I am a huge advocate for just shooting your shot delusionally

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The creator shares personal anecdotes about how she achieved success by "shooting her shot" and reaching out to people or opportunities that seemed out of reach. She encourages viewers to be their own biggest supporters and take risks, even when they feel delusional.

Structure

1Introduction to the concept of delusional goal setting
2Story 1: Getting a media pass for a concert by DMing the artist
3Story 2: Getting featured in Business Insider by cold-emailing journalists
4Story 3: Getting on the Forbes 30 under 30 list by self-nomination
5Conclusion and encouragement to take risks

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I am a huge advocate for just shooting your shot delusionally in ways that have no business working out but then they do. So today I want to share some times when I shot my shot completely delusionally and it worked. Okay. So the first one is so one of my big big hobbies and passions is photography. So I was going to go to a concert Alice Phoebe Lou, I love Alice Phoebe Lou. Day of the concert I messaged her on Instagram I replied to her story which I love doing to like celebrities that have no reason to reply and I'm like hey Queen can I take some like beautiful pictures of you tonight and she was like yeah do you want a media pass and I was like yeah that would be incredible so she was like okay I'll put your name on the list for a media pass and then I went and I took pictures of her and it was amazing and then she posted them on her Instagram and did like a carousel and tagged me amazing you should just DM people that have no reason to reply because what I've learned is that so many times they actually will the second time is when I started my business I was 20 I had no resources and I didn't know how to grow it and I thought why don't I just DM a few journalists from like big publications that I would love to be featured on to tell them hey I know that you write about this and that topic um I've just launched my business in this space so if you ever need anyone to help you out for a story if you need a source in the industry or whatever I'd love to help um so I did that messaged like five people 10 maybe not too many and then one journalist replied she worked for Business Insider she ended up writing about me and my business in an article and then in another one and in another one and then she ended up doing like a whole stand-alone interview of me and like a founder profile and featuring the business all for free which brought tons of clients and was like one of the smartest marketing things that I did at the start when I had just no other organic ways to grow it highly recommend on the same note launching my business was definitely a delusional shot in the first place because I had no money no support I knew nothing about business I just took a free online course about entrepreneurship while I was studying art history and it worked and now it's my full time job and it's been five and a half years now since I started but the fact that I was like let's just do this and see if it works was definitely delusional um I just learned everything on the job and it worked and it worked and then finally two years into running my business I nominated myself for Forbes 30 under 30 I believe you should be your own biggest supporter because if you don't do it who will so I nominated myself for Forbes 30 under 30 I got shortlisted Yay didn't get it but then the year after I got nominated again by a friend um I don't know if that makes a difference I don't think it does and I got it Yay and that although it doesn't really like give you anything in practice it gives you a lot of credibility in some industries and I think my industry is one of these when when people see that like the founder is kind of featured in this and that thing they just take you more seriously especially when you're a young founder so yeah I guess I just like was like okay I was 22 I nominated myself it almost worked and then the year after it fully worked so I highly recommend just like shooting some really delusional shots that's how your life changes you just have to go out there and be like I'm just gonna try this out because I've got nothing to lose you just have to be able to push yourself to doing those things in the first place but yeah let me know if you'd like more

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I am a huge advocate for just shooting your shot delusionally in ways that have no business working out but then they do. So today I want to share some times when I shot my shot completely delusionally and it worked. Okay. So the first one is, so one of my big big hobbies and passions is photography. So I was going to go to a concert, Alice Phoebe Lou. I love Alice Phoebe Lou. Day of the concert, I messaged her on Instagram. I replied to her story, which I love doing to like celebrities that have no reason to reply. And I'm like, "Hey Queen, can I take some like beautiful pictures of you tonight?" And she was like, "Yeah, do you want a media pass?" And I was like, "Yeah, that would be incredible." So she was like, "Okay, I'll put your name on the list for a media pass." And then I went and I took pictures of her and it was amazing and then she posted them on her Instagram and did like a carousel and tagged me. Amazing. You should just DM people that have no reason to reply because what I've learned is that so many times they actually will. The second time is when I started my business. I was 20. I had no resources and I didn't know how to grow it and I thought, "Why don't I just DM a few journalists from like big publications that I would love to be featured on to tell them, "Hey, I know that you write about this and that topic. Um, I've just launched my business in this space. So if you ever need anyone to help you out for a story, if you need a source in the industry or whatever, I'd love to help." Um, so I did that. Messaged like five people, 10 maybe, not too many. And then one journalist replied. She worked for Business Insider. She ended up writing about me and my business in an article and then in another one and in another one and then she ended up doing like a whole stand-alone interview of me and like a founder profile and featuring the business, all for free, which brought tons of clients and was like one of the smartest marketing things that I did at the start when I had just no other organic ways to grow it. Highly recommend. On the same note, launching my business was definitely a delusional shot in the first place because I had no money, no support, I knew nothing about business. I just took a free online course about entrepreneurship while I was studying art history and it worked and now it's my full time job and it's been five and a half years now since I started. But the fact that I was like, "Let's just do this and see if it works" was definitely delusional. Um, I just learned everything on the job and it worked and it worked. And then finally, two years into running my business, I nominated myself for Forbes 30 under 30. I believe you should be your own biggest supporter because if you don't do it, who will? So I nominated myself for Forbes 30 under 30. I got shortlisted. Yay. Didn't get it. But then the year after, I got nominated again by a friend. Um, I don't know if that makes a difference. I don't think it does. And I got it. Yay. Um, and that, although it doesn't really like give you anything in practice, it gives you a lot of credibility in some industries and I think my industry is one of these when when people see that like the founder is kind of featured in this and that thing, they just take you more seriously, especially when you're a young founder. So yeah, I guess I just like was like, "Okay, I was 22. I nominated myself." It almost worked and then the year after it fully worked. So I highly recommend just like shooting some really delusional shots. That's how your life changes. You just have to go out there and be like, "I'm just gonna try this out because I've got nothing to lose." You just have to be able to push yourself to doing those things in the first place. But yeah, let me know if you'd like more.