Post #2 – How Podcasts and Audiobooks Saved Me
While working at Apple on the Maps Team, I quickly discovered that I was allowed to listen to things on my headphones while working. BONUS!! I love love love music, but since I’m a singer, I had a hard time listening to the music on my headphones without blurting out what I was hearing. I’m also a life-long learner and wanted the time there to be worthwhile for me, as sometimes the job itself was admittedly a little boring. OK…a lot boring.
I remember the first day of training when I discovered podcasts. I had heard people mention that they listened to podcasts, but I had never really explored what they were and what interest I would have in listening to them. After all, I had 3 kids. Who needed more voices to hear and things to do??? Not moi. But this…this job…allowed me to sit and listen to whatever I wanted to hear, so it seemed only logical to figure out what that would be. I started with podcasts of preachers. I’ve always loved hearing passionate, articulate preachers deliver a good message. I thought, “Oh…this will be great!!! I’ll be in a position to be uplifted WHILE I work!!!” And one day, while listening to a preacher I loved to hear, I started noticing there were literally podcasts with all different kinds of topics and subject matter. I bounced around a little here and there and started becoming familiar with the navigation around podcasts and key words to enter in the search bar, and discovered an entire world of valuable information delivered RIGHT INTO MY HEADPHONES!
One of the first small business podcasts I listened to was Chalene Johnson’s “Build Your Tribe”. On this podcast, Chalene interviews leaders in the online business industry and talks about her own personal journey while sharing amazing tips and tricks for getting your online business off the ground. Once I ran out of podcast episodes from Chalene, I started researching some of the people she had been interviewing and discovered Pat Flynn, Michael Stelzner, Michael Hyatt and Lewis Howes. Pat Flynn was a huge resource for me at the beginning. I even downloaded and listened to his audiobook entitled “Will It Fly?” and was super intrigued by the amazing insight and educational content value his business Smart Passive Income provides. Then…somewhere in there, I discovered Amy Porterfield, and let me just tell you, my whole perspective on what I was supposed me doing changed in a heartbeat! If I weren’t clear on what I was supposed to be doing BEFORE listening to Amy Porterfield, I was CERTAINLY clear now. She has podcasts on everything from facebook tips to creating content for your online business. Her tagline is “Online Marketing Made Easy” and she certainly makes it sound like it is!
So now, I will just tell you that I am an evangelist for good podcasts that share AMAZING information and help people like me get their game on and figure out what it is we’re supposed to be doing!
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