Sharpen the saw podcast - Episode 1

Welcome To The Sharpen The Saw Podcast

Transcription

 Hey, it's Andrew Nicholls here. Welcome to the Sharpen the Saw Podcast. In this podcast, I talk about how to level up or sharpen your saw and become the next best version of yourself.

Leveling up and improving is something I've put a lot of effort into the last three years, specifically, and I've made quite a lot of progress myself. Actually, I wanted to use this podcast as another step on my journey to become being the man I want to be. So, in this episode, the first episode of many more, I want to talk about starting a podcast and why I wanted to start this one.

Basically, the first reason that I wanted to start the podcast, on a little more of a selfish note is because I don't think that I'm a good speaker. The only way I know how to get better at a certain skill is to do it over and over and over again. I figured that starting a podcast would be a great way for me to get the reps in and to do something consistently to be able to build my speaking skills.

The things that I want to work on in that aspect, are the way I articulate and explain things so people can understand, and the art of persuasion.

I figured the whole process of making a podcast, like coming up with things to say and actually saying them recorded and then sharing it with people is the best way to get better at that.

The other reason is because I've always loved helping people. And I think one of the biggest things for me when on my self development journey was listening to podcasts of people that knew what the fuck they were talking about.

I listened to a lot of podcasts talking about mindset, business, and those kinds of topics. I have also read a lot of books on those subjects. But podcasts in particular helped me quite a bit.

I am absolutely crazy about music but for the last 3 years I have had more podcasts in my ears. This is because I think to be able to be the man that I want to be, I have to constantly be learning and changing the way I do things and getting different perspectives on stuff that I'm not too sure about. Any free time I get, I'm just listening to podcasts and informational content.

I guess this is my way to be able to share the knowledge that I'm putting a lot of work into obtaining, because I know there's probably people out there that are where I am now or a little bit behind me that could definitely benefit from some of the things that I have to say.

Another thing I want to talk about is actually getting started with something and taking action. Because I know for me, a podcast is something that I've wanted to do for a long time. Well, maybe not a long time, but long enough where I started wondering to myself, am I ever going to do it? I always think to myself like, “oh, I don't have enough time. I've got a lot of stuff on my plate right now. Will I even be able to do a podcast and keep it consistent?”

One of the things that came up in some research I have been doing in how to create a podcast was that many people who start a podcast don’t get past episode 1. Another thing that I learned and think is super important is being consistent with the podcast.

A lot of the best people in podcasting, they never knew where it was going to go when they started, and they were absolutely terrible. Like probably just exactly where I am now. Not really thinking that they could put out some content that other people would enjoy and want to listen to.

That's kind of where I'm at right now. One of the people that I follow, he's a really good marketer, Seth Godin, He writes a lot of books, and is a speaker and a pretty smart guy. One of the things, things from him is there's no such thing as writer's block. There's simply a fear of bad writing. Do enough bad writing and some good writing is bound to show up. I think with that quote right there, it kind of goes along with doing a podcast or anything creative in general. Because at the end of the day, if I'm just sitting there thinking about doing a podcast, that's not going to get me better at it. I think I just need to start recording shit, and putting it out. And then of course, because I'm just starting, a lot of the stuff that I put out is going to be horseshit. I completely understand that. We all have to start somewhere. I mean there might not even be any listeners to this podcast for many, many episodes. I just need to keep pushing on despite all that and eventually with time, I will get better and be able to produce a better product so listeners can get some value out of it and be entertained. At the end of the day, that's what I want to do. I want to put out the best product I can and the only way to do that is to put in enough reps to make it happen and get it done.

That's basically all I got for this one. This is the first episode of the Sharpen the saw podcast and I definitely plan on keeping at it.

I’ve already started brainstorming ideas about things I can pass on or stuff I think people would get enjoyment out of.

If leveling up and becoming a better person is something that you're into or you want to follow along with my journey because I'm still just trying to make it in this world too.

Right now I just started doing a two year business management diploma, so I'm doing some schooling there.

I'm working on a lead generation business. It's a rank and rent model. I can kind of go into more detail on another podcast with that if you guys want to hear about that. I'll probably end up doing it because it's pretty interesting business model and there's lots of potential there, I think. So anyways, this is the Sharpen the saw podcast, thanks for listening and I will see you on the next one.