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Speaker 2:We're doing a thing, march 21st I said it Okay, you go. Okay, so on March 21st we're teaching a class all about how to start your podcast. It's called just hit record how to start your podcast the next day and we're going to teach you everything we know about starting a podcast, launching a podcast, sustaining the podcast and how you can make it fun and easy and the best podcast ever.
Speaker 1:Yeah. So it's going to be really fun. Going to be really fun interactive workshop, I mean, and for the cost it's worth it, just for the opportunity to come and hang out with us.
Speaker 2:Totally yeah.
Speaker 1:But as a bonus, they're going to learn how to launch their own podcast.
Speaker 2:Yeah, learn how to launch their own podcast, and my goal with this is that they will be able to walk away and literally hit record the next day if they want to. If they apply everything that we teach them and take it seriously and actually take action, they will be able to launch the podcast that they have been thinking of and dreaming about.
Speaker 1:Yeah, even later that same day. It doesn't even have to be the next day.
Speaker 2:Exactly, yeah, you could be so charged up after the class because it's at 10 in the morning, right? So probably like 10 to 1130 or 10 to 12.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:You could literally take the whole afternoon off and launch your podcast by that evening easily.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so it's March 21st, 2024, 10 am Eastern time. Starts at 7 am California Pacific time, but 10 am Eastern time. It's going to be a great time. So, yeah, if you have an interest in launching a podcast, if you've been meaning to do it, if you need to kick in the butt, if you need the details, if you need the info, we're going to give you everything.
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Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:So that's cool.
Speaker 2:I'm very excited about this. It's going to be fun.
Speaker 3:It's going to be so fun.
Speaker 1:Ok, so there we go, let's talk about whatever we're talking about.
Speaker 2:Oh I don't know because I don't actually have the notes about what we're talking about. This is kind of a fun experiment. Ryan has the list of like what we're talking about and I'm going to be surprised, Like the whole episode.
Speaker 1:How do you know? You're going to be surprised. Maybe you're going to be like oh yeah, that makes sense.
Speaker 2:Well, yeah, maybe I'll be like oh yeah, that makes sense too.
Speaker 1:Right, yeah, maybe you'll be surprised, maybe you won't.
Speaker 2:Maybe you'll be like this list is.
Speaker 1:This stinks. What a silly list Today we're talking about. You know, we're in the tough love season. We're telling it like it is. Yeah tough love season, season five or whatever, I don't know. Episode 95.
Speaker 2:Five.
Speaker 1:Five, whatever Lots of episodes to this podcast. You can listen all all, all darn week back to back episodes and you should.
Speaker 2:Just actually, I wonder how many hours. I wonder how many hours it is.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Listening time.
Speaker 1:Big, big shout out to Mary, who just has the podcast playing in the house and she makes the husband She'll listen to it. It's, that's what you got to do folks, that's the dedication yeah.
Speaker 1:OK. So today we're talking about we're in the tough love season. Today we're talking about you know what it means to be authentic on social media. People are tolerating the inauthenticity less and less and less, yeah, every month, right, people? There's so much pushback for the, you know, against the phonies, against the liars I don't know, call them what you will, but like I think you know, you know it goes without saying you want to be real. It's OK to lead with your best foot, but you want to be real, right? So we got we have 10 top tips here on how to be true, how to be real, how to be authentic, specifically on social media, because social media is the place where it's really easy to fall into the trap of, like, putting up a facade.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And so here's, you know, here's, 10 tips To make sure you stay authentic, which is good for your business and good for your clients and good for you and good for your heart and good for your soul, good for the economy, good for the pH level in your front lawn, good for everything. Just win, win, win, win, win all the way around.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:OK, here we go. Tip number uno is be real about the hard work. Be real about the hard work. Coaches right Emphasize that transformation requires effort and there are no shortcuts.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, don't like that.
Speaker 1:We're not selling silver bullets, we're not selling shortcuts. You know, the process is the shortcut, the journey is the shortcut.
Speaker 2:Yeah. So what I take away from that is and this is maybe the tough love piece is don't market that way, like don't put that type of stuff in your content, you know, like through a quick way to overcome your limiting beliefs or whatever, because people can see through that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and then you might be attracting a different kind of client that you may not. Yeah, exactly be super thrilled to be working with. It's sort of like selling counterfeit goods. Well, the people that show up to buy counterfeit goods are the kind of people that want to buy counterfeit goods. But if you sell top quality authentic goods, there's that word again authentic People that show up are the people who appreciate top quality authentic goods.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and this is so key when it comes to writing your content, and I used to get really bogged down by this in terms of who is the dream client and that avatar we were talking about that a couple of weeks ago. It's like when you hear the word niche, you're like demographics and all this kind of stuff.
Speaker 2:It's like who is the person that you love working with and how would that person consume your messaging? That's probably the best piece of advice that someone shared with me around creating my messaging for Instagram or Facebook or whatever it is. Talk to the person that you really, really, really want to work with, not just anybody who's going to give you money, right?
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Because that's the difference between creating content where people are going to be like how do I work with you or send me the link now, and versus people who are going to be like asking you a billion questions and wanting to get on discovery calls and coming and following. Right, you don't want to be convincing, you want it to be like yes, you're talking directly to me. That's exactly what I need right now. How do I pay?
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, very true.
Speaker 1:Cool. Okay, time is short, life is short. Let's get through these other nine points. They get it.
Speaker 2:They understand. Yeah, they do right. That's who we're talking to, hopefully.
Speaker 1:We're speaking to those smart coaches who understand immediately.
Speaker 2:Yeah, okay, what's the next one? Cool.
Speaker 1:Number next Showcase the journey, not just the destination.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Show them how you do it. Yeah, document, what's going on? You know document behind the scenes. Right, show people what are you doing?
Speaker 2:How'd you get?
Speaker 1:here what happened yeah?
Speaker 2:Right, yeah, sometimes this stuff is like hidden, hidden away, like I did a human design reading Shout out to Tiffany I can't remember her last name right now, but she was talking to me about how, like talking to my followers, about how I create intimacy in my coaching and I would never have thought to like talk about something like that on social media. But that's kind of the behind the scenes, right Like it's not like, oh, me getting up and having my coffee in the morning, but it's like the behind the scenes of my business, what it would be like to get on a call with me and explaining that, because some people may wonder or have be intimidated, right Like it's intimidating to some people to get on a zoom call with someone. Like for us it's second nature, but you know, for a lot of people.
Speaker 2:It's kind of weird. So it's just like, yeah, bring people behind the scenes of, like what it might be like to be in a coaching relationship with you. You know how do you set up the call. Are there steps involved between like them signing up and you getting on a zoom call together? Yeah like that's cool behind the scene stuff that would be valuable to the people who are following you, and obviously like behind the scenes in your life too.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:People want to know who's the person as well.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Very true yeah.
Speaker 1:There, you go All right. So don't just show. Don't just show the Ferrari parked in the garage.
Speaker 2:Yeah, get that Ferrari.
Speaker 3:Very temper yeah.
Speaker 1:Cool, all right Number next. This is a fun one. Can you guess what it is? Banks.
Speaker 2:No, I can't.
Speaker 1:No, I don't have the slightest guess. Number three how to be authentic in your social media marketing. No sugarcoating, no sugarcoating. And it says use your content to speak true that others shy away from. Address common myths and misconceptions in your field with honesty and integrity. And this might include talking about the limitations of hypnotherapy or coaching, debunking overnight success myths, discussing the importance of boring things like self discipline and accountability I added the word boring there for a fact, but yeah, that's a good one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that is a good one.
Speaker 1:No sugarcoating.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean, I think another thing that I've heard before in this space around that is like the thing that you don't want to talk about. You should be talking about that, like the thing that you're kind of nervous about talking about. Or you're like, oh, I don't know if I should say that because it might ruffle feathers. Or you know, if you have a strong opinion or belief about something, like, talk about that, because then that creates interest.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And it's also different, like you're not following the back of, like what everybody else is talking about, because that's boring right Talk about.
Speaker 3:Is that where to get?
Speaker 1:boring, boring.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like you don't want. You don't want to have boring content. No, that's true, but like just put yourself out there, take risks, right, take a risk and see what happens, as long as you're not being offensive, obviously, but like Put your opinions out there.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and no sugarcoating right.
Speaker 2:No sugarcoating yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the big one there in that breakdown was like speak truths that others shy away from right.
Speaker 2:And that's what I mean when I say like A lot of people are afraid to talk about certain things. You know what I mean. So they talk about the same things, but I'm just trying to think of an example.
Speaker 1:But I think a good example of this, of the no sugarcoating, is that, like we have a natural inclination to kind of, kind of want to give people what they want. Yeah, rather than what they need. And you know and like a lot of what, I'll give you an example. A lot of what I do today is business coaching and marketing coaching and sales coaching for Coaches and hypnotherapists, right.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And kind of a common thing that coaches and hypnotherapists who are like growing their businesses Is they want to sell their services without selling their services, like they want sales to happen without sales happening. Yeah, and so and there's tons of business coaches out there that'll tell you what you want to hear oh yeah, you don't have to have conversations, you don't have to post content, you don't have to use ads, you don't. You literally don't have to do anything at all, and that my system will give you the sales you deserve, right? Yeah, and that's sugarcoating it, because there's always going to be later on down the road. Yeah, but you actually have to do this work, you know and so not sugarcoating.
Speaker 1:It would be like hey, I can teach you how to get clients, I can teach you how to get your business to six figures, but you're going to have to do actual work and have conversations with people, Right, and if that's not okay, I'm not the coach to work with Right.
Speaker 2:Yes, yeah.
Speaker 1:So that would be an example of not sugarcoating it Right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yep, I like it.
Speaker 1:Cool.
Speaker 2:Great example.
Speaker 1:There you go, boom Boom, you ready for the next one.
Speaker 2:I am yeah.
Speaker 1:Can you guess what it is? No, just tell me, can you guess it? We got like we got six more, so can you guess any? And, like you know, even if it's not the next one, let me guess.
Speaker 2:I can't even like think of anything. It could possibly be right now.
Speaker 1:How to be authentic on social media you know how to be authentic.
Speaker 2:You got to show your face. People may not be showing their face and you need to show it. Yeah, that's actually that's a good tip, but that's not on the list. Bonus. That was a bonus tip right there.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:I know faceless reels are really, really popular right now to grow and get engagement, and I think those are great.
Speaker 1:If you're not a coach, they're great with kind of like sparingly, even if you are a coach.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh, for sure.
Speaker 1:But totality of circumstances. If you never show your face, you don't have a coaching business, of my opinion, Exactly.
Speaker 2:But what I'm saying is like these faceless accounts. Like there's like faceless accounts that are like going crazy right now because it's like very popular and like they're just like growing followers and all that kind of stuff. But if you're a coach, you can't have a faceless account.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So you can use that trend, you can hop on that trend Right, like I do it too. But like I, it's not all that I do, like I still pop in and show my face and have a talking reel with my head talking to show the authenticity in that I'm a real person.
Speaker 1:We can't talk about this because it's not on the list, though.
Speaker 2:I know this is the bonus tip you asked me.
Speaker 1:I asked you to guess stuff that's on the list, not just make up other things.
Speaker 2:This was my guess.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was a good guess. It was a good guess, you're right. You're right. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 2:Number five.
Speaker 3:Number next.
Speaker 1:No, we missed. We missed number four. Number four, you're trying to skip four. Got something to guess for Number four? Encourage self-reflection is the tip. Prompt your followers with tough questions that encourage introspection. Ooh.
Speaker 3:Yeah, like that that's good, it is good, that's good.
Speaker 2:Well, I was telling me before we got on record. I posted a reel yesterday that was basically just a visualization of someone giving you a box and what's inside the box. The engagement has just been off the hook on this reel. People are telling me all kinds of stuff. They love it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, there you go.
Speaker 2:It's kind of like one of in terms of that tip too, it's rather than teaching all the time, it's actually giving your followers something to apply, so they feel like they're getting something.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. Encourage self-reflection, have people look inward. You can do this with simple questions, if you can get somebody to step out of their waking trance state, as you might call it they're autopilot momentarily and look inward. That can be a very meaningful experience for many people.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Do it. That's how I've booked clients just by doing that tip, having a conversation with them about oh well, what does that mean Then? Taking it to the DMs?
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, there you go Cool.
Speaker 1:I like that one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's good. Lots of different ways to do that Cool.
Speaker 1:What's the number next? Number five. We've got places to be here. Number five set boundaries and talk about them. Set boundaries and talk about them, since your authenticity includes knowing your limits and being clear about them. Share how setting boundaries is a crucial part of self-care and professional integrity. This not only serves as advice, but also subtly sets expectations for your client relationships.
Speaker 2:Yeah, okay, do you have an example of this? I'm thinking direct messaging. Sometimes, people, I'm very open when it comes to direct messaging with clients and stuff like that, but there's a point where it's too much. Do you know what I mean? So, setting those boundaries in terms of, okay, we've gone back and forth, but then you sometimes have to put up this boundary, that's like let's talk about that in your next session.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Could be something like that. I mean, it depends on what kind of coach yard, depends on what your niche is. I mean, setting boundaries is always a topic of discussion in most niches. It doesn't need to be unpleasant. We could tell stories, we could just be reminders. It's just like, again, it's not one of those things that's exciting content, like hey, everybody, let's talk about saying no, Like some are. Like it can be exciting content, but just remember to keep it in there. Remember, this is the list of authenticity.
Speaker 1:So, this could be one of those topics that people tend to shy away from. That is actually important.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, it's a good idea Actually.
Speaker 2:I'm going to make note of that. I want to write something about that.
Speaker 1:Boom, there you go, you're welcome.
Speaker 2:Just have a content idea.
Speaker 1:For an example again, I will go back to my niche and help people with their business. A boundary that coaches need to be setting is who they're willing to work with. Yeah. Who they don't want to work with you. Are under no obligation to accept every client who wants to work with you. If you don't want to work with somebody for any reason you really don't need to.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you can just say no, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Number. Next is number six, and it's challenge your audience. It says here create content that challenges your followers to step out of their comfort zone. This could be through challenges, actionable tips or simply encouraging them to face their fears. Show your audience that growth comes from facing and overcoming difficulties.
Speaker 2:Hmm. What that yeah.
Speaker 1:That's a good tip. Yeah, that's a good tip.
Speaker 2:I mean I think it's a nice way to do storytelling of your own journey. Where have you stepped out of your comfort zone, when did you used to be and how far you've come? I think that's always nice to share in your content and that's how you show that you're authentic and your real human being that has worked through things and that's why you can have the authority to speaking the way that you are, because you've done the work. Quote unquote. Yeah, yeah Get to where you are now.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Because you know, like, we've had conversations about other people, like some accounts that just seem like they aren't coaches but they're putting out all of this kind of like inspiring content and like kind of tips and tricks. But you're like, have you actually gone through the journey of, you know, being a coach or being coached or doing the work and all that stuff? And I think the other thing, too, that I don't see a ton of out there is coaches talking about being coached right now, in this moment. Right, like I think that there needs to be more of a conversation online about the coaches who are working right now and doing really great work but, at the same time, are being coached, right.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like both you and I, I think, are on a regular basis being coached Like over the last few years I've been in multiple containers working with coaches. Being a student, like all of the things alongside working with clients and that's also the benefit too of like working with a coach who's being coached, because you basically get the information like third hand. Or yeah, I guess third hand right.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So talk about that in your content, Like don't shy away from it. Or think like oh, you know, people are going to think that I'm not a very good coach because I'm being coached. I think that actually makes you an A plus coach.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, very, very true, and I very much agree with you.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Coaches have coaches, yeah, yeah, like you want to be continuing to learn and learning new processes and new techniques, and then you can use that with your clients.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah. And sometimes that's like One of the best things about working with a coach, because they've invested tons of time and money and energy into being coached, so they're like combining all these other programs in their mind into their own and then you're getting the benefit of everything that they've done too, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3:That's awesome, cool yeah.
Speaker 2:So share that in your content.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, we've got a couple more here. Number six, to challenge your audience. Number seven is be transparent about failures.
Speaker 3:Or setbacks.
Speaker 1:Share about your own setbacks and what you've learned from them. This transparency not only makes you more relatable, but also teaches your audience that failure is not the opposite of success, but part of the journey towards it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, actually, before we got on record, I was like scrolling on Instagram and I saw a coach that I follow. She did a whole reel about how she's many times rescheduled classes, canceled things, all the things, because she wanted to normalize that. That happens even at the higher levels. If you're just starting out and you want to cancel something, you go ahead and do that. We talked about it on the podcast when I canceled my retreat.
Speaker 2:I was all excited about doing this retreat and then I was like it's not right for me. I didn't force it, I just canceled it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm not allowed to do that.
Speaker 2:It gives permission to the people who are following you to do the same thing and not think there's something wrong with them.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I like that and I agree this one. I think sometimes people hear this tip and go a little too far the other direction, where it's like a highlight reel of suffering, because they're trying to seem very authentic and they want to show the pain and the struggle and then it's like they forget to show the upside too. I've seen that?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think some people go in that direction. Again, it's not like there's no blame or shame attached to it, but just like everything in balance. Totally, we want to. If we're going to present failures or setbacks, it's for the purpose of learning and deconstructing, more so than anything else. Right?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah. What was the benefit there?
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:The positive outcome of doing that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Cool.
Speaker 1:All right, shall we move on to the last couple.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Number eight is promote a culture of accountability. Promote a culture of accountability. Encourage your followers to take responsibility for their actions and decisions. This is huge. This is such a good thing to do, yeah, although not always easy. This can be through posts that highlight the importance of self-accountability, or sharing tools and techniques that help in keeping oneself accountable.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So I mean, like in the NLP world, we call it being at cause, and reminding your audience to be at cause is doing them a huge favor, right? If you're a coach, in some way, shape or form, your audience follows you in order to achieve greater results and get more success, and the more they are accountable for their own actions, the closer they are getting to the success and the results that they want, right? So this definitely is a huge thing to both demonstrate and advocate, I would say.
Speaker 2:Yeah, actually, my reel that I posted today was all about that.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And I think that your life, that you're living right in this moment, is 100% a result of your behaviors and thoughts and words prior to today, and once you can wrap your head around that, then creating change seems easy and effortless.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Right, because you can't control your environment. You can't control what's going on around you, necessarily, but you can control how you're responding to it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so, there's a lot of people who will be like, oh, I can't get out of this and I can't do that, and like, okay, if you can't do those things, you can change the way you are thinking about it, the way you're talking to yourself, the way you are getting moving on throughout your day. You can make lots of changes even if you feel like you're stuck in a circumstance that you don't love.
Speaker 3:Yeah, right, yeah.
Speaker 2:So yeah, just like constantly reminding. That's almost kind of like an intro post. You know how you're supposed to do like an intro post every month. You know, do a cause and effect reminder post maybe once a month too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea actually. Yeah, that's one of those core, a good core message to like revisit regularly right From different perspectives. You know, it could be one month it could be a tip, another month it could be a story, yeah, or like how or how it's going for you in your life too, right.
Speaker 2:Like or maybe when before you realized that you know a story about life, before you realized that you rule everything that's happening for you, yeah. Yeah, you know, it's like how things have changed in life now how things have changed. Yeah, it's a good reminder Cool.
Speaker 2:I was listening to a really good podcast all about karma, because that's basically what it is the law of karma, right, cause and effect. And it's this woman I follow. Her name's Tally Miller and she's very, very authentic when it comes to just like expressing her own opinions and like her opinions and the way her beliefs are, you know, very not I wouldn't say unique, but just like very out there. But she, I listened to her podcast and she was talking about karmic, debt and black money and all this kind of stuff. It was so good. So I got into this whole like thing about karma and listening to other podcasts about it and like reading about it. Anyway, I've been in this, the whole karma vortex this week.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Which has been fun. The wheel of karma you know, just like looking at life, I'm like what is this life?
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:That I'm in right now and control all of it.
Speaker 1:What's your karma? Score from zero to a thousand.
Speaker 2:Oh God, I have no idea.
Speaker 1:I can send you a home kit you just like you put it in your mouth. Yeah, and then you'd like there's a color guide and it'll sell you your karma.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because, like your karma goes can go into like past lifetimes, right. So, oh my God, I was down a whole rabbit hole of like karma but, just like all the people that you interact with, your pets, like you know, we all have karmic debt towards each other and we're just like moving through things and like at some point you know you and I probably knew each other in a past life and like we're all we need each other right now by doing this podcast, like it's just like such a rabbit hole that you go down but it just like distorts reality for you. For a while. Anyway, that's where I was. I was like walking my dog the other night and I was just like, oh my God, my mind sounds dangerous, as wisdom often is all right.
Speaker 1:Banks, come on, we gotta keep this, gotta keep this shit.
Speaker 2:I gotta keep it together. I'm sorry if yeah like I owe her something exactly exactly, cat treats, your cat treats.
Speaker 1:Okay, so that was number eight. Promoter culture of accountability yeah, yeah um. Number nine is offer no well, we're gonna bang out the last two at the same time. I don't know why we're just yet. Number nine is offer no nonsense advice, and number ten is highlight the importance of continuous learning love it there's.
Speaker 2:I mean self explanatory no nonsense advice.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's a good one right um, there's so much good, no nonsense advice, right yeah for example.
Speaker 2:That's always the best advice.
Speaker 1:Yeah show your face on social media if you want to sell coaching. Number ten highlight the importance of continuous learning. Yeah, that's like it's. That's one of those like don't sugarcoat it things where it's like, you know, especially back when I was more on the skills training side rather than on the business coaching side, you know some people would come to the to like a hypno, certain NLP cert being like, okay, I'm gonna take this training and then I'm a coach and I'm ready to make money and I don't have to learn anything else. Right, yeah, really like you kind of need to be continuously growing and developing, especially in this field. So you know, yeah, we want to have that, we want to advocate the importance of continuous learning and I think in most fields really, um, which?
Speaker 1:is how it's linked to no nonsense advice.
Speaker 2:That's a type of nonsense advice yeah, well, and I think that it's really important to like, especially in this field actually the same podcast that I was listening to she basically scrapped her whole old way of believing in something and it's like completely switched her process, and I thought that was so cool, because it's just like, yeah, you don't have to be locked in to this one way of doing something, because that shows that you're evolving as a human, as a coach, and you know if you're constantly learning. So it could be like maybe last year you really believed in something but then you started studying something else and it's completely shifted your mindset towards, like, another way of seeing something.
Speaker 2:So you're allowed to change that and talk about it, because that's interesting yeah right to your followers like they're not gonna be like oh my god, I thought she believed this and now she believes this. She must be totally like weird. No, you're evolving, you're learning, you're growing, you're developing your process yeah right, it's kind of like art. It's like an art form yeah, yeah that's how I'm thinking. Like before we got on I'm I was trying to figure out, like, what do I do exactly? Because, like, my process has changed so much. But then it has it. I don't know, maybe it hasn't, but it's just developing yeah that's all.
Speaker 2:It's developing, evolving, growing, learning.
Speaker 1:Can't stop, can't stop can't stop, don't even try don't try, yeah, I don't even try to stop cool. Alright, so I think we got them.
Speaker 2:There's your 10 tips yeah, good tips, good tips, yeah the biggest tip, though, is come to the podcast workshop. Yeah, march 21st at 10am yeah, I promise I won't go on crazy tangents in the in the class.
Speaker 1:I'll stay on track and focused yeah, right up until like the end of class, and then you can stick around for unlimited crazy tangents with Alana Banks.
Speaker 2:I'll go all out.
Speaker 1:I'll go all out hours.
Speaker 2:I could go for hours hours, hours um, okay, so yeah, so March 21st, save the date. Master, not master class, it's a class on creating your own podcast. We got that going on and that's it, and then podcast and then what? The podcast yeah, podcast yeah, also I calculated at the beginning of the podcast. I was wondering how many hours of podcasting we have 47 and a half hours, cool so you could spend a full basically two days yeah, two no sleep, two non-sleep days, or like 48 hours eight hours a day for six days.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, cool so get on it, yeah, if you haven't listened to every episode three times.
Speaker 1:Everybody like listeners. If you haven't listened to every episode three or four times, um, you're just scratching the surface.
Speaker 2:Gotta go back like honestly, go start at season one. Season one was actually really good it was great when I think about it now, like when we were brand new podcasters, yeah, there's a lot of good stuff in those episodes. That was all good. I mean every episode is good, but like even, even our first season is good and part of that we're, part of the secret to that we're gonna give you in the podcast class like how are we so good in season one?
Speaker 1:yeah, we're gonna give away those secrets in the class. Yeah, yeah, it was, it was. We're rocking and rolling right from day one right from day one, no problem just regular, regular people yeah, no training in podcasting no, formal. I don't have a PhD in podcasts, no master's in podcasts. I don't even have an undergrad in podcast we just figured.
Speaker 2:We figured it out on our own pretty much didn't even take podcasting in high school no didn't exist no, alright
Speaker 3:there we go.
Speaker 2:Okay, that's it, thanks everyone, bye everyone.