1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,640
I mean, look, everyone has their thing.

2
00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:15,000
And it's about the intentionality.

3
00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:22,580
If it was my intention to have a podcast business, well, then yeah, I would look at things a

4
00:00:22,580 --> 00:00:26,640
completely different way than I did when I started Create for No Reason.

5
00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,160
It would be a completely different strategy.

6
00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:35,920
And so, if the dream, if anyone listening has a dream of being a full-time podcaster

7
00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,360
and earning a living from it, that's awesome.

8
00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,480
And you can absolutely achieve that dream.

9
00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,920
I have friends that do it for a living and they do very well.

10
00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:48,140
And now they teach other people how to do it and they have courses and they really design

11
00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:52,460
their life around podcasting and they were very strategic about it.

12
00:00:52,460 --> 00:00:57,200
At least for me, right now in my journey, I am not interested in that.

13
00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,960
Like that is not of interest to me.

14
00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:04,760
For whatever reason, now that totally could change a year from now.

15
00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,920
But for me, it's more of an outlet that I use just to have fun and it brings me a lot

16
00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:09,920
of joy.

17
00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,000
It has also allowed me to meet some really interesting people.

18
00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:20,760
And it also is, so I wrote a book this year and it helped me with the practice of the

19
00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,560
creative process.

20
00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:27,980
Getting to show up and flesh out your ideas on a podcast is really cool because maybe

21
00:01:27,980 --> 00:01:31,520
sometimes I don't feel like sitting down and writing, but I kind of want to riff on a specific

22
00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:32,520
topic.

23
00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,400
So, the practice of having to get behind the microphone and share a specific message, it's

24
00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,320
almost like it does a lot for me in the creation process.

25
00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:43,360
So that's the purpose of my podcast.

26
00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,960
I want to share really great information.

27
00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:50,400
I really want to help people understand that getting back to the joy of creating, whether

28
00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:55,800
it's a podcast, whether it is doing videos or you want to write a book or you want to

29
00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:01,400
do photography or art or painting or any of that stuff, you don't have to earn a living

30
00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,400
doing it.

31
00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,160
Just because you're a really great painter doesn't mean you have to sell everything that

32
00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,640
you create.

33
00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,960
And so that's the message that I want to share.

34
00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,920
So it's just a very different outlook on it, right?

35
00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:16,140
And neither one is good or bad, it just is.

36
00:02:16,140 --> 00:02:19,960
And so I think everyone has to be really clear on what is your outcome?

37
00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,880
What is the goal that you're really looking to do?

38
00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:28,840
But obviously, like any business, there's no get rich quick scheme.

39
00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,640
I don't think anybody should think, hey, I'm going to start a business and within three

40
00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,960
months I'm going to be earning six figures and it's going to be this multimillion dollar

41
00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:36,960
business.

42
00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,040
It's the same thing if you start a podcast.

43
00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,280
You have to go into an understanding, like, are there ways to monetize?

44
00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:47,120
Yes, but it's a process and you have to kind of structure it and just kind of know what

45
00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:48,720
you're getting yourself into.

46
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,760
And like any other, it's like any other business.