Losers and Closers

today's vlog is going to be dedicated to talking about an idea I hope you find that interesting very cold very early very dark run this morning that run this morning that run in the freezing cold that was at 6 o'clock this morning that is 6:00 in the a.m. I was up outside running in the freezing cold it is currently 9 p.m. 9 o'clock at night tomorrow morning I also have to get up at 5:30 in the morning but I didn't shoot a vlog today I didn't shoot a video which is fine taking days off is fine but I shot this morning which meant I started something so if I didn't do a vlog today it would have meant starting something and not finishing something and in my book that's not OK someone who starts something and doesn't finish something that is a loser someone who starts something in always finishes it that is a closer one of my favorite movies is called Glengarry Glen Ross here's a quick scene a B C a always be B C closing always be closing always be closing yeah at ood that on my arm last week I talked about that Voltaire quote perfection is the enemy of good what that means is you can never let your desire for perfection prevent you from finishing something that's good because to finish something even imperfectly is to learn from it and then you move on and get closer to perfection these fundamentals dovetail nicely with my passion for YouTube prior to really embracing YouTube I always considered like my filmmaking the content I made to be precious and perfection was imperative and how that actually manifested what that actually meant was I just didn't make a lot of stuff because I always had that excuse to fall back on and embracing YouTube more specifically giving myself this daily mandate to upload a video it is forced me to abandon this idea of perfection this false idea of perfection and instead forced me to focus on productivity and that in aggregate over time has made me a much better filmmaker has made me a much better storyteller creator all of that give me this I need to explain something called the Pareto principle 80% of the movie that is the filming like all the stuff with the camera me out running around like the idea the concept all that stuff the first 80% of the movie is only 20% of the work and the last 20% of the movie which is for me the editing the last 20% of the movie is 80 percent of the work all the things that people typically associate with making a movie is really only the small part of the pie and the big part of the pie the pac-man part this is finishing this is closing and this rule by the way this applies to everything in life this applies to school whether you're a painter or a musician trying to write a song trying to start a company entrepreneurship this applies to my business this applies to when you run a marathon 26 miles the first 22 is only 20% of the work it's those last four miles that are 80% of the work if you close or you hit the bricks you can't push it you are hit the bricks pal and beat it because you are going out I have to go home now because there would be a terrible irony in me not finishing a movie about what it means to be a closer this is a bunch of stuff people sent me for mail time that's a light-up skateboard look it's Jessie wait it's a little me

Channel: CaseyNeistat

Views: 1,063,368

Rating: 4.9187369 out of 5

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Length: 5min 40sec (340 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 05 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/N6065L]

Again classic Neistat hypocrisy... One guy in the YT comments section wrote this: "close that Afghan movie you have been working on in the last couple of years"

[u/jham1496]

The last few vlogs were so great ("obsessed" is my favorite in recent memory) and then this piece of garbage vlog with classic hypocrisy and retelling his shitty beliefs again. I don't know how Casey doesn't see that he is a great filmmaker and story teller but a very shitty philosopher.

[u/17_character_limit]

Ugh pure hypocrisy... When Casey becomes philosophical, he just trips over himself. The last video he made about it not being ok to not finish something, he admitted he was guilty of it. I'm almost certain that he isn't as smart as he likes to believe. He always wants to make some big statement, but doesn't always plan them out properly.

Not to mention I completely disagree with his productivity argument. All he's doing is sacrificing quality for quantity. I mean its not like his work was perfect before the vlogs.

[u/Right_All_The_Time]

Usually I can't stand the downvote crowd on here who are always pessimistic the vlog.

But wow that might the worst vlog he has ever done. HOLY CONDESCENDING. anyone who doesn't finish something they start is a "loser"?

Really Casey?

I like Glengarry Glen Ross as much as the next guy but the people in life most obsessed with the Baldwin character and ABC are stock brokers and general righteous egotistical sales people and dickheads. Casey is part of that club? Condescending dickpoles who think anyone who starts something and doesn't finish it is a "LOSER". uhhh riiiight.

So I started reading a book and didn't like it and stopped? That makes me a loser?

I started drawing something and didn't like it and stopped? That makes me a loser?

Casey started a relationship with his ex and made Owen with her and that didn't work and he stopped that, does it make him a loser?

[u/[deleted]]

I have been a long time admirer of Casey, but I think it was an absolutely disgusting comment to make about people being losers if they don't finish something.

[u/A113-09]

I think people are taking what Casey has to say a little bit too seriously, I wouldn't say take it with a grain of salt but nobody's perfect, you can't 100% practice what you preach.

You might be on a diet, doesn't mean you're not going to cheat every once in a while. I think a better way of looking at it is that he tries to apply it to his everyday thinking, but it's not possible to always apply it.

[u/Sybertron]

I feel like Reddit really jumped on the losers don't finish comment. While it wasn't the best wording the over all message is finish what you care about greatly.

Don't let the internet cynic take over too much m. The real message is go create and don't be afraid of failure

[u/NegroNerd]

I don't agree with Casey calling people losers, and maybe his philosophy has a few kinks he should work out and rethink, but don't discredit the man for his opinion or belief. There is always room for adjustment in such

[u/gus_viral]

This kind of relashionship (us fans x him artist) is cruel. Some more time maybe we can become indiferent to him. This daily thing is too much proximity.