hired you :p? I do get what you mean though, people take it too far. Just wanted to say thag a CEO can say something like that and be totally correct. Obviously different on a personal level too, it's not all about the sigma grindset if that makes you depressed
well said. you have a sage wisdom that is much needed in this world and speaks to my sensibilities. the twitch streamer PirateSoftware has shared how he lives very humbly in spite of his success both in his previous career and after his meteoric rise on TH-cam. Mindfulness is a lost art.
you're one my favorite creators on this site - I honestly didn't even realize this was the secondary channel until you mentioned it. always such enriching takes, too. so glad the algorithm™ blessed me with one of your videos that fateful day
I'm really digging the aspect ratio. The youtube bit rate with the reduced screen space results in some really crisp visuals. It also matches your content style, straight to the point with no wasted space.
I really love this video, I can even apply it even if I'm not a youtuber. These are the topics that aren't really talked about with friends and families, useful advise on how to live life.
Thanks for a great video talking about walking that line and just being true to who you want to be and not what everyone aspires to be. I remember in a different video that you said to set your own schedule. And I’m doing that. Thanks for being a good influencer. I mean influence.
Unrelated to the Video, but this popped up in my recommended randomly. I always knew about Shaq in the Food Tube world but never really watched him. This video put it in my mind to finally subscribe to him on the main channel. And JFC he's a godsend. I'm Italian American; but I live in a Latino mostly Mexican neighborhood that has an authentic Mexican Grocery store like less than five minutes from my house. Now I can start utilizing it as a resource so much more that I now know how to use the ingredients better.
I'm so glad to find someone who shares my indifference to the trend of passive income chasing. I don't want to keep getting money while doing as little as possible, I want to provide value to people and be paid for that. Shaq truly is my parasocial platonic boo.
I remember about a decade ago gaming juggernaut Totalbiscuit was talking about his then friends The Yogscast and how they expanded into a huge enterprise. I specifically remember him talking about how they rented out an office building to do work in and him just kicking back talking about how he can do his day job wearing boxers. Totalbiscuit kept making videos until the cancer grew too far and forced him to stop (he died about a month later) and I just feel like that he came a lot closer to finding the secret to happiness than his more successful contemporaries have.
WOW i did not expect that scout quote in this video at all, talk about rewarding the viewer for understanding the joke without any alienation. youre one of the good ones shaq
NGL, i've had some thoughts about being a working musician and if it's really possible for me to live that way, but this video actually gave me some new found hope. If it doesn't work out, oh well.
youtubers over invested in large teams, elaborate set design, overly complex editing, etc. at the end of the day we just want chill vids by people who aren't milking us for private jet money. i dont think i truly understood how much money youtubers were printing until I saw linus' studio tour. my god, you can't tell me that amount of stuff is necessary to review screwdrivers and android phones
Linus is not a TH-camr, it's a huge media production company, and they have comparable viewership to multi-national TV channels. That amount of stuff is necessary to have a well-oiled production machine that does like three videos a day. If you don't like the videos, that's cool, but don't mistake LMG for a guy 'doing TH-cam' in the way our boy is.
@@dariuskromoser8936no man. Have worked for companies handling a lot more data than linuses 4k videos, have never required the type of intranet setup and storage he has going on. Don't know anyone setting up enterprise networking like that. plenty of his setup is not truly necessary and is likely created with the intention of making videos on that tech to further the machine I like linuses videos, the script writing and production is very slick and I have so much respect for his come up from NCIX (rip). At the same time I think it would be disingenuous to say he requires the studio setup they do when no one else runs a studio with that many bells and whistles
"Birds fly, grass grows, sun shines, and brother, I make little videos." ― Internet Shaquille, 5:51 "Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand." ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
I think once you become content with your life, you get to find and explore hobbies or topics out of pure curiosity instead of doing something purely to increase your views. I find it hard to get past the hedonic treadmill, I think it's almost engrained in American culture to continue to chase higher goals and net worth. I envy people who can find inner peace in their lives and flow through the day without chasing unattainable goals.
The actual secret to being a TH-camr who doesn't burn out? A dope-ass moustache. Think about it? How many of those TH-camrs who walked away had either weak moustache game, or even worse, no facial hair at all. Stats don't lie!
Sturgglng to conjure up a wishlist honestly to me sounds like a very unique thing for people who aren't crazy rich. I find that most times people have wishes of things they could buy all the time but decide that they have enough and so therefore don't buy it. But struggling to even think of stuff you want is rare it seems. I really enjoyed this video and your takes here.
Thanks Shaq. I’ve been really obsessing over getting a raise this year (If? When? How much? Will it be enough? Should I plan to negotiate?). Instead of overthinking, I’m trying to remind myself that less than a year ago, I was a brand new college grad who was beyond pumped just to have an entry level salary.
I’ve decided to prioritize neither artistry nor business. Instead I am working on practical homemaking skills. That’s why I watch internet shaquille. It’s good to have a realistic and sustainable mindset around cooking so I can keep my girlboss wife fed
Tbf, I only found out extranet existed, when you posted a video from your main about you uploading a dj set for cooking.... Which when i found this channel, i was like oh heres been all this content from the last year i was looking for. But like you said, you can just leave it at that, you dont need to ridiculously grow this channel.
I know what got me here is the righteous snark but what kept me here is the humanizing stuff like this. "TH-camrs" and the "content" treadmill are dying because they were never sustainable. As the audience we should also own up to our part in feeding the burnout of people whose content we claim to enjoy. Toxicity in interaction, complaints when there are changes and not allowing the folks producing this shit to be human is violent in many of the ways YT as a money making entity is
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You just Ratatouille'd me hard with that line from Meet The Scout
He's a force of nature
i NEVER would've expected a tf2 reference from him
I'm still mad they canceled the TF2 Adult swim show because Valve was too slow at making the episodes
bruddah. i make lil videos.
BONK!
"It would be nice to live in a big, impressive house, but peace is much nicer." True words, friends. No use being burned out in a big box.
I simply adore your pragmatic approaches to everything from hummus recipes to burnout prevention tips.
This reminds me so much of Marco Pierre White's story that he told at Oxford. Gaining 3 Michelin stars was his life's greatest journey, but once he got the maximum rating from Michelin, running his restaurant because such a boring, taxing slog of maintaining unimaginably high standards. He believed he could either keep being in the kitchen where he could never spend quality time with his children, live a lie by being a celebrity chef who didn't cook the food in his restaurant, or give it all up and free himself from the trap he created. I think a lot of veteran TH-camrs are following in the path that Marco took.
meanwhile Gordon's hawking frozen shepherds pies at walmart
A similar story about Sébastien Bras is explored in depth in the book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life where he came to more or less the same conclusion. He felt trapped in creating to a standard that wasn't his own.
@@netshaq2 hey, some people go the route of tom scott, some people go the route of ryan's toy reviews
BRUH this video made me realize that youtube is freelance work. That's incredible and I can't believe it's not talked about more. And I totally agree with you about things like online metrics. I know people online who stress when a twitter post they make doesn't get enough likes. That shit will absolutely tank your confidence and wreck your productivity the moment you falter.
I agree, this sounds like such a useful perspective.
Adam Ragusea once said "quitting my job to do TH-cam full time just means I work for Google now"
It makes sense, TH-cam literally sends out a 1099 form for the Adsense revenue you get.
Is there any other way to look at it? I’m not getting the point
it's very refreshing hearing from someone with the corporate experience to actually know what he's talking about with this stuff but the humanity to remember at the end of the day it's all bullshit and to just do what works.
"Peace is much nicer"
What a great thought I will incorporate that into myself
4:10 That's such a feel. My family doesn't seem to understand just how hard it is for me to make a wish list because I usually just let go of my desires because it's easier than pining for things I'll likely never be able to justify buying.
I am probably going to watch this video 2-3 more times in the next few days. This, in tandem with the "I Do Not Wish to Podcast" video. Really, thank you for putting these thoughts out.
Thanks, I hadn't seen that one, it's good too.
Thanks for the heads up on the podcast video
That last line in the video about being the boss to yourself you would want to have hit me hard
Ran a business for ten years and wish I would have had that perspective
Thank you for mentioning “The E Myth!”
I had never heard of it before, and just started listening to the audiobook after watching this. The first insight about technicians being the ones to start businesses instead of Entrepreneurs is really interesting!
Thanks for constantly supporting my critical thinking skills (and my general well-being 😎) with your videos.
"decide when enough is enough". oof. so good - yet so hard
Finally got around to watching this!! Nailed it.
There is a point where you have to decide what exactly you want.
Letting Go - David Hawkins. It talks about this in the chapter about Desire... I mean really the whole book is about letting go so the concept is touched on throughout.
It really changed the way I think about creating and work in general.
This is probably the nicest way to tell burnt out successful TH-camrs "skill issue". Jokes aside, good points here even for those of us with different professions!
Love that approach so much, I think it's part of the reason why your videos remain unique and refreshingly enjoyable. I think many youtubers tend to gradually fall into the trap of becoming just like everyone else on the platform in the chase of growth; thumbnails follow the same catchy template, unique editing style turns into a uniform "safe" style, etc. Almost feels like they turn into content machines.
Thanks for this HOME BRO
I appreciate that you changed the aspect ratio. This looks way better on mobile.
Also this is great advice beyond quitting TH-cam. As someone on the precipice of leaving the corpo world for self-employment due to complacency and feeling stagnant, thank you.
Working in tech a prior company I worked for grew 15% YoY and the CEO that was at the bottom range of what’s considered acceptable. To me growing 15% annually seems like we’re doing more than just good enough. If a business venture is doing well enough to pay the salaries, overhead, equipment, taxes, and have extra left over to cover future lean times, that’s success to me. Totally love the philosophy to have “enough” and peace over grinding for more, more, more.
It's about potential. For some companies, 15% *is* absolutely a great success. But if you took control of Apple right before the release of the iphone, 15% growth would be an immense failure
A safe job is nice for the people in the company now, but maybe the company could employ 10x the people in the future and pay 10x the taxes. How would you feel if the company decided "nah we're good with that whole growth thing" right before they hired you :p?
I do get what you mean though, people take it too far. Just wanted to say thag a CEO can say something like that and be totally correct.
Obviously different on a personal level too, it's not all about the sigma grindset if that makes you depressed
Great video, saved. But also wanted to say I just love the framing of the shot, very pleasing to the eyes!
Aw man meet the scout, nice. Btw made the pozole last weekend, it was a hit, thank you!
he really did! that shit was gas ⛽️🔥
well said. you have a sage wisdom that is much needed in this world and speaks to my sensibilities. the twitch streamer PirateSoftware has shared how he lives very humbly in spite of his success both in his previous career and after his meteoric rise on TH-cam.
Mindfulness is a lost art.
So refreshing. I appreciate the effort you put into concision and clarity.
You're one of my favorite TH-camrs, dude man. Food-related or otherwise! Thanks for the perspective
i love that so much for you 5:13 thank you so much for your insight! ✨
writing is on point as always, that outro is just *chef's kiss*
you're one my favorite creators on this site - I honestly didn't even realize this was the secondary channel until you mentioned it. always such enriching takes, too. so glad the algorithm™ blessed me with one of your videos that fateful day
I'm really digging the aspect ratio. The youtube bit rate with the reduced screen space results in some really crisp visuals. It also matches your content style, straight to the point with no wasted space.
I really love this video, I can even apply it even if I'm not a youtuber.
These are the topics that aren't really talked about with friends and families, useful advise on how to live life.
Needed this today; as a social scientist and as a small business human. Thank you Shaq!
as an aspiring youtuber, thanks shaquille, i needed to hear this
Thanks for a great video talking about walking that line and just being true to who you want to be and not what everyone aspires to be. I remember in a different video that you said to set your own schedule. And I’m doing that. Thanks for being a good influencer. I mean influence.
and we love your little videos 🥺
Thank you for adding some transparency and honesty to a career that has a lot of misinformation associated with it.
Unrelated to the Video, but this popped up in my recommended randomly. I always knew about Shaq in the Food Tube world but never really watched him. This video put it in my mind to finally subscribe to him on the main channel. And JFC he's a godsend. I'm Italian American; but I live in a Latino mostly Mexican neighborhood that has an authentic Mexican Grocery store like less than five minutes from my house. Now I can start utilizing it as a resource so much more that I now know how to use the ingredients better.
I'm so glad to find someone who shares my indifference to the trend of passive income chasing. I don't want to keep getting money while doing as little as possible, I want to provide value to people and be paid for that. Shaq truly is my parasocial platonic boo.
This was awesome! Thanks for that, and for teaching me how to french toast my pizza.
i love 4:3 extranetshaq
Inside me there are 4:3 wolves
This is the best video I’ve seen in a good long while. Thanks for this.
unrelated but can you do some more bathroom reviews pls
I remember about a decade ago gaming juggernaut Totalbiscuit was talking about his then friends The Yogscast and how they expanded into a huge enterprise. I specifically remember him talking about how they rented out an office building to do work in and him just kicking back talking about how he can do his day job wearing boxers. Totalbiscuit kept making videos until the cancer grew too far and forced him to stop (he died about a month later) and I just feel like that he came a lot closer to finding the secret to happiness than his more successful contemporaries have.
RIP TB. :(
WOW i did not expect that scout quote in this video at all, talk about rewarding the viewer for understanding the joke without any alienation. youre one of the good ones shaq
NGL, i've had some thoughts about being a working musician and if it's really possible for me to live that way, but this video actually gave me some new found hope. If it doesn't work out, oh well.
Good vid shaq, I always enjoy your thoughts
Digging the 4:3 format! Simple but focused!
great video
the 1:1 aspect ratio makes it feel like weirdly warm and comforting idk its strange but I dig it
Thanks for this shaq - helpful set of thoughts for me personally right now.
4:3 aspect ratio. Interesting choice
Thank you for this video. I really appreciate the perspective and advice
holy shit this video is 6 mins?? thats insane It EASILY has 20mins worth of content in this
he’s such a gem on here I never feel like he’s trying to pad out his videos
youtubers over invested in large teams, elaborate set design, overly complex editing, etc. at the end of the day we just want chill vids by people who aren't milking us for private jet money. i dont think i truly understood how much money youtubers were printing until I saw linus' studio tour. my god, you can't tell me that amount of stuff is necessary to review screwdrivers and android phones
Linus is not a TH-camr, it's a huge media production company, and they have comparable viewership to multi-national TV channels. That amount of stuff is necessary to have a well-oiled production machine that does like three videos a day. If you don't like the videos, that's cool, but don't mistake LMG for a guy 'doing TH-cam' in the way our boy is.
@@dariuskromoser8936no man. Have worked for companies handling a lot more data than linuses 4k videos, have never required the type of intranet setup and storage he has going on. Don't know anyone setting up enterprise networking like that. plenty of his setup is not truly necessary and is likely created with the intention of making videos on that tech to further the machine
I like linuses videos, the script writing and production is very slick and I have so much respect for his come up from NCIX (rip). At the same time I think it would be disingenuous to say he requires the studio setup they do when no one else runs a studio with that many bells and whistles
really curious how patreon plays into this dynamic of stability
On an good month of two videos with two ad reads, patreon would be about 20% of my total income
This video is basically defines the difference between art and commerce.
This is such a solid video. Thank you
no way you just dropped a TF2 Scout reference in the middle of an introspective freelance work advice video
I don’t even know where to start with you. I mean, do you even know who you’re talkin to? Do you have ANY idea who I am??
"Birds fly, grass grows, sun shines, and brother, I make little videos."
― Internet Shaquille, 5:51
"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand."
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
Genius!
I appreciate your realness so much.
So true bestie
Cracker vid, as always. Long may the sun shine, the grass grow, and netshaq make little videos.
Your framing and color balance is so good that I was distracted maybe 30% through the video haha. Good points though. Applies to artists too.
I think once you become content with your life, you get to find and explore hobbies or topics out of pure curiosity instead of doing something purely to increase your views. I find it hard to get past the hedonic treadmill, I think it's almost engrained in American culture to continue to chase higher goals and net worth. I envy people who can find inner peace in their lives and flow through the day without chasing unattainable goals.
Woah. I set this video to 240p (because of the 4:3 aspect ratio) and it literally felt like I was in 2006 TH-cam. Dope!
This is chefs kiss
The actual secret to being a TH-camr who doesn't burn out? A dope-ass moustache. Think about it? How many of those TH-camrs who walked away had either weak moustache game, or even worse, no facial hair at all. Stats don't lie!
Sturgglng to conjure up a wishlist honestly to me sounds like a very unique thing for people who aren't crazy rich. I find that most times people have wishes of things they could buy all the time but decide that they have enough and so therefore don't buy it. But struggling to even think of stuff you want is rare it seems.
I really enjoyed this video and your takes here.
Shaq, how do you do these talks? Do you have a prompter? An amazing memory or is it bullet points off the dome? Amazing stuff
Prompter :)
I love you for that Scout reference.
This is a very roundabout way of saying you hate doing your taxes.(great video sir)
1440p. Lookin crispy shaq
Thanks Shaq. I’ve been really obsessing over getting a raise this year (If? When? How much? Will it be enough? Should I plan to negotiate?). Instead of overthinking, I’m trying to remind myself that less than a year ago, I was a brand new college grad who was beyond pumped just to have an entry level salary.
I appreciate this aspect ratio.
Great vid, but why the green screen?
What.
You're so damn wise my friend, I gotta start callin you Shakky Mannn. Shakky Boyyyy ❤❤
I can't tell if he is referencing the Scout from TF2 or if there is an earlier reference I am missing
Net Shaq I’m in Phoenix and a woodworker/cabinet maker; for the love of god please let me come over and adjust those cabinet doors so they’re level
That’s what the LAST guy said before skipping out on the job after getting his check!
@@netshaq2guess he didn’t read E-myth
what watchat are you wearing?? please tell us ive been eyeing it since you first wore it in your videos
you came to my life at the epiotme of right times
I see the 4:3, but is there a filter over this to look like a 2000s era infomercial?
Thanks Shaq I liked this
You're the greatest!
4:3. In my Internet Shaquille?
It's more likely than you think.
Dale Carnegies book is still the best. Solid advice.
Shaq runs his youtube how a McKinsey consultant that magically gained a conscience would (in a good way)
Wasn't expecting a meet the scout quote here, but I think that's more an issue with my expectations than anything.
Clickbait thumbnail is on point today!
TF2 REFERENCE!!!! TF2 REFERENCE!!! THATS WHY SHAQS THE GOAT!!!!!
wow what a nice looking apron, where can I get one? 😉
Those cabinets above your microwave are a little crooked. Might wanna fix that. Shouldn't take more than 30 mins.
Imagine if Internet Shaquille had a low taper fade
I’ve decided to prioritize neither artistry nor business. Instead I am working on practical homemaking skills. That’s why I watch internet shaquille. It’s good to have a realistic and sustainable mindset around cooking so I can keep my girlboss wife fed
Sorry not sure if I heard right, did he say Emyth? Whos the author.
"the e myth: why most businesses don't work and what to do about it" by michael e gerber
Good looking out homie.
Tbf, I only found out extranet existed, when you posted a video from your main about you uploading a dj set for cooking.... Which when i found this channel, i was like oh heres been all this content from the last year i was looking for. But like you said, you can just leave it at that, you dont need to ridiculously grow this channel.
I was expecting a recipe with which to solve this problem
Good video
TH-cam is basically speculative freelancing until you do it full time.
I know what got me here is the righteous snark but what kept me here is the humanizing stuff like this. "TH-camrs" and the "content" treadmill are dying because they were never sustainable. As the audience we should also own up to our part in feeding the burnout of people whose content we claim to enjoy. Toxicity in interaction, complaints when there are changes and not allowing the folks producing this shit to be human is violent in many of the ways YT as a money making entity is
The man is wise
shaq, the Father that you are 💅
that parkinson's law theory sounds a bit shaky
Based scout Souter.
Internet Scout Main
How many keys is your favorite hat worth
only ever played vanilla tbh