To Create or Not to Create: Prologue to a Three Act Play
Ever felt lost in a sea of digital noise, wondering how to make your true voice heard? Discover how to navigate this overload and turn it into your creative playground. We promise you'll learn how to leverage AI, machine learning, and digital realities as platforms for authentic expression and meaningful connection. Whether you're crafting content, building a brand, or simply wanting to communicate better, this episode offers an insightful look at how to thrive in today's tech-driven world while staying true to yourself.
We also delve into the power of community and how embracing vulnerability can lead to finding your tribe in the vast digital landscape. Special global guest hosts join us on this journey of innovation and collaboration, sharing their passion for impactful communication. Listen in as I share my personal takeaways and answer your burning questions in our Ask Me Anything session. Plus, don't miss our inspiring segment with a micro creator who challenges conventional notions of productivity, leaving you motivated to take action.
Episode Transcript
As I said before, I promise I create with you.
It's all about finding yourauthentic voice in a world
filled with noise.
We have a lot of voices comingat us, a lot of information
notifications on your cellphones.
It's hard to focus, but you canutilize information.
You can utilize technology toyour advantage or you can let it
become your detriment.
It's up to you.
Yes, we have a lot of newcontent developers out there
(00:22):
creating different vehicles forexpression within the AI, ml
space, and you know all thingsvirtual reality, augmented
reality, even what they call nowextended reality or mixed
realities, all these types ofrealities.
They say these terms because weare living sort of in that
matrix period.
But at the same time, guess whocreates these realities?
(00:43):
Human beings.
So, as the world gets smallerwith technology, sometimes it
also gets bigger.
Because you're isolated.
People have an appetite tocreate and express themselves
right now because they want toconnect with each other.
So, as a content creator,whether you're an individual or
you're a brand or a business orwhatever you are, or
professional, like that's asurgeon with a new technology or
(01:05):
wealth management professionalthat wants to share their
insights.
This is important becausepeople are moving to digital
Okay, they're moving online sothat people have a presence
there, but does that mean youstay there?
No, you have to go out into thereal world to bring this
information back.
But you also should not beignorant that technology does
exist.
Okay, we've got new AI, we havenew ML, we have AR, vr, xr, mr
(01:30):
all the R's Okay.
So it's accelerated, thoughit's efficiency keeps getting
faster.
That's what I mean.
It's faster and faster.
So you can look at this in twoways it's the anti-carious
technology or, like it'ssomething you can use to your
advantage.
So it just depends on howyou're utilizing technology and
digital media, social mediaconnectivity, how you
communicate with it that matters.
(01:50):
It's the how, it's not the what.
So much all the time.
I know we're all worried aboutbig data, but I think that's
already been happening.
I'm not sure, but we need tolive in like the days that are
not the 1800s.
We're not like in the bunkeranymore.
Okay, we that are not the 1800s.
We're not like in the bunkeranymore, okay, we're not like in
the middle ages.
Information is readily availableto you.
It's what you do with theinformation, it's what you do
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with the tools that are at yourdisposal that makes you
successful in the digital realm,you'd be surprised how many
people will probably relate toyour opinion, and often, if you
say it, someone's alreadythinking it and they're like, oh
my God, I was thinking the samething, wow.
And then you like find yourcommunity like that.
That's why digital is actuallyimportant, because we do live in
a very yeah, we're living in ahyper growth period of time with
(02:34):
technology.
So if we're not allcommunicating with each other,
how can you find your community?
I put myself out there.
I made myself vulnerable.
I did this because I know thatthis is the only way I can help
people learn how to navigate thedigital landscape and its
intersection with society rightnow, because everyone is going
to contribute to this world.
(02:55):
Nobody is better than the otherperson.
It's all about the potential tostart and hit that publish or
hit the whatever on the internet, and we have some great global
guest hosts and we're all drivenby innovation and we're
encouraged by teamwork.
So focus on your community,focus on finding your authentic
voice.
That's what I did.
I hope you liked the firstepisode and then I'm going to
(03:15):
give you my takeaways and I alsohave an Ask Me Anything episode
after that, and then we'regoing to have a micro creator on
the episode.
That will probably make youfeel lazy.
Bye, bye Woo.
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