How to Keep Grinding through your Goals my First Podcast Interview
. As early as I can remember I’ve always said I wanted to have a radio show. I’m not sure why, but maybe I was tired of hearing the same five popular songs on the radio every day in rotation. Also, I always thought it seemed fun to talk about pop culture and hear others input, then be able to call it work. In the mid-2000s I heard about a computer-based type of radio show that almost anyone can start called a podcast. As a young adult, I thought to myself that’s great, it will make it easier, and I have my own podcast one day.
Now the problem with my dreams, like these is I never have the whole thing fully thought out. I wanted a podcast but, who knows what I’ll talk about. Podcasts aren’t just anything thrown together, at least not the ones that I listen to. They are well put together shows about following your dreams and growing a business. A few months ago before I started this blog, I started to set up things to finally start my podcast. Thankfully, I have a good habit of listing out the goals that I would like to accomplish. For my podcast, I wrote a to-do list was that I wanted to be on another person’s podcast, no matter if it was in the same niche or not.
Writing things down is so important and effective. Typically, I reach my goals when I sit down and write out what I want and what I would like to do. Now, when I wrote it all down I wasn’t sure how I was going to be on another person’s podcast. I had some vague ideas but I never pushed it because I was busy trying to set up this blog. Sometimes things just work themselves out because you put in some thought and effort so the universe makes a way for you. While looking into ways to generally find people and brands to collaborate with, I stumbled upon a gentleman looking for people to interview on his podcast. I contacted him to see if I could join but I didn’t really think I’d get a response back.
To my surprise a few days later he accepted my request. I still didn’t realize what I had manifested four months ago. The beauty of it all was that I wasn’t just going to be on any old podcast. I was given the opportunity to be a part of an amazing podcast about up-and-coming entrepreneurs, models, and artists. this wasn’t just right up my alley but it was also the niche I wanted to be a part of.
This amazing podcast is called Keep Grinding by producer Shemaiah Reed aka Shemaiah on the Beat. I knew right away from the name of the podcast it was perfect for me. I was excited and nervous about this more than welcome opportunity. I have a lot to share and I was ready for it so I got mentally prepared.
From the moment we started the conversation I felt at ease to share. Shemaiah calmly started introducing me and asking me questions. However, my imposter syndrome started kicking in a bit when I began speaking, throughout I had so much doubt in my mind about what I was going to say. I struggled a bit on how to say things and make sure I was getting out everything I wanted to say.
The flow of the whole session was amazing as the feelings of doubt melted away. It was only supposed to be a 20-minute conversation about me and the things that I was actively pursuing. As Shemaiah asked great questions and I found that it was much easier to talk and share. We spoke about where I’ve come from in my self-development, my ambitions, my endeavors, as well as how much I’ve overcome and what I’ve done to overcome those problems.
The biggest thing I touched on was about how to start what you want to do now and ignore your doubts so that you may succeed. My doubts kept me in the same stagnant spot for years which led to depression about not getting anywhere in my life. It’s a sad cycle because it leads you back to more self-doubt that keeps you from pursuing your dreams. Just sharing all these things with someone so interested made me realize how far I have really, as a person and with my implementation.
I wanted to get you all hyped up and ready to want to listen to this amazing interview on Keep Grinding. I put out a ton of gems on how I’ve set myself up with the myriad of things that I do now, how to stay motivated, my favorite things that inspire me and so much more. This podcast as a whole is amazing and I highly recommend it to anyone struggling or wanting reassurance on pushing themselves about pursuing their hopes and dreams. Please take a moment and listen to the inspiring things I had to say in the video below and I hope it will uplift you and help you find your way. Make sure you check out all of the other amazing interviews as well.
