What Is The Magic That Helped Me Start A Podcast?

Hey friends,

This has been an eventful week.

We crossed 400 followers on X and 1000 followers on threads. I also published the first episode of my podcast.

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Is X Premium Worth It?

I subscribed to the X Premium plan a week ago. The only good thing that happened is that it has increased my profile impressions. The followers growth graph didn’t see a significant change after getting a premium. This would only mean that my content is pushed to more people but they seem not to be interested in it. This signifies that the X algorithm is not pushing the content to the right people. I will be observing it for a couple of more weeks.

I’m running a profile a/b testing on X to understand more about the role of optimized bio in the conversion rate. One version of bio is leading to visitors following me whereas the conversion rate for another bio is zero. You can test the same on your profile here.

Starting a Podcast

After a year of procrastinating I finally published the first episode of my Podcast. I particularly liked the script and the recording. It has taken some real effort to get over optimism bias and imposter syndrome to get this done. I have talked about it in the first episode of the Podcast.

Here is a snippet from the podcast.

“I don’t remember how I celebrated my third birthday, nor do I remember how I celebrated my 24th birthday. The numbers really do not matter. The whole point is that we do not have a record of our existence. If we ourselves are not able to recall what it felt like to be alive on our 24th birthday, how will the world remember us?”

Listen to the Podcast on Spotify and Amazon Music.

About Writing and Inspiration to Write

I wanted to be a writer during my college days. I started writing blogs in 2011 and shared my ideas through it. However, I had this false notion that I needed to write something unique. I started waiting for inspiration to strike before I can start writing. But sadly, inspiration comes once in a while.

A lot of us hesitate to start something because of the fact that whatever I have to say is already said by someone else. Well, truth be told, everything in the world is a copy of a copy of a copy. Nature is something that is in its purest form, everything else is just an adulterated version of something or the other. But that’s one way of looking at it. The other way is that despite everything already said and done, there is a great chance that not everyone has got the message. Therefore, all the stories of the world are worthy of being retold. Not because you want to plagiarize, but because not everyone has understood the message. Add your flavor to the story and people will resonate with it.

Once you stop waiting for the right moment, you would liberate yourself from the burden of expectation of being unique. You would just want to write things as you love writing and people will then be attracted towards you. Become an action taker. Most of the wonderful things in life grow along the way.

Start hanging out with someone and love grows along the way.
Start exercising and motivation grows along the way.
Start writing and inspiration grows along the way.

What if someone will copy my work?

When you share your work on the internet you will initially be cautious about people copying your work. That’s human nature. They may not accept that they copied but there would certainly be an element of inspiration they would draw from your work. If that is the case, then you should actually be proud of becoming a thought leader whose work is acting as an inspiration.

Worst case, even if someone is stealing your work they won’t steal your personality that you embed in your work. That is why the writing that comes from the heart is hard to be copied and replicated by anyone else. People can steal everything from you but they cannot copy your passion and enthusiasm towards something. That is your unfair advantage.

Things I Learned from Podcasting & Newsletter

I have been writing Newsletter for 3 weeks now and the Podcast is up and running from this week. I feel there are some lessons that I can share that will be helpful for a beginner.

You will never be fully ready. It is better to ship your product first and improvise later.
Be strict with timelines. Perfection shouldn’t be the enemy of getting things done.
Focus on the essential stuff and not the peripherals
Consistency leads to improvement. Strive to be consistent rather than perfect.

Easy Way to do Hard Things

We are often overwhelmed with the enormity of tasks when we start to do something new. I adopted a simple habit to break the large task into small chunks and then added it to checklist. It helped me do more of the things effortlessly.

Deconstruct the large task into its smaller tasks.
Determine the hardest task upon which completion of work depends
Put these tasks on a checklist
Analyze the feasibility of solving those parts
Proceed (or stop) accordingly.

PS: Please do reply to this email if you have anything to add / any questions. I reply to all emails from my readers.

Your Friend,
Rohit Yadav