And there's a lot of nerves that come with it, like, oh, am I getting it wrong?
Am I doing it wrong?
And just the fact that, you know, even nine years later, you're saying that you're still
evolving in how you're changing things.
I love that.
I think that's fantastic because I think one of the problems that I've seen is that some
people they'll try to start doing systems and processes and then they feel locked in.
They feel like, okay, well, I said I have to do it this way.
So I have to do it this way.
And so being able to adapt and change, it's brilliant.
I absolutely love that.
So I kind of feel like whenever it comes to having these things, you shouldn't wait until
you have a few episodes in the hopper.
You should go ahead and like immediately start acting on these things.
Why do you think you should implement systems and processes from the very beginning?
Time.
Yes.
That's what every podcaster, entrepreneur, human being wants more of is time.
And systems are going to help you get that time.
Otherwise you're going to be continuing to spin your wheels.
And again, being up late on a Sunday night, trying to get your episode ready for Monday,
like nobody wants to do that.
And with systems in place, you're going to be able to create so much more freedom in
your schedule.
I hear all the time, like, no, I'm too much of a creative, like spontaneous person to
do systems.
Like that is a story you are telling yourself.
I'm all about being creative and spontaneous and my systems allow me to do that.
If I didn't have my systems, I'd constantly be, you know, the one working for my podcast
instead of my podcast working for me.
When I have the systems in place, that gives me the time to be spontaneous and to be creative.
So I highly encourage people to flip the script on that because if you continue telling yourself
that that's what systems are, they're always going to suck for you.
And like, you're never going to get them in place because you have this vision of them,
like ruining your creativity.
I agree with that completely because it's kind of like instead of giving up control,
you're getting it back.
And that's what too many people don't seem to realize because I'll tell you right now,
if I didn't have this script in front of me, I would have forgotten some of the questions
already.
There you go.
So, I mean, so in fact, I actually took your idea of creating like a script template just
so that I could make sure, okay, these are the things I really want to ask.
These are the things I want to say and if time's permitting and things like that.
And it's funny to me though that, yeah, you're right.
Some people like they kind of butt heads with that idea, but that's what always leads to
pod fading is they try to do it without a system.
And the next thing you know, they are up, like you said, a Sunday and they have to release
on Monday.
And then they're like, okay, maybe this sucks.
Maybe I should just quit.
Yes, absolutely.
Because at that point it becomes not fun.
Yeah.
It's like, oh, your TPS reports are due and it's Monday morning.
Yeah.
That's my little office space moment.