Not Most People
"If everyone else is doing it, its probably wrong"
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My goal in this thread is to share my journey of creating a podcast and growing it from scratch. Hopefully, some of you can find value in it. My own selfish reasons for doing this is that I know constructive feedback, suggestions, and questions will help me improve.
Starting from scratch
Chapter 1 - Background
The Idea/Concept
Picking Podcasting As The Platform
From there, it took me about 3.5 months from decision to launch. I'll begin detailing all of the steps and process of doing that in the next post (Chapter 2)
Starting from scratch
- I have never started or run a podcast. I don't have any real speaking experience, and I don't have a large social media following. So this will be relatable for everyone out there who wants to know what it's like to start this from zero
Chapter 1 - Background
The Idea/Concept
I grew up in a strict and protective Catholic household. I was homeschooled because even private school had girls and my mom considered it bad for me to even be near them in middle school. Essentially, I constantly felt held back and restricted. I wasn't allowed to do anything my friends were that I played sports with.
This caused me to push back passive-aggressively and learn to question/doubt authority. I was never outspoken or openly rebellious, but I began to think that way and question things. Combine that with my natural propensity for logical thinking and curiosity and I became a free thinker at a young age.
Because of this logical analysis of everything that was told to me, I despised doing or believing anything simply because "that's the way it is" or "because he or she said so". I wondered why I needed to take pre-calculus and take tests that were purely memorization when I could just look up the answer in the real world. Because of this questioning of the way things were, I then noticed that most people weren't living lives that I wanted.
If what we're taught as a society growing up is then why are most people unhealthy, broke, and in crappy relationships? I realized there was a strong correlation between following society's mainstream advice and ending up like most people - living mediocre, average, uninspiring lives.
I realized all of this subconsciously before I realized it consciously. I went through life into my early 20's questioning what was told to me, but I was never seeking out the solutions. It wasn't until I was until a couple of years after college that I started to get into reading and personal development. And I quickly noticed a common theme in everything I learned about success (in any area of life)
I found that everyone who had any real success in any area of life, does things very different(and oftentimes the opposite) of the majority aka 'Most People'
Hence the idea of 'Not Most People'. I won't get too much more into depth about it's full meaning here but that's how the concept came about. I think the actual words came to me a little over 2 years ago
Picking Podcasting As The Platform
When I first came up with the idea 2 years ago, the only platform I had any success with was Instagram. So I started an Instagram profile and started posting content there. Nothing original, just reposts that fit the idea. However, I quickly realized that I couldn't share content with any real depth on Instagram and that it was hard to really build loyal followings on Instagram, which is fairly crowded now.
Then I thought about YouTube, but at the time I was terrified of the thought of being on camera. I had always been terrified of public speaking and hated the sound of my own voice when it was played back to me. So I decided I was going to blog because I liked to write that was less intimidating.
However, I never really followed through with that. Although that's still a big part of the Not Most People gameplan (more on that later)
During all this time (over the last 2-3 years), I got more and more into listening to podcasts, but didn't seriously consider doing one myself.
Then I joined the Arete Syndicate in July 2020 (Andy Frisella and Ed Mylett's group) and quickly saw that many of the members had their own podcasts. They almost all said that starting a podcast was one of the best things they ever did. It had led them all to increased influence, establishment as an authority figure, powerful connections/relationships, increased income, and a whole lot more. So that got me thinking.
Then 2 of them asked me to be a guest on their podcasts as a guest. On the first one I was definitely a bit shaky/nervous and focused on marketing/eCommerce, so it didn't flow very well as it was kind of narrow. However, the next one I was on I hit total flow state and really, really enjoyed it. This was in around late November I think. It was after that episode that I decided I was going to create my own podcast.
From there, it took me about 3.5 months from decision to launch. I'll begin detailing all of the steps and process of doing that in the next post (Chapter 2)
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