Jinny Lang 🚢

My Travel Creator Roadmap will help you avoid the 5 biggest mistakes creators make filming content while traveling - it's free! Take a look and let me know if there are any I missed. travelcreatorroadmap.com

No such thing as a stupid question. If someone asks a question you think is incredibly basic… Take the opportunity to educate with empathy.

I'm writing daily to: • Clarify my thoughts • Build something that's mine • Share experience I've found valuable • Connect with like-minded creators around the world • Develop a skill I hope will serve me for the rest of my career

Accountability without self-doubt is a powerful combo

@vidIQ I love reaction videos! I think the key is being community focused. I love watching people react to things I'm interested in and seeing what others are saying in the comments.

Which side are you on: 🔴 Reaction videos = stealing views OR 🔴 Reaction videos = valuable feedback & promotion

@heyalexfriedman Accountability without self-doubt is a powerful combo

The most successful people I know always take responsibility for their actions, never blaming others or outside circumstances. I've noticed they also rarely beat themselves up over mistakes or failures. It's a difficult mindset to learn that sets them apart from the rest.

Working on observing and validating my own ideas. Humility is good, but not when it stops you from publishing.

The world changes so fast. It's better to be capable than "ready."

The more I write, the more I get comfortable in my own voice. Comfortable = authentic

Currently shifting my thinking about my portfolio/generalist career based on "How to Be Everything" by Emilie Wapnick. Ladders aren't for me. I'm building something custom.

@Zaccland Skyrim! Also, my focus music playlist includes instrumental stuff from 2Cellos, Jennifer Thomas, and Michele McLaughlin.

@jayclouse Aww, congratulations!

I just became a dad 😊

You might need a video script if you: • Spend a lot of time editing to get to the point • Struggle to find the words once the camera is rolling • Don't feel like you communicated exactly what you wanted A script helps clarify your thoughts & purpose.

@jonbrosio The more I write, the more I get comfortable in my own voice. Comfortable = authentic

How to attract an audience in 2024: Write less with your head More with your heart

@dickiebush Working on observing and validating my own ideas. Humility is good, but not when it stops you from publishing.

Writing on the internet is mostly getting comfortable sharing ideas that are incredibly obvious to you (but incredibly novel to others).

@Nicolascole77 The world changes so fast. It's better to be capable than "ready."

This is the biggest mistake I made in my 20s (and it's a lesson I didn’t learn until much later): In college, everybody made the “real world” seem like a distant planet. Teachers stressed the importance of “professionalism.” Department chairs stressed achievements and beefy resumés. Peers stressed over grades, tests, final exams, and grade point averages. Everyone stressed, and was stressed, over the idea of complete and perfected preparation. “You have to be prepared for the real world,” they would say, and we as students would nod our heads, furiously working to achieve the unachievable: Being fully prepared to enter the “real world.” And do you know what? When I graduated college, I was not prepared. Not. Even. Close. What’s the one thing nobody tells you in college? Nobody tells you that you will never be prepared. That it’s impossible to be fully prepared. That you actually set yourself up for even more failure in thinking that you could possibly be prepared. • In college, nobody tells you that instead of trying to be prepared, what you should be doing is learning how to deal with the constant feeling of being unprepared. • In college, nobody tells you that it’s not about knowing all the answers, but knowing that you will be able to find them once you get started. • In college, nobody tells you that bosses, managers, supervisors, and the rest don’t care if you don’t know the answer. What they care about is your willingness to “know what you don’t know,” and your openness to learning. The biggest mistake I see twentysomethings make is thinking they have something to prove. You have nothing to prove. Nobody tells you this in college, or high school, or middle school, or elementary school. In fact, we are all taught the opposite. We are taught we have everything to prove. That we must prove ourselves, or else nobody will want us. False. Do you want to know what leaders, companies, and great teams want? They want people who have nothing to prove, and are hungry just to learn and continue growing. They want people who are less focused on being acknowledged as “great,” and more focused on wanting to do great work. I wish someone had told me this. The fastest route to success is to realize that you don’t know all the answers. Instead of spending so much time trying to prove to everyone how much you know, spend that time learning more about what you don’t know. Focus on your weaknesses, not your strengths. Focus on humility instead of confidence. Focus on listening instead of talking, practicing instead of posturing. I didn’t realize I was allowed to “not know.”

@Nicolascole77 Currently shifting my thinking about my portfolio/generalist career based on "How to Be Everything" by Emilie Wapnick. Ladders aren't for me. I'm building something custom.

What's the one book that changed your life and why?

I never set out to have a portfolio career. But, here I am with a 9-5, reserve service, and a side hustle. Follow your curiosities and embrace the adventure.

We praise tools that are versatile. It should be the same with people. Generalists are multi-capable, full of broad insights.

@slow_is_better @NotionHQ Amazing, congrats!

So... It's official, I'm now a Notion Ambassador! 😊 Thanks Alex and the @NotionHQ crew for putting together a crew of passionate Notioneers!

Building takes time and it starts with a foundation.