The 1 Choice You Must Make Before the New Year Starts

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Good morning podcasting, Morning
Chat.

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Today is Friday, December 12th,
2025, and today it's about the

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choices shaping our future, what
we're saying yes to, what we're

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releasing, and how our community
is finding clarity heading into

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2026.
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Thanks for being here.
Good morning again, podcasting,

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Morning Chat.
Thanks so much for being here.

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

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have producer Ashley Feller, Dr.
Fay, Ralph E Step, BC Babbles

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and Matt Bliss has joined us as
well.

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I think Sid Meadows will be here
momentarily.

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I saw he had popped in the room
during the pre show and he had

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the little on clubhouse here we
have these little phone icons if

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a phone call has pulled us away
from Clubhouse and I saw that

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there.
So I figure he'll be back here

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after he gets that call.
And a good morning to our first

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couple people in the audience,
Dave and Nozzle.

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Good morning to both of you.
Good to have you here.

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And we're going to dive into, of
course, it's Friday, so we will

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do our wins from this past week.
But first, we're also going to

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get into a different kind of
prompt, something that I'd love

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to get into feels timely
considering we are at the end of

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2025.
I'll explain that in a moment.

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First couple of little
housekeeping notes for you

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Monday, Jonathan Howard's
Obsession Worthy podcast series

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continues and we'll be breaking
down the popular podcast You're

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Not Wrong About That.
And the show You're Not Wrong

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About That is considered a
conversational podcast where

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everyday opinions, hot takes,
and half formed thoughts get

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unpacked with curiosity and
humor.

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The hosts explore why people
believe what they believe, how

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perspectives are shaped, and
what happens when you slow down

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long enough to really examine a
point of view, even if you don't

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fully agree.
Certainly appreciate that

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concept.
The episode we'll dig into is

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titled Tonya Harding Part 1, the
story of the world class figure

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skater who worked at a mall
potato restaurant.

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Apparently in this description.
Funny enough, this description

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does not mention her.
Very controversial thing that

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happened in her life with Nancy
Kerrigan, but we will dig into

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that.
Jonathan says there is plenty to

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dig into about this podcast and
this particular episode and

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really what we can learn from
it.

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So stay tuned there.
And Thursday we're going to be

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evaluating an indie podcast for
our indie podcast evaluation

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series with the podcast called
Shared Delights.

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Your true stories and funniest
moments.

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These are 5 minute episodes, so
we're going to actually listen

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to a couple of these and review
them on the show this Thursday

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and shared delights is a
biweekly solo audio podcast for

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busy humans who want a light,
uplifting reset through short,

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true and funny stories.
New 5 to 6 minute episodes drops

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every second Wednesday on
Spotify and Dr. you actually

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already you jumped ahead, did
the homework early and listens

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to a little little bit.
So you want to share a little

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bit about this podcast?
I did.

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You know, the greatest thing
about us doing these evals is

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that it exposes me to a a bunch
of podcasts that I would never

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pick out myself to listen to,
but it's always an A really

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pleasant surprise.
So our host, her name is Rica.

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Rica is actually from Hungry and
she has an accent.

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This is her first outing with an
English speaking podcast.

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And she's very new to the
language as well.

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And she's very new and she's
very prolific.

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If she's new, then she's very
good at it.

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But I really think the biggest,
my biggest take away so far is

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that I think, remember
yesterday's eval where we were

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talking about how good his
pacing was and, you know, he

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would stop and then the music
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I think she could learn, pick up
a few tips from yesterday's

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eval.
I think that she needs to have

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some of these pauses so we can
digest what she just said.

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She has a tendency to speak this
new language very quickly.

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And so we have to get into the
listener, has to get into the

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rhythm of her, of her speech
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And so I think if she takes a
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little bit, it would give us
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Spoiler.
No, I'm so sorry, jumping.

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Ahead, well, we will dig into
this show more on Thursday and

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thank you Dr. I'm just teasing
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I appreciate you sharing a
little bit about it and yeah,

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really looking forward to
getting into this one.

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And Rica found us on LinkedIn
when we've talked about, or I've

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talked about these evaluation
episodes and she wanted to throw

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her hat into the ring.
So that's what we're going to

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do.
We're going to do this one for

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her.
She seems very passionate about

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her show for sure.
She posts a lot of behind the

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scenes stuff on social media,
which I respect and appreciate

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about a podcaster.
So we will dig into shared

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delights on Thursday of next
week, the final week of 2026.

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For this show.
We will take the last two weeks

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off as we have in the past 01.
Last thing for you.

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So we've been talking a lot,
especially after these

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evaluations that we've been
doing, how much a bumper a

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Stinger can really add to a
podcast, how it can also really

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help keep things engaging, keep
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And it's something that I don't
do enough of in my personal for

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my personal taste.
So that is a 2026 thing for me

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this year, a goal for me this
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And so I'm jumping ahead a
little bit for and doing some of

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the homework early.
And I decided, all right, here's

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how I think I want to do wins
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you know, that's what we're
going to do a little later in

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the show if there's time at this
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So I created two different
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I'll play it for you right now.
So whenever it's time for wins

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for the week, you might hear
this one.

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So I liked that one.
I felt like it was maybe a

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little too drawn out for my
taste, but I do kind of dig that

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one.
And here's the second one,

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shorter version.
Let's take some votes.

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Did you like the long version or
the short version?

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Who wants to go 1st?
And we'll only do this for a

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minute or two.
Let's go to Ralph and then we'll

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check in with Dr. Says short.
Go ahead, Ralph.

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So Dr. jumped in front of me.
Just kidding.

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No, I think short also.
You liked the short one better

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too?
OK, how about you BC?

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Funny enough, I like the long
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The short the short one with
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of.
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All right.
That's fair.

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Matt, go ahead.
I don't want to choose, but I

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want to make a suggestion.
Because the sounded AI generated

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of course.
What if the regular hosts here

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all said the same thing at the
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together to create a chorus that
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I like that idea a lot.
Thank you, Matt.

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And I think the way, maybe the
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feeling with the there's a
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So like if we tried it here, I
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little challenging.
And I think what we can do is

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I'll record the pacing, right?
Like I'll send you all me saying

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wins from the week, for example.
And then this way you guys can

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follow that cadence, that style,
that pattern, that rhythm, and

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then record it yourself.
And then I'll marry it all

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together.
I'd even do that for you.

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Well, that's more easy for me.
So yeah, I'll take that.

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Thank you.
I'll send the recording out and

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then we'll we'll send it all to
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Matt, Thank you.
That's awesome.

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I appreciate the effort.
All right, But for today I'll

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pick.
I'm going against the grain

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because BC and I like that one
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And I'll tell you the prompt for
that longer one was basically

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telling it to do a chant with a
group at a high school football

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game.
I just chose that.

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I told it no other audible
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I told it only one chant, no
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it there were there.
I did clean up the edit a little

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bit.
And the other one I just said

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the same type of prompt.
I didn't say a football game.

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I just said six adults standing
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Hopefully that's helpful to you
if that's something you're

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thinking about doing.
But I do like Matt's idea better

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of using real human voices
instead of an AI generated

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voice.
I don't have a bumper or music

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transition for you yet to move
into this next topic, today's

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topic, but I am going to set it
up for you right now and share

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really the meaning or the reason
behind this.

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As we look ahead to 2026, many
of us are carrying different

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goals or thinking maybe about
setting some goals, dreams,

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ideas, what have you.
But we're also carrying things,

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I think it's safe to assume,
like habits, commitments,

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patterns that may not fit where
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So let me use myself as an
example to explain more of what

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I mean.
One pattern I've become very

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aware of in myself is how often
I've treated rest and recovery

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as optional instead of
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And I might be, I might be a
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In other words, I don't know
that I'm really making it

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optional.
I think I've a lot of times this

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year have ignored that, and
especially years past.

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I'll just push through.
I'll tell myself I'll slow down

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later.
I'll prioritize my work, people

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in my life, which sometimes
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whatever the next thing is, and
I'll assume that I'll catch my

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breath at some point down the
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What I've learned is that it
doesn't lead to better work or

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better leadership.
It leads for me, I think, to

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burn out shorter patients, less
clarity, and me showing up, how

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do I put it showing up at less
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SO at the same time, I felt
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I'll call it a clear pull in the
opposite direction.

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A pull toward building my life
and work in a way that's more

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intentional.
Toward protecting my time and

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energy so I can actually show up
fully for the things that matter

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most.
Toward doing fewer things, but

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doing them better.
And especially with more

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presence and more trust in
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I think I rely less on myself
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or advice and insights of
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At least I have in the past.
So that contrast is what led me

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to today's question.
It's designed to help you pause

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and realign.
It asks you to think about two

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simple words that shape every
direction that we take.

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Those words.
Yes and no.

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A no creates space.
A yes sets intention.

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Both are forms of choice, and I
think both can be really

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powerful when you have that
clear intention and that clear

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understanding.
So what I want you to consider,

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what's one thing you're ready to
say no to in 2026?

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Something you're releasing or
stepping back from or leaving

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behind, however you want to put
it.

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And just as important, we'll
also get to what's one thing

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you're ready to say yes to,
something that supports who

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you're becoming and where you
want to go.

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And to be clear, no wrong
answers, right?

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It's about clarity, growth,
giving yourself permission to

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choose what matters to you.
And I see that Ralph wants to

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kick us off.
And Ralph, I know that this

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happens to be something on one
of your podcasts that you were

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just talking about recently.
So yeah, please share and you

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can share.
Both start with No's.

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Yeah, so my no for this year is
self doubt as an accountant,

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getting into the content space,
as a lot of people say, oh,

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you're just a boring bean
counter, what are you doing in

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the content realm?
And that's been tough for me

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because I don't have training in
improv and I don't have eloquent

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speaking voice and all that sort
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I'm a guy who does analytical
stuff and I've, it's a struggle

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for me because I've tried to go
out and create adventures and

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it's always coming back to,
yeah, but you're good at this,

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Ralph, why are you trying to do
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So one of the things for 2026 is
I'm just putting my head down

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and I'm going forward and I'm
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Let me stop you there and then
we'll get to your yes, yes, and

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thank you for sharing.
I will first say I would beg to

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differ about the eloquent
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I think you've got a great
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it, so I hope you get that out
of your head as far as self

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doubt is concerned.
Did you want to say something,

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Ralph?
No, no.

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I was going to say thank you.
That is very, very kind of you.

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Yeah, and I, it's my truth.
And I'm curious, how long has

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that whole thing about self
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How long has that been sitting
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Since I was 8 years old yeah,
that's the thing you know I came

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from a very abusive father,
verbally abusive father who

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basically was and I don't want
to take this thing negative

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today no OK these.
These are the things you want to

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release.
I want to share this because,

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you know, I was always told,
well, you're never going to be

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good enough.
You're never going to do this,

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you're never going to do that.
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lane.
He's actually an accountant to

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him and I don't even talk
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in my lane because I was very
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Then a couple years ago I said,
you know, I really feel a

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passion calling me to something
else, but that self doubt always

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kicks in.
Mark.

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I was like, well, why do you
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Why do you think you have the
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to do this?
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when I say self doubt is like,
yeah, but Ralph, you can do

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this.
Well, I applaud you Sir, for

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pushing through.
I can only imagine what it's

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like growing up in a situation
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And I applaud you because you
say you have self doubt and I

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believe you and you don't come
off that way.

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You come off very confident to
me, very secure in your own

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body, to me.
So whatever, for whatever that's

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worth, that's my truth.
That's what I see in you.

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You're a good man, Mark.
I appreciate that.

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Well, I'm not trying to be a
good man, just trying to share

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what I see in you Sir.
And please share what's going to

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be your What are you going to
say yes to in 2026?

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All right, so this is a
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I'm going to say yes to
confidence and to collaborations

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because the last couple months
being involved here has been

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used for the thing I just talked
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I have found a home here with
people that reach out to me and

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I get text messages and the
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See, I thought going into
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about just me in front of a
camera, in front of a

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microphone.
But what I'm finding is I'm

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really leaning into and enjoying
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people.
So for 2026, confidence and

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collaboration.
Thank you for that, Ralph.

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And I actually am, I don't know,
that sparked something for me

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that is on my list as well for
things I'm I want to say yes to

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in 2026.
One of them being holding myself

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more accountable by working with
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Having others holding me
accountable even whether they

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know it or not.
I have really become very self

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aware that the way that I take
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towards something, the way that
I do that most effectively is

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when I have other people that
are counting on me to do it or I

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get other people involved to be
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There's something for me that
when I have others involved,

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that moves the needle when it
when I'm by myself and I want to

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move the needle, it's a bigger
struggle.

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And I've learned through these
years of working with ADHD, I've

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learned that's a common trait
for people that have ADHD

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symptoms, being a having others
holding you accountable.

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I forget the name.
There's a there's a name for

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these accountability partners
besides accountability partners.

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I can't remember now, but yeah,
body doubling.

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Body doubling.
Thank you, Matt.

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That was my ADHD.
Not good.

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Not couldn't remember.
Thank you, Matt.

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Yeah, body doubling is a big
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And it basically means an
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But sometimes all that means is
getting together at a scheduled

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time with somebody else and just
doing your the work that you

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needed to set out to do.
It's not somebody holding your

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hand.
It's not somebody asking you

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questions.
It's literally, for example,

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getting on a Zoom call or
meeting up with somebody in

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person, sitting down in each of
you doing whatever that project

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that thing is that you want to
get done.

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And it helps a lot for me, but I
avoid it.

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That's the kick in the ass is I
avoid doing it.

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So now that I have that
awareness, I know how much it

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helps.
I'm going to start saying yes a

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lot more to that in 2026.
So thank you, Ralph, for sharing

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that.
Thanks for bringing that to

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surface for me and I'm excited
to to see how things progress

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for you in 2026.
Thank you.

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Thank you, Mark.
I appreciate.

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It you're welcome, Sir.
And I'm so glad that you're

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getting so much out of being a
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That is a huge win for me.
So appropriately.

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So on our Friday, Wednesday, who
else would like to share one

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thing they're going to say no to
and yes to.

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Let's go to Ashley and then
we'll check in with BC.

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Go ahead, Ashley.
Good morning.

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Hi y'all, good morning.
So one thing I'm going to say no

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to is getting stuck in
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I have a tendency that when
something undesirable or

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negative happens, I end up I
write about everything.

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Just so you all know, I get
stuck writing and writing and

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writing about these negative
things, but it's really not

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doing me any good.
So I've told myself I'm not

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going to look in the rearview
mirror anymore, so to speak,

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unless it's to be grateful for
everything that has happened to

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me and taught me something.
And the thing I'm going to say

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yes to is living the artist's
way.

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If you're unfamiliar, there's a
book written by Julia Cameron

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and it's about creative
recovery.

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And there's two guiding
principles in that book.

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And one is morning pages.
And I do that every day.

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It's a big part of my morning
routine.

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I write 3 pages.
Scream of scream.

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Stream of consciousness, maybe
scream.

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Sometimes, maybe you might
scream once in a while.

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Right.
And the other principle is

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called artist dates.
And because I found that working

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from home, that can really take
a negative toll on your mental

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health unless you force yourself
to get out.

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So from now on, at least twice a
week, I'm going to go find

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somewhere else to work to keep
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And those are my 2.
Thank you, Ashley, very

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thoughtful responses.
Thank you for sharing that.

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Stuck in rumination.
I hear you.

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I don't journal as much as I'd
like to, and I do that a lot in

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my head.
A question for Ashley.

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We wake up so early for this
show, so does she do her

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journaling before the show or
after the show?

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Oh, this is a timely question
because Ashley was talking to me

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about getting up early recently.
Yeah, go ahead, Ashley.

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It all.
Depends, I try to do it before

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the show but sometimes that just
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And Ashley, are you open to
sharing what you had?

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Just I think it was just
yesterday you shared to me about

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the early morning hours, the
fact that you are not an early

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bird.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.

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By nature, I am so not an early
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When I tell all my friends and
family and people close to me

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about what we do and how much I
love it, they're like, what you

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do What?
Because, you know, as a

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professional musician, my shift
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Started the gig at. 10:00 at
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2:00 in the morning, and then
I'd go home and sleep for a few

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hours and teach kindergarten and
those were wild time.

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Yeah, I bet.
Yeah.

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All right.
Well, thank you, Ashley, for

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sharing again.
Looking forward to being a small

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part of your journey in 2026 and
and watching you along the way.

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So thank you for sharing.
Let's go to BC.

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Good morning, BC.
Please share one thing you're

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going to say no to in 2026 and
one thing you'll say yes to.

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One thing I need to say no to in
2026 is to stop is is capping my

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innovative impulses at just the
visualization stage.

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I spent so much time imagining,
oh, what if I was to be like a

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entrepreneur lifestyle thought
leader, or if I were to really

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dig through all this information
that I'm getting everyday to

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make my show what I see it
being.

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And I don't really put the
action into it.

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So no to no action is my thing
for the no, my yes is to, well,

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I guess it's that's my yes too.
So the the no is to is to stop

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keeping myself in the
visualization stage.

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My yes is to acting upon those
things.

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So relatable BC thank you for
sharing.

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I think that there are, I'm sure
there are at least some people

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listening to that chair and
thinking, Yep, that's me too.

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I've certainly been there.
I get stuck in those ideas and I

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build and build and build upon
them or think about how great

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they'd be and sometimes don't
take the action.

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And I, I think all these things
and I'm ultimately like, you're

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just sitting at home in sweats.
Go put some jeans on, get out

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there and just do it.
Like what else are you doing?

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Yeah, sometimes we can be our
own worst enemies.

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Cool.
Well, thank you for sharing

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that.
Looking forward to seeing all

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the action you're going to take
in 2026.

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Anyone else want to share?
All right, I'm going to go to

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Dr. and Dr. before you start
your share.

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We've got a nice sized audience
here and I would love to hear

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from some of you all if you
wouldn't mind coming up and

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sharing something you may say
yes to in 2026, something you'll

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say no to.
Anon, I see you're thinking

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Flash, the little thinking emoji
up there.

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And Yvonne, thanks for coming
up.

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We're going to go to DRDR.
What's one thing you're going to

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say no to and one thing you're
going to say yes to this coming

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year?
I'm going to do the yes first.

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I'm going to because I am
expanding my team for my

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production team and it's so hard
to let go and let them do what

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I've hired them to do.
And you can speak to this, Mark,

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because you have a, you have a
huge team.

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I think that's what my yes is,
is to finally let go and let be.

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Let go and let be.
I like that.

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And by the way, the what, buddy?
What was that phrase that you

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used for the accountability body
buddy?

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Body doubling.
I have always used the phrase

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battle buddy.
Yeah, that'll work, too.

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Yeah.
Like you're getting somebody

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that's, you know, you're in the
trenches with, Right.

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That's right.
Yeah.

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I love that.
Thank you, Dr. All right.

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Now let's check in with some of
our guests who joined us who

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heeded the call.
Yvonne, thank you for coming up

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and playing along.
Would you be willing to share

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something you're going to say no
to next year and something

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you'll say yes to?
I feel like I'm right in line

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with Ralph.
My word for this year has been

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the word expanding, which has
been so good.

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It's been such a good word of
the year, I have to say.

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And for this coming year, my
word is trust because there's

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this doubt factor and this
doubting myself factor or the

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doubting that that what I want
is possible.

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So it's time to start.
I'm going to lean into trusting

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this year and see what that is.
And I have a feeling that that

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is going to be a challenging
word of the year that I might be

452
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:48,160
rubbing up against for the year.
So I'm saying yes to trust.

453
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,640
And I guess on the the flip side
of that is, is I'm going to say

454
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,120
no to the doubt.
I don't know.

455
00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:56,680
I don't know any other better
way to say that's.

456
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,280
Fine, you got to, you got to say
no to something to make room for

457
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,640
something else, in my opinion.
So yeah, that works.

458
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,760
I feel that.
And that trust, just so I'm

459
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,760
clear, you're saying really
trust in yourself?

460
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,680
I feel that too.
You know, I'm only finding out

461
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,680
now, Mark that I guess Bobby
doubling thing works because I

462
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:19,400
have a standing date with Adam
Rothenberg once a week where we

463
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,640
Co work and I am finding that it
does help me stay focused and

464
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,120
it's kind of incredible.
It's amazing and I think I avoid

465
00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:29,920
it.
Honestly.

466
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,200
I think when I have been
avoiding it, it's more just

467
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,520
about, I think it's fear,
really.

468
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,880
I think that's what it all comes
down to.

469
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,440
It's like I have these ideas and
I'm afraid to execute some of

470
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,880
them.
And when I have somebody singing

471
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,760
across from me and I know
there's work I need to do, it's

472
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,320
there's no excuse.
I might as well just start

473
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,480
playing with that idea and try
to bring it to life and see if

474
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,240
it can work.
So yeah, there's a trust factor

475
00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,400
there for for me too.
I feel that and really

476
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,640
appreciate that.
I love that you and Ashley have

477
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,160
shared that you guys have your
words for the year.

478
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,080
I really like that a lot and I
I'm going to take that with me.

479
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,480
All right, Janae, your turn.
Good morning to you.

480
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,080
What's one thing you'll say no
to and one thing you'll say yes

481
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,560
to in 2026?
Good morning, all.

482
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,200
Thank you so much for the
question.

483
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,720
I love Yvonne's word of trust
because that's a really powerful

484
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,440
word and not just trusting in
ourselves, but also bringing a

485
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,840
community of people around us
that can help us trust us more.

486
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,000
So Yvonne, you're in the right
place.

487
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:39,320
I'm going to say yes to getting
out there and getting on my bike

488
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:43,760
and running and cycling because
I have not done too much of the

489
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,080
workout thing that I've been
wanting to do this year.

490
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:52,000
And no to, I like what BC said
about the inaction.

491
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,280
No to inaction, no to
procrastination.

492
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,760
So I'm going to say that.
And then for my word of the year

493
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,880
was this year was collaboration.
And I'm so glad that I got to

494
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,320
collaborate with so many people
in the podcasting space this

495
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,720
year.
And for next year, I'll have my

496
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,000
word beat abundance.
Thank you so much.

497
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,520
I like that a lot.
Thank you.

498
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,960
And Janae, I'm going to ask you
a follow up and maybe challenge

499
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,680
you for a second because you
said last year or this past

500
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,600
year, you really wanted to do
more of the exercise thing.

501
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,680
And it sounds like maybe you
didn't get to do as much as

502
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,040
you'd like.
And so this coming year, you

503
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,560
want to implement that more.
So what's that first small step

504
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,920
that makes this real for you?
What can you do?

505
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,880
A small step.
A small step.

506
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,440
I've got a bike trainer in my
basement, so I just got to bring

507
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,760
my bike from my garage and put
it on the bike trainer so that

508
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,600
it's ready and then I can just
jump on and start.

509
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,560
So how would that so then how
does it feel if I asked, could

510
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,280
is that something you could do
today, just bring the bike up

511
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,760
and put it there?
Yes, I can do it today.

512
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,160
I will do it today.
Well, we talk a lot offline, so

513
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,160
I'm going to follow up with you
later and see if you did that,

514
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:12,640
OK?
Thanks, will do it.

515
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:13,800
All right.
Cool.

516
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,160
Thank you, Janae.
Billy, welcome to the stage.

517
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:21,080
Would you share a yes and a no
for your 2026?

518
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,520
What's a mark?
Good morning, everybody.

519
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,680
Yes, I'm going to say yes to
the.

520
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:32,240
Things that I really want to do
but I'm too scared to do in

521
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,800
business.
So I've never really been a huge

522
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,400
risk taker in business.
I've always kind of figured out

523
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,960
the low risk way of doing
things.

524
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,920
Which has paid off, but there's
a couple bigger things I would

525
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:48,040
like to accomplish and I know I
need to do them, but they scare

526
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,360
me a little bit.
So I'm just going to say yes to

527
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,040
those in the coming year.
On a business level, on a

528
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:57,840
personal level, I'm 39.
I'll be 40 in October.

529
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,920
So I just turned 39.
So my goal is to be in the best

530
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,800
shape of my life, which I've
already started down that

531
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,200
journey.
And then I'm going to say no to

532
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,680
carbs.
Excuses.

533
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,800
I don't know, I say no to a lot
of stuff already, so I'm like.

534
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,760
Maybe I should just say yes to
more things.

535
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,360
Yeah.
And then sometimes that is an

536
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,320
answer that we might come across
here.

537
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:25,040
It's it's recognizing that maybe
we say yes too many times.

538
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,880
And so we're going to say no to
saying yes.

539
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,120
I get that.
Thank you, Billy.

540
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,440
I appreciate that.
And I want to keep things moving

541
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,520
and check in with Sid, who we
haven't heard from yet.

542
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,320
Sid, good morning to you.
Would you be open to sharing a

543
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,840
yes and a no for your 2026?
Good morning, everybody.

544
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,400
Absolutely I will.
But first, Mark, do you have

545
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:51,200
that little sound on your board?
The violins like you know, my

546
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,400
heart bleeds for you.
Santa really 39 and turning 40.

547
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,640
God bless him, right?
Dr. 30, I'm turning 40.

548
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,080
Why?
You chose to talk to me about

549
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,880
this.
Can you and are in the same boat

550
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,720
there?
Billy's 39 turning 40.

551
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,760
Bless his heart.
Anyway, this is a really good.

552
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,280
Shake the dust off yourself, old
guy.

553
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,560
Go for a walk.
Calm down.

554
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,480
Trust me, I hear my knees creak
every time I get up.

555
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,640
So this is a really interesting
question and I haven't thought a

556
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,000
whole lot about it just yet
because I've been focused on so

557
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,960
many other things, but at least
think everybody.

558
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,360
I've have come up with a few
things and I've already kind of

559
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:32,320
started doing them.
But I'm going to say no to chaos

560
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,320
and drama.
I hate drama and unfortunately

561
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,840
in business people 'cause drama
and I'm just going to walk away

562
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,000
from the drama and the chaos.
What I mean by that is a little

563
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,960
bit of what you talked about,
Mark, which is so many ideas

564
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,240
coming up and oh, I can do this.
No, I can do that.

565
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:52,880
And then you end up getting
paralyzed by not but so many

566
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,640
ideas that you actually don't
take action.

567
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,920
And to me, that's chaos, right?
And so I'm going to say no.

568
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,240
And I'm going to stay to chaos.
I'm going to stay focused on

569
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:04,560
what I'm working on, what I know
our goals are for, you know, all

570
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,640
my companies and really push
forward to make sure that each

571
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,200
one of them reaches the level of
success.

572
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,400
So we do that by really making
the chaos.

573
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,640
And yes, is Ashley mentioned
this, the journey that we're on

574
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,120
is really lonely.
It can be really lonely sitting

575
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,320
in your house every day working
in front of your computer.

576
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,280
Maybe you're super productive
doing that, but it doesn't take

577
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,400
away from the community, the
people interaction that you do

578
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,520
miss when you're by yourself all
day.

579
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,080
And I mean, I'm certainly guilty
of this.

580
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,560
And you know, I find as I've
been watching, one of the things

581
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,800
that gives me a tremendous
amount of energy is talking to

582
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,640
people.
I'm here by my, I'm having a,

583
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,360
the down moment, which we all
have them, right?

584
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,080
I usually pick up the phone and
call somebody And, you know, I

585
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,080
have a, it gives me a lot more
energy.

586
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,360
And that actually happened to me
yesterday.

587
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,880
And I called a friend and he's
also a client, a podcast

588
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,040
listener.
And gosh, we talked for 45

589
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,160
minutes and I hung up the phone.
I just had so much energy.

590
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,960
And I thought, this is, I need
to do this more.

591
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:05,680
And so a lot of people that are
consultants or coaches that do

592
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:09,639
things on their own will tell
you, don't ask to pick my brain.

593
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,120
And I'm going to frame this as
hope.

594
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,400
What I'm going to say yes to
whatever you by the word hope is

595
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:19,320
to help one person every day.
If you got an issue, you got a

596
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,280
problem, you need to talk to
somebody, pick up the phone and

597
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:24,560
call me.
I'm going to help you.

598
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,280
I'm going to stop what I'm doing
if I can.

599
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,159
And I'm going to lean in and I'm
going to help you.

600
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:29,440
And I'm not going to ask you for
a dime.

601
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,520
I'm not going to ask you to pay
me.

602
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,040
I'm not going to ask you for
anything in return because I

603
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,840
love helping people and I want
to help people.

604
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,320
And I know that goes against the
grain of what a lot of coaches

605
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,960
and consultants will tell you is
I'm not going to help you unless

606
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,679
you pay me.
I'm going to help you now.

607
00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:45,440
I'm only going to help you
probably one or two times before

608
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,280
you tap that, before that tap
runs dry, right?

609
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,040
Because people will take
advantage of that.

610
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,800
But I'm going to lean into
helping one person every day

611
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,320
because it gives me a tremendous
amount of energy.

612
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,120
And it doesn't mean I have to
solve a problem for them.

613
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:02,400
It doesn't mean I have to coach
them sometimes, including me.

614
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,400
People just need to be able to
talk to somebody.

615
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:11,120
And in the world full of chaos
and craziness, sometimes you can

616
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,760
be the light, whether you
realize it or not, in somebody's

617
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:16,080
life.
And so that's what I'm going to

618
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,000
lean into is helping one person
every day.

619
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,720
That's beautifully said and a
beautiful sentiment.

620
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:22,400
Thank you, Sid, for sharing
that.

621
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,200
And I'm with you.
I'm not in that camp of, you

622
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,200
know, pay me or I'm not helping
you.

623
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,720
And I mean, I look, I think I
proved that doing this show with

624
00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:35,040
all of you every day Monday
through Friday.

625
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:40,280
But yeah, I feel that and and I
know you and I know you're

626
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:44,880
you'll stick to that and what AI
can't think of a better person

627
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:48,680
to go to for help than you, Sid.
So thank you for sharing that.

628
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,560
It's motivating.
So thank you.

629
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:54,400
Technically, Matt, you're the
only one that hasn't shared.

630
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,600
I'm going to go to Janae because
I see he wants to say something.

631
00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,840
And then Matt, I'll see if you'd
like to share.

632
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,600
So go ahead, Janae.
I need his number because I need

633
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,120
to call him whenever I need.
I'll send it to you.

634
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,600
Because I'm the same way guys.
I do not ask for anything.

635
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,880
I'm like, hey, I can help you.
Just ask me the question and

636
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,920
I'll get you over the hump.
Because you know what?

637
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:21,080
There's so many people out there
that are lonely and if we can

638
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:25,640
have the lending hand, even if
it's in our expertise zone, why

639
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,120
not, right?
Why not?

640
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,560
And loneliness, absolutely
something to help someone with.

641
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,240
But you know, Janae, also you're
helping people with the

642
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:38,280
technical side of things and the
hardware side of things.

643
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:43,000
And you were and beyond helpful
when it comes to the Empowered

644
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,520
Podcasting Conference and what
you did as far as audio video is

645
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,160
concerned and being able to
capture that whole weekend.

646
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,800
And you did it all out of the
kindness of your heart.

647
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,480
So you demonstrate that all the
time.

648
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,680
And I am grateful for that.
I'm grateful to be on that

649
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:01,680
receiving end too.
And I hope I can be that for you

650
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,600
and anybody here for that matter
as well.

651
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,280
So thank you for saying that,
Janae.

652
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,760
And Matt, it's your turn.
You're up, Sir.

653
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:14,560
One yes, one no for year 2026.
I'm going to contextualize it

654
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,840
just a tiny bit and say that I
recorded an episode with

655
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:22,160
Valentin Farkas of Orbit for
Creators where we talked about

656
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,160
creating our yearly themes,
which is a thing that if you're

657
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,400
familiar with CGP Gray or
Podcast Cortex that he does with

658
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,800
Mike Hurley, you'd know about
those.

659
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:36,160
But it kind of framed the yes no
thing perfectly for me because I

660
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,960
had the year of rebuilding is my
theme.

661
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,720
And it comes in two parts.
The first part will be a

662
00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:46,400
breaking down of things I'm
currently doing, stripping down

663
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:52,160
to the foundation to then in
Part 2, build up again to the

664
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,520
work and the lifestyle that I
want to have.

665
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,560
So I'll be saying no,
particularly to more production

666
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:04,560
work, no to extra things, no to
not respecting and my own time,

667
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:09,760
and no to relying on other
people to validate whatever I'm

668
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:14,360
doing as being the right thing.
And then after that, yes to

669
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:19,160
creating a new educational
program, a new mentorship for

670
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,200
podcasters looking to find a
more sustainable way to do what

671
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,280
they want to do.
Thank you.

672
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,800
Matt, when you say that
specifically about your answer

673
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,920
to the no, what does it actually
look like day-to-day?

674
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,840
How does that happen on a
day-to-day basis?

675
00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:36,240
Well it's not day-to-day.
It's been a long journey for me

676
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:40,640
this year it it's since probably
November.

677
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:48,320
Last year I until the end of
June I was in like 6 days a

678
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:53,000
week, 10 hours a day, production
mode, editing for other people.

679
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:57,160
No time to do my own stuff,
barely any time for a holiday or

680
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,120
a quick jet set away to
somewhere.

681
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:01,840
The only milestone in there was
that I went to Australia for a

682
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,440
month and I even did work when I
was in Australia, which seems

683
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,640
crazy.
But it's been a long journey of

684
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,360
me giving too much of myself to
other people.

685
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:17,280
And when the overwhelming amount
of production work slowed down,

686
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,720
didn't stop, slowed down, I
started to have some space to

687
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:23,320
think about some things.
I've done some work with a few

688
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,800
other aspects and in my network,
certain people that offer

689
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,320
specific things that were
offered at the right time and

690
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,840
had a few revelations that led
to the no and then the yes, the

691
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:40,600
yearly theme of rebuilding.
So really for me, it's not a, it

692
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,400
sounds like a business
motivation to say no to more

693
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,440
production work.
Like, why would you do that?

694
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,200
We have ADR who's scaling up at
the moment in production.

695
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,280
I know that it's something that
I do very well.

696
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,520
I have no desire to bring on
more people to do production,

697
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,360
particularly when there is ADR
that can bring on more people to

698
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,160
do production.
I don't think that's a space

699
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,240
that I need to go into.
And it's also not something that

700
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:08,120
I want to explore further.
Like the the way that I think

701
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:12,240
about it is that I'm the
bodybuilder on stage at the

702
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:19,240
moment who's at 6% body fat and
I could spend a year going to 5%

703
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:21,200
body fat for the competition
next year.

704
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,600
Or I could pivot in another
direction and find the thing

705
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:29,920
that really, you know, activates
me, that gives me the the self

706
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,960
fulfilling validation that some
of you have talked about already

707
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,720
and really is in my wheelhouse.
And it's educating people that's

708
00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:39,480
talking and reflecting with
people.

709
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,360
And if some of you want to find
out more about that and what I

710
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:46,040
intend to do next year,
rethinking podcasting really is

711
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,960
that journey.
Like I talk to people who

712
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,240
reflect back and say, well, I
heard things in that

713
00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:54,880
conversation with you that I
didn't really think about

714
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,640
myself, and it kind of propelled
a few of those people in

715
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,400
different directions with their
own creative journeys.

716
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,240
And the thing that I actually
want to do with the yes next

717
00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:06,880
year is the final episode I
released this week for

718
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,520
Rethinking Podcasting for this
year.

719
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,840
It'll be coming back next year
in a different way.

720
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,120
So yeah, it's it's been a long
journey to get to here.

721
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:19,000
It's been a long no or leading
to the no until we got to this

722
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,200
point.
Well, thank you, Matt.

723
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,560
Thanks for sharing that, being
open enough to share all of that

724
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,800
with us.
And I certainly appreciate your

725
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,240
podcast Rethinking Podcasting.
We will put a link in the show

726
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,480
notes to it as well, so we can
kind of learn a little bit more

727
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,680
about this journey of yours.
So thank you for sharing that

728
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,160
and thanks everybody for playing
along with today's prompt.

729
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,960
It was really insightful and
moving for me.

730
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,440
So I appreciate that.
And I believe that the audience

731
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:53,880
probably feels the same way.
So thank you and Oh yes, so

732
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,320
we'll do this a little more
casually than we normally do

733
00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,840
since everybody got a chance to
share here today who's on stage.

734
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:05,160
And you know, I think that
today's topic is well suited for

735
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,080
a Friday when we share our wins
from the week normally.

736
00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,680
So what we'll do is I'm I'm
going to do this, I'm going to

737
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:13,280
open the floor.
I guess what did we used to call

738
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:18,400
this on Clubhouse popcorn style?
Anybody who wants to share a win

739
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,920
or two from your week this past
week, by all means, now is your

740
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:25,680
chance.
So flash and emoji, so I know if

741
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,440
you'd like to share.
Oh yes, Ralph, I saw you come

742
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,320
off mic 'cause I know the emoji
thing doesn't work well for the

743
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,680
web version.
So yeah, go for it.

744
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,000
All right, I've got a huge win
this week.

745
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,840
I used to have a bat cave for my
recording studio because I

746
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,600
thought my audio had to be
crystal clear and I got tired of

747
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:44,560
coming.
And so picture this.

748
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,440
I had scaffolding built around
me and moving blankets from

749
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,800
floor to ceiling, just black.
I felt like I was in the bat

750
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,080
cave and I started doing some
consulting work with Janae and I

751
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:57,200
said I got to take this down.
So yesterday at lunch I said I'm

752
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,800
done, I'm taking this down.
Now I'm looking out the windows.

753
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,200
The sound might be a little bit
different so we can play with

754
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,280
it.
But man, a win for me is not

755
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:08,560
going into the bat cave to
record every week, or every day

756
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,040
I should say.
Yeah, thank you for sharing,

757
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:12,720
Ralph.
And he shared a picture of his

758
00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:16,720
studio with us this morning
before the show and it's looking

759
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:18,520
good.
And yeah, I know one of the

760
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:20,840
things Ralph and I actually, we
had a call too.

761
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:24,720
I know Janae's helping Ralph and
Ralph and I had a call about a

762
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:26,480
little bit about his studio as
well.

763
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:30,480
And one of the things that I was
noticing that the advice I was

764
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,840
sharing with Ralph is that I
feel like his short form

765
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:37,360
content, it's, it's an extreme
close up of Ralph.

766
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:41,280
And I feel like that's not
helping his content because the

767
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,640
content that he's actually
delivering is quite insightful

768
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:48,840
and valuable in my opinion.
And I feel like the because of

769
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:53,120
the way his studio was set up in
the framing of his video, you in

770
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,400
my opinion, it was just way too
close up of Ralph.

771
00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:00,440
No offense, Ralph and I, I, you
know, one thing I told Ralph is

772
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:06,520
that there are studies done that
say people subconsciously are

773
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,520
they trust you more when they
can see more of your body.

774
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:10,720
Yeah.
Ralph, did you want to say

775
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:12,280
something?
Yes, I'm going to be able to

776
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:15,360
show more of my body now that
I'm down 65 lbs on the year.

777
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:17,440
So I feel a bit more comfortable
doing that too.

778
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,280
So thank you, Mark.
I appreciate.

779
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,800
It you're welcome.
Congratulations on all the hard

780
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,280
work there.
Oh, Mark, Mark, I had one more.

781
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:25,320
I'm sorry.
Go for it.

782
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,760
So if I can give one more.
So something very cool happened

783
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,600
this week.
I received my silver play award

784
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:34,080
button from YouTube so that was
very cool to get that this week.

785
00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:37,280
And for those who don't know,
what is, what's that?

786
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,960
How do you define that?
So once you hit 100,000

787
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:44,360
subscribers on your YouTube
channel and they verify that

788
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,480
they send you a silver play
button award that you can kind

789
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,920
of so, oh, look at my ego.
I have 100,000 subscribers, but

790
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,240
I'm actually almost at 150,000
on that show.

791
00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:55,720
So I just wanted to share that
with everybody that you can do

792
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:57,680
it.
Even an accountant that's

793
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,080
talking about stuff can make
YouTube work.

794
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,480
That's right.
Congratulations on that Ralph

795
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,720
and and your wins from this
week.

796
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,320
I'll give you another win
because I'll share it with you

797
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:12,320
our new weekly business segment
during the our news on

798
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,320
Wednesdays.
Love that you're doing that.

799
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,760
I want to encourage more of our
team to do that as well.

800
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,880
I want more of us to have our
own little segments.

801
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,800
And you know, Jonathan's been
Monday has been doing his

802
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,840
Obsession Worthy.
He's been leading us on the

803
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,840
Obsession Worthy podcast and
we've got our Thursday

804
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:30,960
evaluations.
I guess you could say that I'm

805
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,560
kind of leading that one, of
course, with the team's help.

806
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,080
And yeah, I want to do more of
these kinds of things.

807
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:41,560
So let's pinpoint, but let's put
that pin in a let's pin that, as

808
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,800
I should say.
And Chris, I'm coming to you.

809
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,920
Thank you for coming up on stage
and playing along.

810
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,080
Please share a win from your
week.

811
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,360
Good morning.
Well, I think I figured out some

812
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,160
more things to do with Phil,
which is my video editing

813
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,480
software.
They've actually employed a lot

814
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,520
of AI to them to that one thing
that I have a problem with

815
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:03,120
sometimes, you know, it's the
squeaky chair.

816
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,840
I don't know how much that makes
a difference, but I figure it

817
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:09,800
doesn't help me any.
I'm taking this AI course with a

818
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,400
guy and it's just, you know, I
just wish I could approach

819
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:15,320
things the way he does.
I fall into that trap sometimes

820
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,320
too, Chris, is when I'm taking a
course.

821
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:19,640
And sometimes I avoid courses to
a fault.

822
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,320
I avoid them because I think
sometimes I almost start to

823
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,880
judge myself.
I do start to judge myself and

824
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,480
and say things like that, like,
yeah, I wish I was as polished

825
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,400
as this person or wish I could
speak clearly.

826
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,280
Yeah, go ahead.
Mark, I have long been very

827
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:38,240
depressed and just, you know,
other things and just, it's

828
00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:41,160
gotten very hard for me to get
excited or enthusiastic about

829
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:44,640
doing much of anything anymore.
Well, I am glad then that you

830
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,520
are here, Chris, because I hope
that we can help a little bit

831
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,080
with that.
And I guess it helps to be

832
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,800
around people who are more
enthusiastic and excited.

833
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:57,360
I agree with you, but the more
people we surround ourselves

834
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:02,960
with, the more we're going to
adapt and adopt the the habits

835
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,400
and thoughts and insights that
they have.

836
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,440
So I think it's a good thing to
surround yourself with good

837
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,560
people, and I think there are
good people here.

838
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:15,680
Thank you for sharing.
I feel ya and I hope that we're

839
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:19,280
adding a little bit of true
positivity in your life and come

840
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,120
back as many times as you can,
Sir.

841
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:25,720
Thank you, Sid, you are up.
Sir, please share a win from

842
00:47:25,720 --> 00:47:28,120
your week.
So my win for the week is I'm

843
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:32,320
finally caught up after being
gone for a week and canceling

844
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:36,080
lots of appointments and, you
know, focusing on my family,

845
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:37,640
which was the right thing for me
to do.

846
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:41,640
It feels good to be caught up
and because Monday I sat in here

847
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,080
at my office and I was a bit
overwhelmed with all the things

848
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:47,400
that I had to do and catch up.
So it feels really, really good

849
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,360
to be caught up.
So that's my win for the week.

850
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:52,600
I am caught up.
Yeah, Congratulations there,

851
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,600
Sid.
I feel that.

852
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,160
And I saw somebody else wanted
to come up on stage.

853
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,640
There's Tim.
And then I will share a quick

854
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:03,320
win or two with you and then
share what's coming up next

855
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:05,680
week.
So go ahead, Tim, share a win

856
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:06,760
with us.
Good morning, Sir.

857
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:13,600
My win for the week is my hockey
clients have scheduled two more

858
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:18,960
interviews tonight so we will be
loaded up all the way until mid

859
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:23,440
February of 2026 for the hockey
podcast.

860
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,560
Congratulations, I forgot about
So you have a hockey podcast?

861
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,720
I forgot about that.
Or can you tell or that's your

862
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,640
your client?
That's my client.

863
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,520
I'm producing for them.
They've been with me now.

864
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,600
Gosh in.
February will be 6 months and

865
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:44,040
that's all due to Empower
Podcast 1-2 and soon to be 3.

866
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:46,240
That's so cool.
Thank you, Tim.

867
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:50,760
Excited that you'll be back to
Empowered Podcasting 3.

868
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,680
I know you got your ticket.
And yeah, super excited that

869
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,560
you're continuing the journey
with us.

870
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:58,800
All right, let me share quickly
with you.

871
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:00,760
And then, of course, like I
said, let me just share a little

872
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,040
bit about next week.
What did I write?

873
00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:07,880
Hosted 2 back-to-back virtual
community slash networking

874
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:12,440
events on Zoom this week, one
for Pod Fest and one for

875
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:16,960
Empowered Podcasting.
I am so grateful for how much

876
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:22,840
Chris and Pod Fest has has
welcomed me in as a leader of

877
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,600
that community.
And it's really a full circle

878
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:29,040
moment for me because I started
Empowered podcasting, inspired

879
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:33,200
and motivated in part anyway
because of of Pod Fest, because

880
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:36,560
it was an amazing event with a
passionate community and I felt

881
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,720
that and wanted that for my own.
And yes, I felt a little like a

882
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:44,240
fish out of water the first year
that I went to Pod Fest, which

883
00:49:44,240 --> 00:49:47,760
was another reason why I was
motivated to create an event

884
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:52,040
that felt more inclusive for
content creators for me, right?

885
00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:54,560
I, I think though there'd be
plenty of people that go to Pod

886
00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:56,400
Fest that feel that it's very
inclusive.

887
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,680
So I'm not trying to throw any
shade.

888
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,400
I'm just saying that that was
something that I felt I needed

889
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:05,120
more of and decided to create a
space like that myself.

890
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:09,360
Regardless, it is very full
circle because now here I am.

891
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:14,960
First, I should say, wanted to
be seen more in the Pod Fest

892
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,280
community.
And for a while, for a few years

893
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:20,840
there, I felt like it was
challenging, not impossible, but

894
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,520
challenging.
And then the lesson that I

895
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:27,360
learned from that is, you know
what, just go do things

896
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:29,840
yourself.
Go do good things in this world,

897
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:33,000
put good things out there in
this world and other things will

898
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:35,320
fall into place.
And that's exactly what happened

899
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,480
here.
I just went ahead and did my

900
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:40,280
thing.
And then all of a sudden the,

901
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,680
the community I wanted to feel
more a part of, I wanted to help

902
00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:48,360
influence and, and lead.
They came to me after all that.

903
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:51,040
So a huge, huge win for me
there.

904
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:55,640
And I'll say a phenomenal week
of content this week.

905
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,320
Again, this show is evolving and
I feel it.

906
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:01,880
And I don't know if any of you
feel it or not to me, I can't

907
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:02,960
deny it.
It it.

908
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:07,600
There is a shift that we've
taken here and I don't take full

909
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,840
credit for that.
I think maybe I'll take some

910
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:15,000
credit for the vision, but you
all are helping me, both the

911
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:20,160
team, the community, all of you
are helping making this in turn

912
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,320
into something even more
special.

913
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:28,760
And I'm thrilled and excited for
2026 because it's going to go up

914
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:31,880
another level or two.
And I'm excited for you to be a

915
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:34,120
part of that.
OK, so I realized I was saying

916
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:35,480
I'm going to I got to tell you
about next week.

917
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:38,080
And then I it just dawned on me.
I told you about that at the top

918
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,120
of the show.
Monday we're doing the obsession

919
00:51:40,120 --> 00:51:44,640
worthy podcast.
Thursday we're doing our podcast

920
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,040
evaluations for an independent
podcast.

921
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:48,880
We want you to be a part of that
too.

922
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,240
We will give you links in the
show notes if you want to listen

923
00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:54,080
to some of those shows and a
reminder that we'll play clips.

924
00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:57,080
So if you can't catch up with
those, those different shows,

925
00:51:57,080 --> 00:51:58,840
we'll be breaking down, no
worries.

926
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:01,080
You'll be in the know
regardless.

927
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:05,360
And the reminder next week will
again, I, I know I said it at

928
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:10,560
the top next week, our final
week of 2026, I'm sorry, 2025

929
00:52:10,720 --> 00:52:14,200
and back in 2026 the very first
week.

930
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:20,680
So until Monday, everybody make
it a great weekend.

931
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:21,480
Take care.