Mark Simpson asks if podcasting led to panel work. The guest had been on panels for four years, but podcasting increased their confidence by getting them comfortable hearing their own voice and less self-critical about how they sound.
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And now you're doing panels as well, at shows and conferences. Is that what you were doing before the podcast, or is the podcast giving you the confidence to put your name forward to do on the stage and panels?
I think it's given us more confidence to be able to do it. But I've been being on panels for probably at least the last four years, I'd say. But I look at it all differently now. I think once you start to find your voice and you learn to hear what you sound like, which, to be honest, that's kind of a crazy thing. At first, I didn't used to like to even hear my voice on a voicemail. And not that I love hearing my own voice, but you just get used to what you sound like and you stop being so critical of it.