Every week I do a video blog (of VLOG). This week I talked about preparation.
When I started this, I was very scared of putting myself on video, so I got the courage and put myself in the arena, killing a lot of bad self talk.This gives me the chance to work on my communication skills, start a new medium, and experiment!
Once a week, after I have thought about them, I will give them a day here on the blog.
These aren’t just promotion posts (although they are, please watch and share 
) I want to take the time to break them down and try to clarify what I want to communicate and the tactical things I learned through doing.
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What I Wanted To Communicate About Preparation
Preparation has a ton of benefits. It isn’t something I do well in my life, and I am looking to improve what I can do.
I hit on three bullet points
- Preparing helps cut fear of doing work. You feel better and stay present after preparation.
- Preparing is a force multiplier, you get better when you take time to prepare, in some ways one minute spent preparing gives you 10 extra minutes of action.
- Don’t get locked in the act of preparation. The map is not the territory, use it as an aid. The objective is the task, not the plan.
What I Learned Doing This Video
- No auto focus is better.
- 15 minutes of tape ended up being under 5 minutes.
- I learned how to use my tripod (sounds silly, but before I just stabilized it on a pile of boxes.)
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From the desk of Adam Thomas 