 Have you ever thought that maybe like, you're not good looking enough to get in a relationship? Or have you ever wondered what you could really do for this company that's hiring when there's so many other people applying for the job? Do you ever just not even try something because why even bother because there's so much competition? Well, in this video, we're gonna talk about how Spill hit one million subscribers and we're gonna see what we can learn to improve our own mental and emotional well-being. What is up, everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. And if you're new to my channel, my channel is all about mental health and what I try to do is take different topics going on in the YouTube community and try to see what we can learn from them from either their mistakes or their successes. So if you're into that stuff, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. 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I can't pay you because you're volunteering and I'm broke, but I'll like give you a free copy of one of my books or something like that. I'll hook you up. All right, second thing is stay tuned until the end of this video because our second Shane Dawson Palate Giveaway winner is being announced at the end of this video. All right, so let's jump into this. I was over on Instagram just doing my thing earlier and I saw that the channel Spill just hit one million subscribers and they posted this little thing of the little girl from Spill and it was like, hey, one million subscribers. So we're gonna talk about that and see what we can learn from it to inspire us because I think there is so much to learn from Spill's journey on YouTube that we can all take into account for our own lives. Now, before we go into that, like for anybody who's new here, if you don't understand why I use what's going on in pop culture or the YouTube community to try to teach lessons and see what we can learn from it, it's because of this. Seven years ago, I was dying from my drug addiction. I had about a 10% chance of living and I was absolutely hopeless. I did not think that I could overcome my addiction. The only, the only reason that I'm alive today is because I learned from the successes and the mistakes of other people. And since that completely changed my life, I got my life back, I got my son back, I got everything back, my friends and family. Like it's kind of a life philosophy that I live by now is to watch others and see what can I learn from them rather than just mindlessly watching everything that's happening. You know what I mean? So let's talk about Spill and let's kind of talk about their journey here on YouTube and just kind of summarize it a little bit. So Spill came onto the platform and they were doing drama but they were doing it in a little bit different way. All right, so a lot of people who watch Spill you're familiar with other drama channels such as Tea Spill, Rich Lux, The Viewer's Voice, all these other drama channels. So like when you look at this, when you see a new drama channel pop up, like Spill, it's like, girl, what are you doing? There is so much competition. Like do you know how many people I see who just won't start a YouTube channel because there's so much competition out there, right? Like people say, oh, that should have sailed. You cannot be a YouTuber anymore. Hell, I even thought this when I first started this channel. Like how am I gonna break through all the noise? How am I going to build a channel when there's so much stuff going on, right? But Spill kept at it. And what Spill was doing, they were going more in depth. Like they had the animations and everything like that. Like that's cool in this very eye catching but they were going more in depth than any other drama channel out there, okay? So when this happened and they started blowing up and exploding, like I had my suspicions that Spill might be a company because they were paying for advertisements. Sometimes they were getting out videos pretty quickly but like I said, the animations and the detail and the depth that they were diving into, I'm like, I don't think this is just like one little college student, right? And then DeAngelo Wallace kind of confirmed my suspicions, all right? So DeAngelo Wallace made a video talking about like, hey, I think Spill's actually a company, right? And then Petty Page came out. They're like, yeah, Spill is an actual company. You know what I mean? And a bunch of people started talking about it. A ton of people started talking about it and saying, they're a company. Don't support them, support small creators. Like I think Angelica Oles made a video about it. The right opinion just made a video about it, right? And Spill kind of responded to it. I think they made one video, you can correct me if I'm wrong, kind of explaining how Spill came to be, right? And I can tell you from personal experience, when all the drama channels attack you, that is usually a death sentence, all right? But Spill just kept creating content. And I think when this happened, I think when all this stuff started and went down because the right opinions video just came out, this week maybe or was it last week? Either way, I think they're at about 800,000 but they just cracked a million, okay? So I want you guys to just think about this. Like there's so much to inspire us from this story, okay? Like Spill came on YouTube and got into a genre that has so many people already in it. Anybody can pop on their camera and start talking about all the drama going on on YouTube. Okay, so that right there, like that seems insane to even start that project, right? But the second thing is, and I hope you're inspired by this, there are so many people who are trying to tear down this channel Spill, okay? And they are thriving. They are still pushing forward and pushing through it. And like, I hope this inspires everybody because me, as a creator, as somebody who gets hate videos made about him sometimes, gets a bunch of nasty comments, I see Spill and I'm like, y'all didn't give up. I just talked about this in my Jaclyn Hill video from yesterday. But every time I see something like this, I'm like, you didn't give up. Earlier I referenced my sobriety journey, right? Like I was just talking with somebody the other day about this. I am more inspired by the stories of relapse than I am from the people who are just like, yo, I got sober once and it's been smooth sailing since then, right? Like I'm inspired by the people who are like, yo, I got five years sober. And before this, I relapsed 13 times. I'm like, dang, right? Because I look at this and I'm like, if you didn't give up, how do I have an excuse to give up? So even though it might seem silly to some people or we're talking about a channel like Spill not giving up and just continuing to create content, like I said, we need to learn from everything, all right? But here's the main point, okay? The main point of this video is do it better, okay? That is how Spill succeeded. That is how Spill hit one million subscribers, okay? There are so many things. There are so many things that are completely outside of our control, right? Like I can't control my genetics. I can't control how I was born. I can't control the stuff I went through as a child, right? There's so many things outside of my control. And we talk about internal locus of control versus external locus of control. People who are focusing on the things that they cannot control are more depressed, more anxious, overall not that happy with life. Once you develop an internal locus of control, good things start happening, okay? So what is in our control? Okay, so let's use basketball, all right? Obviously I don't play too much basketball, but let's just use basketball. You cannot control how tall you are, right? You cannot control, you know, different genetic aspects of your athletics, but you know what you can control? Your work ethic, how much work you're willing to put in, how much practice, right? And there might be a ceiling, right? But you need to focus on what you have control over. So when I see Spill breaking through all of the noise here on YouTube, especially in the drama community, they have put in more effort. They are doing it better, right? And as a creator, I personally have to look at it and be like, that's where the bar's set right now, you know? But it's interesting because no matter how much people say about Spill, it doesn't matter. They're still winning because they're doing it better, right? Now, like somebody here who's a negative Nancy might be like, well, they have an entire team helping them and da da da da da. It doesn't matter, nobody cares, all right? Like none of that stuff matters. The reality is they're doing it better. So you either try to step up your game or you quit whining, right? But for all of us, like I was saying earlier, like you might be like, oh, how am I ever gonna get in a relationship because I'm not all that good looking? Like something I learned a long time ago was my personality might make up for my looks, right? How do you think I landed this beautiful woman sitting behind me, all right? Like those are things that we can control, all right? When it comes to looking for a job, yeah, there might be a lot of competition, but focus on your strengths. What do you have to offer? What can you bring to the table that's different that nobody else can? Like research that job before you go. What are some improvements you think you might be able to help the company with if they hire you? You're not just some random person in the crowd, right? Stand out, do something better. But like I said, there are so many people who don't even try, right? Like some of you know that I write books. You know how many books there are out there on depression, anxiety, anger, addiction, so many things, there aren't so many books, but I'm trying to see how I can do it different, how I can do it better, okay? The last thing I'll talk about is with my YouTube channel. It's not a great example because I'm not like blowing up right now, but I did manage to hit over 100,000 subscribers before I lost a lot of subscribers. But anyways, like one of the reasons that I feel my channel has been even somewhat successful is because I decided I was gonna do it different. I was gonna do it better. Like for me in just using this as an example, and this isn't knocking anybody, but it's just something that I notice. Like when I look at a bunch of channels covering drama and commentary and everything, they're all saying the exact same thing. They're all doing the exact same thing. I want you, the viewer, when you come to a video, hear on the rewired soul to get something different, all right? Sure, we'll talk about some of the drama going on. Sure, we'll talk about some controversies. We'll talk about all sorts of other stuff, but I am trying to take a different angle and make sure that you leave my video with something that you can learn to improve your mental and emotional wellbeing. And that is how I keep moving forward. So I want you to leave this video and think about it. Like, look at SPIL, right? Look at other examples. Don't give up just because you feel that it's too saturated or because you don't have specific qualities. Focus on your strengths and do it better, all right? The one thing that is always in your control is your work ethic. And you know we talk a lot about mental health here, so some of you out there might struggle with depression, you might struggle with motivation, but what's in your control? If you get help, if you choose to get help, seeing a doctor, getting on medications, right? Seeing a therapist, learning how to work through your depression, your trauma, your anxiety, whatever it is, all right? Like I mentioned, that project that I'm working on in the beginning of this video, joining our Facebook group or Discord server that's gonna be launching hopefully in this next week, like these are things within your control that you can start doing to improve yourself and start building your motivation, all right? So that's what I want you to think about, all right? And now you're all like, shut up, Chris. Thanks for this inspiring talk to help improve my mental health. You're welcome. But who is the Shane Dawson Palette giveaway winner? So drumroll, please. The winner is Melissa from Colorado. She is getting the mini controversy palette. So congratulations Melissa. I will be sending you an email, and everybody else who didn't win, don't you worry. All right, because we've given two many controversy palettes, and we have one more palette we're giving away, which is the conspiracy palette. All right, so I'm not sure when that giveaway is gonna be, it's gonna be soon. So make sure that you're tuned in watching all the videos, follow me on social media, because I'm going to announce it. Not sure when yet, so just make sure you're paying attention, baby. All right, but anyways, that's all I got for this video. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. If you're new, make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell. 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