On this short video I talk about the growing pains of being a radio guy who's trying to find his "voice" doing YouTube videos, and the growth necessary in public speaking and being a person in a touchy overly offended society in general. We all want to pass as cool, but in doing so, we often succumb to peer pressure and lose that quintessential thing that makes us uniquely us. We have to resist trying to be cool at the cost of being a compassionate, grounded, and decent person. But we also don't want to lose our sense of humor or sense of self! Finding balance in this life can difficult, and too many terrible behaviors are normalized out there, and so, we must be above the influence of bad people so we can arrive at a good quality of life and be good people, to be in touch with our innermost humane and decent selves, while still maintaining our "edge."

This short video talks about my many varied and different sides to myself that have developed from a lifetime of hardship and grief, like the soldier and the empath, the comedian and the truth teller, my gentleness versus toughness, and how that struggle makes me feel insecure trying to do episodes and being myself to an audience. I'm trying to strike the right balance between two extremes; compassionate, classy, and helpful, while still maintaining my desire to be irreverent, crusty and real. Sometimes, in frustration, you want to trust your audience to know your values even when you're acting up in frustration for the sake of humor or catharsis! You don't want to hold back for catharsis, but you don't want to go too far as to give people the wrong impression of you because you care about people and you have good values.

As a crusty old Army vet and experienced person, speaking to YouTube audiences is weird. Oftentimes YouTubers are so often the same, bland, overly upright and professional, and one note, afraid to be themselves or be funny, because they don't want to rock the boat. I believe "greatness" exists somewhere between not going far enough and going too far! Where must one draw the line in finding their online persona or truest self? And how far can you go as a person before crossing a line, in an effort to being uniquely original, bold, and yet still likeable?

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