And we're back. This is Mike Cernavich from Danger and Play,

Gorilla Mindsette with the first podcast of the new year, and it has been.

Wow, a long time. I think two months since I did another podcast and a lot of people have asked me where

your podcast you do another podcast and I kept saying yeah soon guys soon soon

and then I'd go to do a podcast and I thought, wow, I forgot how to

podcast. And that is not even a joke. I forgot how to podcast. Now how did

somebody who had you know very highly rated

podcast on iTunes done well forget how to podcast? The answer to that is pretty

simple it is really a habit the habit of just getting down, sitting down, thinking about what I'm going to say and then talking.

And I hadn't done the podcast for a while because I've been so focused on writing and other things other than podcasting

So same thing with writing to a lot of people say well to be a writer and I say well, you know, how many times have said well you know how many times have you written do

you write every day no well then how you can become a writer is the same thing as a

podcaster we are we are what we do if I'm not podcasting if I'm not sitting down talking to you guys and I'm not a

podcaster maybe in my mind I am but in reality I'm not because you are what you do and then everything

you do build sequentially on your identity.

So take a podcast for example.

I had never really deconstructed a podcast because I was pretty good at it because

I got into the habit. But to do what I do, I don't have a script. I don't do rehearsals. I don't do multiple takes. I don't have a script I don't do rehearsals I don't do multiple takes I don't have an editor taking away

U U. U. U. A any of that and sit down one take and to do that you have to have a lot going on you have to have a good working memory

So I'm talking but while I'm talking I have sort of a running dialogue. I'm ahead going on

But I'm not so caught up in one I'm about to say

that I go oh what am I supposed to say next I don't have that anxiety this is a very

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