I would say
Be selfish.
Be more selfish.
Make sure you really enjoy your work.
Make sure you really are only working with the people that you really like working with.
Make sure you only have the guests on that you’re proud to have on,
that you genuinely want to have conversations with.
Build something of incredible value.
And it’s going to continue compounding.
So the value now is about the longevity.
How long can you keep it going?
Whether you go to episode 1,000 or 2,000 or 5,000, It matters more than, you know.
You don’t want to be in a grinder mode.
If you’re just grinding, you’re going to burn out.
And the day you burn out, this thing is over.
Talk to people where you genuinely want to talk to them.
Don’t just record a podcast
Or record a podcast because you have to make a certain amount of money
Or you have to check a box because you will be judged at the end of the day by your best work, not by your average.
All my content that is out there that people like, I didn’t do it for them.
I didn’t do it for anything.
I didn’t do it for anyone.
I just did it for me.
And it was deeply selfish.It
It was just notes to self.
And there’s nothing wrong with that because we’re all the same inside.
So if you’re creating art, then you do it for its own sake.
You do it because you enjoy it.
And then other people will see the same thing that you saw in it.
And they’ll get value out of it.
So just be selfish and you can sustain it.
Anything can be learned.