Never compromise your standards in the name of practicality.

There’s nothing more important than your happiness.

If you are one of those who are crushing it with Reels or on TikTok right now or since 2020, and you think this is why you’re winning, you seem to be ignoring one factor that helped you. Truly. I’m not saying it’s luck at all. But it’s not reels only. It’s your exceptional talent and awesome personality and vibe. Please don’t take that for granted. You are unique. To understand this further, it is fascinating to note that I get more engagement with picture posts than with reels. Way more. If reels were so special, I wouldn’t be getting 10% engagement on them, even though everybody wants me to show up more often on video.

(To clarify context, this was from a response I gave Monique from Rise with Reels on Instagram on one of her posts).