{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":1.36,"endTime":4.58,"body":"Do you ever have days where you have time in your schedule to record,"},{"startTime":4.799,"endTime":8.48,"body":"maybe write an email, maybe record a podcast, maybe shoot"},{"startTime":8.48,"endTime":11.94,"body":"some videos for social media, maybe just make something just to create"},{"startTime":12.4,"endTime":16.094,"body":"and there's no real deadline. You just need to make stuff. You"},{"startTime":16.094,"endTime":19.935,"body":"find it really difficult to get output out of yourself. You're like,"},{"startTime":19.935,"endTime":23.234,"body":"you know what? I got the time, but I ain't got the mind."},{"startTime":23.855,"endTime":27.154,"body":"I don't have the creative energy to"},{"startTime":27.375,"endTime":31.06,"body":"create. I just am not feeling that spark. So maybe you push it"},{"startTime":31.06,"endTime":34.82,"body":"off and you're like, well, there goes that. I had one of those last"},{"startTime":34.82,"endTime":38.28,"body":"week, and I wanted to share about it because I noticed something kind of intriguing"},{"startTime":38.66,"endTime":42.36,"body":"the more I examined it. And I'm noticing a pattern myself, and maybe"},{"startTime":42.42,"endTime":45.915,"body":"this might help you in your own creative patterns. So So I sat down to"},{"startTime":45.915,"endTime":49.434,"body":"record and I just felt nothing. I didn't feel a spark. I didn't feel just"},{"startTime":49.434,"endTime":53.114,"body":"no energy behind showing up on camera, recording a"},{"startTime":53.114,"endTime":56.815,"body":"podcast, writing. It just I don't know. Everything"},{"startTime":56.875,"endTime":60.63,"body":"would have felt so forced. And me, even just a year ago, I"},{"startTime":60.63,"endTime":64.31,"body":"would have forced it. I would have figured out what I wanted to talk"},{"startTime":64.31,"endTime":67.75,"body":"about. I would have hit record. I would slog through"},{"startTime":67.75,"endTime":71.59,"body":"takes. I'd probably spend hours on a sixty"},{"startTime":71.59,"endTime":75.405,"body":"second clip. But this time, I did something different. And we all think about"},{"startTime":75.405,"endTime":79.244,"body":"consistency, you know, in different ways. I think the most common way we"},{"startTime":79.244,"endTime":83.005,"body":"think of consistency across the board or I notice with creators is"},{"startTime":83.005,"endTime":86.145,"body":"that it's showing up the same way, and it's showing up consistently"},{"startTime":86.77,"endTime":90.53,"body":"the same way. But I think real creative consistency is"},{"startTime":90.53,"endTime":94.15,"body":"about range. It's about knowing when you should perform"},{"startTime":94.29,"endTime":98.05,"body":"and when you should just prepare. Now, some days you're just gonna have to"},{"startTime":98.05,"endTime":101.805,"body":"have output when there's deadlines, when you have to get something out, But there's"},{"startTime":101.805,"endTime":105.564,"body":"other days where there's no real deadline. You don't have to record the"},{"startTime":105.564,"endTime":108.685,"body":"thing. You don't have to get it out to people. And for a lot of"},{"startTime":108.685,"endTime":112.304,"body":"people, that's often in the very beginning of when they first start creating is because"},{"startTime":112.365,"endTime":115.549,"body":"they don't have maybe a publishing schedule. So they're like, well, no no one's gonna"},{"startTime":115.549,"endTime":118.67,"body":"know any different if I don't record it. Right? And we kind of put these"},{"startTime":118.67,"endTime":122.35,"body":"self imposed deadlines sometimes on us. And there's gonna be days where you"},{"startTime":122.35,"endTime":125.63,"body":"don't have those deadlines to do something, but you wanna do something. It can create"},{"startTime":125.63,"endTime":129.425,"body":"a sense of guilt around not doing something, even though you know you want"},{"startTime":129.425,"endTime":132.785,"body":"to. And I think there is a way around this if I haven't lost you"},{"startTime":132.785,"endTime":136.325,"body":"already by now. But as a creator, you're supposed to be like the researcher,"},{"startTime":136.625,"endTime":140.385,"body":"the strategist, the set builder, the talent, all that"},{"startTime":140.385,"endTime":143.87,"body":"stuff. On the days where you don't need to be the talent, you can really"},{"startTime":143.87,"endTime":147.709,"body":"just focus on your other roles. You could be the researcher. You could"},{"startTime":147.709,"endTime":151.47,"body":"be the strategist. You could think about your backdrops in the"},{"startTime":151.47,"endTime":155.045,"body":"videos. This isn't about forcing energy to show up"},{"startTime":155.105,"endTime":158.465,"body":"on a camera or the microphone or anything like that. You"},{"startTime":158.465,"endTime":162.225,"body":"know when you're just kind of, like, hiding. And there's just other days"},{"startTime":162.225,"endTime":165.345,"body":"where you just you're just not feeling it. And that's totally normal and that's totally"},{"startTime":165.345,"endTime":168.09,"body":"fine. It doesn't mean you're not supposed to be doing the thing, but there's other"},{"startTime":168.09,"endTime":171.769,"body":"ways you can still show up that will set you up for the times where"},{"startTime":171.769,"endTime":175.39,"body":"you do feel like showing up on camera. You don't quite feel in that"},{"startTime":175.61,"endTime":179.37,"body":"slog mode. You know? So the fix to break it down real simple,"},{"startTime":179.37,"endTime":183.065,"body":"you could build a two mode system for yourself. That's what I'm doing for"},{"startTime":183.065,"endTime":186.745,"body":"myself. On days where I feel on or I have a"},{"startTime":186.745,"endTime":190.504,"body":"deadline, I hit record. I publish. I perform. There's no ifs, and,"},{"startTime":190.504,"endTime":194.025,"body":"or buts about it. On off days, meaning I just don't"},{"startTime":194.025,"endTime":197.54,"body":"feel like recording. I don't feel like talking. Maybe I'm more"},{"startTime":197.54,"endTime":200.98,"body":"introspective, and there's no deadline. I really have"},{"startTime":200.98,"endTime":204.82,"body":"maybe one or two of these a month, sometimes less. But on these"},{"startTime":204.82,"endTime":208.534,"body":"off days, research, prep, organize, archive. The"},{"startTime":208.534,"endTime":212.375,"body":"goal is to not measure your progress by output, measure it by readiness on"},{"startTime":212.375,"endTime":215.894,"body":"these off days. Because setting yourself up for those on days"},{"startTime":215.894,"endTime":219.575,"body":"is still building momentum to just disguise a little"},{"startTime":219.575,"endTime":223.09,"body":"differently. At the end of the day, it's not about doing less. It's about"},{"startTime":223.09,"endTime":225.67,"body":"doing right for where you're at."},{"startTime":228.849,"endTime":232.45,"body":"I've been thinking about doing more podcast guest spots lately. Not to"},{"startTime":232.45,"endTime":236.005,"body":"build authority, not for reach, but because I noticed something surprising."},{"startTime":236.145,"endTime":239.745,"body":"I actually show up better when I'm not the one in control. Something"},{"startTime":239.745,"endTime":243.585,"body":"shifts when I'm a guest. I prep differently. I listen harder. I"},{"startTime":243.585,"endTime":247.05,"body":"focus more. Not because I'm trying to impress anybody, but because I"},{"startTime":247.05,"endTime":250.81,"body":"feel responsible for contributing something real. That's what a"},{"startTime":250.81,"endTime":254.57,"body":"great guest does. But most creators miss that part. They treat podcast"},{"startTime":254.57,"endTime":258.27,"body":"appearances like press releases. They wing it. They talk about themselves,"},{"startTime":258.57,"endTime":262.315,"body":"and they wonder why nothing comes of it. Here's the truth. Being a podcast guest,"},{"startTime":262.315,"endTime":265.995,"body":"isn't just a great growth hack. It's a creative responsibility. It's a"},{"startTime":265.995,"endTime":269.835,"body":"rare opportunity to step into someone else's world, serve their audience and share"},{"startTime":269.835,"endTime":273.54,"body":"something that matters to them. Not just to you. The best guests don't promote."},{"startTime":273.62,"endTime":276.82,"body":"They collaborate, they show up to contribute and that's the kind of guest I wanna"},{"startTime":276.82,"endTime":280.02,"body":"be. So if you're looking for guests for your podcast and you think I'd be"},{"startTime":280.02,"endTime":283.74,"body":"a great fit, shoot me an email hi@dylanschmidt.com, and"},{"startTime":283.74,"endTime":284.72,"body":"let's chat more."}]}