The Grind - DadLog - Stardate 09032018

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Today I want to talk about the grind. When people watch other people playing video games for a living, it's really easy to imagine that the only thing that person does is play video games and get paid. In reality, you see 90 percent of the video games, and 10 percent of the back end work. Last night I wanted to play video games, but instead I prioritized editing clips for Instagram. Because at the end of the day, that is what was going to pay more dividends for the channel and for executing on a multi-platform content strategy. My encouragement for you, if you are brand new to broadcasting or thinking about getting started in content creation, is to consider that most of your work has nothing to do with video games. If you want to see success, you are going to spend way more time executing on other things like editing content, writing scripts, sending emails, spending time in other communities, etc. So be prepared for the grind folks! God bless!