So excited for your Skillshare course! You have really inspired me to want to start a channel so I cannot wait 😁 thanks for another great video!

Imma have to watch it again cause I think I spent the whole video admiring your editing skills

Nowadays I don't even look at his title. I just click whatever it is, and it's always gold

Man these edits are getting more and more 🔥

"Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere" This is a great quote from Ratatouille. I think it's important to note that yes, effort and hard work accounts for a HUGE part of your success, but it's important to not be naive to the fact that maybe your true work might lay somewhere else. A great example of this is The Rock who first wanted to be an NFL football player and then somehow found his footing in the movie industry.

The trick is to start doing _something_ . Doesn't matter too much what. One thing at a time until its a habit, then the next thing - at least when you are stuck.

When I was younger I'd always hear those phrases... "you're so talented", etc. so I quickly began assuming that if I tried something and wasn't immediately good at it that I should drop it and it wasn't for me. Turns out, growing up, there were a lot of things I wasn't good at on the first try and it was really disheartening because I had very much grown up in that non-persister mindset. I was focused on easy work and quick rewards which were not at all fulfilling and I became very depressed in my teenage years. After I graduated and got away from those people who had convinced me talent was all that mattered, I finally began teaching myself how to be persistent. It was so hard at first, learning to put in a little every day and wait for the rewards. But now I've grown so much to the point where I'm almost finished writing a novel! You just have to be patient with yourself, convince yourself that you are worth the work. Thank you for Nathaniel for such a beautifully informed and edited video :D

Your sound design and motion graphics are impeccable.

"If you can stick to things long enough, the magic comes later."

The quality in this video is mindblowing, every part of it, i can't believe we get to watch those things for free. Thank you Nathaniel!

"It's possible for ordinary people to become extraordinary."

I often find myself watching Nathaniel in order to learn more about myself, as Nathaniel appears to be the embodiment of that inner identity that I've yet to discover. He serves as a vivid reminder that other precocious, curious people like myself exist in this world, which greatly dissolves this spirit of helpless loneliness that occasionally affects me. Thank you for all that you do, Nathaniel.

the editing quality is so juicy please it's highly stimulating i can't stop rewatching the animations 💀

All we have to do is _start._ One small positive action towards your goals will be compounded into another, and another, and another! Being consistent is challenging, but so vital to the law of momentum. There's no secret to "success", we've just got to *start* *keep showing up.* It really is that simple, I believe in you

“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” ― Toni Morrison, Beloved

If you are not motivated to get started. Emotionally connect with your goals! If you visualize the feeling of reaching your goal and see it before you, it's going to motivate you to push further and make it MUCH easier to do so. Get specific, the joy inside of you when it happens, the people congratulating you, the things you can give back to your family. Be imaginative! That's how I stay motivated. I've just started my KZfaq Channel and even though not many watch me I know WHY I'm putting in all the work. Cause my goal is a part of me, it drives me.

Nate (cool if I call you Nate?), just wanna say that I really appreciate you and your videos. I feel in this realm of self-help and lifestyle, it’s saturated with all these false gurus and people talking at you, saying “this is the problem, here is the answer.” But with you, it’s different. From the get-go I always felt that you went into your content earnestly and with curiousity, in which the end result was not “let me teach you this” but rather in a smidge of humility you say “let’s learn this together.” I can see you are very genuine and do not try to sugarcoat. I feel you truly have an interest in helping others and sharing ideas in a communal fashion. Keep up the great work man! :)

The graphics in the beginning 🥵🥵🤯 WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!!

I would like to share a little bit of my story that relates to the topic. I'm 16 at this moment, I started taking part in entrepreneurship and programming contests when I was 13. I got some grants for my projects' development, I won some national and international contests, I got the title of the only Student Ambassador in my country. All of that happened because I worked day and night, I found people I needed, I overcame many of my fears and still there were people who named all of this "a good fortune", which I don't like. I find that those people are the ones that are not ready or willing to work and so they name other people's works "fortunes" to escape themselves from the responsibility.

2:48 "Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. She who utilizes it, earns it. She who doesn't, pays it." I keep this saying on the top of my weekly to-do list.

Books! You seem pretty well-read and I think it'd be cool if you made a book review.

Loved the analogy of compound interest on life. It's true that the beginning of any pursuit will be difficult. But if you can just tough it out through those first few months/years then the effect of compound interest will really start to shine. Take the editing of this video for example, the production quality with (adobe after effects?) is on a whole other level. Keep doing your thing Nathaniel, I appreciate the time and effort you put into editing these masterpieces.

The cinematic effects are getting so much more attractive that I zone out sometimes from the content you speak and just drop my jaw!!

Success for me is first becoming at peace with myself in this moment and then building momentum towards my intentions and goals. I have always respected the power of compounding and thereby using time to your advantage.

I do think that realising our potential is one of the most wholesome ways of joining in in the competition of improving. Though it is maybe more important to understand that your potential is made by the mind and therefore has no limits, which means, if you follow that path remember that you will not find complete fulfilment from it.

We have to go through life, undeterred by the good and bad. And make the most of everything we have and show up every day

I was caught up in a negative cycle, and this is absolutely what I needed. I just wanna say thank you, Nathaniel!

Love what I'm seeing from your channel. Thank you for sharing this, I really needed to hear it today.

Hope y’all are having a good morning

This helps. Onto a better path. Cheers, man. Your films and storytelling are lovely! But Daayyuuummm!! The editing is just INCREDIBLE Good luck, my dude 🤗

The animations in the opening were great, really like the style!

“ if you stick with things long enough the magic comes later ” i like this *^*♥️

Loved this message so much! You inspire my content and me to follow my passions and I’m so proud to support :)

Nathaniel how can you read my mind, how did you know I was miserable and stuck in life 😂?

With each of Nathaniels videos, I find out more about myself while he finds more out about him

Guys, do appreciate his effort by liking and commenting on the video so the YT algorithm blesses him. So much great content that too for free! Nathaniel just raised up his editing game, Love you man!

This is the most valuable free information I’ve ever found.

The definition of "Grit", as a noun, is "courage and resolve; strength of character." Being a philosophy major, definitions play a huge role in my playbook. With that in perspective, I'd imagine that grit is developed and established through pure tenacity that revolves around character development. If character is developed then grit is being established. Without character there is a low level of growth. As a result, an individual may struggle with perseverance, determination, and being goal oriented without tenacious character being developed. If character is being developed then making better and greater choices come in tune with that person's values, beliefs, and set goals; which in return is this person's character being at play! Makes me think of an old proverb that says, "What goes in, comes out." Meaning that whatever a person indulges in, that is the result of what he/ she will receive; however, whatever that person constructively repairs, he/ she receives the efforts that have been acted upon. I'll thoroughly enjoy your videos. They make me ponder upon the books I've read in the past, as well as the many papers I have written.

I am genuinely happy and excited that your channel is starting to pop off. It was worth all that hard work man, keep it up.

"You can't control everything that happens to you but you can control your attitude" -heard in multiple motivational contexts (sorry idk the source) This has been a breath of fresh air to comparisons or difficult moments in life. Great work once again!

The sole reason only very passionate people get to the top is that they are the only ones willing to stick around for long enough. It has nothing to do with natural talent. We are all bad at everything in the beginning haha

Thank you for showing me what's possible on this platform. Each and every one of your videos is masterfully crafted and your honest and vulnerable advice is everything I've been looking for in the last few weeks. I hope you know how far your effort reaches, and how wide your influence spreads :)

You hit home everything you mentioned . I truly love hard work and persistence . Nothing beats that combined with time and consistency

It took me forever to grasp that you need passion in grit. I tried persevering through things I didn’t necessarily like for an unseen result, and it didn’t work. I easily have grit with my passions because I love the process, and it’s effortless.

I agree with the guy bellow there. I no longer look to the title. I have “discovered” you late march, and I’m so glad I did. I share a lot of thought in common with you and in some videos, you actually made look things on a different perspective. But yeah, great topic, completely agree with everything you said there. Luck not always is luck. Talent not always enough to make someone “successful”. There is always a lot of hard work and consistence behind a successful person.

Bellissimo video! Peró Einstein probabilmente non ha mai detto nulla riguardante l’interesse composto, è una leggenda metropolitana! (Ma il fatto che gli venga attribuita questa citazione è un’ottimo esempio di come funzioni l’interesse composto!)

i love your videos. so different than what’s out there right now. love the vibe

Man this was frickin amazing - summarises all of what I’ve been learning over the last year or so. The edit is also too clean - love seeing you grow so big over the last 2 years Nathaniel! ❤️

The message is powerful but let me take a moment to compliment the editing, it's so gorgeous!

Awesome work, Nate! Thanks so much for sharing! ✨🙏🏽🍁♥️

I thank KZfaq for recommending this channel and the fact that he has his own course in skillshare speak volumes of how (talented) much effort and time he has put in honing his skill.

Your videos got better and better and now they are downright phenomenal! Thank you so much.

the video production quality... *chef's kiss*

Great video as always! There is a very similar word to "Grit" in Finnish which is "Sisu" that goes a step further than just plain grit and also incorporates the passion for a long-term goal in the face of adversity. Thought you might be interested to check the definition out as it's a quite interesting phenomenon while also relating to one of the topics in your video. Lately I've been on a binge on your videos so can't wait for part 2. Huge congrats on making a course for Skillshare too!

How I love when someone does the research for the things I think about. Thanks for bringing it to the light and articulating it all so well. Love your videos!

I think that having clarity of specific objectives and goals that you want to achieve, is the most important part to maintain interest and therefore grit to be successful.

Loving the Tom Fox music at the start!! Not Afraid is a great song!

"MEN OF ACTION ARE FAVORED BY THE GODDESS OF GOOD LUCK " - From Richest Man in Babylon

The animations and the references used on this video are insane. Thank you so much

the amount of value your videos provide is incredible, linking every abstract idea to quotes, examples, researches and even books makes your videos truly informative and inspiring. i really appreciate the effort you put into your videos for them to deliver the message more strongly. thank you!

Nathaniel drew is one of the best, he deserves a 100 million subs.

Mike Boyd is a great example of a motivated individual.

Thank you so much for the video. I'm looking forward to the 2nd part.

Your videos always say what I need to hear in the moment of life I'm living. Thank you

I am a huge fan of your work.

Thank you Nathaniel, youve helped so many people in so many ways including me. We love you ❤️

LOVE this!! I get so excited for life when watching your videos!!

This is so well edited! Great perspectives too. Thanks for this.

Damnnnnn this looks and sounds so professional

Completely didn't realise this was posted less than a minute ago lmao Great video

Everything you said really helped me. It feels like everything I've been needing to hear

Thank you! This was just the information I needed in my life right now

Paraphrasing here, but a quote that has changed my life in so many ways: “We identify as these player characters, and we keep trying to rack up points, but we never realize- we’re just grinding in Warcraft! Wake up! You’re grinding in Warcraft! Step away from the computer!”

Your videos editing is best😍🙌Love from India ❤

This video and the other one about not feeling behind in life both have made a massive impact on me! You're amazing!

Just discovered your channel and am slowly moving through your videos! Love the style and heart very chefs table esc.

I just discovered what being successful means, the actual meaning, not something that is true for me but for everyone, something nobody can tell me it's wrong. Successful is a word that derives from the word success. It means someone that has achieved success. Then the real question is what is success. Success means to achieve what you had decided to pursue, what you had decided to achieve. The moment you reach that goal of yours however big or small that is, you are successful. But the goal needs to be unchanged, you can't say I want to plant 100 million trees, end up planting 50 million trees and call yourself successful. What you have done is amazing, not done by anybody else but that was not your goal. And it's ok to not be successful as long as you are happy. But if success equals happiness for you than do anything you can and you can't to reach that.

The biggest roadblock most of us face is doubt. You can achieve anything if you believe it will happen for you!

PART 2 woohoooo come sooner !!!!!! I love you Nathan !!!! 🙏🙌💪

Your Videos come always at the exact time their needed👌🏽🔥

Congrats Nathaniel! Also, in terms of momentum, I feel like I'm constantly on a more negative path, like I'm always making the decisions that will bring me to either a neutral state, or a negative state. Rarely a positive state. For example, I choose to eat a lot of junk food (therefore leading me to a very negative state), or sometimes I'll choose a better attitude, but it's so neutral it won't make anything positive happen in my life. So I feel like I'm constantly doing okay or worse, but never great or accomplished. I know this is a complicated situation. I know it would be useful if I cut the junk food out so I had energy to be positive, and if I showed up to practice my dream work consistently instead of just moping about. I know a lot of things I should be doing (though I'll freely admit, I often forget it all or avoid it) but I can't get myself to start. I've always been like this. But I guess the lesson of this video is to build some momentum, to change the path I'm on even if it's hard. Because it's not going to get better if I keep going down this path. I feel like I'm fighting against some invisible force to change the path, but maybe that force is going to work in my favor someday. Guess that only makes sense to me. Oh well, it was useful to write it out. Thanks for getting me thinking!

As someone who's not had it the worst in life, but has seen their fare share of hardship, including attempted suicide and depression, I think there are two things to keep in mind. The most important thing to remember is that it is never too late to pursue your goal. Too many people feel like there's a ticking clock over their heads, like if they don't get what they want by 20 or 25 or 30 that it's over. But it never is, not until you're in the ground and the worms are at you. It happens a lot to kids as well. Something in the way society is and even in memes, about them being scared of 30 or how they have issues with getting a house or whatever. It ain't over guys. 30 isn't when life ends. And the second, which goes hand in hand with the first, is that it is only you you are in competition with. Not past generations. Not future generations. Not others or millionaires or billionaires or whatever. Just you and you alone. Work on being better than you were yesterday. Follow your path to your goal and forget what someone else did or how young they did it. It's only failure if you give up. And it's never too late to keep going. To try. To push. To live better and enjoy your life.

My teacher preferred to define talent as "Losing track of time when doing something" as in loving and enjoying an activity so much that you lose track of time. I love this approach.

I’m so happy I’ve found this channel. I’ve been doing terrible in a lot of my classes getting distracted and losing energy. This guy gives me inspiration to keep going and hopefully still until the next school year!

The way to building momentum is in chasing pleasure of achieving success and not in avoiding pain of failure.

Hey ND love your videos Keep it up ❤

Beautiful. Thank you for the reminders and the push for passion and perseverance.

One of best and my fav channel on KZfaq . Good luck

me: ok, lemme try this also me: *spends time watching more youtube videos instead of trying this*

Okay so my question is: When perseverance turns into false hope? After doing something for years without any tangible results, where is that point when you should just give up because what you decided for yourself is simply not working? I'm talking about a situation of doing something that makes you proud and you want it to work because it makes you happy, but all the signs tell you that it is a worthless endeavour that won't make you successful in any shape or form? Should you keep grinding? Should you leave it? When to make that decision?

Your content just gets better and better! Awesome topic & video!

There is a chill energy in your channel that relieves my anxiety! Thank u for being who u r

How to Get Unstuck in Life:👏 Show up and Be Willing to Do the Work. Self-Reflection. Break a Sweat. Find a Purpose. Find a Passion. Nudge Yourself. Seek Different Experiences. Leave Behind the Things That Are Not Constructive for You

Never been so early in a class lol!

Great content always right when I need it. Thanks brother.

Love your channel. Keep it up man!!!!

he do be speaking facts doe

13:42 - noo! It's just so good! 😅

I do agree with your video, "grit", in my opinion, does play a huge part in reaching our goals or desires. It took grit for me to find a college that would accept me. It took grit for me to find solstice through meditation. It took grit for me to complete 2 books that I hope to publish soon. I try to tell this to friends as often but they see my words as being ludicrous. It doesn't change my tone however I now feed myself with those exact words of affirmation daily.

Nathaniel, I am so grateful to have discovered your channel, so much clarity 🔥🔥🔥❤