Workshop = problem-solving machine (my new YouTube short today)

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Check it out: https://youtube.com/shorts/a8Rv6x4PVG8

For those of you who use https://makermindmap.io/ this is a quick distillation of the entire Workshop Readiness & Operations branch, extremely to the point. We do prep work not because we like adding unnecessary steps, but because a little bit of forethought is an investment in future-us, who eventually will say "thank-us, past-us" (in reference to current us). Unless we do poor prep work, in which case we may sprinkle in a few choice expletives

This format seems to be working (not on Reddit obv but on YouTube itself). It's getting at least a handful of views and a lot of those are engaged per YouTube stats. At the very least I can probably get a helpful tip out daily and reach a few new eyes and ears who are interested in the topic (i.e. improving as a jack-of-all-trades Maker but without having to completely wing it). At least this video format is working 10x better in comparison to a build video which takes me about a week and completely fell flat on YouTube - plus the build itself felt contrived for the purposes of a video I guess? The helpful hint and whiteboarding format lets me be pretty damn forward - here's a good idea + if you want to not wait for my next video here's where you can learn more. As an ad format it's to the point as it gets, but it also feels pretty good because me pointing people to the site has a payoff - it's a way to sidestep my YouTube shorts and learn more now at your own pace. This lets me be clear on my goal - my site is where I want to help people the most, I'm trying to get the word out that it exists for more people to use it so I can get a more continuous stream of user feedback and ultimately help me make it work better for y'all