From Hesitation to Action: A Podcast's Evolution

Welcome back to another episode of the Putty Report. So it felt right and I actually had someone suggest to me. They were like, okay, this is your last week of doing this podcast, you have to go back to the very beginning. And in case you don't know this about this podcast specifically, I never went back. I've actually never listened to any of the episodes of this podcast because, if you remember, I started this show and I already had over a hundred episodes of the Prophet podcast, so I wasn't brand new to it. I was already in a rhythm of editing and for this show I actually do know editing whatsoever. If you've been listening for a while, you know that but I never went back. I've never gone back and listened to the very first episode.

So I just did it right before I'm recording this and, oh my gosh, the mic pops. That was it for being really honest. It was so distracting. I heard all the plosives where I'm like speaking right into the microphone and, if I'm remembering correctly, I think I still had my Blue Yeti mic when I first started this podcast. So I was using my Blue Yeti. I may or may not have had, like you know, like I can't even think of what they're called like, like the mic covers. I don't even know that. I had one on there. It was obnoxious, obnoxious, the sound quality was terrible, all the things I sounded like I really wasn't sure what I was talking about. And it was so funny because in real time, like I finished that episode and I said, keep it up, we all have to start somewhere.

And if you go and listen to the ending, I came back and I'm like, oh my God, I felt like I was just cheating on my podcast because I said this other tagline. So I came up with the other one on the spot. And it's funny because listening to it, I was like, oh my gosh, I did do that. I didn't overthink it. I didn't say, oh, I need to go back and you know, give me another week and I'll find the perfect tech line. No, I just said you know what? I can't say this other one. So what am I going to say instead? And I literally just said the next thing that popped into my head. And here we are, over three years later, and it's still how I was ending every single one of these episodes.

So there's so many lessons learned for not overthinking something and just getting started Like just dive in, jump into what's going on and just make it happen and don't overthink it, because you'll likely talk yourself out of it or you'll just decide to go in a different direction, or you'll procrastinate your life away, and I can't stress to you enough that you have more important things to do than think about. Well, what is the tagline going to be? Just pick something, pick something. Go with your gut. When I hear that people are saying oh, I've been thinking about this for months, for years, like doing the thing, I'm like just throw something out there. People will tell you if they love it, people will tell you if they hate it, and you will quickly learn that that is the thing that you shouldn't have done, if that's the thing you shouldn't have done.

But you have to get started. It's why I say you got to start somewhere and with this, keep it fresh, keep it fun and just keep going. You got to just put something out there. So, if you have been overthinking whatever it is in your life today, put something out there. I don't know what that looks like for you. Is it Instagram story? You need to show your face on camera. Is it starting your YouTube channel? Is it creating your next lead magnet that you've been nervous to put out? Is it sharing things on LinkedIn? And you still have your nine to five job, but you're so nervous that it's going to rock the boat at work.

Put it out there. Put it out there. Just stop sitting around and overthinking things and get into action. Get into action, make it happen. So that is all I have for you today. I will say I'm listening back to that episode. I got chills the whole time I was listening to it and thinking, oh my gosh, I can't believe that this journey is coming to an end for now, but I'm so grateful to that version of me back in 2020 that started. I'm so grateful for that person that just jumped in, ripped off the mandate and started this podcast, because it has been truly magical for me and I'm so grateful for it. But that's all I have for you today. So, as always, remember, keep it fresh, keep it fun and just keep going.