People see the podcast studio, the guests, the numbers
They don’t see the years of being painfully average at this game.
When I started, I wasn’t “talented”.
I was just obsessed.
In the beginning:
- Talking to a camera that didn’t talk back.
- Learning editing on a slow laptop.
- Uploading videos that barely crossed a few thousand views.
- Watching friends take safer paths while I gambled on content.
Then came the slow shift:
- Better questions.
- Stronger discipline.
- Fewer excuses.
- More intention.
From the outside, it looks like momentum.
From the inside, it felt like doubt… and doing it anyway.
Just weeks turning into months of:
Cringe videos.
Awkward interviews.
Tiny improvements.
Everyone you admire went through this phase.
The difference is simple:
They stayed long enough for the growth to catch up.
Most people want the rewards of consistency
without surviving the boredom and embarrassment that come first.
If you’re waiting to feel confident before you start, you’ll wait forever.
You don’t need a perfect plan.
You need the courage to show up while you still suck.
Start.
Stay.
Let time do the rest.