I'm continuing to think through this podcast idea I mentioned a couple of times last week.
My latest idea is to do reviews of the various management and leadership books, podcast episodes (very meta), and articles I voraciously consume. I was inspired by MKBHD, a young guy who's been doing tech review videos for about a decade and who's gotten very good at what he does.
One thing I'm going to have to be very conscious of is my persnickety tendencies. I have to commit to releasing podcast episodes even if they're not perfect. Try to make them as good as I can, sure. But not let myself be paralyzed by my desire to release something amazing. As Ira Glass so famously shared: our tastes exceed our abilities for quite a while (years) when we start a creative endeavor. So it's going to be a slog, but I've got to power through it to get good and arrive at a product I can be proud of.
Glad to hear you're still considering this.
ReplyDeleteStanley McChrystal has written a few leadership books, and there's one that was released this year... would you please add his work to the list of potential topics on Ask Marvourneen?
I like your note about avoiding paralysis over perfection. A tangent: in the coding world, it can be refreshing to see all the pain and imperfect stages of a codebase (eg see http://www.commitlogsfromlastnight.com ). Step by step for everyone.
Thank you!
Thanks Lisa! Absolutely re: McChrystal. I love checking out what these military folks have to say and interrogating their attempts to translate their experience to civilian life.
ReplyDeleteThat's a hilarious website - great commit messages!
p.s. Speaking of "step by step": I cannot for the life of me figure out how to comment on my own blog so I've signed in with a separate account. smh.