Hello,
Hello,
Welcome.
My name is Lou Redman.
Thank you for listening.
Recently,
My wife and I were watching some YouTube together and she came across and wanted to see what was up with my channel.
And what ended up popping up was an older playlist of mine called hashtag Lou Speaks Truth or LST for short.
This was back from 2016 when I started to get more public on social media.
And I had the chutzpah to say that Watching my videos would be akin to dropping LST.
Instead of LSD,
You get it?
Dropping LST,
Because it'll open you to the truth.
I know,
I know,
It's really bad.
It's corny.
I even paid someone $5 on Fiverr to create this intro video.
And to my wife's disdain,
I had to watch one.
So I chose the first upload I ever recorded with my phone suctioned to the window in my 400 square foot San Diego apartment.
In it,
I'm yelling at the camera.
Tensing my neck muscles and pausing awkwardly.
It is cringy as heck.
Yet when I watch it,
I have so much love for that Lou.
He was bold,
He was brash,
And although he cared a lot about what others thought,
He had the courage to start.
And that,
Above all else,
Has led me to where I'm at today.
Whenever we start something new,
We're gonna suck compared to what we could be.
We're going to look back in a decade and be like,
What the heck were we thinking?
That is how it is for everyone.
If I hadn't started in 2016,
I wouldn't be as comfortable on video or speaking in generally as I am now.
And so whatever new skill,
Platform,
Or medium you embark on,
Embrace the cringe.
Let yourself suck.
Ship imperfect work.
Make it a goal to look back in 10 years and be aghast at what you see.
If you only get 1% better every time,
You will be blown away by how much you grow.
So please notice next time you create that thing or do that thing,
Notice that voice that wants to say,
This is terrible.
This is not good.
Or,
Or this,
You know,
This sucks.
And just know that that's okay,
That that voice might be there.
And you might not even realize that voice might not be there.
You might think it's actually awesome and look back and be like,
It wasn't that good.
Either way,
It doesn't matter because it's about doing it.
Really honor yourself for doing it,
For being in the practice,
For showing up for yourself and getting better.
Who cares what other people think?
Who cares how it looks 10 years from now?
Just know that that is how you improve.
Remember this mantra,
Embrace the cringe.
The cringe is where the good stuff is.
The cringe is where it starts and we're always going to look back and be a little cringy at how we were a while ago.
So I'd love to hear what new area are you embarking on?
Where have you already noticed your skills develop over the years?
I always love hearing from you.
Feel free to leave a comment.
And thank you so much for listening to this.
I hope it was helpful to hear.
You can use to get into action and just have fun in your process and your practice.
So go check out that course and I look forward to connecting with you soon.
