There Will Never be Applause

Summary

The video "There Will Never be Applause" by CerosTV offers a raw and honest commentary on the lack of recognition and validation in everyday life. It emphasizes the importance of self-validation as external applause may never come. The speaker shares personal experiences of reaching milestones without acknowledgment from others, illustrating that individuals must learn to commend themselves. Through anecdotes, including a poignant story of a man dealing with personal tragedy yet maintaining positivity, the video underscores the theme of creating our own applause in a world where others are often too preoccupied with their struggles to acknowledge ours.

Highlights

• The video discusses that everyday achievements often go unacknowledged. 🤷‍♂️
• CerosTV encourages self-validation when external applause is absent. 👏
• The Barnum effect is used to explain why generic positivity feels personal. 🎭
• Personal stories are shared about reaching milestones without recognition. 🎯
• An inspiring tale teaches how to stay positive despite personal tragedy. 🕊️

Key Takeaways

• Don't wait for external applause; learn to applaud yourself! 👏
• Even major achievements may go unnoticed by those around you.🎯
• It's important to appreciate your own efforts and milestones. 🌟
• The world is focused on its own problems; self-validation is key. 🌎
• Sometimes you need to be your own cheerleader, and that's okay! 🎉

Overview

In this heartfelt and honest video from CerosTV, the creator delves into a poignant message about the absence of applause in daily life. It addresses the natural human desire for recognition and the pervasive silence that often greets our efforts and achievements. From getting out of bed to making the bed, the video humorously suggests seeking applause for such mundane tasks, only to pivot into the reality that often there is none.

The creator narrates personal stories, relating how even significant milestones like reaching 50,000 YouTube subscribers or a physical transformation received no real-world congratulations. These stories underline an essential message: waiting for external validation can be fruitless. Instead, recognizing and applauding oneself becomes necessary and rewarding.

Finnishing with a moving story about a man who maintains his positive demeanor despite personal loss, CerosTV emphasizes that life's battles are often fought in silence. It’s a call to fill the void of applause with self-love and appreciation, urging viewers to celebrate their own victories and maintain positivity amid life's adversities.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 02:30: Opening Reflections on Seeking Validation In this chapter, the narrator challenges the reader to reflect on their need for validation from others for everyday tasks. The narrator questions whether people are waiting for applause and recognition for simple achievements like getting out of bed, doing chores, or brushing their teeth. This reflection on seeking validation encourages introspection on why external approval might be necessary for such routine actions.
• 02:30 - 03:30: Understanding the Barnum Effect This chapter delves into the Barnum Effect, which is the phenomenon where people believe vague, general statements about personality are highly accurate for them personally. The chapter uses colorful and exaggerated language to demonstrate how easily people can be led to believe these statements reflect their unique circumstances or traits. By highlighting relatable and common experiences, such as feeling guilty for neglecting chores or proud for completing them, the text illustrates the power and ubiquity of the Barnum Effect.
• 03:30 - 04:30: The Search for Real-World Acknowledgment The chapter delves into the topic of how societal norms and psychological manipulation work in tandem. The speaker compares the effects of horoscopes, tarot readings, and psychic readings to the broader concept of societal manipulation through common beliefs. The main point conveyed is the ease with which people can be manipulated if one understands psychology and science. The speaker emphasizes the universality of this manipulation, suggesting that personal or public applause is rare and perhaps unattainable, even reflecting on their own experiences.
• 04:30 - 07:00: Learning to Applaud Oneself This chapter explores the personal journey of self-recognition and the importance of self-acknowledgment. The narrator shares their experience of reaching significant subscriber milestones on social media platforms like YouTube and Tik Tok, highlighting the joy of being congratulated online. However, they also express a longing for recognition in real life from family and friends, underscoring a broader theme of learning to value and applaud oneself independently of external validation.
• 07:00 - 10:00: Struggles with Communication and Validation The speaker reflects on their early struggle with feeling unrecognized or validated by friends and family in their real-life experiences, particularly focusing on the initial experiences of attending the gym as a young teenager. Despite significant personal achievements, such as improving their physical fitness from a young age, the speaker notes a lack of acknowledgment or praise from those around them, leading to feelings of isolation and self-validation efforts.
• 10:00 - 13:00: Human Connection and Solitude The chapter titled 'Human Connection and Solitude' explores the concept of self-appreciation and resilience in the face of negativity. The speaker discusses the metaphor of 'clapping with one hand,' emphasizing the need to support oneself independently amidst external challenges. This notion symbolizes the act of self-validation and maintaining a positive outlook, irrespective of the surrounding circumstances. It highlights the importance of personal encouragement and inner strength when external validation is absent.

There Will Never be Applause Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 congratulations are you waiting for the Applause are you waiting for what I'm congratulating you on are you waiting for somebody to tell you yes you got out of bed today are you waiting for somebody to Pat you in the back for doing the dishes are you waiting for somebody to say wow I'm so proud of you for doing your laundry and actually getting up out of bed and making your bed and then telling yourself wow I brushed my teeth would you like a round of applause for that would that make you feel better this is you'll
• 00:30 - 01:00 hear but sadly you won't even hear that because the Crickets have off rtis and they won't be able to make that Beautiful Noise because their bones are getting creaky and nobody's going to be here for you you're probably think it's to yourself why are you bashing me so deeply how did you get inside of my head how did you know I didn't do the dishes how do you know I'm proud of myself for doing the dishes how did I know that let's call the Barnum effect the Barnum effect is a bunch of generic disgustingly simple traits that is
• 01:00 - 01:30 spread between most people in a common society that you say in order to manipulate them that's the botom effect what horoscopes do when somebody says I'm such a Leo or I'm such a Virgo or I'm such a Pisces it's what horoscopes do this is done with psychics this is done with tarot readings this is done with everything it's science it's psychology and it's easy to do especially if you're a manipulator it's very easy why am I telling you this because there will never be an Applause for you not even even for me I remember
• 01:30 - 02:00 when I reached 50k on YouTube 50,000 subscribers I remember that and I was happy that everybody congratulated me on YouTube I was very happy about that however I was looking for people in real life to acknowledge it so I'll go outside and see if anybody would probably tell me that I reach 50k maybe my family maybe my brother my sister nope reached 100K on Tik Tok that was really fun reached 100K on Tik Tok waiting for somebody to acknowledge it
• 02:00 - 02:30 and say something about it nope none of my friends in real life cared nobody cared about what I did does a matter of fact I remember when I first started going to the gym when I was younger I was about 12 13 maybe 14 around that range and I was really big I was 250 lbs I was huge and I start going to the gym start working out every day start getting my body in shape cuz I was a big kid and guess what nobody cared nobody congratulated me so I clap for
• 02:30 - 03:00 myself I began to start learning how to clap for myself I learned how to clap with one hand because my other hand will be doing something else that's right that's not anything provocative it's just the world doesn't wait for you so you have to hold back the onslaught of negativity you have to clap with one hand what is the sound of one hand clapping that's the sound of one hand clapping I'm not sure if the mic is picking this up doesn't matter to me I'm clapping one hand that's what I learned how to do it's important for me to let myself know
• 03:00 - 03:30 that I've had a good job I've done a good job I am a good job I've done everything in my ability to make myself feel like a person I've done everything in my ability to let myself know that I made it but nobody on the planet is going to always have somebody there in their Corner telling you they done great sometimes it's just you and your cat against the world sometimes it's you and your dog and your dog doesn't know what's going on he's just excited cuz you're excited and he wants food so you
• 03:30 - 04:00 got to figure out how to get rent and dog food and you're thinking to yourself well if I cut out dog food I'd say about $300 a month but with my boy wouldn't be able to eat he wouldn't be able to have some food why would I do that to him man he's the only person that cares about me and he only cares about you cuz you subjugated an animal realistically he he's all you know she's all you know that cat is all you know that's cat is all they know that's all the animal knows in its entirety that's it that's all they know they know nothing else so that's the issue and your parents don't
• 04:00 - 04:30 talk to you and they don't congratulate you upon doing your taxes correctly they don't say great job for getting that job and scoring it you try to tell your friends but they're too busy to tell you what's going on they're too busy and they you want to tell them about it but you want to feel like a psychopath you don't want to feel conceited or prideful or arrogant or Soo much ego you don't want to say yeah one of my videos went viral I actually completed this task I did it I got up out of bed today I didn't drink coffee this morning and I
• 04:30 - 05:00 feel great I got 10 hours of sleep you don't want to tell your friends this because guess what you don't want to seem like a burden so you just keep it to yourself you're waiting for some Standing Ovation some congratulations some Applause you're looking around to an empty crowd in a theater that was sold out cuz they said they'd be there and you're confused you did all theatrics everything you could possibly do you started eating apples got
• 05:00 - 05:30 smoothies you didn't notice instant gratification you didn't notice instant rewards nobody immediately came to you and said great job you don't know what to do with that do you stop building because nobody cares nobody's putting their hands together why is nobody putting their hands together I did a good job right I did great where's my participation Trophy and the bigger issue is that you don't know how to fail
• 05:30 - 06:00 you don't know what it's like to have nothing and that's okay and you can say you like being alone but the instant some tiny bit of human communication comes up you jump on the opportunity you argue online with it you say I want to join this community I don't need people I'm good being an introvert really stop playing online games then stop going on Discord and talking to them for eight hours you're such an introvert to prove it
• 06:00 - 06:30 you don't need anybody right but I'm an extrovert around the right people that means you're an omnivert everyone to me it's both there's a lot of times where people get over stimulated even if they're extroverts and they enjoy the company of others some people have more Charisma and able to handle social situations better but when you're around those people where you can be silent around you enjoy their presence more than their conversation and when that conversation does arise you love it you pedestal it crave it deeply but there's no applause for
• 06:30 - 07:00 admitting what you are you could say I have autism I diagnosed myself I have BPD I discovered this I was introspective so who is going to congratulate me I say this a lot and I've said it a few times before but sometimes you got to crawl through glass in order to get to stitch yourself up so people can see the scars of yourself feel the journey you've went through without actually being
• 07:00 - 07:30 there sometimes you got to break your own neck to have a shoulder to lean on sometimes no one cares and they never will because they can't because they have their own personal battles going on as well we're going to end this video with a story please pay attention if you could one time every single day I would get on the elevator at my old apartment and I loved it going up the elevator I
• 07:30 - 08:00 was surprised it worked it was silent for the most part till one day I was going to work in the morning going down the elevator and the man stopped and said stop that elevator I said okay all right he said good day today huh and I've been having a bad day I was already 3 minutes late for work was 2 minutes from my job but I had to drive there in the 2 minutes and I was trying to make sure that I didn't lose my job I said it's a day he said oh well we'll see about that
• 08:00 - 08:30 after I came home from work we had the same schedule he must have been a new tenant he comes in to the elevator he comes up with me and he says so was it a good day and I said no it was a really bad day I a point on my system and a point on my attendance it wasn't that good he said well at least you learned a lesson about something right and he smiled the entire way up and I said sure why not that man agitated me as a matter of fact I hated every minute with that man he made me feel horrible hated every
• 08:30 - 09:00 second of it so bad I went home and I watched the news cuz I used to watch the news a lot so checking the news minding my business this goes on for two weeks two weeks of is non-stop I don't hear him much don't hear anything about that I asked his name finally name is Albert Kerr Albert Kerr good man and I got his name and he ask me every day good day today huh agitated me always Smiley always optimistic don't
• 09:00 - 09:30 know where that optimism came from then I was on news one day then I saw in memorium in the sad part of the news where they're talking about deaths and tragedies Rebecca Kerr and Steven Kerr Steven Steve Kerr little boy died tragically Rebecca Kerr the mother died tragically she was in a drunken stuper and burned the house down
• 09:30 - 10:00 horrifying I recognize the last name turns out it was Albert's children or more so child and his wife he came into the elevator I was thinking to myself hey should I ask him about it he immediately got in the elevator said good day today huh I said yeah hey I got a question for you do you know Rebecca her he said yeah
• 10:00 - 10:30 it's my wife she passed I said how recently he said oh I believe it was yesterday in a fire with my son and I said oh are you okay he said good day and I'm thinking to myself he might be a psychopath perhaps that's what I'm assuming but no he said I hope you have a good day you went to work came in and I said are you sure you're okay you anybody talk to he said don't give me the pity party I don't need it I'm fine
• 10:30 - 11:00 I'm thinking he's holding it into himself but he's still positive even if he is holding it into himself nobody clapped for him nobody was there to comfort him he had no one I love that man I hate him a lot less now I despise him a lot less I look forward to the conversation we have in the elevator because it made me feel like I was helping in some way but I wasn't I discovered that I was not he didn't need
• 11:00 - 11:30 me he didn't not at all hung out with him one time he said I didn't really didn't want to hang out but if you want to you're more than welcome to come over but just know I probably won't talk to you that much he went home and painted his Warhammer figurines he played his single player game he worked out he gave himself a foot scrub and said I'm about to take a bath salt bath then I'm going to bed after I make myself some
• 11:30 - 12:00 dinner he had a routine he was perfectly content by himself and I didn't know the small battles that he faced in his life I have no idea I don't know the small little things that he had going G but he chose to be positive every day and give himself a standing ovation no one will clap for you there will never be Applause sometimes you have to f fill the noise with your own mind