The Creator Reset Every Podcaster Needs Right Now

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Good morning podcasting, Morning
Chat.

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Today is Friday, December 19th,
2025.

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And today, before we break for
the holidays, we're slowing down

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for a thoughtful, community
driven conversation about

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progress, purpose and shaping up
how we show up for our audience

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in 2026.
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We'll get things rolling.
Thanks for being here.

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Good morning again, podcasting
morning chat.

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Thanks so much for being here.
I am your host Mark Ronick and

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currently on stage with me.
We have Ralphie Step producer

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Ashley Feller, BC Babbles, Dr.
Faye, Sid Meadows and Nick

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Naulback, and a good morning to
Dave, Greg and Austin who are

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here bright and early this
morning.

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Thank you for being in the
audience and keeping U.S.

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company as we kick off the final
show of 2025.

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Yes, we're going to take a two
week break, which I know in the

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world of podcasting that feels
like a sin.

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And we do things differently
here, right?

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There are not that many podcasts
in the big picture in comparison

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to others that do a Daily Show.
I think we have plenty of

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content for people to binge on
in the break.

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And if I'm feeling it, I may
throw out a couple of episodes

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here and there between now and
2026 when we return on what is

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it, January 5th.
And since it's our final

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podcasting morning chat of 2026
and before we head into a two

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week holiday break, as far as
today goes, we wanted to do

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something a little different.
So it's not wins necessarily

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like we normally do on Fridays.
And it's not about tactics or

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gear or downloads or chasing
certain trends.

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Today is about pausing for a
minute, celebrating the wins,

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like overall for your year or if
there's something this week, and

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being intentional about how we
want to show up in the year

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ahead.
The end of the year is one of

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those rare moments where we
actually give ourselves

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permission to reflect.
And instead of rushing past

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that, we thought it'd be fun and
really valuable to lean into it

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together as a community.
So today we're going to share

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wins, Pick a word of the year
going into 2026, talk about one

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thing that we want to focus on
in the new year, and maybe make

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a promise to our listeners.
And when I say our listeners, I

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don't mean the PMC audience.
I'll share what my promises for

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the PMC audience, but I'm
talking about your audience.

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What's that that promise you're
going to make to your audience

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in the year ahead?
Think of all of it as part

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celebration, part of a reset,
part setting the tone for what

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comes next.
All right, so grab coffee, grab

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tea.
Let's lean in.

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Let's close out 2025 on a high
note together.

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And I think I want to start with
that one word thing.

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I feel like it's a little bit
light or although I know when I

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asked myself the question, light
wasn't the word that came to

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mind it sometimes it's
challenging if you haven't

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really thought about that yet
and I respect that and just play

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along.
Don't worry, I'm not holding you

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to it if you end up changing
your mind down the road, right?

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But let's just play along.
And maybe for you, if you

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haven't thought of that word
yet, just think about what's the

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first word that comes to mind.
And then let's talk about why.

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The official question is what is
your one word for 2026 that you

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are going to focus on?
Ralph, we're going to go to you

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first.
Good morning.

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Awesome.
Thank you.

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Good morning.
So my one word for 2026 is

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authenticity.
And I picked that because in an

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AI world, what's going to help
me and everyone else in the

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content sphere stand out is
being authentic in what you're

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promoting and what you're doing
and who you're speaking with.

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Yeah.
Thank you, Ralph.

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And you stole mine, but I think
mine are for some different

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reasons, and I'll share that
later.

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We talked about it on Newsday on
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We talked about how there's a
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how it's becoming less
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authentically driven.
That's what audiences are

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getting more attracted to,
social media, podcasting,

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etcetera.
So I love that one.

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Ralph.
Thank you.

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Dr. Did you want to share one
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I think my word for 2026 is
going to be intentional.

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Intentional in the respect of,
you know, every episode, every

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guest, every clip, every title
has to earn its place.

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If it's doesn't really serve the
listener or move the show

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forward, it just should not get
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An intention creates a sense of
calm, and it also creates, I

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think, better results.
I'm going to try and stick to

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that.
I love that.

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That's beautiful.
Thank you.

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Dr. Intentional.
I love that word.

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Going into a new year or a new
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being intentional about it.
I think that's crucial to a

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successful year.
Thank you for sharing that, Dr.

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Anyone else want to share a
word?

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OK, good.
I was.

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I thought maybe you guys were
going to clam up on me and then

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all of a sudden I saw a bunch of
hands pop up.

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So let's go to Ashley.
Ashley, good morning to you.

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What is?
Let me ask it like this, If you

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had to choose one word to guide
how you show up as a podcaster

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or creator in 2026, what's that
word and why?

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Good morning.
Good morning.

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So I do the 12 week gear.
So for Q1, it's going to be

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enthusiasm.
And the reason why I've chosen

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enthusiasm is, you know, when it
comes to producing, I don't want

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to say I'm on autopilot, but
lately it's kind of a feeling

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that way just to get the work
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And I'm not really a whole lot
excited about my personal

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projects because they're getting
shoved in at the last minute.

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But I'm going to make some
changes that get rid of that

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autopilot feeling last minute
thing and I'll actually be

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excited about doing my own work
again.

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Thank you, Ashley.
And I'm going to actually follow

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up with you because I want to
make sure for those who may not

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know about it, you said you're
doing the 12 week year.

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And I know that part of that,
I'll call it a program is coming

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up with a, a word for every
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But do you want to explain a
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year?
I feel like it's appropriate for

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those of us that are maybe still
thinking about our 2026.

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I think this could be some
valuable info.

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The 12 week year is a book
actually, and I can't think of

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who the author is, but the idea
is that you think of every

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quarter of the year as a year
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So you have 4 years within one
so to speak, and you have

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different goals and intentions
for each quarter and you do mid

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quarter reviews or mid year
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If you think of it that way, end
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can help get a lot done in one
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Agreed, I like the concept.
I've done that before, something

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similar, and it does help in the
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overwhelming at the very least
to plan for a full 12 month

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year.
Instead you're only doing that

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quarter.
It's also great for someone like

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me too because it provides
flexibility for your year.

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You can change things up from
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words, new themes, new goals.
I like that one a lot.

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So yeah, thank you, Ashley.
Thank you for sharing and I

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love.
Can you remind me just real

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quick, what was the actual word?
I I got all the explanation and

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I forgot the word.
Oh.

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It's enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm.

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That's it.
Cool.

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Love that.
Thank you, Ashley.

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All right, I think BC wanted to
play along as well.

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Go ahead, BC.
Good morning.

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Good morning.
And yes, funny enough, a group

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of colleagues and I from a
nonprofit I work with had the

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same question last night during
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So very timely.
I love this.

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So my word for 2026, I have
decided is revolution.

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And this kind of feeds into the
earlier question of what are you

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saying no to and then yes to for
2026.

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So going back to that, my no is
to stop limiting myself at the

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visionary stage of what I want
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And the yes is taking the steps
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So for me, revolution is about
being actionable, being in the

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moment, actually reworking how I
approach things so that the end

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result becomes a lot more
feasible.

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I'm starting to, I'm starting to
do that now with my own podcast.

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I usually create themes around
people who show interest in the

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show, but I'm deciding to now be
a lot more research focused and

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decide, OK, here are the timely
topics for my show.

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And then I present those topics
that I want to discuss that are

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timely and important.
And if they anyone fits the

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topic, then they can reach out.
That way I know that whatever

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topic is discussed, it's timely.
It's going to provide actionable

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current insights for the
audience and it's not so this

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matches the person.
So hopefully it helps kind of

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thing, if that makes sense.
It does make sense and love the

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word revolution.
I that's one I wouldn't have had

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on my list of prediction for
words from from our panel this

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morning or our audience for that
matter as well.

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That's a great one.
Thank you.

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I appreciate it and I appreciate
the thoughtfulness behind the

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word as well.
By the way, thank you for

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playing along in the chat, Tim.
Tim picking the word tenacity.

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Would love to hear more about
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And also happy birthday to you,
Tim.

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He said that he was a little
late and he was, he slept in a

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bit giving himself a birthday
gift.

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So yeah, happy birthday, Tim,
and play along.

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Please, everyone in the chat,
share a word with us.

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Tell us a little more why or
come up here and join us and

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tell us what your word is for
2026 while we go to Nick, who's

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going to share his word for
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Go for it, Nick.
Good morning.

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Hey, good morning.
After Ashley said enthusiasm, I

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thought that was a pretty good
fitting one as well, but I'm not

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going to cop out with that.
The word that I'm choosing this

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year is rediscovery.
And I'm picking that word

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because as a lot of you know
that I've pretty much gone non

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existent in terms of content
creations.

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And this year, I really want to
kind of take a step back and

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look at what motivates me, what
drives me to create the content

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because I, I miss creating the
content, but I don't have that

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motivation to do it right now
and just really kind of better

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understand what motivates me.
How do I get back into that

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groove to where I feel excited
and enthusiastic to be out

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there, put myself out there
again and just start having fun

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with that again?
So relatable.

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Nick, thank you for sharing
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I know I go through those waves
as well.

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And I'm curious, you know what,
how do people get past that,

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right?
How do you find that motivation,

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especially if you were creating
content for a while and now all

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of a sudden you're not feeling
it anymore?

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I know for me, a lot of times
I'll ask myself that question

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when I'm feeling that, and
sometimes I have to push myself.

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But a lot of times, and again,
this is just for me, a lot of

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times it's actually fear based.
There's something that I'm

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afraid of.
Sometimes it might be what

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people, you know, judgement,
right?

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I might just be afraid of
judgement.

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Sometimes I'm, I'm fearful that
it's just not going to be good.

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And it's just a matter of
sometimes even just

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acknowledging the fear, whatever
it may be, helps push me

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through, helps get me to a point
where I can create something.

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I saw Ashley wanted to comment.
I see Ralph wants to comment on

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that as well.
So let me check in first with

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Ashley.
Go ahead.

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So in my situation, I tend to
think of creativity as a stream,

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and sometimes the stream is cold
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right now it's cold.
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into a body of water when you
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uncomfortable.
But if you force yourself to get

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in and get used to it, you'll
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don't feel like producing for
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I forced myself to do it anyway.
Like yesterday, that live

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stream, if I'm honest, I wasn't
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do it.
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felt great and so I think just
getting over the hump, getting

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over the discomfort and
surrendering to what you need to

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do makes all the difference.
I love that advice.

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Thank you, Ashley.
I loved how you put that with

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the cold stream.
Hot stream.

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Yeah, that I feel that I'm in
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with our podcast, clearly, but
with creating content for the

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podcast as far as reels and
shorts and that kind of thing.

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I just haven't been feeling it
this week.

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I've attempted it, I've gone in
and I've and I personally

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genuinely believe that we've had
a great, great, great week of

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shows.
Yet I'm just I'm struggling

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pulling the highlights from that
content and I'm giving myself

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permission to be OK with that
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other ways.
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form content, that's where I've
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That's where the stream is cold
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Ralph, did you want to share
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I did.
I wanted to say something about

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this whole discussion.
I think it's OK to say I'm not

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OK.
I think it's OK to say I'm

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hurting right now.
I'm struggling right now.

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And we put so much stress on
ourselves because all we got to

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do this and we got to do this.
It's OK to take a season off.

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It's OK to find somebody and
tell them you're not OK.

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So I feel like we beat ourselves
up so many times about what I've

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got to do this because people
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And if you miss a a beat, if I
miss a rhythm, I'm going to lose

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audience share.
You know what, you have seasons

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in your life and you've got to
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And you got to say sometimes I'm
not OK right now, and you got to

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be OK with that.
I love that.

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Thank you, Ralph, Great advice.
And look, that's the that's part

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of the catalyst behind this two
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I know I'm recognizing I need
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opportunity.
The holiday season's a great

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opportunity.
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momentum has been super strong
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putting out week after week,
especially at the end of this

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year, the last couple months I
feel like we've been putting out

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amazing content and now I need a
breather.

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I need to take a break and
recharge and I'm proud of myself

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for recognizing that and not
just pushing myself to do it

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anyway because I'm afraid that,
oh, if I stop putting out the

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content, my contents not going
to be pushed out anymore when I

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do come back or people are going
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I do think about those things on
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important to me to get that
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Nick, I saw you wanted to chime
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Go for it.
I totally agree with what Ashley

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and Ralph are saying.
Like, that resonates with me a

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lot.
I think in my situation, I've

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thought about this a lot.
I know we've talked about it a

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little bit as well.
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why is a big piece of all this.
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this a ton on the show, as I
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You have that purpose, have
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Why?
If you lose that, if you don't

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have that, it becomes very
difficult to keep yourself

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moving forward.
And that's what I feel I've lost

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the most because, yeah, like Ash
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Just.
Jump into the cold water and

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just get get your feet wet and
get in there.

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But especially for me, I know
that I have a hard time getting

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into the water not knowing why
I'm getting into the water in

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the 1st place.
I have no problem diving in, but

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I need to be swimming towards
something or I need to be

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jumping in for a reason and not
just doing it for the sake of

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doing it.
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reconnecting with that why and
why the why is so important.

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It's very clear to me going
through all this.

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Could the reason for you be that
you want to just get back on the

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horse?
Is that enough of a reason,

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right?
Like maybe it's a matter of

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connecting with Sometimes the
reasons don't have to be because

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I need to serve my audience
because XY and Z, right?

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Sometimes it could simply be, I
know that it's something I want,

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right?
Like this is something that Nix

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has said to us.
I want to get back into it.

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I miss it.
So maybe the reason is I just

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got to put out some content for
the sake of getting back into

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the rhythm of it.
And that might not resonate with

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Nick, but it might resonate with
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It does with me.
Sid, did you want to comment?

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Good morning, everybody.
I can identify with this a lot

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at the end of the day.
I mean, I haven't posted like

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really real content in probably
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Lots going on Thanksgiving, then
my mother's funeral and then

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kids coming home and just all
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And sometimes you just need a
break.

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Like sometimes you just need to
step away.

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There didn't have to be a
reason, right, that you stepped

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away.
Sometimes you just need a break

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and give yourself the grace to
say, you know what, I'm not

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feeling it right now and I'm
just not going to do it.

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And you know, you can come back
when you're ready, but sometimes

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you just need a break.
And for me, that's what I needed

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was just, I needed to take a
step back with it.

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Thank you, Sid.
All right, we will keep this

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moving BC did you want to have a
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the conversation?
Yes.

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And I wanted to say I totally
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different perspectives here and
I kind of wanted to hop in on

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the reality that you know, as
much as we it's, I think it is

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important to have the why in
focus and the emotional or

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mental kind of preparedness for
this is a pretty multifaceted

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function.
So there's also a physicality to

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it.
So a lot of times for me, what I

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need to do to get back into it
is not even to have something

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planned and have like a result
in mind, but I got to get back

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into OK.
What does functioning behind the

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mic feel like before I can
actually plan anything that will

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provide anything productive to
the audience?

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If I can't like, get back into
the groove of OK, what does

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sitting here feel like?
What does the mic feel like?

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How do I position myself?
How do I talk?

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How do I articulate?
Then it's not going to work

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anyway.
Thank you BC great advice.

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Thank you for sharing how you
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I appreciate it and I'll share
quickly my word, which I already

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shared because Ralph used the
same one, authenticity.

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We'll go to you Sid, don't
worry.

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And really the reason why I
chose it is because I want to

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show more of me on social media
and in real world situations.

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It's my belief that most of us
hold back from showing our

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truest self to the world.
There are some of that I believe

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are more authentically who we
are than others, but I do

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believe that there's for many of
us, there is still some sort of

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wall up right.
We're not truly showing who we

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are.
And that's not, and I'm not

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saying that for every person in
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there a lot of people out there
that that are like that.

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And it's my intention to get
even closer to sharing that

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truest version of me with you.
I've recognized that a lot this

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year that in my life worn a lot
of masks, figuratively speaking,

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and I've started peeling some of
those masks off.

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And the more that I do, the more
I just feel better about myself,

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who I am.
I feel more confident, and I

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think I show up differently for
the better.

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So I really want to embrace that
moving into 2026.

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All right, Sid, I'm coming back
to you now to share your word

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and why for 2026.
I'm still torn between 2 words

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that I'm playing around with,
but the one I'll choose for

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today's conversation is
exciting.

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I'm excited about next year.
I'm excited about what's

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happening with our new business
and our groups coming on board

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and the energy that we have
around that.

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I'm excited about the, you know,
relaunch is not the right word,

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but I'm excited about sharing
the updates to my podcast and

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all the things we're doing, the
new things we're doing with my

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listeners.
I'm excited about we're we've

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gone with our monetization
strategy.

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It's just there's a lot of
exciting things around my

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businesses and my podcast.
So that right now is the word

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that I'm choosing for today.
Exciting.

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Love that.
Thank you, Sid, and I'm excited

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for you.
I know you've shared a few

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things with me behind the scenes
that you're working toward your

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podcast for 2026 that are going
well.

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And I I couldn't be more
thrilled.

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So yes, I'm excited with you.
OK, let's move into a different

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area.
Should I?

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There you go.
Clean the slate there.

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Cleared.
Is that the right term?

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Clean the no.
Yeah.

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Clean slate.
Yes.

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OK, Clear the air, clean the
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I don't know, but you got me.
Why don't we jump into what's

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one thing that you're focusing
on in 2026 that will make the

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biggest difference for you and
or your podcast?

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So I'm going to focus on
something that is really hard

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for me and that is saying no
because this year I launched 3

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new shows.
So now I have 4 shows and what I

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am learning is that there's only
so much of me.

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I am focusing in on what is the
main thing I want to do in 2026.

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And I'm really going to lean in
to the content creators

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accounting side of what I want
to do because I really feel

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that's where my skills and
passion are.

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And it means I'm going to have
to say no to some things.

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If I have the inkling of, oh, I
can do another show or I can do

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some more content in this area,
I've got to learn to say no.

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I need to focus on this piece of
the wine to accomplish.

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Thank you Ralph and I guess
selfishly I am glad you chose

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that for 2026 and not for 2025
because you may have said no to

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being a part of this community
everyday.

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No, no.
And let me just say, and I want

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to add this because it's kind of
a win and you didn't ask for

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wins right now, but honestly,
Mark joining this has been one

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of my greatest wins of my
podcasting career.

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It has become a home for me.
It's a place that I'm really

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enjoying the people I'm meeting
people of all kinds of different

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backgrounds.
And I honestly look forward to

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6:55 in the morning seeing when
you start the live stream and

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start the clubhouse thing.
I'm getting up a crazy hour so I

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can get my exercise in, but but
no, Mark I, I'm definitely not

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going to say no to this.
I am really loving this and I

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really appreciate you and I
appreciate everybody else in the

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group.
I got to see Ashley playing

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music yesterday, which was
really cool.

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I just was on Facebook for a
minute.

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So I would have never had that
connection if it hadn't been for

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this group.
So I have just absolutely

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embraced this group and thank
you again.

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Man, thank you, Ralph there.
That's a huge win for me that I

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will proudly take on.
Thank you for sharing that and

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we are super excited and proud
to have you be a part of this.

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Thank you for pouring into it.
Thank you for the your passion

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and enthusiasm.
I'm really excited that you are

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a part of this team.
Let's see.

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Did somebody else want to
comment?

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I feel, Oh yeah, it was Ashley.
Ashley wanted to share.

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What's the one thing, Ashley,
that you're focusing on in 2026

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that will make the biggest
difference for your podcast or

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you?
So it's going to be consistency

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and it's going to take some of
what Ralph was talking about to

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pull that off.
I'm in a situation where the

452
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:42,560
Cobblers children have no shoes.
You know, I've talked about this

453
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,360
before.
You know, I've really, I love

454
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:48,640
all the podcasts I work on, but
at the end of the day, I run out

455
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,760
of time and gumption to do my
own.

456
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,080
And again, when I was speaking
before, I've just got to force

457
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:59,240
myself to do it and have better
time management and not say yes

458
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,680
to every little thing.
I'm so quick to say yes.

459
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,600
So I'm going to have to take a
page out of Ralph's book and say

460
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:10,480
no to something so that I can,
you know, get reacquainted with

461
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,720
why I'm doing my podcast and
continue.

462
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:14,600
Love that.
Thank you.

463
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:19,400
Ashley, does anyone else want to
share something, one thing that

464
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,840
you're focusing on in 2026 and
that will make the biggest

465
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,440
difference for your podcast?
Yes, Sid, go for it.

466
00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,840
Mark, let's not forget Dr.
because I think she's got a few

467
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,280
things she's focusing on.
We've been waiting for like 9

468
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,760
months for one of them.
So maybe she can focus on that

469
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,400
in 2026.
OK, I'm calling her out.

470
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,040
This was the one question that I
did not have an answer for.

471
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:42,840
I have an answer for.
All of the others.

472
00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:47,920
I was like, OK, we can just skip
by this, skip by this.

473
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,680
It calls me out.
Oh my goodness.

474
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,640
My word that I think I'm going
to focus on.

475
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,000
It's also kind of kind of my
second alternative word, though.

476
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,360
This is appropriate place for it
though.

477
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,640
It's growth.
I'm really focused on the growth

478
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,800
of my show, the growth of my
audience.

479
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:09,120
I'm building out a community and
growing that community, growing

480
00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:12,000
the business.
So what I'm going to focus on in

481
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,120
2026 is growth and I'm excited
about that.

482
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,240
Thank you, Sid.
Dave here says he's focusing on

483
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:24,880
new ideas for 2026.
Dave, I hope it's not another

484
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,560
suite of podcasts.
I think Dave might have the most

485
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,880
podcasts out of anybody in this
community in this room anyway,

486
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,560
for sure.
Anyone else want to share

487
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,880
something that you're going to
be focusing on in 2026 that'll

488
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,480
make a big difference for your
podcast?

489
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,160
I'll let you think for a second.
I'll share.

490
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,880
I think it's, I mean, it's
similar to Sid, I could say

491
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:51,400
growth.
What I wrote down was taking the

492
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,080
show, this very show to the next
level.

493
00:27:54,920 --> 00:28:00,040
I want to add a monetization
component to the PMC so that I

494
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,960
can sustain it.
We've been doing it as a now

495
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,600
granted, it's a monetization
model in the sense that I do get

496
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,640
business on occasion because of
this show, right?

497
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:17,160
People who listen to the show do
reach out and they do ask to

498
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,000
work with me.
So that that's one way.

499
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,680
But I want to find some other
ways as well.

500
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:27,280
And my dream is to be is, is
really for this show to become

501
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,800
one of my main revenue streams
because I love doing it.

502
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,400
I really, I am passionate about
doing this show and the more

503
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,840
that I've been intentional with
it this year, really now

504
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,840
planning ahead of time what
we're going to talk about each

505
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:49,040
day, each week and spending some
time the day before, a couple

506
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,680
days before whatever that
particular show day is and, and

507
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,680
planning it out.
You know, I, I love doing it.

508
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,880
It's where I enjoy spending a
lot of my time.

509
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,600
So if I enjoy spending my time,
I've got to justify it by

510
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,720
figuring out a way to also
monetize it or other ways to

511
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,440
monetize it.
So I'm going to take these next

512
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,480
couple weeks while we're off to
figure out what that looks like

513
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,440
and how it will work.
And Janae has joined us on

514
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,080
stage.
Janae, good morning.

515
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,280
Did you want to play along?
What's one thing that you're

516
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,520
focusing on in 2026 that'll make
the biggest difference for your

517
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,560
podcast?
Good morning everyone.

518
00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,440
Wow.
What's the biggest thing that

519
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,160
I'm focusing on for 2026 is
systems.

520
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,080
You want to tell?
Me a little more when we have

521
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:42,400
systems in place, For example, a
car has several systems and if

522
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:47,320
all the systems work together
smoothly, you can go farther.

523
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,240
So setting up system for
podcasting, setting up systems

524
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:56,280
in my business so that there's
more time to work on the

525
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,640
business as opposed to in the
business.

526
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:04,480
That's going to be my focus for
2026 and the word of the year.

527
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,080
And this is funny, Mark.
It's going to be moist.

528
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,840
OK, well real quick, why he said
that?

529
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:14,320
Just for those who don't know
the reference, that was

530
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:18,320
something that I said in my
opening remarks at the Empowered

531
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,440
Podcasting conference.
I said how the word authenticity

532
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,440
a lot of times these days make
people cringe and I compared it

533
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,640
to the word moist in the
personal development world.

534
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,920
Anyway, it is our our moist in
the personal development word.

535
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,240
That's why he's saying that.
It sure is.

536
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,520
But you said that authenticity
is overused.

537
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:41,600
You know, everybody talks about
being authentic, being

538
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:46,760
authentic, but I think it's very
important to know the difference

539
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,920
between being genuine and
authentic, right?

540
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,240
What does it mean to be
authentic?

541
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,920
Well, not anybody can just come
off the street and like, hey,

542
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,800
I'm being authentic.
I'm sick, but I'm still going to

543
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,240
show up.
No, that's not being authentic.

544
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:09,200
You know, you want to be genuine
in your core values and who you

545
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:15,240
are as a person and who what
defines you as who you are based

546
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,240
on the experiences you've had
over the years.

547
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:25,000
So being genuine is as much
important or holds a higher

548
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,920
value, I believe then somebody
is throwing the word, hey, I'm

549
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,320
I'm being authentic and I'm
showing up again.

550
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,160
It all comes down to that deeper
meaning of why and how you do

551
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,920
that and how you show up.
So thanks so much, appreciate.

552
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,760
It yeah thank you Janae love
that share anyone else want to

553
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,600
share or shall I move to one of
the other questions of the

554
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:52,280
morning DRI know wants to share
DRI think what Sid was implying

555
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:57,360
was this podcast help desk show
that we've been waiting for for

556
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,400
almost a year now.
Yes, I know.

557
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,520
So it it has been exactly a
year.

558
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:10,400
It was this time last year that
I said, really, I've told all my

559
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,440
clients that they have to have
all their shows in by the, you

560
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:19,920
know, by the 10th so I can have
a clean slate and just dedicate

561
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,440
all my time to That was a year
ago.

562
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,040
That was a year ago.
So you know what, let me just

563
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,800
say you do.
You can say I don't think I'm

564
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,240
going to put that show out
there.

565
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,000
I don't have plans to.
And that's not one of my goals

566
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,560
for 2026.
You're allowed to say that.

567
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,440
It's it would be a shame, but
you're allowed to say that.

568
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,400
Let me think about that if I
want to say that I'm not sure.

569
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,360
Sometimes I think we put all
this pressure on ourselves, but

570
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,480
maybe it will for whatever her
reasons are it maybe it just

571
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,960
doesn't feel right to Dr. and
she's not comfortable putting it

572
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,560
out there and OK like that, that
we might have to just accept

573
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,960
that.
Dr. I'm in the same boat my

574
00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,240
friend.
I've been telling myself for

575
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,480
about a year.
I registered this domain name a

576
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,400
year and two months ago I was
going to launch a new podcast

577
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,360
and I still haven't.
I am so good and prolific at

578
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,960
registering URLs.
I have got so many out there.

579
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,440
They're all ideas for different
shows that I haven't done it

580
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,360
yet.
But damn, no one's going to.

581
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,920
No one's going to come out with
the same name because I got the

582
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:33,440
URL.
Dr. collects URLs, courses and

583
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,760
apps and apps.
Yes, those are her addictions.

584
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:44,040
All right, it's about time you
create apps and courses.

585
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,040
How about that Dr. How about
that?

586
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,600
Yes.
I fear that Dr. is on the couch

587
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,960
again and listening to all of
her psychiatrist.

588
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:01,000
I'm on the therapist couch.
So is there some more questions

589
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,600
that we can do?
Dr. is deflecting now.

590
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,560
OK, I get it.
I was actually I had my finger

591
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,320
on the button to transition into
the next question and that and

592
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:14,120
that reminded me I was going to
play that little magical whoosh

593
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,360
sound that I have.
But I also have this other one

594
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,120
that I forgot to play you guys
the other the other day when I

595
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:21,520
was playing with some of these
sounds.

596
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,800
What do you guys think about
this as again, this is just like

597
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,159
a palate cleanser.
It's a transition from one topic

598
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:34,040
to the next.
I kind of like that just

599
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,560
because, I mean, it's not
exactly like our theme music,

600
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:41,360
but it feels like it's in the
same vein of our theme music as

601
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:48,280
a just a quick change of pace.
It's short, it's sweet, You

602
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:49,800
don't like it.
DRI can tell by your.

603
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,480
I can tell by her.
I like it.

604
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,000
I like it, Mark.
You could play it longer.

605
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,639
I actually I really like that
Mark.

606
00:34:55,639 --> 00:34:56,760
Oh, OK.
Thank you, Sid.

607
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,560
You thank you for making me feel
better.

608
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,120
Not like Dr. No.
I just don't have to let it sync

609
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,040
it In Sync it, that's all.
I'm good.

610
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,880
Dr. does that to me sometimes
when we are private messaging

611
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,200
and I'll say something and her
response will just be O dot dot

612
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,640
dot and I'm like, OK, so does
that mean that you're unhappy

613
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,080
with what I said?
What does that mean exactly, you

614
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,400
know?
Conveying stuff is so hard

615
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,360
through text.
I know, but you just did it

616
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,640
through voice and I feel the
same feeling that I get when I

617
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,080
see it in text.
Well, you've given me something

618
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:32,120
to think about.
That's.

619
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,040
Yeah, there it is.
That's good.

620
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,360
All right, Well, we did hear
that transition music.

621
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:45,920
And since Sid likes it, what's 1
promise you want to make to your

622
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,840
listener in 2026?
I'll start.

623
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:50,680
OK.
DER, did you want?

624
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:55,840
'Cause I have, yeah, I do OK.
Oh, I should have just said oh.

625
00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:02,120
That's right.
So this one is going to sound as

626
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:08,240
though it's a promise for me,
but the overflow is actually

627
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:13,320
goes to the listener.
So I promise to have more

628
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:17,280
respect for my time, my own
time.

629
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:24,360
And it means no rush recordings,
no filler episodes, no content

630
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,600
created out of like obligation
and stuff like that.

631
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:33,720
That every episode exists
because you know it deserves to

632
00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:38,560
be to exist.
And in respecting my own time,

633
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,320
that's not only a gift to
myself, but it's also a gift to

634
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,680
the listener.
When the creator has boundaries,

635
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:53,320
the content has more depth, more
intention, which goes back to my

636
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:54,800
first word, which is
intentional.

637
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,360
So yeah, there you go.
We've come full circle.

638
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,520
Way to thread it together there,
yeah?

639
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,200
Thank you.
Thank you, Dr. and I'll keep it

640
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,640
moving.
For sake of time, Ashley wants

641
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,760
to chime in.
I'll share mine eventually here,

642
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,640
but go ahead Ashley, the floor
is yours.

643
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,400
My promise is that I'm not
giving up.

644
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:16,320
I mentioned before about my
dilemma with lack of enthusiasm

645
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,640
and I've just got to realize I'm
not giving up.

646
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,440
I've I'm very into with my why
and why I want to keep going and

647
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,480
I promise not to give up.
You know, I've talked about

648
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,880
consistency.
I don't want to, you know, say

649
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,560
it's going to happen before it
does, but there might be a time

650
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,560
when I can't get my own episode
out at the time that it's

651
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,920
supposed to, but it will come
out.

652
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,800
Thank you, Ashley.
It's a great promise to your

653
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,960
audience.
My promise to our audience is

654
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:49,320
that this show will always
strive to be a few things

655
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:56,080
inclusive, honest, insightful,
valuable, and at the heart of it

656
00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,240
all, the show will continue to
be about community.

657
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:07,200
The PMC considers itself a home
for content creators, and we or

658
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:12,240
I strive for content creators to
consider it their home too.

659
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,480
So that's my promises to
continue to follow those

660
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:21,400
different things I just listed.
And as again, especially when it

661
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,840
comes to community, I want this
to be a home for content

662
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,560
creators.
I want people to think of the

663
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,280
podcasting morning chat when
they want community and when

664
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,400
they want to learn from
community.

665
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,320
Or maybe they want to help
community and want to be a part

666
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,000
of this one and help this
community.

667
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,920
Whatever it is, I want this to
be your home.

668
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,920
Ralph, I saw you wanted to.
Did you want to share yours or

669
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:47,640
did you want to respond?
Either way, I.

670
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,520
I wanted to share mine.
And so one of the things that I

671
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:55,720
am going to do, my promise is to
speak to my listeners in

672
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:59,160
language they can understand.
Because a lot of times us

673
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,360
professionals, accountants
especially, we talk in terms

674
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,240
that nobody else in the world
talks in.

675
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:07,600
And one of the ways I want to
differentiate myself is I want

676
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,400
to talk the language of creators
because I am a creator.

677
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,960
So I live in that.
But I also want to make sure

678
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:17,200
that every episode is speaking
to that creator who's struggling

679
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,960
or trying to make this work.
We're trying to do, you know, to

680
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,400
take to make some money with
their podcast and try to keep

681
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,680
more of their money.
So my promise is that I'm going

682
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,200
to meet you where you are.
I'm not going to talk to you

683
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:30,920
about somebody that's got 10
million followers.

684
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,680
I'm going to talk to you about
your situation, where you are

685
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,120
right now, and help you take
that next step, just one step at

686
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,440
a time.
Thank you, Ralph, for that

687
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,520
thoughtful answer.
I love that.

688
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,360
I love the nuances of these
different answers, the different

689
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,640
directions that we're all going
in.

690
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,760
I think this is really
fascinating to me.

691
00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:53,480
Does anyone else want to share a
promise that you want to make to

692
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,480
your audience?
Yes, Sid.

693
00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:00,680
I haven't thought a lot about
this, but what comes up to me is

694
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,960
inspiring, relevant and
challenging content.

695
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,120
That will continue to help you
move your business forward.

696
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,400
That's what my show's about.
That's what I do.

697
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,480
But I'm promising to bring more
of that, better content, more

698
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,240
information, things that are
really going to help you get to

699
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,960
the next level in 2026,
professionally and personally.

700
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:27,680
Love that, thank you.
I see here in the chat Dr. you

701
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,560
said perseverance.
You want to share what you mean

702
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:34,400
by that?
I was commenting on what Ashley

703
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,120
had said because I think another
word for it would be

704
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:38,960
perseverance.
Got it, got it.

705
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,360
Thank you.
By the way, and I'm looking in

706
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,520
the chat here and it seems that
my little, I'll call it a rock

707
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:49,160
Stinger.
The seems like everyone likes it

708
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,280
and I'm shocked that the the
consensus is that it needs to be

709
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,880
longer.
I thought for sure that was the

710
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,960
perfect length, and it may still
be.

711
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,880
I may keep it that way.
But it it, there is more to it I

712
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,080
could add.
I could make it a little longer.

713
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,960
I'll play with it and see.
But yeah, that surprised me.

714
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,600
Anyone else want to share a
promise to your audience?

715
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:19,640
OK, then I'll make you sick of
it before we even really lean

716
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:23,560
into it.
OK, let's head into wins.

717
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,400
And I'm going to ask this
question a little differently

718
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,480
because normally on Fridays,
we'll do this and I'll just ask

719
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,360
you please share a win from your
week.

720
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:35,800
But I want to reframe it for the
our final show of 2025.

721
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:40,440
What's 1 win from this week or
from 2025?

722
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,040
And it would be kind of cool if
you can pull 11 from 2025, but

723
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,440
not required.
That reminded you why you

724
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:52,040
podcast in the 1st place.
I'll start.

725
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:57,240
The gratitude I've received this
week is one win.

726
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:04,240
For example, I received a
wonderful note from Rika, who we

727
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:06,000
interviewed, her podcast
interviewed.

728
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,840
We broke down her podcast,
shared delights yesterday on the

729
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:15,840
show, and she was really pleased
with the feedback we gave.

730
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,960
I also got gratitude from an
Empowered Podcasting conference

731
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:24,280
attendee that I sat down with on
a Zoom call yesterday, just a

732
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:32,000
connection call, and he was just
expressing what an amazing event

733
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,200
it was and that he had been to
many like it, but there really

734
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:39,040
wasn't one like it.
That's what he said to me that

735
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,080
this really, this one really
stood out to him and he got so

736
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:46,240
much out of it.
Another opportunity or win was

737
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:51,880
the fact that I got to lead
another pod fest community call

738
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,680
for their speakers specifically
leading community.

739
00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:01,320
And that is a win that reminds
me why I podcast in the 1st

740
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:05,960
place because it I podcast for
these kinds of opportunities.

741
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,240
That's one reason.
So having something like this,

742
00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:13,120
having a pod fest come to me and
say, hey, we see you.

743
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:16,520
We see what you do with
community and how you build it.

744
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,840
And we want you to do that for
us with our speakers.

745
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:25,400
And I just signed a new client
who also another empowered

746
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,200
podcasting conference attendee
this very week.

747
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:33,680
This client, this now client,
former and existing EPC attendee

748
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,400
hired me to they, they've put
their whole podcast together,

749
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,080
they've recorded their first
episode and now they want a

750
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,440
producer to produce these
episodes that he's recording.

751
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:50,080
So that's a big win and a big
reminder why I wake up, like

752
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:54,680
Ralph was saying, crazy hours in
the morning, why I show up here

753
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:56,600
every day.
It's.

754
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,400
To help continue to build my
business.

755
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:02,880
That's a big reason why we I do
this, aside from wanting to be a

756
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,640
part of community and lead a
community.

757
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:10,880
Those are my wins.
That's what reminded me of why I

758
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:14,400
podcast in the 1st place.
Ashley coming to you, go for it.

759
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:20,040
I would say that my podcasting
win for 2026 is finally getting

760
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,040
over the hurdle and doing video.
I've been fighting it.

761
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,640
I didn't want to do video for
the longest time, but I realized

762
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,240
that I needed to for the type of
show that I have.

763
00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:34,600
People really want to see the
musicians that I'm interviewing.

764
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:39,120
Plus it gives me the opportunity
to take video that I filmed of

765
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:42,320
the musicians and, you know,
find places in the show to

766
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:45,520
insert that over the interview.
It looks really cool.

767
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,880
And the reason I consider this
such a win is because it's been

768
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:53,040
a confidence booster and it gets
back to why I'm doing this to

769
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:54,800
begin with.
And that's community and

770
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:57,640
connection.
I was at a music festival a

771
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,720
couple months ago and a guy came
up to me, total stranger, and he

772
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:04,960
said, did you put out a YouTube
video that was a know before you

773
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:06,960
go kind of video about this
festival?

774
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,520
And I said, yeah.
And he said, well, I found your

775
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:13,040
video and it's what made me
decide to come to this festival

776
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:16,320
at the last minute.
I've never played in a fireside

777
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,960
jam before.
And because of your video, I

778
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,040
wouldn't have known about this.
And now I'm here.

779
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,480
So that's my win for the year
and why I continue to make my

780
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:25,360
own podcast.
I.

781
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:29,080
Literally really got chills as
you shared that last win.

782
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,600
Ashley, thank you for sharing
that with us.

783
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:35,480
That's so cool to hear, and I'm
really excited for you and your

784
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,760
2026.
Thank you for playing along

785
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:40,120
today.
Thank you for sharing all that

786
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,000
you shared.
Billy joined us on stage, so

787
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,240
let's skip the line and go to
Billy.

788
00:45:45,240 --> 00:45:48,760
Good morning, my friend.
You want to share a win from

789
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:52,720
this week or from 2025 that
reminds you why you create

790
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:56,800
content in the first place?
Hey, Mark, that's very kind of

791
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,240
you to skip everyone else.
Thank you.

792
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,320
You're welcome.
Especially Sid.

793
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,200
I really got pleasure from that.
Skip.

794
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,800
It was kind of funny because I'm
sitting here thinking like about

795
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:07,800
podcasting and like, I don't
really podcast.

796
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:12,040
But then I remembered my goal
for this year was to be a guest

797
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:16,280
on multiple shows.
And although I wasn't actively

798
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,240
seeking to do that, it just
naturally happened.

799
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,320
And so, you know, podcasting is
empowered my business this year

800
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,640
by getting me in front of
different audiences and

801
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,880
different creator types and
growing my community.

802
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,840
Looking back and go, OK, this is
a, this is a huge win.

803
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,680
I didn't even realize until you
guys kind of remind me of of

804
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,440
that just talking about
podcasting and the power of

805
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,600
podcasting.
So not only on the host side,

806
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,080
but I've been more in the guest
seat this year and it's been a

807
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,400
lot of fun.
So, you know, just a personal

808
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:49,920
win for the week.
I got some Ray Ban meta glasses.

809
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:53,760
I saw that for all that annoying
content, it's coming fast.

810
00:46:55,240 --> 00:46:56,200
So I've been.
Having a lot.

811
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,640
Of fun with that, yeah.
It's been a early Christmas

812
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:01,600
gift, so it's been fun.
Yeah, I saw you testing that

813
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,800
out.
I think I saw your Facebook test

814
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:07,080
and and what do you think so far
of those glasses?

815
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:09,040
You know, I've had them for two
days.

816
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:12,240
So I mean, I could make a lot of
comments on battery life, but

817
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:14,480
you know, when you first get
something, you just use it all

818
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,960
the time.
So I don't think it's fair to to

819
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,520
beat up on them too much.
But I didn't get the Gen. ones.

820
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,240
I didn't get the Gen. twos
because they were more of like a

821
00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:26,800
funzy project or you know, like
a fun camera to have.

822
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,680
Because that's why I'm using it
mostly just for quick social

823
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,200
posts behind the scenes, because
I get a lot of questions about

824
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,080
that, you know, talking about
your audience and what they want

825
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:36,640
to know it's like.
How do you do this?

826
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,520
What does this look like?
What does your day look like?

827
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:43,360
You know, so it's kind of cool
for me to not have to create and

828
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,040
bring another camera and and do
all this kind of stuff.

829
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:50,840
I can just hit a button, record
a few seconds, upload it live

830
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:54,040
stream from them on Amazon or,
you know, or Facebook or

831
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,360
Instagram.
I mean, So yeah, overall, I'm

832
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:58,600
pretty impressed with the $300
purchase.

833
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:01,960
If I would have.
Paid 500 bucks for the Gen. 2's

834
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,120
just for a little bit better
video quality and double the

835
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:06,960
battery life.
I think I might would have

836
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:10,840
buyer's remorse after two days
of owning them but we'll see.

837
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:13,760
Maybe 5 days I'll be like Dang
it I should return them and get

838
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,320
the bigger ones.
We'll see.

839
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,480
OK, cool.
Good to know because I'm

840
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:22,560
definitely interested.
I will say if you wear glasses

841
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:26,120
daily in their prescription
glasses I would get the Gen.

842
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,200
twos because of the battery
life.

843
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,040
I do have to charge these up
multiple times throughout the

844
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,200
day.
Yeah, good call, right, Because

845
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,760
if you you have a prescription,
you need those glasses.

846
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:37,320
So you need a longer battery
life.

847
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,840
You don't want to be caught with
having to charge them when you

848
00:48:40,840 --> 00:48:42,160
need the most, right.
Yeah.

849
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:44,200
Thank you for that, Billy.
Appreciate it.

850
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:48,400
I'm going to go to Tim.
Tim, welcome to the stage.

851
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:52,520
Please share a win from your
week from your year that reminds

852
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:57,040
you why you started podcasting
in the 1st place so.

853
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,480
My win came on Tuesday of this
week.

854
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:02,040
I had a Co worker.
Of mine when I worked.

855
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,960
For the Army, give me a call out
of the blue, wish me a happy

856
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,280
birthday.
And then he let me know the

857
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:13,720
impact that I had on his life.
And when I started Create Art

858
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:18,640
Podcast, I started it while I
was working for the Army, for my

859
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,200
guys and gals, they're just
getting out of the military

860
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,240
because they were wounded, ill
and injured.

861
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,840
Just kind of opening up the art
world to them saying, hey, this

862
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:30,760
is a opportunity for you.
It was nice to have a Co worker

863
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:34,360
from that time period give me a
call and let me know the impact

864
00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:38,720
that I have and that just is
going to power me through 2026

865
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,240
and the 53rd trip.
Around the sun.

866
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:43,120
So thanks.
Yeah, you're welcome.

867
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,560
Congratulations on that win.
What a great share.

868
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:49,520
Thank you, Tim, and thanks for
coming up on stage and not just

869
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:53,440
living in the chat.
Love having you up here.

870
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,800
Let me check in with Ralph.
Ralph, go.

871
00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:58,360
For it.
Thank you, Mark.

872
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:01,720
So I've really got to the first
one is something that happened

873
00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:03,600
this year, which was absolutely
amazing to me.

874
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:07,760
I'm a guy of deep faith and but
I don't have any formal like

875
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,320
religious training.
I don't have any of those

876
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:10,440
things.
And I said, you know what, I

877
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:13,280
really want to connect to people
on a faith level.

878
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:18,160
And I decided to launch this new
show and it went crazy on

879
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:23,560
YouTube to to the point where I
have 156,000 subscribers now.

880
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,640
And for a guy who's an
accountant who doesn't have any

881
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,400
formal quote, religious
training, just speaking from the

882
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,320
heart, that has been amazing to
me.

883
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:36,840
And so that's been a huge win.
The other huge win for me is on

884
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,200
January 1st, I got on the scale
and I looked at that number and

885
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:42,120
I said, Ralph, you got to do
something about this.

886
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:46,680
And as of this morning, I am 70
lbs lighter than when I started

887
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:50,080
on January 1st.
And but bigger than that.

888
00:50:50,160 --> 00:50:51,560
And this is it more of a
personal win.

889
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,520
I am no longer a type 2
diabetic.

890
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:58,440
And for me, that was massive
because I am getting ready to

891
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:02,200
have a grandchild here next year
and I want to be able to have a

892
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,040
fulfilling life with my
grandchild.

893
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,600
And I knew the path I was on was
not going to get me there.

894
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:09,360
So Mark, thank you so much for
letting me share that.

895
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:11,760
I want to tell anybody out there
that's struggling with those

896
00:51:11,760 --> 00:51:13,840
type of things, man, just you
can do it.

897
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:16,920
That's what I'm going to say.
Thank you, Ralph, and

898
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:20,720
congratulations especially on
your health, right?

899
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:22,480
We want you here for a long
time.

900
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,640
We've gotten to know you and
want you here for a long time

901
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:31,040
with us and it's great to hear
how you took control of that

902
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:34,440
control of your health and that
you're doing much better.

903
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,440
And the fact that you're able,
you were able to get rid of

904
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:40,400
diabetes as a result, that's
amazing.

905
00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:45,880
Congratulations.
Anyone else want to share Dr. It

906
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:48,560
kind of changed the game a
little bit with the whole

907
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:53,000
reminding thing because I had
something else and want to say

908
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:56,600
my win for the week.
I'm going to disregard the whole

909
00:51:56,600 --> 00:52:00,240
reminding thing of what it why
it reminds you that you're in.

910
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:04,360
So my team is expanding.
My team with my business is

911
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,320
expanding.
And I am lucky enough to have a

912
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:11,200
client that allows me to use her
as a Guinea pig.

913
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:17,600
And when I learned new stuff or
I have a nice shiny toy app to

914
00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:22,920
use, I usually, you know, ring
her up and say I, I want to try

915
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:25,880
it just to try it with my team
expanding.

916
00:52:25,880 --> 00:52:30,440
She has expressed that maybe she
wants to try some new things in

917
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:34,040
2026 which will utilize my new
team.

918
00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:38,000
So I'm excited to do that.
And that's my win.

919
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,200
Congratulations.
Very cool, Dr. Thank you.

920
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:43,680
Thank you.
Maybe I should do this?

921
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:47,240
Wait, wait.
Yeah.

922
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:51,200
Janae, did you want to share?
Yes, I wanted to share my win,

923
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,440
OK.
And then I will wrap us up for

924
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:57,160
the final episode of the year.
Oh my God, can't believe final

925
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,600
episode of the year.
My biggest win is being part of

926
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:02,800
this community, getting to hang
out with you this whole last

927
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:06,880
year, getting to attend
Empowered Podcasting Conference

928
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:11,560
and supporting and being part of
this community much more than I

929
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:14,880
was before.
So it's helped me grow as well

930
00:53:15,240 --> 00:53:17,360
massively.
And thank you so much.

931
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:22,480
And Ralph, you gave me another
win today just by sharing your

932
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:28,040
win of starting a religious
based channel because that's

933
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:32,920
something that I've been on the
fence of of or four.

934
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,320
Wait, I don't know.
I don't even know what my forts

935
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:36,760
anymore.
Where are my words?

936
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,160
Where are my words?
But that's something that I've

937
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:42,200
been wanting to do.
And I don't have prior religious

938
00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:44,920
training either, but I am in
practicing Muslim and there's a

939
00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:47,280
lot of things that I want to
talk about because I have 4

940
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:49,240
kids.
I want to make sure that they're

941
00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:52,480
growing in the right environment
and having the right mindset.

942
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:55,360
So that's something that I'm
going to start.

943
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:57,720
Awesome, thanks to your share.
Thank you.

944
00:53:58,240 --> 00:54:00,720
That's so cool.
Thank you, Janae, and

945
00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:04,120
congratulations on your wins and
your plans as well.

946
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:09,440
All right, so before we wrap
this up, I want to leave you

947
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:11,760
with something.
So if you're listening to this

948
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:17,040
on replay, for example, or maybe
you're listening along live and

949
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:19,960
you maybe haven't played along
fully with what we did today,

950
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:24,440
I'd really encourage you to do
this same, these same exercises

951
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:26,120
for yourself.
You don't.

952
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,240
You don't need a notebook full
of goals.

953
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:33,280
You don't need a perfect plan.
In my opinion, what matters most

954
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:37,400
is clarity.
So take a few minutes and ask

955
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:38,920
yourself some of these
questions.

956
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,560
What was a real win for you this
year?

957
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:49,200
What word do you want guiding?
How you shape up next year?

958
00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:54,840
What's one thing that you're
focusing on, and what do you

959
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:59,160
promise to make to the people
who give me, or you, I should

960
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:04,240
say, their time and attention?
Those answers matter because

961
00:55:04,240 --> 00:55:07,680
they become your filter.
They help you decide what's

962
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:11,200
worth your energy and what's
not, and they help you create

963
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:14,480
with more confidence and a lot
less noise.

964
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:19,480
Podcasting doesn't need to be
louder in 2026.

965
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:25,680
It needs to be more intentional,
in my opinion, more human, more

966
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,960
aligned with who you are and who
you're creating for.

967
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:33,640
So take this break, celebrate
the progress you've made, even

968
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:38,160
if it feels small to you.
And when we come back in the new

969
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:44,160
year, come back with clarity,
purpose, and confidence to show

970
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:47,560
up as yourself.
And if you're still feeling a

971
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:52,320
little cloudy about these things
in the new year, don't worry

972
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:54,400
about it.
Just come back here to our

973
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:57,920
podcasting morning chats on
January 5th because we've got

974
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:00,840
your back.
Thanks for being a part of this

975
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:03,800
community.
I am really proud of what we're

976
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:07,640
building here.
And here's to a strong finish, a

977
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:11,880
meaningful reset, and an even
better year ahead.

978
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:17,360
So until 2026, make it a great
rest of your year.

979
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:20,760
Everybody, take care.
Happy holidays.