A creator discusses why podcasters fear sharing ideas freely, and how that fear actually blocks deeper work. She recommends starting with interviews instead of solo content: you gain visibility, find new ideas, and let your voice emerge without the pressure of being original right away.
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Do you hear that a lot? And so there's a couple— I'll come back to the podcast thing in a sec. It is a common— it's a common fear, is giving your great stuff away. But I will also say, the more you give it away, the more opportunity to unpack and build— unpack your inner genius and build depth comes out. So you get to That's the point where you go over that, you get over that tipping point of fear to this whole level of, oh my God, I didn't realize there was all these layers to me. And that was very much my experience. When I first worked with somebody to unpack my inner genius and I didn't know what I wanted, I was in therapy session for 2 days in tears and having a hissy fit because I couldn't, I couldn't think straight because I couldn't read my labels sitting inside my jar. He was great. Gracious enough to continue asking my question. I walked away from that for about 8 years and then came back to it and then started unpacking it. And the more you get into unpacking your ideas, you know, what does influence mean to you? What does visibility mean to you? What does compelling content mean? Then you start to go, you can just go into this flow of creating all sorts of stuff. So allow yourself to give free stuff away because through that you'll unpack more stuff. From a podcasting perspective, If you wanted to start out by not giving it away, but, you know, talking around your topic of interest, interview other people. That was the way I started and have remained. And that's a really great way of increasing your visibility, finding content, because through conversations like this, your inner genius just naturally comes out. You're not in a fear space, and you'll actually find your own content through that and be able to— Get insights through how your content relates to them personally or individually. I do hear that a lot. Um, so there's a couple— I'll come back to the podcast, um, thing in a sec. Um, it is a common, uh, it's a common fear is giving your great stuff away. But I will also say the more you give it away, the more opportunity to unpack and build— unpack your inner genius and build depth comes out. So you get to the point where you go over that, you get over that tipping point of fear to this whole
