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The James Altucher Show

541 - "Try to be the only one saying what you’re saying:" Video Producer & "WheezyWaiter" YouTuber Craig Benzine Shares The 4 Rules for Creativity

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Craig Benzine went from being a waiter to a full-time content creator. His whole life is creative. And you can find it on YouTube when you search “WheezyWaiter” I asked him about the process of quitting one thing you hate to start something you love. Plus I ask for tips that new creators can use today to get started including how to be authentic, how to find your creative purpose, what rules to follow and where to experiment. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:09.4

Today, I'm the James Altiger Show.

0:15.5

So I'm curious also.

0:16.5

I'm going to ask the basic question, but what would you say to a kid who wants to make

0:22.2

YouTube videos or even me wants to make more popular YouTube videos in addition to your

0:28.2

four roles, which I think are valuable for all creativity and even other things like entrepreneurship

0:33.4

and negotiating and whatever, sales.

0:36.7

What would you recommend aspiring YouTube creator?

0:40.4

Have a purpose for sure.

0:41.4

That's like the biggest one.

0:43.3

But when you're starting out, sometimes you don't know what your purpose is.

0:46.4

So then I would maybe break some of those roles that we said and do a lot of stuff.

0:50.7

Just do it over and over again.

0:52.2

There's this, there's this culture right now that's kind of like anti-hustle culture

0:56.9

that's happening where it's unhealthy to promote hustle.

1:00.6

And it is.

1:01.2

I think it's not necessarily for everybody, but it is kind of required if you want to do something

1:07.6

pretty great.

1:08.6

Do you want to have a great career?

1:09.6

Particularly now.

1:10.6

Yeah.

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