Jon Youshaei

expert though I argue that journey never ends as you get closer to expert or have more expertise you develop more imposter syndrome you realize you know less but you keep going down that path then there's a moment where you look back at those people who are inexperienced and you realize there's a lot of people who are inexperienced who talk a lot and it's like they're very certain they're very certain I'm like what are you talking about you don't even know what you're talking about you know and I had that experience firsthand where I'm like

Working on YouTube for five years, learning how the platform works, working with a lot of careers, then going to Instagram, learning how that platform works.

And then I see these people on social media being like, no, this is how it works.

I'm like, that is outdated and wrong.

Yeah.

And seeing that, I don't know what that's called, like reverse imposter syndrome or something.

I'm like...

I there's just so much misinformation out there that that also gave me confidence to be like, I'm learning.

There's still a ton to learn, but I got to get out there, you know, and that was a big motivator to say, like, wait, there's not a lot of people on YouTube who have worked at YouTube.

Let alone another platform like Instagram can talk about it.

In the way that I can.

So maybe I should at least try.

Yeah, I love those qualifiers.

Definitely.

I mean, as you try to do new things, I think, like, experience that more and more.

But I think there's two powerful things in what you said that just hit home for me.

One, I had these two amazing YouTuber journalists on my show, Cleo Abram and Johnny Harris, and they said these quotes.

I'm paraphrasing.

Never underestimate the viewer's intelligence, but never overestimate the amount of context they have.

when they're coming into watching a video or watching something.