What haters on YouTube don’t understand
By: Bulcha, The Charismatic Nerd
Tags: Self Improvement, Life Lessons, Self Development, Inspiration, Confidence

So my last video on YouTube got a lot more views than I expected.

I was expecting my typical, 10–20 views, and nothing more.

Well, I got over 1,500 views for my most recent video, and that was in just one week. And with all those views came comments. And with all those comments, came some hate.

To give more context, my video was about why people should not read the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene.

My point was that most people reading this book do not have their shit together. A bunch of young kids and adults read this book thinking it will give them some edge, but these very same readers are scared to take risks, scared to ask girls out, and scared to stand up for themselves.

So I just said that it would be better to get your shit together, as that will get you a lot farther in life than just reading the 48 Laws of Power.

Now, some people were just straight hating.

Not even constructive criticism, but just pure hate.

These viewers were hurt by my criticism of the book. It was as if I desecrated some holy book and I am feeling the wrath of its believers.

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Seeing all these people hating on my video got me wondering why where they so butt hurt.

And I think the reason why is because people do not want their world views to be tarnished. These loyal readers of 48 Laws of Power have built up a world where they need to use the 48 laws of power to navigate through life.

Otherwise, they are toast.

And if anybody challenges that viewpoint, they will attack that person.

The problem with these guys is that if they see their world strictly in one sense, they are going to lose out on so much more of what life has to offer.

If all they think is how to use or defend themselves from the laws of power. Well, they are going to live a very exhausting life.

When it comes to friends, they are going to refer back to the 48 laws.

When it comes to dating, they are going to refer back to the 48 laws.

When it comes to business, they are going to refer back to the 48 laws.

And oddly enough, these guys are not going to get the super-duper success they were looking for.

Life is all about embracing different ideas.

Life is about challenging your status quo.

I remember an Islamic saying that said that if you truly want to believe in something, question it.

However, when you refuse to question your sacred beliefs, then you are just a shallow follower. Nobody has ever reached a true understanding without questioning.

For example, in therapy, you have to question yourself in order to get a better understanding of your values, problems, and perception of the world. Without the questioning aspect, therapy is useless.

Once I questioned my low self-esteem, my poor beliefs, and my problems. Is when I was able to better understand the trauma and difficulties in my life.

Through questioning myself I was able to overcome my deeply personal problems. Even today, when my insecurities come in, I question them and ask myself why I am so focused on this small aspect of myself?

And as a result, I am able to get over it.

I will admit, questioning your belief and yourself is not easy.

But nothing great in life ever is.

So don’t be like the losers on my YouTube video who are too afraid to ponder on another point of view.

Life is too short to be narrowminded.

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