The Dark Side of Youtube Success: My Biggest Regrets...

I’ve said before I appreciate your honesty, it truly keeps me engaged. Plus what you said about remembering the why… wow it struck to me a lot, because we have to be careful of not being led by the stream.

I am thankful you share your walk so others can avoid some common mistakes too. This is pure wisdom. Thanks.

Well, Anna… basically, you grew up. And that, really, is the purpose of life. Some people go through it without ever truly growing up or learning much. Real growth requires self-reflection and brutal honesty with ourselves—and that’s not easy. It’s even harder when you're doing it in the public eye.
I’m older than you, and one of my personal goals has been to not just collect wrinkles as time passes, but to gain a bit of wisdom and compassion—for others, and for myself.
For example, my first marriage was to what I thought was my “ideal” man. He had the education and financial means I believed were essential in a partner. That marriage was a disaster. But it changed my perspective on so many things.
Now, I’m married to what you might call “a regular Joe,” and I’ve never been happier. We change, we evolve, and—hopefully—we grow. I really appreciate your perspective. Thank you for sharing it.

Your honesty is refreshing. Thank you.

I think you grew and you did it in a relatively short period of time (6 years more or less), but honestly, I believe that today's version of you is quite better. More mature, more grounded. The proof of that is you having a wonderful background full of books on today's video versus most of your old videos being in a closet full of clothes. Don't get me wrong I love clothes, but books are more wonderful 😊

You didn’t fail, you achieved your goal and now it’s time to expand on a new direction ❤

Your content has been so immensely helpful in bringing a knowledge of elegance. Thank you for everything.

I think your early content was very helpful for more people than you can imagine. Don't be so hard on yourself, everyone is growing... Keep up the good work

I think you should just design line of clothes with an already established brand. For example Karen Millen make sometime partnership like this with influencers.

I love hearing you talk about your experiences especially trying to make it as a small business woman. I would like to hear more.

Anna you're being so self-critical. You helped so many of us, that why you amassed all these subscribers.

Your content is why we subscribed and followed you. You managed to change your life and shared how you did it. You made many of us better women, good on you!!!

You'll be okay, Anna! 🥰🤗💖

Oh god for this sharing ❤. I want some others mistake !! Please ❤

Nice to see/hear you....agreed one's own efforts have to grow at a pace that supports the whole of your current efforts with willingness to involve assistants, people who want to support your success with theirs etc..respectfully Deborah d

You've hit the nail on the head. I stopped watching you because there were a string of videos that you put out that made you sound snotty, materialist, and pretentious. Although I'm not interested in paying for fashion classes, I wish you all the best if that is the direction you are taking.

If I may offer a note on English usage, it’s ‘fewer mistakes’, not ‘less mistakes’.

We only use the word ‘less’ when discussing something uncountable. For countable things, we say ‘fewer’. This is why the express line at the supermarket should say ‘six items or fewer’, not ‘six items or less’ - since grocery items can clearly be counted, as can mistakes! An example of when you would use ‘less’ is with something uncountable, like less information.

Hope that helps those who are interested. I left this note because Anna herself has posted videos discussing better usage of language. I hope she might see this, but it’s unlikely on such an old video.

Please, enable the "Thanks" button so I can do a small contribution to this video. It's valuable because your video challenges existencial questions for those who pursue their dreams. It grounds us and makes us to ask ourselves many questions.

I miss unfiltered Anna, its a shame that u had to delete some of ur videos too :(

I remember I started your classes back in 2020 when I was stuck home with kids in middle of a divorce/separation and you helped me become a better version of myself and it made me so happy and look forward to our classes in a weekly basis. You are a great educator and it’s definitely part of your calling on earth. Thank you for what you do for all of us.

I think you got a lot of demand when you were teaching to elevate women into high society. You could exploit it. There is a lot of talent in many women that cannot bloom because these women are not in the right social level. You should not be ashamed of these teachings because you are making opportunities for the talent and to let the mediocres asside. Your teachings improve this world. I really admire you. After your many free advices, I am giving you one: ignore the ones who are jealous of your talent. There will be many and will be everywhere, the higher you arrive, the more they will tag you with whatever concept just to damage you. IGNORE THEM AND CONTINUE going up above and above them, to the top where you clearly belong.

I think you’re amazing!!! Keep going. People will always criticize. I think you’re authentic and real.

Anna, you are so inspiring, I have learnt so much from you even from the contents that you are regretting them,
Thanks for sharing your journey with us, wishing you all the happiness ❤

Its probably only the broke men complaining h

ı started your videos to be learning english , you have a good and clear pronunciaon and ı could get it easily. ı am turkish woman 45+ , your topic maybe for young girls to find rich man or to be more arrogant looking.... but you are sincere , you share your experiment with modest, you are like old friend, ı havent any friend look like you and ı enjoy to be learn new look sighsingnin friend.. thanks anna, in my opinion, you are good person

You were right. Every plane Jane had that bag. But they are all gonna hate you for saying that. And they will make all their friends and family hate you. That makes you unpopular😢

I stopped watching you when Melania was our first lady and you never showed cased her but you show cased Mike Obama. An elegant lady knows when a lady is a lady

I followed your YT channel since pandemic at 2020. There are time where I am empower by your video & time where I wonder if it was a bit mean. I choose to consume your video as another way to share your knowledge & opinion. There is 1 Instagram story you made that a bit disturb me. It's when you post a photo of the airplane inflight meals with your caption (forgot the exact sentence) saying something like: is this how your serve your meal although the airplane explain it's a pandemic situation? The food was wrap in alumunium foil & not flattering as it used to be. Perhaps it's the airline protocol to serve as it is with the pandemic situation. I'm so happy now you realize some of your content was a bit out of line. You can ignore it but you choose to address it. I think it's brave since new viewers and old viewers will still be watching your video and by confessing your past you encourage others to accept their failure & keep improving. Bless you Anna🤗

Anna Bey, you're my type of person. We appreciate your humility and taking ownership, we're all growing and navigating our way in this Cosmic giggle x

Thank you for being so honest and frank. I appreciate your being truthful, even though it sounds like you went through some pretty rough times. I love listening to the important advice you give. I liked your clothing line, but it was not for me. I wish you continued success!

Your communication style is refreshing and crystal clear. I had high hopes for your clothing designs. Each piece is well-made and beautiful. You’re a very talented designer.

Your lens is valuable to us! We watch on purpose to see your perspective and we grow along with you!

Great video ❤

Hi Anna. There’s no dark side you are do8mg a great job very inspiring and informative. Don’t listen to alllll the unsophisticated tattoo carnival act losers !
Hugs 🥰

Hi Anna. There’s no dark side you are do8mg a great job very inspiring and informative. Don’t listen to alllll the unsophisticated tattoo carnival act losers !
Hugs

i loved this!! I´m a workaholic at the moment and it was nice to hear your thoughts...

Essa faixa é áudio é insuportável! 😤😤😡

It’s not supposed to be hard to manage ppl or hire as long as they r honest .. they either will serve or not period

From Jasmin M

Hi Anna, I used to watch your videos and although I don't always share your opinion or views, I do appreciate that you are serious about what you do, and also your willingness to admit your mistakes. It takes courage to talk about them, and strength to change yourself. I wish you all the best ❤

ALL your videos have been beneficial!! I love your directness, you're authentic:) Glad you're finding balance if that's what you needed. Ironicaly today before watching this I've been thinking about what I need to remove from my life simply because. my needs/priorities are changing. It's like this video was reaffirming this!! Do what you love Anna - thank you for helping us all level up!

I miss the level up videos.. I miss the relationship content the self awareness, the style, I loved the live videos you did.. there was one in your closet and you were packing… it was nice girl time about self care and leveling up and no one was catty or rude. It was like a group of friends. I don’t have a lot of girl friends that I can relate to I find it hard so times like that are really refreshing for me.

You are absolutely amazing in what you do especially at the beginning to teach young women to value themselves and to make choices in their relationships that lift them up, values them in all aspect of their growth. I am sure at even man watching your videos changed their mind set to be a provider and a respectful person in the relationship! Well done🎉

Anna Bey is a woman of integrity! Humble and teachable. She is an inspiration. I subscribed to this channel years ago because I learned many things that a woman suits my values. I ignored the ones that I disagree with, like the rich men and dating but overall, I am grateful. God bless you Anna and continue to inspire and encourage women.

Love where you are at !

I love all those contents Anna, you did and are doing an amazing job in opening the eyes

It has been wonderful to see you grow as a person over the years - rather than just another brand.

Yes, Anna, your New Channel sucks. I do not like what you are not doing. All your accomplishments are now void, i.e. - your mobile app for women to socialize and mingle - now unsupported and invalid. Your classes, old and void. Now you regret your clothes line. You regret everything. Go home "anna" and stop wasting your time and our time. You don't want to continue the "School of Affluence" or anything associated with it. Take your husband's money and go start "Poor Anna's Thrift Store. We Hate Affluence Here." and sell your brands for $5 each. Good idea and good reddens