Welcome to the Work Utopia Podcast.

This is a special episode of the Work Utopia Podcast. This is also the premier episode on the Business Podcast Network.

The Business Podcast Network is brand new and will slowly feature business owners , coaches, and consultants who have something important and special to share via podcasts.

This episode today is about an amazing journey I took in 2017 while podcasting. The Work Utopia Podcast was at the center of my journey.

First of all, thank you for listening. I have not published a new episode in months and people have still listened to at least one podcast episode almost every day. I was tempted to take it down, or podfade the program, but there were still listeners, so I choose to keep it up. Thank you for making this program a part of your life.

I changed my life with this podcast and I had a good understanding of what was happening to me when I was recording podcast episodes. Perhaps the number one thing that I learned was that you get what you focus on you. You get what you focus on. I was focusing on living a better life, a more positive life, a happier life. That is exactly what I got.

In July of 2017 I started a new show and business and became The Podcaster’s Coach. I was fresh off completing my second coaching certification (a more advanced program), and became a member of the ICF. I could not do what I was doing before – working in the recruiting and staffing industry. You will see that the first handful of episodes to this show is about recruiting and staffing. Slowly, as I created more podcasts, I spoke about the recruiting world less. I didn’t like what I was doing for a living, but I loved podcasting. I could not keep the two together. It didn’t work.

But, I kept the concept of the Work Utopia alive in my heart because that was what I wanted for myself, and you. But in order to have it, I had to change. You have to do the work to get it. It will not be handed to you. You can get it!

I became the Podcaster’s Coach and started a new podcast called The Podcaster’s Life, which will be called The Podcaster’s Happy Life in season 2. If you want to find it, go to http://podcasterscoach.com/thepodcasterslife. That link will take you right to iTunes. In a short amount of time, I created authority, all through the podcast. I assumed who I wanted to be, The Podcaster’s Coach, and my position, authority, and credibility rose with each published episode. It’s absolutely remarkable. If you want to re-invent yourself, all you have to do is start a podcast. Podcasting is a tool to help you change yourself. The tool of podcasting can do so much for you, which I will briefly explain.

The key to becoming someone new is 1 – start a new podcast assuming who it is you want to be 2 – Interviewing others and learn from them 3 – enjoy the thing that you are actually doing. I wanted to be the Podcaster’s Coach, Podcaster’s taught me, and I loved it. Do a podcast, connect and interview those who are like minded, and focus on what you enjoy. It’s as simple as that.

After 2 months of being the Podcaster’s Coach, I managed a speaking gig at International Podcast Day. This was unbelievable. I was accepted as the Podcaster’s Coach and I shared a staged with John Lee Dumas. If you don’t know who that it, I will tell you that he might be one of the most influencial and popular podcasters in the podcasters niche. I presented, I think 4 hours before he did. 2 months! It was incredible.

And I wrote a book! It’s called ‘The Book on Podcasting: An Insider’s Guide to Recording Success’. The paperback will be available on Amazon in another week. Most of that book comes from my experience of doing this podcast – The Work Utopia Podcast. I have always dreamed of writing a book, and my experience here enabled me to do so.

Podcasting is an incredible tool. I have learned so many things about what it can do for people. First of all, as I mentioned, it can give you Authority and help you re-invent yourself. It’s incredible for businesses as it allows a new level of intimacy with prospects and allows additional content that can be used for marketing and brand awareness. If you want to live a more positive life, if you podcast on positive topics, you will get a more positive life. The podcast also acts as a sort of self therapy. If you are willing to put yourself out there, and share yourself, your story, it will help you. It helped me with some old wounds, that I was not aware of that existed. If you want to meet more people and potentially create some new friendships, podcast interviewing can do that for you. I think I picked up almost 100 new friends and/or acquaintances in the last half year. It can help you leave a legacy. You can have something left behind for your family. You can learn so much about the things you want to know about, by creating content on a subject or interviewing someone who knows more than you. It can help you to simply be a much more happier person.

It’s all in my book.

I learned that success is not just about wealth. If you are open to expanding the definition of what success is, you can have an amazing life.

So, I think that I actually found a Work Utopia. It’s really about doing what you love and focusing on it. As part of the human condition, we cannot escape the ups and down of life. It won’t happen. The key is to ride those waves. If you set yourself up to be happy and successful, those waves will become shorter.

You must be active. You must know what you want and you must act. Thinking alone will not get you to where you want to go. You must make goals, monitor them, and work on them. You might make a monthly goal, you may not fully achieve it for whatever reason, but the key is moving toward it, some distance closer to it. As long as you move toward them and not stand still, you will improve your life.

I don’t quiet know what will become of the Work Utopia Podcast. I am going to promote my book and see what happens. The beautiful things is that there are no rules to this. If you would like to hear more from me, please subscribe to The Podcaster’s Life. I am going to talk about success, happiness, positivity, and try to motivate my listeners. As I became successful , there were things that I could not explain, like the momentum of it, and being in a zone. I explained a lot of what I was able to do, as a work of art, and being an artist in the creative process. I think there can be more to that.

Additionally, one of the greatest things that I have learned about the art of podcasting is that you acquire knowledge. If you want to improve, learn, and grow, start a podcast!