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Hi, my name is Joel Bouchard, and today I'm here to talk to you about how to become a better podcast guest by questioning yourself.

When I say questioning yourself, I'm not talking about conducting mock interviews to sharpen your responses, or testing your content knowledge on expected questions or really any other overtly marketable practice.

What I'm talking about is asking why you actually podcast. I'm hoping that what you'll find

by indulging in my blasphemous request to forget marketable skills for 10 minutes is the most

marketable skill of all. Purpose. You might think you already know your purpose for being a guest speaker on podcasts,

but if you ever find yourself feeling disconnected from hosts, fielding questions that don't

seem appropriate for you, or getting subpar reviews or little feedback, there's a good chance

you've either misunderstood yourself or your place in the podcast ecosystem.

The good news is there's a tool to fix this and I want to demonstrate it through some advice

from the world's top podcaster.

Here's what he has to say about podcasting the right way.

Humanity is at its best when we're questioning ourselves and each other.

We need to remember that we can't

teach anybody anything. We can only make them think. Understanding the question being asked

is half the answer. Intelligent people learn from everything and everyone. Average people learn

from their experiences and stupid people already have all the answers.

So this wasn't said by a podcaster, but it's actually an amalgamation of curated

paraphrases from Socrates about the nature of conversation.

Because that's what podcasting is, a conversation.

Sometimes as guests, we forget this, and when we do, we not only heard our own message,

but we disrespect the host, the show, and what podcasting is about.

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