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-: When choosing your on-camera personality, 3 3
keep an open mind. 4 4
Notice who you are around friends, 5 5
who you are around your mother, 6 6
who you are at a party, 7 7
who you are after a few beers, 8 8
or when you're around strangers. 9 9
You have different personalities already, okay? 10 10
So you have a bunch from which to choose from. 11 11
So which do you wanna be on your channel? 12 12
The sky is the limit. 13 13
I'm personally much more shy in real life. 14 14
In fact, one of my subscribers 15 15
said to me the other day, when I met him, 16 16
"I thought you'd be meaner." (laughs) 17 17
So that goes to show you that how people act on camera 18 18
doesn't necessarily have to be the same 19 19
as how they act all the time. 20 20
People say YouTube is about being yourself, which is true, 21 21
but which self do you wanna be? 22 22
When you first start your channel, 23 23
you are absolutely free to choose any side of yourself 24 24
to put forward or emphasize. 25 25
Or you could even be your alter ego. 26 26
Like when Beyonce became Sasha Fierce, 27 27
or when Joji was Filthy Frank. 28 28
So keep an open mind, because you can express yourself 29 29
and do great work without being your everyday self, 30 30
if that makes sense. 31 31
In fact, going to the extreme, Boogie2988 32 32
is a YouTuber that gamed YouTube fame 33 33
a few years ago at the beginning, 34 34
by portraying a character called Francis. 35 35
The important thing is you love what you're doing, 36 36
and you're proud of your art. 37 37
And you don't have to remain the same forever anyway, 38 38
so be free. 39 39
This is YouTube, not prison. 40 40
Or, you can always just be yourself.