December 31, 2023 • 16 mins
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Embarking on a year-long odyssey of voices and tales, I, Gurasis Singh, found myself at the crossroads of instinct and wisdom on the latest instalment of My Thick Accent podcast. Every conversation, a mosaic of diverse immigrant chronicles, has etched into my core the affirmation that following my gut leads to the most resonant stories.
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Gurasis (00:00):
Hi, this is Gurasis Singh and you're listening to My
Thick Accent podcast.
Hello, dear listeners, andwelcome to the last episode of
(00:22):
the year 2023.
And if you're listening to thisone already in the year 2024,
happy new year.
But today I would like tocreate this episode to reflect
on my podcasting journey, and Ifeel like reflecting on the
journey of the past year is likelooking into a mirror that
reflects not just the externalepisodes but also the internal
(00:44):
learnings that one gain.
And in the realm of podcasting,every episode has been a step
into this transformative dance,a rhythm guided by the heartbeat
of shared stories.
And today, in this bonusepisode, I would like to delve
into the essence of reflection.
It's about gazing back, notjust at the interviews and
(01:06):
narratives, but at the lessonstucked within the way life
unfolds.
So let's unpack the fivelessons learned from one year of
podcasting.
So the first thing I learnedfrom one year of podcasting is
trusting my gut, trusting myinstincts, and I say that in
(01:27):
terms of the kind of people Ibring on the podcast.
There were times I have gottenan intro call with a few people
and they are doing some amazingwork.
They are contributing to the inhelping immigrants Achieving
their goals and so many similarthings and the mission that sort
(01:47):
of I have.
But there is some voice within,some inner voice, that is
saying me not to interview them,not because they are not like
good people or there's somethingwrong with them.
It's just that I felt like ifI'm bringing somebody on the
podcast, I need to connect withthem and I need to deeply
connect with their vision Forthe immigrants that they have.
(02:09):
And there have been times whenI've gotten a call and this one
time I think I just came backfrom India and I think I've said
this story multiple times onthe show and I'd love to get
into in details, maybe in thefuture episodes.
But this one time I got a callwith somebody and that person
reached out to me and I justcame back from India and I had
no other episodes in queue and Iwasn't desperate need to put an
(02:31):
episode out.
I got on a call and I talked tothem.
We were trying to get on thesame page for the recording.
But Just after the after ourintroduction call that I had
with them, my heart was sayingthat I don't interview this
person again.
I don't exactly know how toexplain it, but deeper than I
had this feeling that just don'tinterview this person.
(02:54):
But regardless, I stillinterviewed and After the
interview the things went south,completely south.
There were some lot ofcomplications, to the point that
they did not like the episode.
They even Precisely criticizingthe podcast and so many other
things started happening withinthe span of like three days and
(03:15):
I end up not putting that outepisode out because once again
my heart was saying it's not theright thing to do and that
happened.
And there have been times wheremy gut has even helped me.
It has asked me to reach out toa certain person just because I
thought they would have Somekind of story, certain stories
or anecdotes from their lifethat can benefit the immigrants,
(03:39):
that can help my listenership.
And this one episode I did withwas, you know, with Mary Alice
Soto and she.
It was like episode 28, Ibelieve, and it was about
getting into the Biological sideor the side, or basically it
was about looking at immigrationfrom the scientific perspective
and how xenophobia plays a roleand so many other other Topics
(04:02):
that we discovered on theepisode.
And I just found her literallyThrough LinkedIn, like she
commented on one of my guestsLinkedIn post and I, I read, I
saw her profile and I saw hertitle and everything and I was
like, let me just reach out toher.
I feel like she could be a goodguest.
And when I got on a call withher, we click within a second,
(04:25):
literally the moment we got on acall, we clicked and I was like
this is a great guest to haveon the show.
And she is right now in Egyptand and she is doing her Masters
is.
I think she's probably doingher PhD in immigration studies
and and other all the otherAspects that we really explore
on the podcast.
(04:45):
Imagine, if only, if I wouldhave never reached out to her, I
would never be able to educatemyself from all the things that
she is learning and the thingsthat she shared on the podcast.
So yeah, I think this is one ofthe things I learned that
always trusting my gut.
If my gut is saying to havethis guest on the Podcast, I
will, and if my gut is sayingI'm not connecting with the
person, I might not proceed withthat guest.
(05:08):
So the second is always have anoutline for your guests, and you
must be wondering that did Inot already have that?
So initially, when I started Iused to send outlines only to
the people who wanted an outlineand there were many of my
guests who were pretty muchcomfortable to just get on the
spot and talk about theirjourneys and talk about their
(05:30):
stories because it is literallyabout their immigrant journeys
and I never used to send theseoutlines to all of them.
But this one time I choose notto send an outline to one of my
guests and when I interviewedthem after the episode I felt
like there was so much.
There was so much I wanted toask them but I just could not,
(05:54):
because the person was soamazing, was marvelous in the
way they were articulating theirthoughts, they were an
exceptional speaker and theywere in the habit of dictating
their journey, dictating theirstory, with all the anecdotes
and everything possible, and Ifelt like I wasn't my best and I
(06:14):
wasn't able to ask them theexact questions I wanted to ask
or the nuances I wanted to getinto, just because the person
was in a certain flow and Idon't like interrupting my
guests in between and only if Ihad given that guest an outline,
that would have been reallyhelpful for me to really cover
everything I wanted to cover.
I mean, there's always a secondtime I can bring that guest
(06:37):
again, obviously, in which Imight do eventually in my second
season.
But yeah, I think from thatmoment on I started sending an
outline to everybody, regardlessthey have asked me or not, and
I think that has helped, thathas been of great help and I
think I'm going to continue todo that.
So now getting on to the thirdone, which is believing in
(06:57):
myself and my ability tointerview and I say that because
you guys must be wondering that, okay, I have interviewed, you
know, 50 plus people and mightbe pretty confident, and I am
able to interview everybody youknow who say would come on the
podcast.
And I mean it does require alot of work and research
(07:18):
sometimes that I, before I geton the call with them.
But I think I was being overprepared when I started, I
wasn't really trusting myselfand I wasn't trusting myself for
being able to leverage theresponses that I might receive
from the guests.
Because now what I do is Ireally don't prepare a lot, I
(07:40):
really try to just get on a calland talk.
And I think that has beenreally helpful for me to do not
put so much pressure on me to beable to cover everything I
wanted to cover.
And now I do get into thefollow ups, I do get into a lot
of the backgrounds I wanted toknow from people and I actually
touch each and every aspect as Iwanted to touch.
(08:02):
As the flow goes on, I make surethat this is more and more
organic and I think I can seethe difference in the output
that also that is received, andespecially in the season two,
the episodes that I haverecorded which are going to be
out very soon in the air 2024.
And I think you'll see alsowhen you listen to that, that
those seem to be very goodoutput and very organic
(08:25):
conversations where you're ableto cover everything.
And yet I think I am alsotalking a lot and I don't have
that pressure of getting on tothe next question.
So I think I need to trust myagain, once again my instincts,
more believe in myself and more,more.
And since I haven't do a lot ofpeople, I need to trust that.
I need to trust that I havelearned from that practice and I
(08:46):
think I should be a little morespontaneous, you know, with
with me, with me being able tointerview people.
So, yeah, that is something Ithink I need to start doing more
and more.
I think I have definitelyadopted that in my interviewing
style.
I think I'm going to continueto do that in the future
episodes.
And the fourth one is learningwhen to stop when researching
(09:08):
about the guest.
Let me give you a few examples.
There were people like NickNurani, which was Episode 37,
sangeeta Sharma, episode 30,dhanan Lumkhan, episode 15, gur
Sahib Singh, the famous YouTuber, episode 25, and, of course,
parul Khanna, episode 41 and 42,and many other people.
All of these have decades anddecades of experience of being
(09:33):
an immigrant and they have doneso much for the immigrant
community and they have so muchto offer to the immigrant
community and me.
Being an interviewer, I wantedto cover everything.
I wanted to cover everypublication they have been part
of every interview they havebeen on and everything that they
have done.
But that's not possible.
(09:54):
And I think initially I used toget into everything possible
that they have done to be ableto cover on the podcast, know
about the background of it, knowhow they started, how they,
like, initiated the inception ofthe idea, etc.
Etc.
But that's not possible.
So I think I sometimes spendway more on the research which
wasn't even necessary, and now Ithink I am very mindful of that
(10:17):
and I make sure I only touch onthe extremely important topics
or the works that they have donewhich people might be
interested to know more about.
So I focus on that and then,once again, there is always a
second time I can bring themagain and talk about the other
aspects and the other amazing,wonderful things that they have
(10:37):
done.
So, yeah, keeping my researchto the limited so that I can
cover everything within the onehour episode and sometimes I
even get the feedback frompeople that one hour is way too
long and but I feel like it'snot possible to know the person
properly within like 15-20minutes.
Yes, there are various podcastsand various channels YouTube
(11:01):
channels who do cover theseinterviews, and they are only
limited to like 20-25 minutes.
Of course, I can do that, but Iwant to cover more about their
journeys.
I wanted to get into everynuances I can.
I wanted to know the personbehind all these things.
I wanted to know that.
Why are they doing the thingsthey are doing?
(11:22):
And there is always and alwaysa reason why somebody is able to
do what they do, for example,this podcast, the reason I am
able to do it because I myselfhave gone through certain good
and bad experiences, which hasled me to start this podcast.
So that's why I think I amgoing to continue to do those
one hour episodes and some daysmay be even longer because,
(11:44):
since I say, season 2 is morefun, so who doesn't like to have
more fun and more funconversations?
Okay, so the final one, thefifth one, is respecting the
decision made by GURASIS whoscheduled that call.
Let me tell you more about it.
Yes, I am a human and there aredays when I don't want to get
(12:04):
up from the bed, I don't want toget ready and I might not be in
a mood to record an episode,but in that moment I really sit
on my bed for like 2-3 minutesand I talk to myself that you
have to respect the decisionsmade by who scheduled that call
, because when I scheduled thatcall, that Good-to-See's who has
(12:27):
scheduled that call, did thatwith the thought that, yes, that
Good-to-See's will be availableon that particular day, will be
available at that particulartime and will prepare himself
for that recording, and I haveto respect that and I cannot let
my current mood take over justbecause I am not just feeling it
(12:51):
.
I can't let that feeling sinkin.
I have to let it go, get offfrom my bed, get ready and
prepare myself for thatinterview, unless there is like
an extreme situation I am sick.
Otherwise, there have beentimes where I am sick.
Also, I have done fewrecordings.
Again, once again, respectingthe decisions made by that
Good-to-See's and obviously theguests are also giving their
(13:14):
time and it's hard to schedulepeople.
It's very, very hard to find acommon time for just To get on
the same page, literally andbeing able to be available on
the same day and the same timeto do this, although people have
been super sweet to me.
But they're coming back to thein my digital point, unless
there is like extreme situations.
(13:35):
You know, there was, forexample, this one time, my
season two of I'm recording, Irecorded with somebody and Just
like two hours before I put onmy contact lenses and one of my
contact just got lost in the eyeand it took me like two hours
to take that Contact lens out.
And you might be wondering thatwhat just happened.
I put in certain Drops that Ithat I use and then the lens
(13:58):
eventually came out of my eye.
But yeah, that there was likeone of the extreme situations
which happened and I had toready scheduled my recording.
But yeah, all in all, I reallyreally make sure I respect the
decisions made by that good asthese who has booked that call,
and also respect the time of myguests who have made themselves
(14:19):
available on that particular day.
Let me share with you like abonus one as well.
So I always Write my intros onthe day of the recording.
So I make sure I get up likethree, four hours before my
actual time of the recording,whether it's like 9 pm, 9 am,
sorry, or it's like 12 pm orlike 1 am or in the afternoon,
(14:40):
in the evening, whenever I makesure, like I make some myself
available At least like an houror two hours before, and then I
sit and I really Plan my episode, and by planning I mean a
little like put my thingstogether.
It's not like I startresearching or I start Getting
into the background of thingslike literally two hours before.
(15:02):
I don't do that, but I makesure I have all my points ready,
my bullet points ready,everything is ready.
I just have to align everythingtogether, combine them together
, so I can really curate anepisode when I'm recording it
and that really helps.
That really really helps,because when I'm doing that an
hour before, I'm kind of intothat groove, I'm kind of into
(15:22):
that flow of the Things that theperson has done in their
immigrant journey.
I have more equipped with theinformation to be able to ask
the right questions, and I thinkI have said that multiple times
that it's not about having theright answers, it is about
asking the right questions andto be able to ask those
questions.
I can do that when I reallywrite my introductions Right
(15:44):
before I hit that record button,and that has been of great help
.
So that's it for today.
These were the five lessonsthat I learned from one year of
podcasting.
I would love to hear from you Ihave said in multiple times I
would really really appreciateif you guys can review this
comment on this if you'relistening it on Spotify or Apple
(16:06):
podcasts, and you can alsoreach out to me at hello at
mythicaxoncom.
You can also DM us on LinkedInor on Instagram.
You can also follow theInstagram page, which is the
handle, which the handle is atmythicaxon.
And that's it for today, and Iwill see you guys in 2024.
So stay tuned and let'scontinue knowing each other
(16:27):
beneath the accent.
Hi, this is Gurasis Singh and you're listening to My
Thick Accent podcast.
Hello, dear listeners, andwelcome to the last episode of
(00:22):
the year 2023.
And if you're listening to thisone already in the year 2024,
happy new year.
But today I would like tocreate this episode to reflect
on my podcasting journey, and Ifeel like reflecting on the
journey of the past year is likelooking into a mirror that
reflects not just the externalepisodes but also the internal
(00:44):
learnings that one gain.
And in the realm of podcasting,every episode has been a step
into this transformative dance,a rhythm guided by the heartbeat
of shared stories.
And today, in this bonusepisode, I would like to delve
into the essence of reflection.
It's about gazing back, notjust at the interviews and
(01:06):
narratives, but at the lessonstucked within the way life
unfolds.
So let's unpack the fivelessons learned from one year of
podcasting.
So the first thing I learnedfrom one year of podcasting is
trusting my gut, trusting myinstincts, and I say that in
(01:27):
terms of the kind of people Ibring on the podcast.
There were times I have gottenan intro call with a few people
and they are doing some amazingwork.
They are contributing to the inhelping immigrants Achieving
their goals and so many similarthings and the mission that sort
(01:47):
of I have.
But there is some voice within,some inner voice, that is
saying me not to interview them,not because they are not like
good people or there's somethingwrong with them.
It's just that I felt like ifI'm bringing somebody on the
podcast, I need to connect withthem and I need to deeply
connect with their vision Forthe immigrants that they have.
(02:09):
And there have been times whenI've gotten a call and this one
time I think I just came backfrom India and I think I've said
this story multiple times onthe show and I'd love to get
into in details, maybe in thefuture episodes.
But this one time I got a callwith somebody and that person
reached out to me and I justcame back from India and I had
no other episodes in queue and Iwasn't desperate need to put an
(02:31):
episode out.
I got on a call and I talked tothem.
We were trying to get on thesame page for the recording.
But Just after the after ourintroduction call that I had
with them, my heart was sayingthat I don't interview this
person again.
I don't exactly know how toexplain it, but deeper than I
had this feeling that just don'tinterview this person.
(02:54):
But regardless, I stillinterviewed and After the
interview the things went south,completely south.
There were some lot ofcomplications, to the point that
they did not like the episode.
They even Precisely criticizingthe podcast and so many other
things started happening withinthe span of like three days and
(03:15):
I end up not putting that outepisode out because once again
my heart was saying it's not theright thing to do and that
happened.
And there have been times wheremy gut has even helped me.
It has asked me to reach out toa certain person just because I
thought they would have Somekind of story, certain stories
or anecdotes from their lifethat can benefit the immigrants,
(03:39):
that can help my listenership.
And this one episode I did withwas, you know, with Mary Alice
Soto and she.
It was like episode 28, Ibelieve, and it was about
getting into the Biological sideor the side, or basically it
was about looking at immigrationfrom the scientific perspective
and how xenophobia plays a roleand so many other other Topics
(04:02):
that we discovered on theepisode.
And I just found her literallyThrough LinkedIn, like she
commented on one of my guestsLinkedIn post and I, I read, I
saw her profile and I saw hertitle and everything and I was
like, let me just reach out toher.
I feel like she could be a goodguest.
And when I got on a call withher, we click within a second,
(04:25):
literally the moment we got on acall, we clicked and I was like
this is a great guest to haveon the show.
And she is right now in Egyptand and she is doing her Masters
is.
I think she's probably doingher PhD in immigration studies
and and other all the otherAspects that we really explore
on the podcast.
(04:45):
Imagine, if only, if I wouldhave never reached out to her, I
would never be able to educatemyself from all the things that
she is learning and the thingsthat she shared on the podcast.
So yeah, I think this is one ofthe things I learned that
always trusting my gut.
If my gut is saying to havethis guest on the Podcast, I
will, and if my gut is sayingI'm not connecting with the
person, I might not proceed withthat guest.
(05:08):
So the second is always have anoutline for your guests, and you
must be wondering that did Inot already have that?
So initially, when I started Iused to send outlines only to
the people who wanted an outlineand there were many of my
guests who were pretty muchcomfortable to just get on the
spot and talk about theirjourneys and talk about their
(05:30):
stories because it is literallyabout their immigrant journeys
and I never used to send theseoutlines to all of them.
But this one time I choose notto send an outline to one of my
guests and when I interviewedthem after the episode I felt
like there was so much.
There was so much I wanted toask them but I just could not,
(05:54):
because the person was soamazing, was marvelous in the
way they were articulating theirthoughts, they were an
exceptional speaker and theywere in the habit of dictating
their journey, dictating theirstory, with all the anecdotes
and everything possible, and Ifelt like I wasn't my best and I
(06:14):
wasn't able to ask them theexact questions I wanted to ask
or the nuances I wanted to getinto, just because the person
was in a certain flow and Idon't like interrupting my
guests in between and only if Ihad given that guest an outline,
that would have been reallyhelpful for me to really cover
everything I wanted to cover.
I mean, there's always a secondtime I can bring that guest
(06:37):
again, obviously, in which Imight do eventually in my second
season.
But yeah, I think from thatmoment on I started sending an
outline to everybody, regardlessthey have asked me or not, and
I think that has helped, thathas been of great help and I
think I'm going to continue todo that.
So now getting on to the thirdone, which is believing in
(06:57):
myself and my ability tointerview and I say that because
you guys must be wondering that, okay, I have interviewed, you
know, 50 plus people and mightbe pretty confident, and I am
able to interview everybody youknow who say would come on the
podcast.
And I mean it does require alot of work and research
(07:18):
sometimes that I, before I geton the call with them.
But I think I was being overprepared when I started, I
wasn't really trusting myselfand I wasn't trusting myself for
being able to leverage theresponses that I might receive
from the guests.
Because now what I do is Ireally don't prepare a lot, I
(07:40):
really try to just get on a calland talk.
And I think that has beenreally helpful for me to do not
put so much pressure on me to beable to cover everything I
wanted to cover.
And now I do get into thefollow ups, I do get into a lot
of the backgrounds I wanted toknow from people and I actually
touch each and every aspect as Iwanted to touch.
(08:02):
As the flow goes on, I make surethat this is more and more
organic and I think I can seethe difference in the output
that also that is received, andespecially in the season two,
the episodes that I haverecorded which are going to be
out very soon in the air 2024.
And I think you'll see alsowhen you listen to that, that
those seem to be very goodoutput and very organic
(08:25):
conversations where you're ableto cover everything.
And yet I think I am alsotalking a lot and I don't have
that pressure of getting on tothe next question.
So I think I need to trust myagain, once again my instincts,
more believe in myself and more,more.
And since I haven't do a lot ofpeople, I need to trust that.
I need to trust that I havelearned from that practice and I
(08:46):
think I should be a little morespontaneous, you know, with
with me, with me being able tointerview people.
So, yeah, that is something Ithink I need to start doing more
and more.
I think I have definitelyadopted that in my interviewing
style.
I think I'm going to continueto do that in the future
episodes.
And the fourth one is learningwhen to stop when researching
(09:08):
about the guest.
Let me give you a few examples.
There were people like NickNurani, which was Episode 37,
sangeeta Sharma, episode 30,dhanan Lumkhan, episode 15, gur
Sahib Singh, the famous YouTuber, episode 25, and, of course,
parul Khanna, episode 41 and 42,and many other people.
All of these have decades anddecades of experience of being
(09:33):
an immigrant and they have doneso much for the immigrant
community and they have so muchto offer to the immigrant
community and me.
Being an interviewer, I wantedto cover everything.
I wanted to cover everypublication they have been part
of every interview they havebeen on and everything that they
have done.
But that's not possible.
(09:54):
And I think initially I used toget into everything possible
that they have done to be ableto cover on the podcast, know
about the background of it, knowhow they started, how they,
like, initiated the inception ofthe idea, etc.
Etc.
But that's not possible.
So I think I sometimes spendway more on the research which
wasn't even necessary, and now Ithink I am very mindful of that
(10:17):
and I make sure I only touch onthe extremely important topics
or the works that they have donewhich people might be
interested to know more about.
So I focus on that and then,once again, there is always a
second time I can bring themagain and talk about the other
aspects and the other amazing,wonderful things that they have
(10:37):
done.
So, yeah, keeping my researchto the limited so that I can
cover everything within the onehour episode and sometimes I
even get the feedback frompeople that one hour is way too
long and but I feel like it'snot possible to know the person
properly within like 15-20minutes.
Yes, there are various podcastsand various channels YouTube
(11:01):
channels who do cover theseinterviews, and they are only
limited to like 20-25 minutes.
Of course, I can do that, but Iwant to cover more about their
journeys.
I wanted to get into everynuances I can.
I wanted to know the personbehind all these things.
I wanted to know that.
Why are they doing the thingsthey are doing?
(11:22):
And there is always and alwaysa reason why somebody is able to
do what they do, for example,this podcast, the reason I am
able to do it because I myselfhave gone through certain good
and bad experiences, which hasled me to start this podcast.
So that's why I think I amgoing to continue to do those
one hour episodes and some daysmay be even longer because,
(11:44):
since I say, season 2 is morefun, so who doesn't like to have
more fun and more funconversations?
Okay, so the final one, thefifth one, is respecting the
decision made by GURASIS whoscheduled that call.
Let me tell you more about it.
Yes, I am a human and there aredays when I don't want to get
(12:04):
up from the bed, I don't want toget ready and I might not be in
a mood to record an episode,but in that moment I really sit
on my bed for like 2-3 minutesand I talk to myself that you
have to respect the decisionsmade by who scheduled that call
, because when I scheduled thatcall, that Good-to-See's who has
(12:27):
scheduled that call, did thatwith the thought that, yes, that
Good-to-See's will be availableon that particular day, will be
available at that particulartime and will prepare himself
for that recording, and I haveto respect that and I cannot let
my current mood take over justbecause I am not just feeling it
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.
I can't let that feeling sinkin.
I have to let it go, get offfrom my bed, get ready and
prepare myself for thatinterview, unless there is like
an extreme situation I am sick.
Otherwise, there have beentimes where I am sick.
Also, I have done fewrecordings.
Again, once again, respectingthe decisions made by that
Good-to-See's and obviously theguests are also giving their
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time and it's hard to schedulepeople.
It's very, very hard to find acommon time for just To get on
the same page, literally andbeing able to be available on
the same day and the same timeto do this, although people have
been super sweet to me.
But they're coming back to thein my digital point, unless
there is like extreme situations.
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You know, there was, forexample, this one time, my
season two of I'm recording, Irecorded with somebody and Just
like two hours before I put onmy contact lenses and one of my
contact just got lost in the eyeand it took me like two hours
to take that Contact lens out.
And you might be wondering thatwhat just happened.
I put in certain Drops that Ithat I use and then the lens
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eventually came out of my eye.
But yeah, that there was likeone of the extreme situations
which happened and I had toready scheduled my recording.
But yeah, all in all, I reallyreally make sure I respect the
decisions made by that good asthese who has booked that call,
and also respect the time of myguests who have made themselves
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available on that particular day.
Let me share with you like abonus one as well.
So I always Write my intros onthe day of the recording.
So I make sure I get up likethree, four hours before my
actual time of the recording,whether it's like 9 pm, 9 am,
sorry, or it's like 12 pm orlike 1 am or in the afternoon,
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in the evening, whenever I makesure, like I make some myself
available At least like an houror two hours before, and then I
sit and I really Plan my episode, and by planning I mean a
little like put my thingstogether.
It's not like I startresearching or I start Getting
into the background of thingslike literally two hours before.
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I don't do that, but I makesure I have all my points ready,
my bullet points ready,everything is ready.
I just have to align everythingtogether, combine them together
, so I can really curate anepisode when I'm recording it
and that really helps.
That really really helps,because when I'm doing that an
hour before, I'm kind of intothat groove, I'm kind of into
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that flow of the Things that theperson has done in their
immigrant journey.
I have more equipped with theinformation to be able to ask
the right questions, and I thinkI have said that multiple times
that it's not about having theright answers, it is about
asking the right questions andto be able to ask those
questions.
I can do that when I reallywrite my introductions Right
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before I hit that record button,and that has been of great help
.
So that's it for today.
These were the five lessonsthat I learned from one year of
podcasting.
I would love to hear from you Ihave said in multiple times I
would really really appreciateif you guys can review this
comment on this if you'relistening it on Spotify or Apple
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podcasts, and you can alsoreach out to me at hello at
mythicaxoncom.
You can also DM us on LinkedInor on Instagram.
You can also follow theInstagram page, which is the
handle, which the handle is atmythicaxon.
And that's it for today, and Iwill see you guys in 2024.
So stay tuned and let'scontinue knowing each other
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beneath the accent.
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