432. Your Podcast Workflow Isn’t Broken…Until It Is

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Good morning podcasting, morning
chat.

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Today is Friday, January 9th,
2026 and today production

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workflows.
Too many tools and the moment

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that you realize your process
might be slowing you down, we're

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unpacking when to visit your
setup and when to stop chasing

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Thanks for being here.
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Morning Chat.
Thanks so much for being here.

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I am your host, Mark Ronick, and
currently on stage with me, we

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have Dr. Faye Ralph Estep,
producer Ashley Feller, Sid

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Meadows, Matt Bliss and Nick
Nallback.

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Shout out to those of you who
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Appreciate you guys showing up
right when we kick off the show.

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Nice to see you.
So today, yes, I've shared

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already.
We're going to get into some

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workflow and production tool
overwhelm thanks to producer

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Ashley.
I'll explain in just a minute.

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This is one of the posts in our
Facebook group the other day

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that stopped me in my tracks and
felt very real and very

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important to dig into here on
the show.

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And then we'll get into our wins
from the week, as we do every

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Friday.
So earlier this week, producer

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Ashley shared a post in the
Facebook group about production

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workflows.
She was digging into how often

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we revisit our workflows, how we
know when it's time to make

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changes, and what it looks like
to work across multiple editing

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tools at the same time.
And really, we can even open

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that up.
It doesn't even have to

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necessarily be editing tools.
It can be any of the tools that

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we're using in our production
process, pre post, etcetera.

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She talked about using though
Descript, Da Vinci Resolve, Cap

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Cut and Audacity depending on
the job and what the experience

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has been like for her.
So the post surfaced questions

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around efficiency, comfort,
skill, growth, and how our work

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flows tend to evolve as our
experience grows.

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This is something a lot of
podcasters and producers are

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actively thinking about.
And if they're not, they're

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probably just tearing their hair
out trying to figure out why

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things don't feel like they're
working well.

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How your process supports your
work, how your tools shape your

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speed and confidence, how
intentional your workflow

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actually is.
These are the things that those

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podcasters and producers are
thinking about.

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So today, we're going to spend
some time unpacking all of that.

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We'll talk about revisiting
workflows, choosing those tools,

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and what it looks like to build
a process that actually works

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for you.
And like I said, since it's

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Friday, we'll wrap up things by
sharing wins from our past week.

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So if you haven't been thinking
about your wins, shame on you.

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Just kidding.
But start thinking about them

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now.
So let's dig in and really start

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with, I think the best question
to start with is when do you

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know it's time to revisit your
workflow?

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I know that this is a question
I've asked myself before.

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I've been using Trello for my
company and my clients for our

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workflow.
And I know Dr. can attest 'cause

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she's one of the editors on our
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It works really well overall,
but I feel like I've actually

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felt like over the past really,
honestly, if I'm being genuine

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about this probably past two
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outgrown it.
It works enough to where I don't

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feel like, oh, I have to change
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But if I don't change it soon, I
think it's going to be a

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problem.
And we're working on that

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actually as we speak, finally.
Do you remember what it was that

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made you say?
I wish I could do that.

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I think it's really just seeing
the flow and seeing the holes in

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the process.
I don't know that I can point to

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one thing and even if I did, it
might not make a lot of sense to

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everyone else unless I give you
the whole process.

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But I can say like I would, I
would just notice small holes in

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the process.
Maybe Dr. maybe there's

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something that you might notice
about our process.

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But yeah, I think that's just
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There's I'm a Trello girl
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I mean, I love, I love Trello.
And I do too.

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And with the cool thing is, is
that what we're the new software

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we're moving to?
If you're interested in checking

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out, go to Webbie WEB i.e. dot
AI.

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But the cool thing is, is that
we've set up a workflow process

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that we're still testing, but it
seems to be working well that

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mimics what we were doing on
Trello, but it also fills in

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some of those holes for us at
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I'm really looking forward to
that.

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But I saw some other people
wanted to share a little bit

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answering that question.
When do you know it's time to

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revisit your workflow, Dr.?
Since you're already unmuted,

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I'll start with you.
I have a reputation for loving

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my app Sumo.
Yeah, that's an understatement.

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And whenever I purchase a new
toy, basically a new tool, I try

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and fit it in.
Whenever I buy it, I want to

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test it out because not to give
Appsuma more, more advertising,

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but you can return it within 60
days if you don't like it.

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So I want to try and get on
board with it within those 60

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days.
So I change it up quite

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regularly if I have a new tool
that's going to join the group

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basically, and if it doesn't
work I go back to the the

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workflow that does work.
OK, that's fair.

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I know that, you know, look,
some people, they may not

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because I don't ever get the
impression that all of these

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apps that Dr. digs into, I don't
get the impression that she gets

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very overwhelmed by all of them.
But I know that there are a lot

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of us out there that if we just
kept going for that next tool,

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we'd probably really start to
feel overwhelmed.

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And I know I'm really speaking
mostly for myself, but I've seen

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it happen in other in others as
well.

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You have the right kind of
brain, I think, to be able to do

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what Dr. does.
Sid, I'm going to come to you

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and then I'll go to Ralph.
Hey, good morning everybody.

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I think that to answer your
question, when do you know it's

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time to change your workflow is
when you change.

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It really is boils down to when
you change something about your

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product or your show.
So are you adding YouTube to it?

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Are you adding additional
segments to it?

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Are you adding sponsors to it?
Are you, you know, doing

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different things?
And then it's time to look at

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what what is working and what's
not working.

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It can also be where you just
feel like there's some

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inefficiencies that you want to
try to streamline, especially

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with the continuing advent of
AI.

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How can you leverage AI to make
your workflow easier for

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everybody and also faster?
Fair enough.

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So, but Sid, I mean, how do you
know if something I, I

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appreciate what you're saying,
right?

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As you're evolving, you may need
a new workflow, new tools,

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etcetera.
But what if, yeah, you're

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evolving, but what if they're?
How do you know when something

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isn't working right anymore that
you have to address?

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I think frustration is part of
that, Like, oh, this takes me so

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much long, so much time to do.
Oh, I wish there was a better

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way.
I think that's certainly a key

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sign that, hey, you need to
change something.

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But I also think it's about,
like, making it easier.

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Like I'm looking at the things
we're going to be doing in

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Season 7 and my head is spinning
with all the things we've got to

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do.
And I'm asking myself, well, how

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can without creating an AI
agent, which is probably the

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right thing to do, but how could
we make this easier and faster

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for all of us?
Because we're going from 2 shows

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a month to four, in some cases,
5 shows a month.

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So we're increasing, which means
we should look at the workflow

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to see what we could do to
streamline it and make it easier

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and more efficient for everyone.
Yeah, there you go.

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Thank you, Sid.
Appreciate that.

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I'm going to keep it going and
check in with Ralph and then

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Matt Bliss.
So go for it, Ralph.

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Good morning.
Good morning, Mark.

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Yeah, I think we should take a
step back here because one of

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the things that I noticed as I'm
working with podcasters and

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content creators is a lot of
people don't have a workflow

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system in the first place.
And I think that maybe is a

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better place to start the
conversation.

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Actually, Abby is my, I'll call
her my executive producer.

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She's actually in the audience
today.

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And with doing all the content
work that I do, we had to really

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spend a great deal of time
building a system.

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And what I see a lot of content
creators doing is they don't

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have a system in the first
place.

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And the problem is if you don't
have a system in the 1st place,

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that's a sure way to get burned
out.

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You know, like James Clear says,
you're going to fall to the

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level of your systems.
And I think as we're having this

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discussion, I think it's great
evidence about when do we change

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it?
But how many content creators,

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Mark, don't have a system in the
1st place?

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Those systems are going to keep
you from burning out.

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They're going to keep you from
getting frustrated because

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you're going to have a
methodology, even if it's

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something like a checklist.
You know, with each show I do

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this, or with each post I do
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I just see that as a huge gap.
Yeah, Thank you for bringing

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that up.
I think that is important

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because as independent
podcasters, yeah, a lot of us

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are winging it.
We, we are learning as we go and

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sometimes not, not pausing and
documenting the process.

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So that, I think is that first
step for those people who are

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kind of winging it.
Start writing down.

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Just write down the things that
you're doing as you go next

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episode, from from the process
of planning to the process of

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publishing to the process of
promoting.

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Write each step down as you go,
at least to get started.

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It's also going to show you
where your time is being spent

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too, which a lot of people don't
realize how much leakage of time

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they have.
And when you do what you just

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said.
Mark, I took the Dale Carnegie

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classes and one of the things we
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measure your day, Manage every
part of your day so you know

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where your time is going.
What you might find is the stuff

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that gives you better return on
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I know maybe it's a jargon wheel
item, but the things that give

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you the most return on
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need to spend more time doing.
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sometimes we fall into the trap
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because we enjoy doing them, but
they're not helping us build

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what we're trying to build.
Thank you, Ralph.

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I'm going to check in with Matt
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Nick as well.
Go ahead, Matt.

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The key thing isn't constantly
substituting tools to fill

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holes, because that's when you
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chain.
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recognize a hole and you can
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that's a really good first step
to get to the stage that that

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Ralph and Sid are both talking
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frustration, it fills that
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But the stage after that is
figuring out what the tool does

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for you.
If it can be resolved with

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something you already use,
that's a big player in your

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setup and if you can gradually
eliminate the use of that tool

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over time.
So a perfect example for what

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I'm doing right now with color
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For a long time I have thought
to myself, like, I've got

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Davinci Resolve, I've got the
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There must be an upscaling, auto
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thing, right?
Because Zoom video tends to

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suck.
And as much as we we want people

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not to use Zoom for recordings,
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highest quality they could
possibly be and make us look

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awesome.
But there's only so many

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different AI regenerative
websites you can look at with

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exorbitant costs and high
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and time requirements that you
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And I've seen a good quality AI
version of that once, but it

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really wasn't worth the
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So instead, what I've done is
seen someone that I follow on

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YouTube who's an excellent video
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stuff that he edits for.
He had a very simple color

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grading guide.
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step by step in Da Vinci to be
able to try and improve the

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video that I have.
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that is because that I've I've
explored the additional tools,

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haven't used necessarily, but
there's only so much they can

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do, explore the tools, realize
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And now I'm filling those
limitations with learning in a

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tool that I use regularly for
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And automatically I could tell
all of you are saying, well,

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Riverside, you've got Riverside,
you can use their color grading

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tool.
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But when you know enough, you
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tool that adds time based
limitations to what you're

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doing.
It adds an extra step back into

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another application in the
process that doesn't necessarily

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comparatively worked with what I
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You can already see where my
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what I'm what I'm trying to get
at is taking it to the level

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above replacing the process,
learning what you need and then

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figuring out how to get there
with what you already have or if

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the tool gives you what you need
to optimize your time and your

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goals.
Really like if you don't care

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about learning stuff.
And I know there's a lot of

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podcast editors that are like
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They just go plop money,
increase prices, people pay me

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50 bucks more a month and I get
a couple more things into script

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and I just, I just cut out all
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That's fine.
That is a perfectly acceptable

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way to go about it as well.
But I think the editors that

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stay above the rest, and this
isn't just people who do it

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professionally but who edit for
themselves, are the ones who sit

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down and learn the process.
Precisely why in whatever

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episode I was on last time I
went to BC and I said, hey, it

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wasn't a waste of time that you
went to broadcasting the school

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for 10 years.
You know, stuff that the people

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who are replacing with tools
don't know.

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And that's what you learn when
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next level and figure out what
you needed, how you can do it

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yourself, and filling that
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But the only thing that becomes
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And there's some stuff I want to
talk about in some point in

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future about transition costs.
I think that's a really

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important thing to consider with
all this stuff that I'm

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mentioning.
Hopefully that makes sense.

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Yeah.
Thank you, Matt.

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And curious if you would share
who, who's that video editor

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that you found on that you
follow on YouTube that gave you

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those tips?
Short answer, great edits,

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video.
Thank you, Matt.

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And a quick hello to Dominic
Lawson, long time community

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member who has of course also
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podcaster as well.
Dominic, good morning to you.

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Welcome back.
Good morning, everybody.

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I hope everybody is well.
Glad to be back.

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Yeah, we are talking about
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So feel I know you have you have
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the different projects that you
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So I'm sure you can chime in
here and there.

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Let's keep it going and go to
Nick.

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Nick, I think you had something
you wanted to share.

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First and foremost, I wanted to
throw out, as we're talking

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about processes and everything
like that, throw out some tools.

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You just mentioned documenting
processes and taking basically

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inventory of what you were
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And there are tools out there
that help with that specifically

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because I know that's a daunting
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And there are tools out there
like Scribe and Tango.

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It will literally record.
You basically start it and say,

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I'm starting the process and it
will record the actual step by

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step with screenshots with the,
OK, click this button.

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OK, go here, OK, do this.
And it records step by step for

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you those processes.
And now with AI and everything

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that's going on, you can take a
document like that and feed it

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into AI and say, hey, this is my
current process.

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Where are there inefficiencies
or where can I be more efficient

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in this entire process?
Are there tools out there that

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can streamline what I'm doing?
Or is there a better way to do

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what I'm doing?
And all it takes is you just

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kind of going through that
process to document it.

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And I think that that's a much
more efficient approach to going

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about some of this stuff.
Matt in the chat said my

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learning developer brain wants
to yell at you, Nick, Matt was

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Can you, would you elaborate,
please?

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Yep, it's it's an instructional
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Similar tools to that are being
sold to corporations and big

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organizations that need learning
development content.

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And these apps purport to say,
hey, just put in your process

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documentation and you've got SO
PS for days.

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You don't need to hire, you
know, an 100K per year

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instructional designer with
years of experience learning

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developer knowledge and the
ability to construct things that

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allow people to learn
appropriately.

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You just put in a bunch of PDFs
that suck and it'll create all

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the content for you.
This kind of instructional

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design snark is showing through
a lot on the Internet, and I

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think a lot of the opinions
coming out of that.

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The tools aren't great, but
they're not great for learning

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development in large
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That's not to say that they
aren't great for other purposes.

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So that's why the learning
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Nick, not the podcaster.
OK, cool, cool.

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And Nick, I know you can't say
anything, but aren't you kind of

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working on something that would
be appropriate for this

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conversation?
Now you don't have to get into

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too many details if you're not
ready yet, but I know you've

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been posting a little bit on
LinkedIn about it.

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I was thinking about this when
we started diving into the

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conversation and yeah, it I've
been in works of developing an

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app.
Basically what what the app is

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right now is a project
management tool, a task tracking

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tool where it looks at the tasks
you're doing.

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And it will at this point give
you some very basic analytics on

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as to when you are being most
productive and how long it's

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taking you to do specific tasks.
And the idea is to take that to

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the next step and say like
inject AI into that to take a

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look at what you're doing to
give you suggestions on how to

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be more productive and things
like that.

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So it doesn't necessarily play
into the exact workflow that

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you're using, but basically tell
you if what you're doing is in

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an efficient manner or not.
Thanks, Nick.

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Appreciate it.
And I know we have Janaid on

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stage as well, and Janaid's also
working on a tool.

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We're going to come back to you,
Janaid, and because I want you

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to share a little bit more about
what you're up to as well.

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But I do want to also keep this
conversation going.

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And since we're talking about
tools, let's keep that going.

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But I want to take it in a
slightly different direction.

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There are lots of all in One
tools that are out there.

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Does anyone believe in the all
in And, you know, maybe it's

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right for some, not right for
others.

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It depends, as with everything,
but I think the key question

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with an all in one solution
tends to be how much time do you

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have and how much budget do you
have?

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And if budget is low and
something like Riverside comes

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out as an all in one that gives
you everything, then it makes

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sense to dedicate your time to
that.

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If you have infinite time,
potentially infinite money as

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well.
You can try a bunch of different

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things, but I think it depends
on each person.

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Again, like what I said before,
someone who isn't interested in

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learning everything about
podcasting and every part of

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their process may have a big
budget, but if they have a low

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budget then the all in one
becomes a lot more attractive.

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It comes with lots of
limitations too, but maybe you

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write them off just in your own
context.

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Is not having enough money to
piece out your own workflow.

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I'm the type of person that the
all in It really has to solve

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those problems though.
It really has to be an all in

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one.
You know, I don't want, you

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know, 1 area that it's
particularly strong in and

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another area where it's not.
But at the same time, as long if

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it's got multiple solutions that
it's, or multiple ways that it's

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solving my problems, I'm still
going to be very open to it.

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And Riverside and I, that's kind
of the relationship I have with

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it.
It does have all the things now

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and I would say I probably use
50 to 70% of them.

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It's helped speed up a lot of my
process for me.

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A quick example is when I'm
creating video shorts from our

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episodes, I used to do it where
I pull it out from, you know,

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export it from Riverside and
then go into another tool.

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At the time it was Minvo, but
for those who may not know,

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Minvo, similar to Opus.
And then I would put it in there

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and do all my editing and export
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So that that was an felt like an
extra step.

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And then I think at one point I
really over complicated it.

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I think I did a first pass of
editing in Riverside, then

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pulled it out, then put it into
Minvo, and then did more

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production in Minvo because it
had extra tools that Riverside

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didn't have or it didn't like
the tools that they had.

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But since then, Riverside has
really evolved and now I'm for

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the most part, with the couple
of exceptions, for the most

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part, I'm making my shorts just
all in Riverside.

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It just makes it easier and less
overwhelming.

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I'm not having to go back and
forth, export, put it in this

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folder.
Then I got to go back to the

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folder and import it into
another application.

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And then I got to export that
out of that application when I'm

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finished.
It's just a lot.

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So I, I'm a fan personally.
And again, I agree with Matt

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wholeheartedly.
I think that this comes down to

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the person and how how how well
they work with a tool like that.

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I saw some others wanted to
comment as well and please

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00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,640
forgive me because I kind of
went on a tangent and and didn't

451
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,120
write down who I saw.
Dominic, I'll go to you.

452
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:15,040
I really wish I could find all
in one tool, but it's just one

453
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:20,120
of those things where the type
of content and and shows that I

454
00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:25,040
create is like it's just I'm not
hopeful that I'll ever find one,

455
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,840
but that that's OK though, like
like Matt was saying, is kind of

456
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,840
teach his own.
It's just one of those things

457
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,960
where it really is about the art
for me.

458
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,880
And so it was like, I'm not a
starving artist, but it is one

459
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,720
of those things where it's like
I don't mind going through that

460
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,440
process because at the end of
the day, the quality of the work

461
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:51,160
really does matter.
And I'm pretty sure we all know

462
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:55,400
have that same type of standard
for whatever it is that we're

463
00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,440
doing.
But for me it's it's just the

464
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:03,040
necessary battle scar.
If I have to go to Riverside for

465
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,480
this and the script for that,
and Opus for this and Adobe

466
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,560
Audition for that, then so be
it.

467
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,440
It just is what it is.
I'm with you, Dominic.

468
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,760
Over the years I've gotten used
to having to bounce around

469
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,360
between different tools and
I've, I think I've just come to

470
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,600
accept that I'm going to have to
use different tools for

471
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:25,280
different things.
And if I can like Riverside, if

472
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,480
I can find that one tool that I
can do multiple things within,

473
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,360
and then it makes the other apps
that I need to use, the other

474
00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:36,760
tools I need to use a little
more tolerable, a little less of

475
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,240
having to bounce around.
I think most of us as content

476
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,160
creators have gotten used to,
whether we like it or not, we've

477
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,760
gotten used to the fact that
there are multiple tools we have

478
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,040
to bounce around.
Ashley, I know you had a

479
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,160
question.
You want to ask that now?

480
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,520
So part of what sparked this
conversation is I feel like I'm

481
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:57,560
on the cusp of progression, but
I'll admit and say I'm a little

482
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,080
scared.
And I'm not even sure what I'm

483
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,480
scared of.
And part of it is I'm just so

484
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,880
set in my ways with how I do
things.

485
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,880
And I know that I need to break
up with a certain tool that I'm

486
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:13,440
using, which is descript.
And I was wondering, in any of

487
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:18,880
y'all's experience, when do you
know it's time to start phasing

488
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,280
it out?
How long does it take you to

489
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,880
phase out a tool?
And what does that process look

490
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,680
like going from you're
gradually, we'll say weaning

491
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:32,360
yourself off that old tool until
you're finally, this is the new

492
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:37,280
thing in the chain.
I think for you, Ashley, the big

493
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:41,760
thing is I know you're throwing
around a script and possibly

494
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,040
going other avenues for editing
and things like that.

495
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,840
Edit an entire episode with
another platform.

496
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:51,800
Learn the platform, don't
necessarily pull the pin on the

497
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:57,640
script as a whole just yet, but
basically take a look at what

498
00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,440
this other platform can do for
you.

499
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:04,000
And once you edit an episode,
you kind of get a feel for it.

500
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,200
You added another episode, you
get more of a feel for it and

501
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,800
you can kind of gauge at that
point like is this going to be a

502
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,960
better tool for what I need
versus what the script can give

503
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,680
me?
But you're not necessarily

504
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,960
throwing away the script and
just saying, all right, I'm I'm

505
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,160
all in on this other tool that I
don't understand.

506
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:23,760
You're giving time to practice
and play with it.

507
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:29,000
I mean, think of how much time
you've spent with this script to

508
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,560
essentially master it to the
point where you can just get

509
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,800
into the platform and start
doing the things that you do.

510
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,400
To me, that's where the kind of
the fear sets in is like, I've

511
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,840
spent all this time to
understand and really know the

512
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,160
process to where when I get in
the platform, I know what I'm

513
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,040
going to do next and jump into a
new tool.

514
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,240
It's like I don't know what I'm
going to do next because I don't

515
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,080
know how to necessarily use it
to the best of my ability.

516
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,520
The only thing that you can do
is take one step at a time, do 1

517
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,240
episode.
It might take you a little

518
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,040
longer than it used to, but
you're going to understand it

519
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,440
better that time.
And it's getting that repetition

520
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:03,720
to the point where you're like,
you know what?

521
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,880
There are ways that I can use
this more efficiently than I'm

522
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,840
using the script or I'm taking
more advantage of Davinci

523
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,840
Resolve over the script because
I use these tools and I don't

524
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,760
use these tools in the script.
It's just a matter of spending

525
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,480
the time with it, which I know
most people don't like to hear.

526
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,120
They're like, I don't have
enough time.

527
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,720
That is what it comes down to.
And I think that's the

528
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,080
challenge, at least for me, I'll
speak for myself, but that's the

529
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,840
challenge is the time.
Because let's say like we're

530
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,240
thinking about Ashley here for a
second and the fact that, OK, if

531
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:41,160
the script is one of her main
tools for editing and she knows

532
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,640
she wants to move on for
whatever her reasons are, she

533
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,480
wants to move on to something
else.

534
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,160
That means it's going to take
her time.

535
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,760
There's a learning curve, it's
going to disrupt that workflow,

536
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,640
right?
She's, you know, like with with

537
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,600
the podcasting morning chat,
although I think I'm very

538
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,480
liberal with when it actually
needs to post.

539
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,120
I don't give Ashley a deadline.
It must post by then.

540
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,760
But what we do try to do is post
the show, get it all edited,

541
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:15,080
polished, ready to to go before
it turns 12:00, right, because

542
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,480
it's the podcasting morning
chat.

543
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,280
So the goal is, let's get this
out in the morning just for

544
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,240
integrity, right?
And it's not the end of the

545
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,600
world.
The other day, we had issues on

546
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,680
Monday and it didn't get out
till like 2 or 3:00.

547
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,360
And so be it, right?
But there's a lot of pressure.

548
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:34,880
So Ashley can't just switch
from, say, descript to Riverside

549
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,280
if she doesn't have a lot of
experience with Riverside

550
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,240
because it's going to slow her
down probably considerably.

551
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,840
And I'm not just saying that
because it's Ashley.

552
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,120
That would be for many of us.
I think that's the big

553
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:47,720
challenge.
Go ahead, Janae.

554
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,960
Hey, good morning everyone.
I love work flows and systems.

555
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,280
And one thing that I keep coming
back to in my mind is which

556
00:31:55,280 --> 00:32:01,520
stage of your workflow are you
in and which stage needs which

557
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,000
tool?
So for example, there's 4 stages

558
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,080
in my, in my perspective,
there's pre production, there's

559
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,960
production, post production and
then distribution.

560
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:15,400
So look at which stage you're in
and which tool fits that stage

561
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,680
because that's going to help you
understand.

562
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,320
OK, I'm swapping out this tool
for this stage and it makes

563
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,000
sense.
And that's where Dominic was

564
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,080
saying, you know, he he likes
the different tools because he

565
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:29,440
like the creative aspect, but
maybe other tools don't have

566
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,040
these stages defined.
And that's what makes a

567
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,840
difference between the all one
tools versus the tools that are

568
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:41,200
dedicated for one aspect alone.
Yeah, Thank you, Janae.

569
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,960
Appreciate that insight a lot.
And I should probably have also

570
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,960
offered, Well then how do you
deal with the situation that I

571
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:53,800
just described using Ashley as
an example, the way I personally

572
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,560
do it, especially with an
editing tool, let's be specific,

573
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,480
right, With editing tools, how
I've done it in the past.

574
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:07,800
I will continue to edit in the
the app that I normally use.

575
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,880
So let's take today as an
example.

576
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,880
This show ends.
Let's say I'm going to go right

577
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,680
after and start editing.
I'm going to go to my go to

578
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,360
editing tool.
I'm going to do the whole thing

579
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,600
that I normally do.
And then I'm going to carve out

580
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:25,040
some time, ideally later today
to go use that new tool and try

581
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,320
to recreate what I just did a
few hours ago.

582
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:30,960
I think that's your best bet
because now you have that

583
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:36,000
familiarity with the episode.
You know how you edited it and

584
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,320
then you can go in with this new
tool and do a practice round.

585
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:44,120
Yes, it's annoying, right?
Because it's time consuming to

586
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,960
me.
That's how I learn quickest when

587
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,760
it comes to a new editing tool.
It's taking the time to edit the

588
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,480
way I normally would and then
instantly moving into that new

589
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,920
tool and seeing if I can
recreate that process.

590
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,720
And I make mistakes along the
way and I learn from those

591
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,440
mistakes and eventually then I
get there.

592
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,880
Ashley in the chat says she
likes that suggestion.

593
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,960
I'm I'm glad Ashley.
OK, let's go to Dominic.

594
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,120
And we got to start wrapping up
this part of the conversation to

595
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,719
move into something else wins
from our week.

596
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,080
But first, let's check in with
Dominic, and then we'll see if

597
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:20,000
anyone else wants to chime in.
Ashley, as you meet, you know me

598
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,320
and you are kindred spirits were
artists by nature, right?

599
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:28,960
And and so I think as we start
to evolve our artistry, I think

600
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,040
sometimes the tools just have to
subside and grow with us.

601
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,360
Like right now.
I was just having a conversation

602
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:39,920
with my wife last night and it
made me realize that I'm going

603
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,600
through a breakup with Adobe
Edition at this moment as I

604
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:47,840
transition from podcaster to
documentarian and really using

605
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,679
more video with the storytelling
and stuff like that.

606
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:55,880
Adobe Edition may not be the
right tool anymore.

607
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,320
So now I'm going through that
learning process as it relates

608
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,880
to, we're going to go with cap
cut, am I going to go with Adobe

609
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,480
Premiere or whatever the case
may be.

610
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,360
And so I think if the art that
you're trying to create or that

611
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,800
you're trying to evolve to
requires different tools, I

612
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,320
think that's probably the
biggest indicator that maybe

613
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,360
it's time to transition to
something else, if that helps.

614
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,280
And also that learning piece is
critical because now I'll go and

615
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:28,280
say, hey, let me go check out
Ken Burns's American Revolution

616
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,600
to see what that looks like.
Oh, how can I recreate that for

617
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,480
myself or whatever the case may
be, not necessarily to take

618
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,120
from, but be inspired by.
And then just try to find the

619
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:42,600
necessary tools that relates to
what you're trying to do.

620
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,720
Hopefully some of them have not
a steeper learning curve as

621
00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:49,760
others, and as long as the art
is the most important thing at

622
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:54,360
the top of that funnel, at least
for me, then the tools kind of

623
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,560
follow that arc if you will.
But hope that helps at all.

624
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,400
Yeah, well, I think it was
because I saw Ashley throwing

625
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,840
some hearts at over your way.
So I think that did stick.

626
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,880
And I appreciate what Ashley
said also in the chat, what I

627
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,480
was saying about the different
tools and how to practice and

628
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,400
all that.
She says it's like learning to

629
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,960
play a song on a different
instrument versus one.

630
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,880
Yeah, I hear that.
Just playing back to the what

631
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,240
Dominic said about the two of
them being artists.

632
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,840
Yeah, that's a good analogy,
Ashley.

633
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:28,520
OK, so I'll ask this one last
question and you can apply this

634
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,520
to workflow.
You can apply this to tools,

635
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,800
whatever however you want to.
What would you simplify if you

636
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,080
rebuilt today?
What's an area that you would

637
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:43,400
look to simplify, improve, maybe
replace a tool?

638
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,120
If you could snap your fingers
and know that it would be a

639
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,440
smooth transition today, where
would you go first?

640
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,560
Would it be your editing?
Would it be somewhere else?

641
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,440
I think for me, it's probably it
is always workflow and Sid's

642
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,800
going to chime in.
So I'll I'll say something after

643
00:36:58,800 --> 00:36:59,560
that.
Go ahead, Sid.

644
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,520
I was going to say, for me, the
the first thing that I would

645
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:06,440
look at trying to simplify is
anything that's like a mundane

646
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:10,280
task.
So sending a sponsor contract

647
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,560
out, having them fill in the
blanks and you know, is that all

648
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,320
these tedious little, I hate to
call them administrative tasks,

649
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,800
but that's really what they are.
If I could simplify all those

650
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,240
tasks, man, that's the first
place I would start.

651
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:26,480
Yeah, I feel that, Sid.
I'll keep it going and go to

652
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,280
Ashley.
Ashley, did you want to chime in

653
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,680
too?
Yeah, I think it would be my

654
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,520
order of operations.
That's the thing I question the

655
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:38,600
most is am I doing things in the
most constructive order?

656
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,560
I'm like, am I really doing this
in an order that's great for the

657
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,040
overall project?
And if I could find a way to

658
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,960
streamline if that's effective,
that would be awesome.

659
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:49,920
Cool.
Thank you, Ashley.

660
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,880
Appreciate that answer.
And OK, we're going to

661
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:54,480
transition.
Oh, here, I'll do this.

662
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,400
We're going to transition into
wins from the week in a moment.

663
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,480
So I'm going to ask if you're in
the audience right now, come up

664
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,640
and share any win that you've
had this week.

665
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,280
We don't judge the size of the
wins, so don't don't let that

666
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,000
stop you.
A win's a win in our opinion,

667
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,520
and they're all worth
celebrating.

668
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,200
So come on up if you want to
share any of your wins.

669
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:20,360
Extra bonus points if they are
podcast related, but don't have

670
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:21,880
to be.
This is a community and we like

671
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:25,400
to share each other's wins, no
matter what stage, what arena,

672
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,600
what area of your life.
So come on up and do that.

673
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,480
But first, I just want to
quickly go to Janae because I, I

674
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:36,280
mentioned it earlier, Janae's
been also working on a tool that

675
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,960
I think fits some of this
conversation.

676
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:42,520
I don't know if it's ready for
everybody to start playing with

677
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,520
yet, but I do want to give Janae
an opportunity to share if you

678
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,600
would like Janae.
So there's been a problem that

679
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:53,040
I've been facing that I've been
wanting to solve for the past

680
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:57,440
three plus years and I've
interviewed agency owners and

681
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,240
how they do the thing.
So I was like, what if there was

682
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:02,320
a tool that could solve all of
these problems?

683
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:08,360
And I had plenty of in a free
time last four weeks that was

684
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:12,360
able to build that tool for me.
So that's something in Alpha

685
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,600
Stage right now that I've been
testing and cleaning up and

686
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,000
getting ready for Beta Stage,
and I'll be announcing it next

687
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,280
week at Pod Fest.
So cool.

688
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,840
There you go.
Nice Janae, way to go.

689
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:26,800
So you want to wait until pod
Fest?

690
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,080
Because I know that you had you
were taking some beta testers,

691
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:34,000
but you want to wait to share
the official link until next

692
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,200
week.
I mean I can share here too you.

693
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,000
Don't have to, I'm not trying.
To.

694
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:41,920
I'm not trying to.
I've got a pretty big backlog to

695
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,520
Phil, but I'm happy to share the
link in the in the notes right

696
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,920
here, OK.
Cool, he'll put it in the chat.

697
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,800
We'll put it in the show notes.
Unless you don't want us to.

698
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,720
Janae, you let Ashley know.
OK, let's do it, gang.

699
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,920
So let's do it.
Let's share some wins from this

700
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,760
past week.
I guess the best way to do it is

701
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,480
let's just go down the line and
I'm going to encourage.

702
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,680
I know I did it in the chat, but
I'm encouraging you in the

703
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:16,120
audience right now, listening
live here on Clubhouse or if

704
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:20,200
you're watching on YouTube or
Facebook or elsewhere, it's

705
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,920
time.
Share your wins.

706
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,160
If you're on, if you're on
something other than Clubhouse,

707
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,840
just go ahead.
Even if you're listening on the

708
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,520
podcast via Spotify, share them
in the comments.

709
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:30,640
Share your wins.
But if you're in the audience,

710
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:34,120
come on up and share any wins.
Thank you.

711
00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:36,840
I see it.
I love it when I say it and then

712
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,800
somebody heeds the call.
So that's how we're going to

713
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,720
start.
We're going to go to you.

714
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:45,240
Meg, please share some wins from
your week.

715
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:47,040
Good morning.
Good morning.

716
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,280
Happy New Year.
Yeah.

717
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:53,920
So today, today was the first
day that I aired as an expert

718
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:59,840
contributor on iheart syndicated
to Boston, Springfield,

719
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:05,400
Worcester, Cape Cod, Providence.
So I'll be every week I'm going

720
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,200
to be on an I heart show and
they're going to do a segment

721
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,600
every Friday on health and
nutrition.

722
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,040
And today we did.
Are you a supplement nut case?

723
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,440
And that was our our topic.
My my wife might need to listen

724
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,480
to that episode.
Meg, do you want to share the

725
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,520
actual show that you're doing
this on?

726
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:30,760
It's called the Jim Polito Show.
He's a syndicated person in New

727
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,840
England.
He's very, very popular.

728
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:35,600
So I'm really blessed to get
this opportunity.

729
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,960
And at the same time, I get to
change the way you think about

730
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:40,160
food.
That's what I was put on this

731
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,360
earth to do, so I'm really
excited.

732
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:43,880
I love that.
Meg.

733
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,400
Congratulations.
That's awesome, really exciting.

734
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,880
And I will, I'm, I'm not
kidding, I will absolutely make

735
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,960
sure my wife listens to that
particular segment.

736
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,920
Is it already out there or did
you just record it this morning?

737
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,000
We just recorded this morning,
but I'll, I'll, I'll bring it at

738
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,320
some point.
OK, awesome.

739
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:02,960
Please do.
Please do.

740
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,960
And if you want to put a link to
that show in the in the chat

741
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,600
here and we'll put it in the
show notes.

742
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000
All right, let's keep it moving
down the line.

743
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,320
And again, come on up live
audience.

744
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,560
I see all of you there.
Come up and share.

745
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,640
Don't be shy.
This is the fun part.

746
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,640
This is where you get to you get
to really be proud of yourself

747
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,360
and and have some people
cheering you on along the way.

748
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,920
Dr. Would you share a win with
us?

749
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:33,360
As much as I love having
downtime and vacation days, and

750
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:37,200
there was a few days that I
didn't even come into the room

751
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:43,240
where the computer is, as much
as I love that, I still crave

752
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:50,920
some kind of routine and I'm
just so happy to be back in that

753
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:54,360
routine stage.
For me, the whole world kind of

754
00:42:54,360 --> 00:43:00,560
shuts down between Halloween and
the first Monday after the first

755
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,640
of the year of the new year.
So now that we're past that,

756
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:08,640
we're getting back into the
routine and that's I'm, that's

757
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,360
me and my happy place.
Nice.

758
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,040
I like that.
Thank you, Dr. Congratulations.

759
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,400
I'm going to keep it moving,
Ralph.

760
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,600
Good morning again.
Please share a win or two with

761
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,160
us.
I've got 3.

762
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:24,560
So first when I hit 200,000
subscribers on my untruth

763
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,400
unveiled YouTube channel which
I'm just over the moon about.

764
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,760
Second, when my new channel, the
content creators Accountant, I

765
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:34,360
hit 20,000 subscribers.
And the third win for me is I've

766
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:37,720
really leaned in this week to
LinkedIn and I am building a ton

767
00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:40,680
of connections over there.
So those are my three wins for

768
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,040
the week.
Congratulations.

769
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:45,040
I have seen you making efforts
over on LinkedIn.

770
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,960
That's really cool.
And I have to follow up that,

771
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,880
that YouTube channel with
200,000 subscribers.

772
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,200
Awesome.
Congratulations.

773
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:57,040
And is that the same channel
that just recently, maybe a

774
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:59,360
month ago you were at 100,000
or?

775
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:03,040
Yes, that's correct, Mike.
Yeah, it was about 28 days ago,

776
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,520
maybe 35 days ago.
I was at 100,000.

777
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,320
Yeah, it's really taken off and
it's a spiritual channel, so

778
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,200
it's not for everybody, but it
is definitely growing.

779
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,680
So yeah, just great.
Humbled by the whole thing to be

780
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:15,520
honest.
Ralph, amazing.

781
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,080
And and I want to make it clear
when I yeah, yes, it is an

782
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:23,480
impressive number.
And I also know that we, we here

783
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:27,240
try to encourage people not to
worry so much about those big

784
00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:30,120
numbers, right.
But what I'm really focusing on

785
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:32,920
is that jump.
He went from 100, it was like a

786
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:36,320
month ago 100,000 and already
he's now hit over 200.

787
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:41,880
That's really impressive.
Yeah, 55,197 in the last 28

788
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:43,600
days.
I just popped up my stats here.

789
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:45,960
That's amazing, Ralph.
Congratulations.

790
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,640
Really.
All right, let's go to Ashley.

791
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,080
Ashley, you want to share some
wins with us?

792
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:53,320
The first win for this week is
the start of this year.

793
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,440
I decided to stop neglecting my
health.

794
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:01,240
I went for it to the doctor for
the first time in five years and

795
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,360
that was a win.
All of it itself, just getting

796
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,880
some medical attention.
And my other win for the week is

797
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,360
actually a client win.
But I'm just so proud of her.

798
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:13,600
I can't not share this.
She's got 2 new national

799
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,760
sponsors, one of which is
American Home Shield and the

800
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,720
other one is Pepsi, so I think
that's a big deal.

801
00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:22,960
I'm proud of her.
Which show is that?

802
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,640
If you if you can share.
So it's my happy ass life.

803
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:29,080
Oh, yes, that's right.
That's one of her other clients.

804
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,680
Very cool.
Congratulations.

805
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,240
Please send our congratulations
to her as well.

806
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,000
Sid, you're up.
Gosh, I have so many things.

807
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:41,800
I got my podcast page updated.
I created all the outline for

808
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:45,320
our community page.
I got it updated and it's live

809
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,240
about joining our what I'm
calling our insider community,

810
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:51,920
which is a paid community for my
podcast listeners.

811
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:56,000
I recorded episode 170 with my
guest.

812
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:59,520
I recorded twice.
Unfortunately, my energy was not

813
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:02,040
all that great.
My new trailer that's coming out

814
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:07,600
on January 19th for season 7.
So yeah, it's been a really,

815
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,360
really busy week, but grateful
for all of it.

816
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:14,720
And I will say I am in the I'm
actually hiring a marketing

817
00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:17,280
coordinator.
Have a full job description.

818
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:20,720
If any of you know someone who
does podcast marketing, I have a

819
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:23,360
full list of things.
So please reach out to me.

820
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,600
It's probably about 10 to 20
hours a week.

821
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:30,080
I'm not sure exactly, I'm
guessing that, but I do have a

822
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,000
job description.
If you know anybody or if you're

823
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,080
interested, please reach out to
me.

824
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:34,160
Thanks, Mark.
Yeah.

825
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:38,080
Congratulations on all of that.
Sid, please put that link here

826
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:40,280
and we will share that out with
everybody.

827
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,400
And shoot, there was one other
thing I wanted to ask you.

828
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,560
Come back to me, please.
All right, I'll have to at some

829
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:51,560
point, Sid, we need to talk
again and get a new update and

830
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:53,920
really go through all the
different things that you've

831
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:55,960
been building.
I know we kind of got that

832
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,680
preview as you were planning
before the new year.

833
00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:02,960
I'd love to catch up with you
here on the show and do that

834
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:06,040
with you sometime soon that.
'D be my pleasure.

835
00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:07,640
Awesome.
Very cool.

836
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:10,280
Matt Bliss, you're up.
You want to share a win or two

837
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,360
with us?
I guess my win for this week is

838
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,000
probably that I'm taking it
slow.

839
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:20,680
This is my first week back to
podcast work and I'm going to be

840
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:24,480
transitioning to a different
kind of a different way that I

841
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:30,640
help podcasters in the future.
But it's super easy, especially

842
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,200
when so much is in front of you
to take on and plan to do a lot

843
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:38,840
and then get like 10% of it done
and then feel horrible about

844
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:42,080
yourself.
So I'm trying to get out of that

845
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:46,680
habit and just easing my way
into into getting things going.

846
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,520
But this is a big year for me.
I'm not sure if I've mentioned

847
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:54,040
it on this show before, but I
did a yearly theme with someone

848
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:57,040
I met through the podcast and
through the YouTube space

849
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:01,080
Valentine Fakash last year.
And my yearly theme is the theme

850
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:02,960
of rebuilding.
I'll be breaking down a lot of

851
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:06,920
stuff and building up some
better habits in all aspects of

852
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:11,360
what I'm up to like health,
habits, work, all the good

853
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:12,920
stuff.
So watch this space.

854
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,360
Yeah, congratulations, Matt.
You definitely have piqued my

855
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:20,160
interest as well.
And kudos to you for recognizing

856
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:23,480
it's time for your rebuild and
looking forward to watching you

857
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,640
rebuild and grow.
Yeah, and if obviously anything

858
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:30,080
I can do to help, please let me
know.

859
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:33,200
And Nick, I'm coming to you now.
Share some wins with us.

860
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:36,560
Mine for this week, we kind of
talked about it in a little bit,

861
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:40,280
but the the app that I'm
building right now, I mean kind

862
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:44,240
of a big breakthrough in that
for a while was really

863
00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:48,360
struggling with some major bugs
that basically broke the entire

864
00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:50,280
thing and I could not figure it
out.

865
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:55,280
And finally just before the we
took a break, I figured it out

866
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:59,160
and got through that and now it
seems like everything is kind of

867
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:01,320
coming together with it.
Everything's, I feel like

868
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:05,320
progressing in it.
So we implemented a lot of new

869
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:08,960
features into the application,
which is awesome.

870
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:13,440
And I'm going to be opening it
up to more beta users next week

871
00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:15,720
actually.
So that's that's my big.

872
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,000
Win for the week.
Thank you, Nick.

873
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,120
And I have to pause and say, you
know, look at that.

874
00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:23,520
The the lesson that I just got
out of that is the fact that,

875
00:49:24,040 --> 00:49:26,160
you know, Nick said he was ready
to give up on it.

876
00:49:26,160 --> 00:49:29,480
And he kind of had for a period
of time.

877
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,760
I don't remember if he said it
was probably a few weeks at the

878
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:35,960
very least, maybe a little more.
And it's just interesting

879
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:37,960
because sometimes that's just
all we need.

880
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:39,960
We need to walk away.
And even if we're saying, OK,

881
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:42,200
we're done, I'm, I'm not looking
at this again.

882
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:46,720
You're creating space to walk
away, to stop beating your head

883
00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:49,840
against the wall and to focus on
some other things.

884
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,240
And, and your brain is
processing in the in the

885
00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:54,560
background.
And if you just stop once in

886
00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:58,000
awhile and listen, once that
brain is done processing, you

887
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,440
might find a new way to go about
that thing that's been giving

888
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:03,360
you trouble.
And I think that's a great

889
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,400
lesson to apply to all of the
things we've been talking about

890
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:09,840
today.
Dominic, you're up, my friend.

891
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:14,080
Please share some wins.
Recently I just released my

892
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:17,240
short film In town Forever,
which basically was just like a

893
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,560
a city reel of Memphis.
It just showing some of the

894
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:24,480
great shots and and stuff of
Memphis that I love and choose

895
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,840
nine O 1, which is a big
organization here in the city.

896
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,720
Reposted my video, my film,
which is really cool.

897
00:50:31,720 --> 00:50:35,240
And the cool thing about that is
that like, not only do they have

898
00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:38,200
a large following, but many of
the people who follow choose

899
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:41,560
nine O 1 are civic leaders.
And so some of those civic

900
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:45,840
leaders have already reached out
about, you know, a possible

901
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,800
sequel to the film and maybe
throwing some money behind it.

902
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,480
So that's always cool.
Very cool.

903
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,800
That's my win.
Congratulations, Dominic.

904
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:57,360
And I know I've shared before,
really loving the content that

905
00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,000
you've been putting out on
social media.

906
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:04,560
That drone footage stuff is so
cool and it definitely makes me,

907
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,080
it piques my interest in
curiosity about a drone.

908
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:12,440
My dad has one, nothing like the
ones that you have, but we did

909
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:16,160
fly it a couple months ago when
I went to visit and it is a lot

910
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,880
of fun.
So, yeah, I you never know,

911
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,160
maybe I'll have one of these
things at some point too.

912
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:25,120
Dominic, congratulations.
Looking forward to continuing to

913
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:28,240
watch your journey.
And now let's go to Yvonne.

914
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:31,320
I don't think we've had a chance
to talk yet since the new year.

915
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:36,800
Please share some wins.
I am currently on my way to go

916
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:41,920
to PT for my broken elbow, which
is healing up, but I feel like

917
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:47,600
I've been in an in an in between
time quite a bit and it, you

918
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,920
know, it's uncomfortable being
in that space.

919
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:53,840
But I had an article go out
about that on Cool on the Cool

920
00:51:53,840 --> 00:52:00,400
Life platform today, and it also
applies to this week's episode

921
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:03,680
on Late Bloomer Living about
curiosity.

922
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:08,360
The whole month of January is
devoted to the idea of how

923
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:11,840
curiosity and playfulness go
together.

924
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:16,080
And you are going to be part of
that series Mark episode and

925
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:20,640
your journey into testing out
improv and all those things.

926
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:24,040
So I'm really excited for this
month's programming on the

927
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:28,640
podcast.
And the big thing that happened

928
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:34,640
is that I, I got a, a crazy idea
for a novel and I am not, I have

929
00:52:34,640 --> 00:52:40,360
never considered myself to be a
writer, but this thing is, is

930
00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:45,440
just really intriguing me.
Since I decided to dive into it,

931
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:50,160
I've been doing little bits
every day on thinking about

932
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:52,160
world building.
It's sci-fi.

933
00:52:52,240 --> 00:52:56,480
I am a sci-fi girl.
And I'm really excited to be

934
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:58,640
stepping.
You know, I'm just, I'm gonna,

935
00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:02,800
I'm leaning into what I talk
about on the podcast, which is

936
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:05,880
it's never too late.
And so I'm like, what am I, Why

937
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:08,480
am I limiting myself?
Why am I telling myself that I

938
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:12,120
am not a writer?
I am just going to lean in and

939
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:13,320
see what happens.
And this could.

940
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:16,720
I have no idea how long it'll
take, but I'm excited about it

941
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:20,560
and it's fun so far.
Yvonne, thank you for sharing

942
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:23,120
that and congratulations.
That is so cool.

943
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:27,040
And yeah, I love when our own
words of wisdom come back.

944
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:30,480
I'll say to bite us, right?
It's like, oh, yeah, I am

945
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:32,120
preaching that.
Let me try it.

946
00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:34,920
And I feel the inspiration
coming out of you.

947
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:38,760
It's really exciting to hear.
And it's so funny, this world of

948
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,080
podcasting.
And I'm thinking about Dominic

949
00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:46,560
here because, you know, we come
into podcasting and we, you

950
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:50,120
know, first some of us takes a
while to wear that hat, right?

951
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:53,200
Like, oh, I'm a podcaster.
But then we have a lot of us

952
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:55,880
then eventually evolve and
embrace the idea.

953
00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:59,280
And, but we don't think this is
going to turn into anything

954
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:00,880
else.
We just look at it solely for

955
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,400
what it is.
And you know, I, I look at

956
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:06,720
Yvonne, who I, I'm going to
already say is now becoming a

957
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:09,240
writer.
And Dominic, I know look you,

958
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:13,200
he's podcaster and I know he's
becoming a video document

959
00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:18,760
documentarian now as well.
We evolve the creativity doesn't

960
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:23,320
contain to just podcasting it.
It starts to spread as we

961
00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:25,680
explore the the world of
podcasting.

962
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:29,360
So it's just cool.
It's exciting to see how you all

963
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:33,120
continue to grow and evolve, how
we all continue to grow and

964
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:34,600
evolve.
Thank you for sharing that,

965
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:36,760
Yvonne.
I will quickly share my wins.

966
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:41,600
They are community style wins,
both Podfest related.

967
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,640
Earlier this week I hosted the
third and final Podfest speaker

968
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:48,160
call.
As some of you know, Podfest

969
00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:52,520
asked me if I would lead that
charge and build some community

970
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:55,560
around all of their 200 plus
speakers.

971
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:59,240
And we did a lot of great
virtual networking over the

972
00:54:59,240 --> 00:55:03,520
past, say, two months.
And I had a blast doing that.

973
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:06,440
And then the following day, I
think I did that Tuesday.

974
00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:10,280
And then on Wednesday, Podfest
had a virtual town hall.

975
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:17,800
And Chris Kremitsos really gave
me multiple times, spent time

976
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:23,800
giving me high praise for what I
do and for what I've been doing

977
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:27,360
for Podfest.
I was really touched and honored

978
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:31,800
by that and in that, well, maybe
not surprisingly, but just it's

979
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:34,440
taken me back a couple of times.
This is wasn't the first time

980
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:39,560
that he's done that and it was
really an honor just for

981
00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:44,320
somebody like him putting on
such big powerful events with

982
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:47,840
tight knit community.
It was just cool to get that

983
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:51,680
recognition.
So I'm celebrating those wins

984
00:55:51,720 --> 00:55:56,040
this week and we are back next
week with all new shows.

985
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:01,000
Thursday and Friday I will be
around but not leading the

986
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:04,440
charge because as I just said, I
will be at Podfest and I've got

987
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,960
commitments in the mornings and
I just don't want to rush around

988
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:11,520
and try to make everything work.
I've got to give myself a little

989
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:16,360
bit of breathing room.
But we've got some stuff covered

990
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:19,280
for you on those days that I'm
not here.

991
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:22,800
I also next week want to maybe
do a Podfest preview and really

992
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:24,920
talk about.
We do this at least once a year

993
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:29,000
where we talk about really
preparing to go to these big

994
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:31,200
conferences.
What, what can we do to get the

995
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:35,960
most out of them as attendees,
some of us are speakers, so

996
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:39,080
we'll even talk about as
speakers, how do we prepare,

997
00:56:39,240 --> 00:56:42,720
what do we, what should our
expectations and goals look

998
00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:45,600
like, etcetera.
So we'll do that as well next

999
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:50,880
week along with our usual themed
weeks like news and so on.

1000
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:55,160
So until Monday, make it a great
weekend.

1001
00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:56,440
Everybody take care.