12 PODCASTS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. 

Hey guys welcome back to chaltrends news! so from around 2019 through to 2022 I listened to about 500 podcasts episodes and to be honest other than books probably podcast are the single biggest source of inspiration and idea. 

And learnings that I've basically ever had in my life. So let's start off with interviewee type conversational type podcasts and the number one on this list is 

1. TIMS FERRIS SHOW

Which I first started listening to I think around 2016. This is the podcast that I've listened to the most episodes of and even though I've only listened to a few dozen episodes out of the several hundred he's got in the back catalogue. 

I would say that this is probably the single biggest pop podcast that's most changed my life and mainly for me the value of the Tim ferris show has been in hearing Tim ferries interviewing people who I might not have have otherwise come across. 

There's a few episodes in particular that come to mind there was one interview that he did with a chap called Derek rivers who then I really enjoyed his appearance on the podcast and then I followed all of Derek's work, And read all his blog posts and read his books.  

Also A few years ago I also listened to an episode that Tim Ferriss did with mr money moustache who is a financial independent and early retirement type blogger on the internet and I'd never heard of this financial independence movement until I listened to that episode. 

And then I was like this is interesting and I went down the rabbit hole of the fire movement financial independent retired early and I discovered mr money moustache and a bunch of other personal finance bloggers and it was through reading all that stuff a few years ago that it really started to take things like investing. 

And you how budgeting and trying to more money all of that stuff a bit more seriously and more recently the various episodes that Tim's done on crypto intervening kind of experts on the world of crypto has helped me go down that rabbit hole as well. 

And so really  the reason I recommend the Tim Ferris show to everyone is not that you'll get some amazing productivity tips or some business advice or anything like that it's more that it's just a really cool way to discover interesting people. 

And then if you vibe with their ideas that you hear in the podcast then you can choose to follow those rabbit holes. 

2. THE KNOWLEDGE PROJECT. 

Which is podcast by Shane parish of Farnham street and that's also an interview type podcast it is a bit more low-key than the Tim ferris show but chain also has like really cool. 

And interesting guests on in fact the first time I heard of a guy called naval ravikant was on his episode of the knowledge project and that episode was just packed with so much value and I remember the feeling of listening to it and just my mind being brown like 24 7. 

For the three hours while I was listening to it and then obviously I discovered naval and kind of went on rabbit hole exploring his tweets exploring his plot his own podcast even buying his book that came out well not his book a book that came out recently called the almanac of naval rapcont. 

Which is very god and has like a distillation of his wife wisdom there was also a good episode of the knowledge project where he interviewed Easter peril who's a relationships expert who writes a lot about this and does relationships counselling.  

And that again was an incredible mind-blowing episode that then introduce me to the work of Easter peril so again the way I seethes interview podcasts it's not like hey every single podcast I'm talking insights away from it. 

Although that is true in fairness I've forgotten most of them because I don't really have a good process for taking notes and revisiting them. 

But it's more like wow I really enjoyed the interview with that person therefore I'm going to explore their content a little bit more. 

3. DEVIATE

We have deviate by Rolf Potts now rothpods of the chap who wrote a book called vagabonding which I also discovered through Tim ferris and what Rolfe did was that he spent I think 20 years ago he'd he spent some large amount of time just like traveling around the world with himself. 

And a suitcase and writing about that experience of kind of being a vagabond and he did this way before this solo travelling stuff was cool. 

So I read the book because Tim ferris said he had an impact on him so I read the book really liked it and then when Rolf port started his own podcast I started listening to that and now this is a bit less in the way of like business advice and stuff. 

But it's more like a generally interesting life type podcast because he tends to interview people who are also into the whole traveling thing one of the real values I get from things like that is that you've probably heard that thing that you've probably heard that thing that you are the average of the people. 

The five people closest to you and the sort of people that you have around you do tend to define your kind of box like you know your box of possibilities in life and so if you're friends with a bunch of people or you know your parents are friends with a bunch of people who are all doctors chances are you're gonna this medicine thing is pretty cool equally. 

If you start to become friends with people who are tech founders or you tubers suddenly starting a startup or starting  a youtube channel is going to seem like a totally normal thing to do. 

And you're more likely to do it and I think the value of podcasts like this is in the fact that it exposes you to people that you might not have come across before. 

And so I never really seriously considerer the idea of long-term traveling because it just it was out it was outside my box of possibilities but then when I started listening more to Roth Potts and the people he interviews it. 

Now it then became more of a thing and sort of expanded my horizons a bit that this is something that people can do and I can do it as well and by the way if you want to check out any of these podcasts. 

Also links to all the books that I'm mentioning in this post, so you can check those out if you like. 

4. BOOKWORM

Now bookworm is not a very mainstreaming podcast Tim ferris Shane Shane parish these are all fairly mainstream. 

But bookworm is a bit of a bit of a hidden treasure I think and it's these two dudes in America we just talk about books like every week they read a new book or every other week and then they discus it and so I've actually found a bunch of book recommendations through the bookworm. 

Podcast that I might not have come across before this one make time is a book that I discovered through the book one podcast and so I read the book and I really liked it. 

And also I discovered this through the bookworm podcast and there've been a bunch of books where if  should read this book and then hearing these two guys in the book one podcast discuss the book has either made me decide to read it or decide to not read it and either way it's been a way of saving time and just listening to an interesting conversation about interesting stuff like books.

5. NOT OVERTHINKING. 

We have not overthinking now not overthinking Is actually the weekly podcast that I do with my friend this has been going on for the last three years. 

If you didn't know it was a thing it's a thing we have a youtube channel We do video podcast as well and he and I just talk about you know life and happiness and anything in between that's on our minds. 

So when I was going through my podcast history I found that I've really listened to episodes of not overthinking about like somewhere around about 15 times just because it's kind of interesting and it's now particularly interesting looking at the back catalogue like you know three years ago. 

What's the sort of stuff me and my friends were thinking about again. 

6. THE DIARY OF A CEO. 

Was kind of the of the model that we used to start my own podcast recently a few months ago called deep dive with alibdal again we have youtube channel for that it'll be linked down below and it's also available on all the podcast platforms and every week. 

We have basically a long form interview like me having a conversation with someone else and so I;ve interviewed a bunch of authors and creators and entrepreneurs and other cool people and we just talk about you know how they find fulfilment In work And in work and in life. 

So you can check that out if you like this was this was kind of the culmination of me having listened to these sorts of interview podcasts for the last five years and deciding you know what this actually seems like a cool way to connect with people I want to do one of these things myself. 

7. THE HUBERMAN LAB. 

Let's move on to the category of health podcast and that is the hubermann lab that's a podcast I've started listening to fairly recently when I decided hey I was going to take more care of my health and the human lab podcast is amazing it's by this guy called Andrew Huberman who is a professor of Neurobiology and ophthalmology and each episode he does a deep dive into a specific part. 

What the science says about how we can live kind of healthier better lives and so one episode in particular that's really had an impact on me is this episode all about optimising sleep. 

And he goes through the evidence in about three hours and he talks he brings in a bunch of studies and he turns it into this actionable advice that you can do right now to just automatically level up your sleep. 

8. MY FIRST MILLION. 

Which is listened to a few dozen episodes of and started listening to I think when it first came out and the premise of my first million is that these two guys Sean and sam were interviewing people about how they made their first million dollars which just like super interesting and so for the first like several dozen episodes. 

They were interviewing these cool people and kind of riffing on business ideas with them and trying to underhands how they started these like interesting business that ended up getting to million dollars these days the focus of the podcast has changed a bit it's now more about sam and Sean sort of kind of breaking down other creators who've done real well or businesses or just riding on business ideas by themselves. 

And to be honest one of the main things I've taken away from this is just the general meta idea that making money on the internet through business it's actually not that hard there are load of people doing it and there are loads of models for it. 

And no you don't have to make a YouTube channel where you have your face on camera kind of giving advice there are zillions of business models that you can do and just hearing how other people really helpful in just sparking ideas in my own head like, 

If I wasn't doing this YouTube channel thing and this wasn't going well I could do this or that oand the more confidence I get that even if this whole youtube channel goes to part and everything dies I could probably start again completely from scratch and just build another business. 

And it would be super fun and I'd enjoy the journey and it could probably be reasonably successful after sometime as well and the weird thing is that like I speak to a bunch of people who want to start business like you know there's friends of mine there's like colleagues when I was working as a doctor and also when I used to do fan meet-ups you'll be like I really want to start this business. 

And I'd be like what podcast you listen to and they'll be like I don't really listen to podcasts okay what you know what books have you read about business I don't really read okay there's just it just completely baffles me as to like there is so much knowledge out there interns of how to build and grow a business you know there's like so many books, audiobooks they're basically free they're very cheap. 

And you know I'm sure you can find a way to get them for free if you absolutely need to podcast podcast everywhere are completely free the amount of knowledge you can get from podcast from other people who have built million -dollar plus businesses riffing on business idea's it's just absolutely astronomical. 

And so over the last few years I've really been shoving podcasts and audio books and books down the throats of people I've met who are like I want to start a business and make money on the internet. 

But I don't know how it's like do listen to podcast and you will find out how next we have a podcast which is on the same vein as my first million. 

9. INDIE HACKERS

But a little bit less clickbait it's called indie hackers and that's really interesting because it's interviews with indie developers like individuals who in their own bedrooms or in their own like you one -man band have started  internet business that have made you a thousand dollars a month 10k a month 100k month a million dollars a month just through again all sorts of different things you know. 

There's people who've like bought and sold domain names the people who built website builders people who've done like messaging apps like people who've built all sorts of things on the internet and these are interviews where they explain how they did it. 

And what the though process was and how they came up with the ideas and how they grew and what the feeling is now that they're sitting on his you know making five million a year of this one software thing. 

Where it's just them and one of their mates just doing it together and I used to listen to this a lot when I was in the software thing because I used to code and would software apps and stuff and it would always gibe me some rally ideas for businesses that I could do and so again if I lost everything on this News!.

The way I'd get back to making money again would probably be through coding up some kind of software product and I'd be kind of binging the indie hackers back catalogue for ages to be like okay let me find some ideas in here next we have 

10.  NOAH KAGAN PRESENTS + ONLINE MARKETING MADE EASY. 

We have a pair of podcasts Noah pagan presents and online marketing made easy by Amy porter field so Amy and hah they're both like marketing type podcasts and they both like sometimes do interviews sometimes do solo episodes I remember. 

So for Noah pagan I listened to 20 of this episodes and for online marketing made easy I listened to 12 of her episodes around about 2019 2020, when I was focused on like how do we market this business how do we grow our courses all that kind of stuff and that was super useful. 

11. THE NAVAL PODCAST. 

And then we have the naval ravine podcast this is a really good book the almanac of novel rubicon I mentioned him when I discovered him on the street podcast he has his own mini podcast where it's not regular thing. 

He's just recorded a bunch of episodes expanding on his ideas of how to get rich without getting lucky and it's really good again link in the description if you want to check out any of these next we have a few podcasts related to being a you tuber. 

12. VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST. 

The last in this list is the video creators podcast by a chap called TIM SCHMOYER and his team I've listened to 31 of this episode in the last like 12 18 months or so I don't listen to them religiously because they have like posts ,of varying advice for YouTuber. 

And then we have 

THE GARYVEE AUDIO EXPERIENCE GARY VAYNRCHUK 

Is one of my kind of internet Guru idol type people he's not everyone's cup of tea but if you can get over kind of the kind of brash way that he talks the advice that the gives and the way that he's built a billion dollars business with a team of 1500 people while also doing his like just making loads and loads of content on the internet as a side hustle. 

And how he's been doing that for the ;past like 10 plus years since way before it was Cool it's just like super inspiring and Gary's always seems to be the forefront of what is going on in the world. 

So he was you know encouraging people to get on tiktok way before it was cool he was encouraging people to get on linked way before people started blowing up on linkedidn he's been pushing this whole NFT thing. 

And if I actually had listened to more of his podcast episodes in the last sort of 12 months I would have probably jumped on the NFT craze a lot sooner than I actually did and the we have five podcasts of the are run by creators or creator friends. 

So there's that creative life by Sara dietschy there's the Stallman podcast by Tyler 

• THAT CREATIVE LIFE Created by Sara 
•  THE STALMAN PODCAST By Tyler. 
• THE SECRETE PODCAST By Matt Diabella's Patreon

Exclusive podcast which I've been a patron patron of his for the last few years so that's an interesting podcast there's the Matty and peach show which is Peter micknnon and Happy and there's the Tuxedo Time podcast which is Becky and Chris. 

So there are either creators that I'm friends with actually no all of these guys started off as creators that admired on the internet and for most of them. 

TOP 10 PLACES TO VISIT IN 2023  (IF WE CAN TRAVEL)

What's up guys My name is Chaltrends. And as the world is opening up I think we're all excited to travel to some new destinations in the upcoming year, 

So here's my top 10 places to visit in 2023, If you didn't get travel much this last year I hope in 2023 you can safely travel to some new destinations in our beautiful world let's start this Post off. 

1. NEPAL (KATHMANDU)

In the country of Nepal now nicknamed the roof of the world Nepal is home to eight mountains that are over 8 000 meters high including the world's tallest peak Mount Everest if you do visit Nepal you're probably flying to the Capital City of Kathmandu. 

It's a bustling city place surrounded by the Himalayan mountains famous for its temples and monasteries, now one thing I want to do someday is hike to Everest base camp. 

2. EVEREST BASE CAMP 

You can start by flying into the sketchy lulls airport and then take about two weeks to make the round trip journey base camp is up at an elevation of 17 600 feet so it's freaking up there now another magical place in Nepal is called macula baroon it's located in eastern Nepal and it's the world's only protected area with an elevation more than 8 000 meters. 

It's a place where you'll find tropical rainforest to some of the world's highest peaks it's also home to animal species such as the snow leopard and red pandas I mean DePaul s such an incredible country and I hope you all can visit while we're still in Asia we're gonna head over to JAPAN. 

3. JAPAN (SAPPORO,)

Also known as the land of the. rising sun I have to visit most this year from the snow-covered island of Sapporo to the Japanese alps this island country has so much to offer when you get to Japan you gotta visit Tokyo. 

4. TOKYO 

It's the largest city in the world with a population over 37 million now from Tokyo you can venture about an hour and a half outside the city to visit Mount Fuji this active volcano is the tallest peak in Japan with a height of 12 388 feet. 

It's a perfect cone shape and acts as a sacred symbol for the country. 

5. LAKE KAWAGUCHI. ()

Now a great place to view Mount Fuji is from lake kawaguchi you can get a wonderful view of the volcano from there and just an overall beautiful area nearby is the Cerrito pagoda which offers one of the most insane views of this sick volcano. 

6. Saudi Arabia ( RIYADH, ALULA)

Now afterwards we're gonna head over to Saudi Arabia located in the Middle East Saudi Arabia was a rather mysterious country until opened its borders to tourists in 2019 the largest and capital city of Saudi Arabia is riyadh it's a major financial hub and full of fascinating skyscrapers. 

Now one of the most interesting places in Saudi is called ALULA 

It's located in the northwestern part of the country and it's home. to some fascinating rock formations in ancient tombs the area was founded back in the 6th century and just full of so much history. 

Now one of my favourite tombs is called KASAR-AL-FARID or the lonely castle it was carved out of a random rock nearly 2000 years ago and it's believed to be unfinished adding to its mystery after Saudi Arabia we're going to visit South Africa. 

7. South Africa. (Cape Town, DRAKENSBERG)

Now I've been obsessed with Africa lately I think South Africa s one of the best places to visit on the continent, Now South Africa has the incredible coastline of Cape Town to areas where you can see some of Africa's wildlife one area in particular that I find fascinating is called DRAKENSBERG. 

It's the set of mountains on the South Africa Lesotho border and it's home to some insane scenery one of the craziest places is the gala falls with a height of 3000, feet it's the second tallest waterfall in the world the area that it's located in is called the amphitheater and just this bowl of massive cliffs that descends down to the gorge below, I mean what a wild place another destination to visit in Africa is the island of rayon yon. 

8. Indian Ocean. (PITON DE LA FOURNAISE, CIRQUE DE MAFATE)

Now located in the Indian Ocean Reynolds's is a French territory with some of the most incredible terrain it's a volcanic island and it totally reminds me of Hawaii now one of the most striking features of the island is the volcano called piton de la fronts it's currently one of the most active volcanoes in the world with it's most recent eruption in December of 2020. 

Another one of my favourite places on the island is the cirque de Marat it's this lush amphitheater that was formed from a collapsed volcano the ridges are just insane there region is full of waterfalls and one of my fears is the cascade blanche which descends over 500 meters. 

9. New Zealand

Now after we're gonna head over to the country of New Zealand this last year is hoping it would open its words fro travel but I'm very hopeful for 2022, 

I think it willl be opened in April of this upcoming year now New Zealand is a land full of mountains like Switzerland fjords like norway and landscapes straight out of lower the rings. 

Now New Zealand is made up of over 700 islands but the two major ones are the sorth and the south islands if you're down for some adventure and crazy landscapes I'd say the South Island is where it's at it's home to the southern alps where mount cook, is located it's the tallest mountain in New Zealand and it stands at over 12 218 feet high another incredible spot. 

10. MILFORD SOUND.

Is the Milford sound described as the eighth wonder of the world the Milford sound is a fjord that was carved out by glaciers during the ice age it's one of the wettest places in the world and the whole area is full of rainforests and magical waterfalls after. 

We're going to Italy to visit the MAFI COAST I have to say this is one of the most beautiful places not just in Italy but all of Europe the mafia coast is located in southern Italy about a three hours drive from Rome, this summer and it was a surreal experience. 

Now one of the most well-known towns on the Amalfi coast is Positano and when you see this place in real life you won't believe it it's hard to beat the backdrop of the mountains filled with colourful villas against the Mediterranean Sea filled with boast, and yachts if you can handle the skinny roads I definitely recommend just driving along the whole entire coastline. 

• ATRANI

And seeing all the beautiful towns one notable place on the coast is the city of attain it's one of the best preserved medieval towns on the Amalfi coast one of my personal favourite places on the mafia coast is FIORDS DI FERRIORE, 

This is easily one of the most scenic beaches I've ever been to it's located in this little fjord complemented with an incredible arch bridge and it's a paradise for cliff jumping there's so many places you can jump from the best time to visit the mafi coast will be around may or early fall you'll be able to miss the summer crowds while still enjoying the warm mediterranean weather. 

While you're on the Amalfi coast you might as well venture off to the island of capri just as short but right away as one of Italy's most beutiful islands after Italy we're gonna head up to the Swiss alps. 

Now I have to say the swisssaps are one of my all-time favourite regions in the world they're just something magical about the massive mountains incredible landscapes and history that exists. 

• ZERMATT

There I think Switzerland is the most well-run country and you know what I mean when you visit. I mean everything is just perfect now one of my favourite places in the Swiss alps is Zermatt it's this enchanting village that is overlooked by the daunting matterhorn.

Mountain Zermatt is just a great place to walk around and explore and it's also ideal for so many incredible hikes you can take up the gornergrat railway to get some incredible view of the matterhorn and surrounding mountain. 

Now another one of my favourite places in he Swiss south is Grindelwald it's this idyllic village that is dwarfed over by the massive mount tiger and when you visit the Swiss alps it's just hard to believe these places actually exist after Switzerland.,

• NORWAY

We're going to visit the country of now this is another destination I really wanted to visit in 2021 but sadly it was close for most of the year but thankfully it is opening up his borders now Norway is easily one of the most beautiful countries in the world it's home to incredible fjords. 

And jacket mountains one of my favourite regions is northern Norway it's home to the impressive lofted island are located in the arctic circle they stay relatively warm and almost feel like a tropical island with its pristine beaches in clear water While you're there you can play soccer on the field in kenning's bar or drive down to the fishing village of thine.

• SENJA

Now another one of my favourite places is Senja it's located in north ll futon and it's home to one of the most impressive sea mountains, I've ever seen if you come in the fall after September you might get lucky and see the aurora borealis after we're gonna head over to Portugal's archipelago of the Azores. 

• AZORES

Now located in the middle of the Atlantic like none other they remind me of a hybrid of New Zealand and hawali with it's rolling pastures and green scenery I mean basically a real life tele tubby land.

Now the largest island on the Azores is sal Miguel one of the most stunning places on the island is the ALGAE DA SIRES. 

Now it's a twin lake situated in the crater of a volcano now just above it is the Santiago lake that's also incredible. 

• ISLET OF VILA FRANCA

Now another peculiar place on the Azores is the islet of villa franca it's this tiny triangle -shaped island with almost a perfect circle in the middle you can take a turbo out there or if you're brave enough you can kayak to this crater island. 

And swim that little circle anyways the Azores sure are a little piece of heaven in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean well that is it for my 2023 travel guide. 

YOUTUBE PREMIUM: IS IT WORTH IT?. 

In this post, we're gonna take a look at what is youtube premium and the biggest youtube premium benefits right now, and whether or not it's actually worth paying that monthly youtube subscription fee whether you're a regular viewer or a content creator. 

So for those of you who aren''t aware, yes, youtube does have a monthly subscription fee. it is totally optional. 

It is definitely not required. And in terms of who it's actually good for, that's what we're gonna look at in this Post. 

So for context, let's take a look at how much it costs, and then we dive into all the features 

1. YOUTUBE PREMIUM PRICING. 

So at the time filming this Post, you can currently sign up to youtube premium with a one month free trial, and it's gonna cost you then 111.99 our month after that. 

Now that is for a single account, There is also a family plan available as well, which lets you add up to five additional accounts, so six in total. 

So you're talking a similar ballpark to Netflix, Disney, Amazon, those sorts of services. 

2. YOUTUBE WITHOUT ADS? 

But what youtube offers is a little bit different, the main reason that most people will sing up for youtube premium is to watch youtube without ads. 

Now I'm gonna tell you, I was a little bit skeptical at first about signing up because ads on youtube they've been there for a very long time. 

We're all used to clicking that skip button to jump straight to the content. But having youtube premium and just not having any ads, it is absolutely amazing. 

It is a totally different experience, and I find that I spend a lot more time on the platform and enjoying my time a lot more on the platform just not having to watch ads> 

The way I like to look at it is you're essentially buying back your time. For a small monthly fee, you can jump straight into the content, get the information you need, or setback and be entertained without being interrupted constantly by ads. 

3. YOUTUBE PREMIUM MUSIC. 

But that's not all you get access to in your subscription you also get access to Youtube music which is essentially youtube's answer to Spotify. 

Now, back when that first launched, I found it pretty buggy. There were lots of music tracks and things that I couldn't find on there, but its' actually come a really long way and it's now what I use for music across my devices. 

Se get access to the premium level of youtube music as well. So again. no ads, and that alone will cost you $9.99 per month just for that. 

4. YOUTUBE ORIGINALS. 

Now included, you also get access to youtube originals which is some exclusive or unreleased or restricted content on the platform. 

Now this is where shows like cobra kai were first released which is now available out on Netflix. But outside of that, in my opinion, there's really not too much in there that is grabbing my attention. 

I really don't find myself ever going there to look for something to consume because there's enough great stuff on youtube without even needing to go in there. 

5. DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEOS. 

But two other included features and big draw cards for youtube premium as far I'm concerned are downloadable videos and background play. Now, download offline youtube video content to watch when you're offline. 

And when you're traveling around, you don't have internet, this is perfect it you're going on a flight. Recently, I went on a family vacation, instead of downloading and offlining some Netflix shows or some from another platform, I literally just offline youtube ideas and that's what I watched for the flight. 

And it really Is as simple as just finding the videos you wanna watch later, and hit the little download button when you have a youtube premium subscription. Then to play them back when you open up the app, you wanna go down to library down the bottom right-hand corner, and there is a section in there with all of your downloaded videos. 

6. YOUTUBE BACKGROUND PLAY. 

And the second one, background play and picture-in-picture this allows you to turn off your phone screen and still have youtube videos or youtube music playing. 

So it plays in the background without your phone screen needing to be on, or maybe you're switching between different apps. 

It's not gonna stop that video playback if you've got this features. And this picture -in-picture support, meaning that if you are using another app full screen, then you can have a minimised version of your youtube content playing. 

Then you can overlay that on top of any other apps you're using on your device. Now first, this is something that I really wouldn't use too much, but it's actually something that I do use all the time. 

So agreat example I've been experimenting laying in bed at night, listening to some guided meditations, and what this means is I can actually turn my phone screen off that I'm actually using to ply the Youtube video, so that my screen isn't lighting up to the room. 

So background play, letting you play with your phone screen off and your phone essentially locked, so you're not gonna knock it, you're not gonna touch anything. 

It gives a pretty good experience. 

4K VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE PREMIUM ONLY? 

So those are the features of what's included in a youtube premium subscription now one more thing that Youtube has come out with recently as test.

So this isn't official, this isn't final. 

They are testing 4k video content being restricted and only accessible for those people that do have a Youtube premium subscription. Meaning that if you're just on a free youtube account, you can access everything up to 4K, but all the 4K stuff, you'd need to have a subscription for. 

So again, it's not locked in stone yet. It is something that they are testing apparently. So it'd be interesting to see where they land with this. 

SO IS YOUTUBE PREMIUM WORTH IT?

DO YOU NEED IT? 

No, you absolutely do not need it. It is not a requirement, but is it worthwhile? yeah I personally think it is. I am someone who hates sitting through and watching ads and waiting to consume the video that I clicked on. 

And again, that experience of where you click on a video and it just plays and it happens for every video, it's an amazing experience. 

And if you spend a lot of time on the platform like I do, then having that bater experience is amazing. But also, you're essentially buying your time back. 

So for that piece, for the ad removal alone, that is enough for me to justify the expense. bUt also that you're given access to youtube music premium and you get the background play and the picture-in-picture lay as well, I really do personally think that it is a no-brainer. 

YOUTUBE PREMIUM MONETIZATION 

Now for those of you that are thinking about youtube ads and making money n youtube and rhos does this affect that? well, you can actually still make money from people watching your videos with a youtube premium subscription too. 

So it's not that you're not making any money from those people, it's just treated a little bit differently. So a percentage of all the youtube premium subscriptions is shared amongst creators who do have views form viewers that are watching that do have YouTube premium. 

So it's kind of like a pool pot money that is divided up against the channels that are monetised that have video plays that are from people who have a youtube premium subscription. 

So yes, you can definitely still make money from your videos if people are watching them with a youtube premium subscription. So it's not like you're just using an ad blocker or something, it's actually tracked, and the content creator actually still gets rewarded from you watching their videos. 

But I'd love to Hear from you guys let me know in the comments are you already using youtube premium? are you now considering it? or is there no way that you're gonna give youtube money to yacht free youtube video? 

HOW TO GROW WITH 0 VIEWS AND 0 SUBSCRIBERS. 

I know how frustrating it could be when you have 0 views and 0 subscribers. Your youtube channel you are getting started, no one knows who you are yet and what kind of content you produce. 

You spend all that time planning and scripting and filming and editing the videos and you're all exited. You upload to youtube, only a few people watch it. 

I remember back then when I had 0 views and 0 subscribers and I would upload a video and I would wait and I would refresh a few times hopefully to get a few more views. 

So I know what it's like when you're starting from scratch, and I know a lot of my fans, that I inspires you to start your youtube channel. 

By the way, if you start your youtube channel because of following my work, comment below and let me know. I might just check out your youtube channel. 

So how do you grow with 0 views and subscribers? see, in the publishing world, I've done a number of books and there's a joke hat we talk about in the publishing world. 

Well, how do you become a best-selling author? well, it's easy to become a best-selling author if you already have a best-seller, right? 

So meaning it's easy to grow your youtube channel if your youtube channel already has a lot of subscribes, and also you're already famous. 

Then it's easy for your videos to go viral or to get more views and get more eyeballs when you already have a big YouTube channel. 

But what do you if you're starting from scratch? So today I'm gonna share 5 secrets with you. If I were to stat all over again growing with 0 vies and 0 subscribers what are the 5 things that I would do? so make sire you stay until the very end. 

I'm gonna share one secret with you that will explode your subscribers and explode your views are you ready? 

1. COMPELLING TITLES. 

You don't want to be boring. One of the biggest sins you could commit as a you tubers is to have boring titles. 

Yes I know, there are you tubers out there that they have boring titles and yet they still have millions and millions of followers if you are Casey, that's a different story. 

Casey breaks ear single rule and still has a massive following but for most people who are starting from 0 views and 0 subscribers you wanna have compelling titles for your videos because people are searching you. 

They don't know you yet so let me give you some templates some examples, because I got started as a copywriter. Remember back then when I was doing copyrighting, when I was writing any kind of titles, and kind of headlines, we call them. 

That we wanted to make it interesting and one of the litmus test is, we ask ourselves, would this headline work in a classified ad. Yes I know newspaper, I'm my age I get that, okay? 

But newspaper, people are flipping through the newspaper and they can see, okay would this headline be compelling enough for people to read, wanting to find out more information. 

So it's the same thing. 

Let me give you some proven headlines or just some ideas when it comes to titles. 

Number one, how to how to is always a very very powerful title because people go on youtube they wanna find out how do I do something? 

How to it's a very very powerful title. One of my videos that went kind of viral is how to make a thousand dollars a day using your smartphone. 

So it has a promise and also tells them hey, I will learn how to do something so how to is a he category on youtube. Second it cold be a variation of that, like how I. 

How I have done something another video that went viral for my channel is how I retired at the age of 27 where I kind of share my story, what I've done, some of the lessons I've learned. 

So that's another example Another good example is secrets of secret of. 

So people wanna know, right Jarvis, people wanna know. People want to know, sir. They wanna know what are the secrets secrets of. 

So example of one of my Posts the secret of closing more sales, that's another example the secret of or secrets of. 

And if you have a specific number 3 or 4 or 5, that's even more powerful another example warning type headline such as, I have this video called don't start a business until you watch this or don't start your youtube channel until you watch this. 

It's kind of like a warning hey, don't do that, You see how it's very much curiosity driven? Or, one more example and that is a headline, a title that is outcome driven. 

Example, the most dangerous animals in the world. That's interesting you see that has a very particular very precise, very specific pay off. 

When your viewers click on that video before they even click on that video, they know exactly what they are going to get. 

Now when your channel is small, right? when you have 0 views  and  subscribers, when you see a title like hey my trip to Europe. Nobody gives a damn. 

Because no one knows who you are yet, right? and once you have millions of followers and subscribers, sure my trip to Europe, your fans want to know hey, what is going on, I wanna know. 

Those clogging type videos you will get attraction. But in the beginning it's much more difficult to get traction if you are not well known so why not focus that people are already searching for right? 

Using how to using warning using secrets or right? using those proven titles. That way you'll grow much, faster. 

2. HOK THEM WITH A YOUTUBE TRAILER. 

Think about your favourite movie, right before it comes out you're all excited the movie company, what did they do, they release a trailer. 

They give you some of the best scenes from the movie so you're looking forward when the movie comes out. You should do the same thing for your youtube channel. 

So you have your first time visitor going to your channel, going to your channel going to the homepage of your  Channel. 

They could click on it and they could see what your channel is about. Robert Cialdin, his book influence, the Psychology of Persuasion. 

He talks about why you need to give them a reason to do something. People need to know, they need to have a reason why they need to do it. 

It's not enough to say hey, my content is fantastic, my videos are fantastic that you should subscribe. It's not good enough. 

So in your trailer tell them who you are, what you're about, how often you upload, why should they subscribe and exactly what you want them to do. 

Now would it be helpful if I give you some kind of a script for your trailer, comment below. Yes here we go. You could say something like this my name is chaltrends I'm an entrepreneur, I'm a blogger I'm a travel enthusiast, whatever it might be. 

When you subscribe to my channel you tell them you're gonna get something. What are the benefits why should we subscribe hey you're gonna learn more about this, you're gonna learn more about that, you're gonna get this kind of value. 

You gotta tell people that, right? and also tell them every single week I upload one video, two videos or every single Tuesday and Thursday I will upload a video for you. 

Tell them the frequency of your uploads so they know what to expect. And don't forget to tell people exactly what you want them to do, don't assume, because you have a good content, oh, they'll naturally subscribe. 

No you gotta tell them so tell them hey, click the little button here, subscribe or click on the button there, subscribe to my youtube channel today. 

And make sure you hit the bell make sure you turn on the notifications you got to tell them what to do. You got it? 

3. FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR FANS, NOT YOUR CONTENT. 

One of the biggest mistakes a lot of you tubers make, they make videos that they want to make instead of making videos that your fans want. 

You see it's very easy to forget that there's another human being behind this, watching you you look at the thumbs up, you look at the numbers you look at the views you look at subscribers and you think it's just a digit, well it's not just a digit, let me tell you this. 

Behind this, there's a person there's a human being with feelings emotions and straggles never forget that. Don't ever ever treat your fans like a digit. 

It's very important and I think one of the reasons why my series Boss in the bentley did so well on youtube, because it's Q&A, it's my fans you submitting a question. 

And I answer them, I interact and I comment that makes a huge difference. So you have to care about your fans. 

Another thing that you could do is as a creator, as youtubers, You could give your fans comment a heart. To let them know and when you do that, your fan show left a comment would actually get a notification that you have given them a heart. 

Sometimes I know when I read your comments, I give you a heart and my fans you're thinking is that really you, dan did you just give a heart? 

Yes it's really me. I think any youtubers when they think they're too big and they're too popular and they no longer connect with their fans, they're not gonna last long. 

4. Have a CTA in Your Video. 

What does CTA stand for? cll to action. call to action, you have to tell your viewers exactly what you want them to do. 

Do you want them to share your video, do you want them to give you a thumbs up, do you want them to comment below on your video, 

You have to tell them exactly what to do. Never ever assume. You see, on elf the things that I did when I started telling my viewers you to click on the button below and subscribe to my channel I saw a significant jump in terms of subscribers that I get. 

At first I thought, hey if you love my content, don't you naturally subscribe? people don't that. And there are many ways you can do this. 

There are many ways you can insert a call to action example you can do it. before during and after so in the beginning of your video you can say something like hey if this is first time viewer. 

Watching my video or this is the first time you are visiting my channel, make sure you ht the subscribe button. You could do something like that. 

Or in the middle right? 

During your video you could say hey if you want me to teach you more about this, you want me to share more about this experience you want me to make more of this kind of video, make sure you comment below and hey don't forget to subscribe. 

Or you can also do it at the end, of course don't overdo this you don't wanna do it three, four times, that's a bit overkill. 

But at the end of your video, you could say something like hey don't forget to subscribe to my channel. Make sure you hit the subscribe button below and click on the bell. 

And turn on the notification it's very important that you ask them to turn on the notifications. It means that every single time you release a video, there's a chance that they will see it on their homepage. 

The subscribes feed. So then they are more likely to click on your video. So call to action youtube secret number five. 

5. LONG TERM CONSISTENCY TRUMPS SHORT TERM INTENSITY. 

I think most you tubers they give up too soon. They upload some videos or they upload a dozen videos and then they give up because they are saying to themselves, no one is watching my video, I;m not getting enough views no comment why? 

I spent so much time making these videos I know how you feel I know how you feel. I know how sucky it is when you upload a video and you spend all that time, you're creating that perfect piece of content and then no one watches your video but you have to stay consistent. 

You have to think that this is a long term game. think of its as like you're pushing a snowball uphill, right. In the beginning it's very, very heavy. 

And you keep pushing and you keep pushing but once you ht that tipping point once you go over the mountain, the hump. Everything becomes so much faster like this snowball effect. 

I still remember what took me before months the amount of views it took me months to get now I could get it in hours. 

Why, because of the snowball effect I promise you if you upload two times a week instead of one Tim,e your channel will grow faster.  

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WHAT MAKES APPLE'S NEW $499 GLASSES SO SPECIAL. 

The upcoming apple glass is apple's latest addition of another auxiliary device to its famed apple ecosystem . 

AUGMENTED REALITY

These glasses will be using the up-and-coming augmented reality technology or ar for short ar which should not be confused with virtual reality or vr takes digital objects and systems and merges them the natural world surrounding its user vr on the other hand is a totally virtual world. 

Where users can interact with digital objects able isn't the first one to realise the potential of as capable glasses both google and microsoft have also tried developing their own ar glasses google's glass program was shut down back in 2015 primarily due to poor reception of the device by the public users didn't like the design. 

They thought it was built and overpriced and in the end most users admitted there was no need for such a device at least back then MICROSOFT HOLOLENS on the other hand is still under development and could offer apple direct competition apple glass should not be confused with apple vr. 

MIXED REALITY HEADSET.

Which is a totally different product apple is also developing a mixed reality headset but the details on that are really scarce apple glass is totally an augmented reality device augmented reality itself. 

Is not something new either remember the famous Pokemon go mobile game it also used augmented reality to engage players and catch Pokemon's. 

But apple has a very different goal in mind with the apple glass they want to make it part of your daily routine. 

So you can swipe through your messages as you eat your morning breakfast without touching your phone combined with other apple devices it could offer am excellent 'creative outlet for productivity like suing apple glass to visualise changing your house with a new decoration style the rumour mil on the apple glasses, Has been running for months.

DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLE GLASSES. 

So let us take a deeper look into what apple glasses has to offer when it finally does come out details about the apple glass the design philosophy with apple glass according to apple is that they want to bring all the information from your phone to your face. 

Specifically they are aiming for apple glass to synchronise with a wearer's iPhone to display things such as texts emails maps and games over the user's field of vision and they want all of this to fit into the apple ecosystem. 

They have already set up with other apple devices apple also has plans to support third-party apps and is store similar to how you get apps for the Apple TV and Apple Watch but as we get more into the details about the technology behind the apple glass it gets more exciting one such feature of the apple glass. 

Is what can only be described as optical sub-assembly according to a patent filed by apple they are planning to use apple glass as an in-headset vision correcting system that won't need the water to wear prescription glasses beneath tiger apple glass according to the patent filed by apple. 

IN-HEADSET VISION-CORRECTING SYSTEM.  

They are planning to use apple glass as an in-headset vision correcting system that won't need the wearer to wear prescription glasses beneath there apple glass according to the patent this optical subassembly will automatically adjust for people with poor eyesight gone will be the days qhwn you'll need to get a new prescription as devices like apple glass. 

Will be able to change their optical properties on the go another patent describes that apple glass will allow users to change the background of the objects they see on the fly similar to how you can change backgrounds on video conferencing applications like zoom or microsoft teams. 

CHROMA KEYING. 

And gis type of feature is to be expected from an augment reality wearable device the patent explains that this will be done using a process called chroma nye where a solid color background can be replaced with a digital background apple glass will be using images from its camera and detecting color ranges to make a composite. 

And then digitally insert virtual content so imagine you are looking at a wall apple glass can start showing you your calendar on it as you browse through it apple glass will come equipped with a ;oder scanner on the right hand side. 

LIGHT DETECTION & RANGING. 

But up till now apple hasn't confirmed the mounting of a camera on the frame lira stands for light detection and ranging and it is a very popular remote sensing method that uses light to draw a picture of the world around it. 

This type of sensor is most commonly used on driverless vehicles louder allows the sensor to map the world around out in 3d this sensor will be at the heart of apple glass's ability to map the world around. 

Its users and augment digital features via its display another feature that is rumoured to be on the apple glass is something that can only be described as an immersible google street view the difference is that unlike google street view where you see the street on your mobile device by using apple glass. 

You will be virtually transported to that view and have a full 360 degree view of the location information extracted from patents also suggests that apple may use apple glass to help users see better in the dark. 

DEPTH SENS. (52-degree field of view, 47 pixels per inch)

This would be done using depth sensor that could provide the user with better spatial awareness in low light conditions specifications in terms of specifications most experts agree that we can see a 52 degree feels of view and 47 pixels per inch of pixel density similar to Microsoft's hololens. 

The apple glass is expected to use wi-fi to connect directly to your phone since as we mentioned it will depend on the iPhone for most of its processing the battery life is expected to be around three hours on a single charge. 

DESIGN. 

But apple will be providing some convenient wireless charging cases to make it feasible for users to take the apple glass out for a long day design according to leakers the most current apple glass prototype looks brazenly like a regular pair of plastic glasses. 

CLARK KENT LOOK, 

This would actually be a good thing the less standout design the more people will be willing to use it as an everyday accessory and less a gimmicky device that they only use once to show off apple's glass suggest a clark kent look the apple glass is designed as an accessory to the iPhone. 

And not an independent device similar to how currently the Apple Watch functions and since it will be equipped with various sensors and electrical equipment you can expect the apple glass to be a little heavier than your conventional glasses. 

Another exciting feature from the rumour mill suggest that apple will be going the modular route with swappable arms of the apple glass frame similar to how apple allows its apple watch users to switch watch bands with different ones. 

It's refreshing to see apple gin-bing its users the option for more customisability reportedly this will be done using small magnets and divots on the mainframe to help secure the swappable arms concerns users do have some corcenrns about the privacy with the announcement of the apple glass. 

Imagine recordings of what you see and do being sent back to apple that tis a scary thought the patent file by apple does detail a couple of fixes around the privacy concern one fix is using a camera module for the apple glass that is easily removable by the user. 

JON PROSSER, Front page tech

If you choose to to do so another fix is touse a modular key as a kill switch for the camera a lot of laptops currently use a similar system to turn off a front-facing camera on their laptops pricing price estimates about the apple glass come from a well- reputed apple leaker John presser according to prosser. 

We can expect the price to be somewhere around 499 dollars this is Avery steep price for a device that will be dependent on the iPhone for most of its processing power. 

But this still very reasonable compared to Microsoft's hololens which has a hefty price tag of 3 500 but if we are fair to hollow lens it does come with all its electronics to run an augmented reality environment independently when can we expect a release. 

BLOOMBERG QUICKTAKE: NOW.

Well the water is murky on the release date accruing to a report by Bloomberg we wouldn't see the apple glad hit the shelves until 2023 at the earliest apple had intended to announce that product as early as 2023. 

Bloomberg is basing this on information leaked from an internal presentation shown at apple but other industry analysts disagree mung chi quo an analysts at ft international securities thinks that we might be seeing the apple glass as early as 2022. 

She has been a reliable apple expert in the past the information has reported that apple glass has already passed a prototype stage and has now entered into trial production phase of development. 

This means that apple glass is very near it mass production phase and we might be seeing apple glasses and apple stores near us soon. 

TOP 10 ONLINE GAMES YOU SHOULD PLAY IN 2023. 

Hey guys Chaltrends here! I hope you're doing great and if you're looking for some good online games to lay with your friends with voice chat on or with randoms that you muted because you're sick of hearing them trying to eat their mics. 

Then you've come to the right place because today I'm gonna show you the best online games of 2021 and 2021 and without further Ado we're starting off strong because the first game I'm gonna show you is

1. OVERWATCH 2. 

Which is a 5v5 team based game that came out a few weeks ago it looks great it's extremely well optimised and it's pretty fun to play even if you suck at aiming because it's got plenty of Heroes that are divided in three cases tank damage and support. 

So you could basically pick a medic keep helping a good player and get them easy assists and the game has cross-play support.  

But overwatch 2 is so similar to the first one it feels more like an update than an actual sequel I mean that's why there released it for free. 

Now let's move on to a game that's not free but its definitely worth playing because at number 

2. GHOSTBUSTERS: SPIRITS UNLEASHED

An asymmetrical 4v1 game where you can either play as a new ghostbuster recruit which as you can see is in first person view or you could play as the Ghost and halt the building from a third person perspective you can terrorise civilians hunt objects. 

And even possess them and that's sick watch out not to get spotted by the Ghostbusters though because they have a ghosts meter and they can also place the trap and use their proton pack to capture you Ghostbusters spirits unleashed support cross play the graphics are good and you can definitely play it with bots. 

If you want to but they're really dumb so it's far from being as exciting as playing it with real people plus I think the game needs some more content. 

3. CHIVALRY 2. 

Chivalry 2, is exactly what you need it's extremely fun to play and easy to get into the graphics are just okay which is a shame because it could have looked breathtaking by the way if the first person view isn't your thing you can also play the game in third person. 

So you can obviously choose a melee class if you're a real man and you want to have some sick close range combat or you could play as an Archer and get some easy kills while hiding like a little. 

Now for those of you who are into this stuff there is also mordha which is already available on PC and coming to console soon. 

But if you're not really into this medieval and you want something more modern then you should check out. 

4. CALL OF DUTY: MODEN WARFARE 11. 

Instead see what I did there no but in all seriousness even though I'm usually more of battlefield guy because I love destructible environments I have to say Modern warfare 2 is extremely enjoyable to play especially if you like emptying clips into other than its cinematic action-packed campaign. 

It's goy tons of game modes ranging from ground war and prisoner rescue to the more classic team deathmatch and it's even got the third person view mode. 

Now for those of you who don't like first person shooters if you're still on the fence though or even worse if you're a broke as then just get war zone too spiking of free to play games the fifth game I want to show you is. 

5. MULTIVERSES 

Aka Super Mash Bros but without the Nintendo characters you can have some 1v1 2v2 or 3v3 for all action with randoms or even better with friends personally I played the game with randoms, first and then I teamed up with my friend and as you can see we beat the out of people and since we're talking about co-op at 

6. SECOND EXTINCTION. 

I don't know if you heard of it but it's been in early access for a couple of years now it's finally getting a full release and that's why it's on my list because python mutated dinos with friends is fun. 

But the early access version is so bare bones it gets old real quick luckily the full realest adds a new biome new missions and new dinosaurs. 

So if you you're on PC or Xbox you might want to check out second extinction but if you're not into killing dinos and you'd rather fight demons then 7th game on my list might be for you. 

7. EVIL DEAD. 

Could have been an awesome single player horror game but instead they made the 4v1 online game where you can play as a survivor without the three friends and work together or you could play as the candarian demon said some traps scare the out of the survivors possess them. 

And even turn them against each other needless to say play evil dead with the right people and you'll have a blast so if you're looking for something that's somehow similar to dead by daylight or Friday the 13th then go ahead and give evil dead a shot. 

Now the next game on my list is the must-have aliens fire team elite, 

8. NARAKA BLADEPOINT. 

So the real game I'm gonna show you is nark blade pint which is a 60 player PVP battle Royale game with martial arts melee and ranged weapons it's unique and it's got plenty of fish issues. 

So I'm not sure it's actually worth 20 bucks because in my opinion it should be free to play like most battle Royale games but hey I got it through game pass. 

So I can't complain plus the game is far from being perfect but the jiggle physics are dope anyways let's take a look at the night game on my list. 

9. FIFA 23. 

This one is for those of you who like sports games I picked Fifa 23 but in your case it could be NBA madden or whatever and no you're not looking at FIFA 22 or FIFA 21 come on guys cant's you see that the grass is different no seriously it's basically the same game with updated Roasters well at least this one's got tons of content. 

But you really have to watch out because ultimate team is so addictive you'll spend your weekends breaking controllers last. 

10. BATTLEFIELD 2042

But not least battlefield 2042 came out in a rough shape it had horrible performance laggy servers and an incredible amount of bugs. 

But several updates later and more specifically since the season 1 update dropped it got so much better the new maps are great although sadly this battlefield really doesn't focus on destruction like the previous ones did plus it has operators instead of the old class system. 

But it's still fun to play and you can get I for sure cheap now so if you like what you see and you have a chance to grab a copy for 30 bucks or less go for it and that's gonna be it for the best online games you should play right now. 

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