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Are you a guru or a guide?

2024-03-23 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:35 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Explanation and tutorial

Ali says he approaches writing, YouTube and everything he does as a guide rather than a guru: for most things people write about there are no real answers, only what worked for some people, so he writes as a fellow traveller sharing what he has learned.

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The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Being a guru versus being a guide when writing

  • ★★★ Ali says writing as a guru, the one on the mountaintop with all the answers, is hard; for most things people write about there are no real answers, only things that worked for some people and might work for the readers. — 00:00:00

  • ★★ Ali approaches writing, YouTube and everything he does as a guide rather than a guru: not an expert with the answers but a fellow traveller on the reader's path, sharing what he has learned along the way. — 00:00:00

    “I'm just a fellow traveler along the same path as the reader.”

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  • refine · How do you write things people want to read? — Ali says writing as a guru, the one on the mountaintop with all the answers, is hard; for most things people write about there are no real answers, only things that worked for some people and might work for the readers. (00:00:00)

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