I was a failing app developer. What changed?

Brief Summary

This video is about Adam Lyttle's journey as an app developer. He shares a note he wrote to himself in 2021, expressing his anxieties about money, cash flow, and the future of his app development business. He was struggling to find motivation and felt torn between freelance work that paid the bills and building apps that felt like a real possibility for financial independence. Despite facing challenges and doubts, he persevered and eventually found success. He emphasizes the importance of viewing failures as learning experiences and defines success as a journey of creative expression, hard work, and continuous learning.

• Adam Lyttle shares his past struggles with money, motivation, and the uncertainty of his app development journey.
• He emphasizes the importance of perseverance and viewing failures as learning experiences.
• He defines success as a journey of creative expression, hard work, and continuous learning.

2021 Note to Myself

Adam reads a note he wrote to himself in 2021, expressing his anxieties about money, cash flow, and the future of his app development business. He was struggling to find motivation and felt torn between freelance work that paid the bills and building apps that felt like a real possibility for financial independence. He was in debt, felt worthless, and was constantly battling feelings of inadequacy. He was unsure if his app development dreams would ever come true and feared being judged by others if he failed.

The Turning Point

Adam reflects on the turning point in his journey, where he finally achieved success in his app development business. He acknowledges that his perspective has changed and that people who once doubted him now praise his achievements. He emphasizes that he is still the same passionate and curious person he was back then, but now his work has financial value. He shares that it took him four years of building apps, with most of them failing to generate revenue, before he finally found success. He attributes this success to his perseverance and his willingness to learn from his failures.

Defining Success

Adam defines success as a journey of creative expression, hard work, and continuous learning. He encourages viewers to embrace challenges and view failures as opportunities for growth. He emphasizes that if you approach each day as a chance to express yourself creatively, learn new things, and push yourself, then there is no such thing as failure.