How to Get Unstuck In Life (and start building momentum)

A few thoughts on what I like to call "The Law of Momentum." Inspired by the following books on this subject (affiliate links):

[madisaur.]

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!

[SocPro]

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

[LiamThompsonOfficial]

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

[Keshav-Kk]

Man these edits are getting more and more 🔥

[TheDhammaHub]

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.

[RyanNgFilms]

"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.

[machiachelli]

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

[salvador]

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!

[BehindtheCurtain]

Your sound design and motion graphics are impeccable.

[karla_zero]

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

[patrickcamacho]

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

[koreymoore]

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.

[theellenpham]

You have to believe that your dreams are possible, that you can learn and that you can improve.

[bohemian.k]

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! :)

[EmilyMatthews]

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

[Syn]

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

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

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

[drewsson]

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 Youtube 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.

[Drika_]

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.

[teresatumanyan]

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.