I read some dystopian predictions about the future of YouTube and the changes AI will bring to it, and today I’m talking about how I plan my next steps as a video creator facing AI.

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YouTube Strategist's X post: https://x.com/JimMakos/status/2013276207647727621

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🎙️ Podcasting Challenges as a Non-Native Speaker: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimmakos.com/podcasting/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Jim

What those three months working in a call center taught me and how they pushed me straight into entrepreneurship.

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🧠 TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:55 My Dream Life at 19
• 02:17 Why I Suddenly Decided to Get a Job
• 03:32 Answering My Very First Call
• 05:30 I Was a Little Risk-Taking Rebel, Not an Employee
• 06:52 Learning People, One Call at a Time
• 11:47 Learning the Value of Money
• 13:30 Life Is the Greatest School
• 14:49 Fortunately, I Worked as an Employee Once in My Life

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Jim

What led me to drop out of university, how my life has evolved since, and what lessons I’m still learning even today from that decision?

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🎙️ Podcasting Challenges as a Non-Native Speaker: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimmakos.com/podcasting/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🧠 TIMESTAMPS

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:53 It Was Never My Dream to Become an Engineer
• 04:11 The Student Life Felt Just Like High School All Over Again
• 05:13 The Visit That Made Me Question Everything
• 06:14 I Looked at the Future – and Didn't Like What I Saw
• 07:18 Computers – and Money – Were My True Passion
• 10:25 I Never Had Doubts About My Decision
• 12:12 The Life I Lived – Not the One I Didn't
• 13:38 I Didn't Know Why Dropping University Was So Easy for Me – Until This Week
• 17:40 Every Obstacle for a Reason
• 20:07 Get the podcast's transcript in your inbox
• 20:29 University Was My Comfort Zone – and I Had to Get Out

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Letters from Greece is my podcast, the audiobook version of my newsletter.

Thank you for listening,

Jim