This Is The Year I 10x My Writing In January 2023 I signed up to Ship30for30, a digital writing course by Dickie Bush & Nicholas Cole. Why Now? Having been a podcaster since 2014, my focus has been my voice. I didn't have to worry about writing, because I something clicked last year at that reshaped by focus. While I continue grateful to the hundreds of client for whom we launched shows my agency, I definitely don't want to stagnate and always want to be improving myself. While I've always been a decent writer, I've come to appreciate the specific skillset that...
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Day 30: 3 Things I Learned Writing Online Every Day For 30 Days In A Row - Ship30for30
30 days ago, I signed up for Dickie Bush & Nicolas Cole's cohort-based course, Ship 30 for 30.In that time, I wrote & published 30 Atomic Essays, learned the fundamentals of Digita…
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Day 29: 1 Bad Habit I Used To Have—And How I Broke It - Ship30for30
I used to be bad with goal setting. It's a challenge I've had for years and, if I'm being totally honest, probably decades. Whenever I would be asked what my 10-year plan was, or v…
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Day 28: I Almost Died on a Waterfall in Thailand
In December 2004 I took a trip to Thailand to visit a friend whose parents owned a house on Koh Samui.It ended up being the longest trip I had ever taken at that point in my life.L…
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Day 27: A Question I’ve Been Asking Myself Lately (And Why) - Ship30for30
As I make into the home stretch of this 30-day writing challenge you've all been experiencing first-hand, I've been spending a lot of my time thinking about the importance of consi…
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Day 26: Done Planning Your Podcast Launch? Here's Your Shopping List: - Ship30for30
In an earlier essay I mentioned the importance of planning your show prior to thinking about any of your gear needs. Once you've put the time into the preparation and have your Nam…
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Day 25: I Will Forever Be Grateful To My Dad For Introducing Me To the World of Computers - Ship30for30
I don't know where you were in your late 20's, but if I told you (at that age) that the only opportunity to better your life was to leave the country you were born in and travel to…
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Day 24: 5 Things I Wish I Knew 9 Years Ago About Podcast Interviews - Ship30for30
If I could go back in time, these are the 5 things I wish I understood better about podcast interviews. Over the years I’ve put in the reps and learned how to be a better host.1. P…
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Day 23: You Missed a Day Of Your Habit Streak, Give Yourself Some Grace - Ship30for30
Since starting 2023 I've been pretty ambitious about the things I want to improve in my business and personal life. It's this weird feeling of making up for lost time, that I have…
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Day 22: Five Quotes You'll Need For Your Entrepreneurial Journey - Ship30for30
It's not easy staying motivated or inspired, especially if you don't take the time to learn from wisdom of those you have traveled the path ahead of you.But anytime you feel like g…
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Day 21: 5 Small (But Easily Fixable) Mistakes Most People Make When Considering a Podcast - Ship30for30
Since launching my podcast agency FullCast in 2015, I've heard just about every excuse there is for why people are afraid to start a podcast. They also have wildly varying definiti…
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Day 20: Resistance Is Your Enemy. This Book Is Your Sword. - Ship30for30
Early on in my entrepreneurial journey, I would listen to a lot of podcasts about digital marketing. I was always drawn to Founder stories. It was inspiring to hear all the differe…
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Day 19: How The Unlikely Pairing ofAerosmith & Run-DMC Made a Musical Masterpiece
In 1986, I was sitting in my desk at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY. I was having a chat with my classmate Frank, an avid Aerosmith fan, about the fresh-ness t…
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Day 18: Four Things You Need (At a Minimum) To Start a Podcast - Ship30for30
In June 2005, released iTunes 4.9, which added support for podcasts. It was a major milestone & podcasters owe a debt of gratitude to Apple for giving podcasts a big boost in visib…
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Day 17: The One Software App I Can’t Live Without For Retaining Knowledge - Ship30for30
As a function of being naturally curious I used to get sucked down all the curiosity rabbit holes. I would see a link mentioned in a newsletter or on social and immediately lose 30…
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Day 16: New To Podcasting? Subscribe To This Newsletter - Ship30for30
There were 343,826 podcast episodes published in the past 30 days, according to the wonderful folks at PodcastIndex.org. Another number commonly referenced is 4.1 million, which is…
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Day 15: Do You Know What It Means Be a Sovereign Individual? Here's the What & Why - Ship30for30
In the middle of 2020, it’s safe to say that a large percentage of the world was going through an existential crisis. I’ll speak for myself when I say it was a time of much introsp…
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Day 14: How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome: 5 Steps to Win Your Day - Ship30for30
Note: For this episode I'm testing out Descript's OverDub feature, which uses a recording of me to train a model that can read any text in a facsimile of my voice.Imposter syndrome…
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Day 13: An Easy 3-Step Framework For Learning Meditation - Ship30for30
I have been practicing meditation, in varying forms, for over 25 years. Along the way, I have traveled many paths and learned from many teachers.I've studied and practiced Diamondw…
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Day 12: Weird Stuff Most People Don’t Know About Podcasting - Ship30for30
There are a lot of things most people don't know about the wonderful world of podcasting and my fellow creative, witty and inspiring podcasters, who I've come to know and love sinc…
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Day 11: The Single Most Important Lesson I’ve Learned As An Entrepreneur - Ship30for30
As I enter my 8th year as a full-time entrepreneur one of the most important things I've learned is the importance of building a solid network, it's been essential to my success.A…