Getting Started Podcast

Since I have moved the On My Drive Home episodes to OnMyDriveHome.com, and the podcast has it’s own feed, I think it’s time to start winding things down on the Getting Started Podcast. I started this podcast in early 2014 when I fell in love with the idea of pocasting, in general. I had some ideas about how it could be a platform to encourage people to get started with new endeavors or adventures in life and maybe share some personal stories that might help. Through a handful of events – not all necessarily bad – things never really got the traction I had wanted. However, it WAS a great place to launch On My Drive Home, and I am thankful to have a small but growing community of listeners that likes the content I create there. So, it’s time to wind things down here at the GSP. I have some ideas for other long-format podcasts that I want to create, and I’m hoping it won’t be too long before I’ll add that back into my regular content creation plan. But, I will focus my engergy into On My Drive Home for now. I’ll have at least one or two more “notice” episodes here before it disappears. Thanks for listening!

BIG NEWS: This podcast is moving, and the new “On My Drive Home” podcast is LIVE!! This is it, friends, the episode where I announce the NEW location of the NEW On My Drive Home podcast. Yes, just as I shared in the prior episode, I have officially changed names from: On The Drive Home to: On My Drive Home   If you want to learn why, just jump back one episode, and check it out! The website is also up and running here: OnMyDriveHome.com  So, give this episode a listen and then go to iTunes or Google Play Music and subscribe to On My Drive Home.   I look forward to sharing more thoughts, ideas and stories from the driver’s seat!

It’s time for this On The Drive Home experiment to grow-up and move to it’s own place on the web.  However, there is already another podcast out there with the same name.  DOH!!! So, I’m changing the name of this podcast from On The Drive Home to On MY Drive Home.  Small change, but it all works out. In this episode, I talk give a bit more detail into mildly arduous process of choosing a podcast name. The website for On My Drive Home is up and running here:  https://onmydrivehome.com/ But I am still waiting approval from Apple, so you won’t find it in the podcast app, yet.  I’ll provide an update and share another episode when it’s available.  

Finally! A podcast player that will allow me to create HearMarks – clips, bookmarks, notes, whatever you want to call them. In this On the Drive Home episode, I talk about my new fondness for RadioPublic podcast player app.  For quite some time, I have been frustrated by the fact that the Apple Podcasts app does not allow me to simply mark a clip like in the Audible app. I love being able to go back to things that I found interesting or valuable in the audio books I consume, and I have wanted the same features on my podcast player for years! Two days ago, I discovered the RadioPublic podcast app, and it provides that feature plus more! I am loving it, so far. Though, admittedly, I’m only a couple of days in. We’ll see how it holds out over the long term. You can learn more about RadioPublic at their website here:  https://radiopublic.com/ And the app is available for iOS and Android. RadioPublic also provides a host of tools, learning guides, and marketing plans for podcasters. If you’re like me and want a better podcast app, this might be the ticket for you! 

This is the first episode in a short series I want to do revisiting some of the concepts that inspired me from Chase Jarvis’ book “Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life” This episode focuses specifically on suggestion to create before consuming. All too often, I find myself consuming the content of other creators before I do any of my own creative work. I tell myself that it’s all about inspiration and encouragement, but it is usually just a distraction.  Even worse, I find that I can get discouraged which really derails my progress. The answer?  Create BEFORE I consume.  

In this episode, I talk about the “Creative Gap” – a concept that Chase Jarvis briefly mentions in his new book “Creative Calling”. In addition, I try out a different microphone setup which does a decent job, but I think I’ll stick with my prior methods going forward. Also mentioned in this episode: The Zoom H5 Handy Recorder Rode smartLav+ Willy Porter (This guy is awesome!) Enjoy!

Last Saturday, I met with a friend I had not seen face-to-face for over 20 years. It was very fun and got me to thinking about the value of the relationships we build – particularly in the early formative years of our lives and careers. I hope you enjoy this short story and some of my thoughts around it.

It’s time for a funny story involving me doing something innocent but then realizing how potentially creepy it made me look in the midst of mostly strangers.   Fortunately, everyone was cool, and nobody walked away thinking I was too much of a weirdo.  Well, at least not as a result of what I did in this situation, anyway.   I hope you enjoy the short story. Also – I added a brief podcast into starting with this episode.  What do you think?  Like it or hate it?  Leave me some feedback on iTunes if you feel so inclined.

I bought a new book yesterday – “Creative Calling” by Chase Jarvis.  I bought it almost immediately after I heard him on Episode 327 of The GaryVee Audio Experience podcast.  And, I got the book delivered in less than 24 hours! Quite a world we live in, isn’t it? In this episode, I talk a little bit about what motivated me to purchase the book and why the themes they discussed resonated with me.  SPOILER ALERT: I haven’t actually read the book yet.  I’ve only had it for 10 hours! However, the discussion between Chase and Gary also motivated me to record this episode. It’s been a while since the last On The Drive Home recording.  This was fun!

Here’s a true story that taught me how to pay closer attention when using public restrooms.  Ooooh….  What could it be?!