Thomas Frank is a YouTuber. His main channel has 2.75 million subscribers. His second channel (about Notion) recently crossed 100,000 subscribers.
And in today’s episode, we dove deep into YouTube, how to have a better title and thumbnail, why he started a new channel, burnout, what most people get wrong about learning, and much more…
(0:00) Intro
(1:27) 2.75 Million Subscribers
(3:33) Design
(7:28) Title/Thumbnail Best Practices
(13:15) Early Days of Creating Online
(22:23) Why Videos Instead Of Writing?
(23:48) Working For His Favorite Creators
(26:42) Why Do Schools Block YouTube?
(27:33) Obsession
(32:00) New Channel / Burnout
(37:39) Changing Locations
(47:43) Tracking Exponential Numbers
(51:25) Issues With Getting Big On YouTube?
(55:50) Thomas’ Impossible List & Generalization
(1:00:20) Challenge (1 Percent Rule)
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Resources Mentioned:
Crash Course Study Skills – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7CwqNHn_Ns&list=PLx65qkgCWNJKHcoJzgJ8xd97JbS64e4xE
This Is Why You Aren’t Inspired – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWe4Qq-Rp0
Survivorship bias – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
Thomas Frank’s Impossible List – https://collegeinfogeek.com/about/meet-the-author/my-impossible-list/
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Thomas’ Links YouTube (Main Channel): @Thomasfrank
YouTube (Second Channel): @ThomasFrankExplains
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomFrankly
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomfrankly/
Website: https://thomasjfrank.com/
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SPONSOR:
This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out!
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