#179: The Real Truth Why I Hate Video (Hint: It's My Weight)

Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield

Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

I am a firm believer in changing things up, breaking a pattern, switching gears…

Today I’m doing all three.

Because I know it’s time.

The truth is, I’ve been holding back for a while.

I have finally decided that I’ve had enough of the BS, and the fear.

To know me is to know I don’t love being on video. And I have given a lot of excuses around that.

Time to come clean:

I hate video because I’m embarrassed about my weight.

Wow. It felt freeing just typing that.

So this podcast is my very open letter to you, dear listener. Because I owe you this openness—so I can (perhaps) also inspire you to come out and call out what’s been holding you back. And even give it a name.

This episode was a tough one to record. But worth it. 100% worth it.

Here I go.

Amy

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the online marketing made easy podcast episode number 179.
0:07.0	Welcome to the online marketing made easy podcast business advice so easy you'll feel like you're cheating and now your host Amy Porterfield.
0:18.0	Hey there Amy Porterfield here and welcome back to another episode of the online marketing made easy podcast.
0:35.0	I want you to imagine what you could do if you let go of that one thing that is holding you back.
0:42.0	That one thing you don't want to talk about but it's very very present in your life.
0:49.0	Imagine can I let you into my imagination.
0:54.0	Can I take a second to be very very honest and talk about something that's held me back.
1:00.0	It's not going to be easy but I've been seen a shift in the way that people are running their businesses.
1:06.0	What I'm seeing is that those who are most open and honest with their struggles and their journeys are embraced wholeheartedly by their fans and their followers and their audiences and they're making an amazing impact with their willingness to be honest.
1:24.0	So this is me being open about my struggles so I hope you can be open with yours.
1:32.0	So if you know me then you know I always say I have a love hate relationship with video.
1:39.0	I love it because it's personal and engaging and it keeps things interesting.
1:45.0	Now you've likely heard me talk about not loving video as well and here's the exact words I've used.
1:53.0	Live video makes me nervous or too many opportunities for tech challenges.
1:59.0	I'd rather just not do video or I'm just not comfortable on video and maybe not often but maybe you've heard me whisper in between sentences.
2:12.0	I don't necessarily like the way I look on video.
2:16.0	Oh man that is such an understatement.
2:20.0	If I was being really really honest which is why I'm creating this episode today to be brutally open and honest with you right now I would say I hate video because I'm embarrassed by my weight.
2:37.0	That's the real reason.
2:39.0	I look at the videos and I cringe with embarrassment and what's even harder to say allowed is that I feel ashamed by my weight.
2:50.0	Wow just saying that like literally hurts my heart.
2:55.0	But the issue is so much more than just the weight or how I look somewhere along the way I'm not sure when this happened I managed to twist things up in my head.
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