In this episode of the HUMAN First podcast, Dr. Courtney speaks with today's guest Michael Sanchez. Michael is an incredible TikTok expert who’s been one of the biggest names in business and entrepreneurship when it comes to social media, creators, and the internet for the last 7 years. It’s a helpful episode for anyone who wants to know what it’s like to do what I and so many of your favorite online creators experience in their lives. Enjoy!

Here is a list of the topics/questions they discuss:

• Michael describes his curiosity for life, people, and how things work


• How Michael would define social media, burnout, and creator


• The questions to ask yourself as a creator when experiencing burnout


• How your goals and desires change in social media and why you might need to “fall back in love” with it to reduce burnout.


• 28% of American kids want to be a YouTuber and here’s what we need to understand about that


• The history of social media and how we got “here”


• Michael discusses the very first influencer back in the Myspace days


• The idea of “you don’t know what you don’t know” can cause creator burnout


• Community building as a creator is key to finding balance and empathy in this space


• Creators a lot of the time are people who got lucky and it’s overwhelming


• Followers are the boss AND the customer


• Michaels advice of singling in on the idea of one audience member and serving them


• We need to be our own best boss as self-employed individuals


• Michaels predictions for the future of social media


• The fear of A.I. and what that could mean for all of social media


• The positive impacts of social media


• Michaels lasting message of “social media/entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone, AND THAT’S OKAY.”

You can find Michael online at:

Website: https://www.michael.consulting/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tiktoksecrets

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michael.consulting/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelgrowth?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwastaken/

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This podcast is not therapy and does not provide personalized clinical advice. The purpose of this podcast is to provide mental health based entertainment and psychoeducation.

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