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<v ->When choosing your on-camera personality,</v>
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keep an open mind.
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Notice who you are around friends,
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who you are around your mother,
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who you are at a party,
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who you are after a few beers,
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or when you're around strangers.
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You have different personalities already, okay?
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So you have a bunch from which to choose from.
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So which do you wanna be on your channel?
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The sky is the limit.
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I'm personally much more shy in real life.
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In fact, one of my subscribers
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said to me the other day, when I met him,
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"I thought you'd be meaner." (laughs)
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So that goes to show you that how people act on camera
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doesn't necessarily have to be the same
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as how they act all the time.
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People say YouTube is about being yourself, which is true,
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but which self do you wanna be?
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When you first start your channel,
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you are absolutely free to choose any side of yourself
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to put forward or emphasize.
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Or you could even be your alter ego.
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Like when Beyonce became Sasha Fierce,
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or when Joji was Filthy Frank.
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So keep an open mind, because you can express yourself
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and do great work without being your everyday self,
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if that makes sense.
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In fact, going to the extreme, Boogie2988
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is a YouTuber that gamed YouTube fame
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a few years ago at the beginning,
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by portraying a character called Francis.
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The important thing is you love what you're doing,
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and you're proud of your art.
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And you don't have to remain the same forever anyway,
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so be free.
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This is YouTube, not prison.
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Or, you can always just be yourself.