I was TERRIFIED to film this - how to take action!

What's up you guys? It's Graham here. So, I'm making this video as a part two to the video I uploaded about two weeks ago about how to get over your fear.

On that video, I received this amazing comment from the user named Tristan. Tristan explained that he really wants to do YouTube videos. He's a window cleaner from the UK, has always wanted to do YouTube videos, but just never had the courage to actually go ahead and upload it.

He also said he’s deathly afraid of filming in public, which I could totally relate to. So, I read his comment, and I'm thinking like, this sounds like me. I was so embarrassed to upload YouTube videos. I was scared as hell about anyone finding out and seeing me make a YouTube video. I mean, that's the truth.

It was my biggest fear when I first uploaded. I was terrified that someone I knew would see me and they would see that I only had like a few subscribers and a few views, and maybe I had a dislike or two. I would just embarrass myself; then, people would laugh at me. That was what was going on in my head, and it's such a stupid irrational belief. But I read his comment and I'm like, this sounds like me.

So, I saw this as the best opportunity to break through with him. What I did is I pinned his comment as the top comment on my video and I gave him a challenge. I said if he actually makes a video like he said he wanted to do in public, I was going to feature him and his channel, making an entire video dedicated to him about someone who actually got over their fear of doing this.

And as someone who's taking action and just being a total badass, because that is the most badass thing you could do: to do something you're absolutely terrified of and not give a damn.

So sure enough, he did it. His channel and his video are in the description below if you want to check it out. I highly recommend you do because this is a dude who's taking a lot of action, and you could tell it took him a lot of courage to upload what he did. It takes so much guts to do what he did.

So, I'm making an entire video addressing him, and I'm doing the same thing myself. For me, even when I was making my McDonald's video, I was deathly afraid about someone seeing me and someone watching me film. I mean, I was so, so self-conscious about it.

In my McDonald's video, my girlfriend was helping me film, and in the beginning scene, there was like a dude that was passing by in the parking lot. I'm like, he's looking at me! I can't do it! I'm too afraid! I can't do it! I can't! I was waiting for him to go away.

Even at the very end scene, there was a guy who was looking at me, and I was just like, the pressure's on. What if I say the wrong thing? What if I mess up when I say it? What if I mispronounce a word? Like, there are a million things that could go wrong in my head.

But the truth of what I found is that absolutely no one gives a damn about you, and they’re really not that special for people to think of you later on in the day. Like, even with me right now, I'm taking action and Tristan, your video inspired me to also film this video in public to show you that really no one cares and no one thinks of you at all.

What usually happens is that people think like, oh look at this guy, he's filming a video, and wonder what it's for, and that's it! It usually ends there. Even some people are like, wow, look at this dude not giving a damn. I wish I could do that!

And then they go on their own way without even thinking of you. It never happens that people like, oh look at this dude making a video in public! Man, look at that loser!

Hey guys, check it out; he's making a video in public! Ha! That never happens! You know why? Because no one cares!

Even in Los Angeles, by the way, you're surrounded by the craziest of people. There are dudes on Hollywood Boulevard that run around naked down the street, swearing and talking to imaginary people. And you know what people do? They do absolutely nothing! They don't even look at the dude running around naked because honestly, no one cares.

Everyone is so absorbed in their own life, their own problems, that they don’t care about what you're doing. And that's the point I want to get across to everybody: really, no one gives a damn, and they don't care!

So if you want to do something that you're trying to get over fear with, the best way to do it is just to do it and then you realize it's not so bad. Same like going on a roller coaster.

The scariest part of the roller coaster is really the anticipation of the drop. So the scariest part is waiting in line, going up the little tracks until you make that drop. That's the scariest part of the entire roller coaster!

And then once you're on it, you realize like, wait a second, this isn't really that bad! It was actually kind of fun! So it's the same way with making these videos. For me, I was terrified about making this video, to be completely honest, ‘cause I'm like, what if people judge me? What if I embarrass myself? What are they gonna think of me?

And even doing this, I was like, you know what? I woke up this morning early so I can get an extra 20 minutes in before I went to the gym to make this video. I was thinking, well, you know, maybe I should do this tomorrow because I'm not as prepared as what I would like to be or maybe I should do this tomorrow.

I didn't get a lot of sleep last night; I should probably think about what I'm gonna say a little bit more and maybe just get myself up a little bit. And then I realized like, these are all just like excuses!

The truth is, if I can't do it today, I'm not gonna do it tomorrow! If you can't take action right now, you're never gonna do it because, again, the scariest part is the anticipation of actually doing it and not the event itself.

That's the point I want to get across to you guys. So for anyone that wants to check out Tristan's channel, check it out down below and please be supportive of him because I want to remind you, it takes a lot of guts to do what he did.

And I think we should really encourage that. It's not so much about the quality of the video, it's really just about him doing something he was afraid of, killing it, and making steps towards actually bettering himself.

That's the point I really want to get across with everybody. So again, check it out in the link below if you want to see what he did. I'm making this video for all of you guys, in addition to Tristan, to show you it's really not as scary as what you think.

Nobody gives a damn and nobody cares. And if you want to do something and you're too afraid to do it, just go and do it! Like, it really doesn't matter at all.

So, as always you guys, thank you so much for watching my videos. Thank you so much for everybody that's subscribed, that's supported, that's commented, that's liked, and I really, really appreciate all of you! Thank you for watching!

Feel free to add me on Snapchat, Instagram, whatever you want to add me on! I really appreciate that, and until next time!

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