SPI 719: Automating Some of Life to Make the Other Parts Even Better with Leo Babauta
The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging Podcast
Pat Flynn
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
#719 Today's guest is one of the first bloggers I followed when I started my online business journey. His content has been absolutely instrumental for me. Now, he's diving into podcasting and has created one of the few shows I subscribe to! Leo Babauta of Zen Habits is here to tell us why starting a podcast in 2023 is still a great idea. He also shares the mindset that has enabled him to stand out in a new medium right from the beginning. This is an inspiring conversation about minimalism and mindfulness in content creation! Leo and I tackle uncertainty and stress head-on and share tools and strategies to keep you moving toward your goals. Fair warning—Some tactics discussed today involve snakes, but we also provide nonvenomous solutions! If your work is meaningful, you're guaranteed to encounter resistance. So listen in to learn how to overcome the obstacles around your purpose and mission! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session719.
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| 0:00.0 | Listening to podcasts, I feel like I know the person. |
| 0:03.2 | I really understand the power of that medium. |
| 0:06.1 | I don't understand how to do it yet, |
| 0:08.0 | so I'm still learning that part. |
| 0:09.7 | But this year, I'm like, I'm no longer willing to wait. |
| 0:13.6 | Like this year, it's happening. |
| 0:15.2 | And I had so many things come up throughout the year, |
| 0:17.7 | like where I could have said, well, |
| 0:19.2 | you know, I'll just keep putting it off. |
| 0:20.6 | But I'm like, no, this is happening. |
| 0:22.6 | It was like you're willing to move mountains |
| 0:25.0 | to make something happen. |
| 0:26.9 | One of the very first bloggers and content creators |
| 0:30.0 | that I ever really subscribed to is on the show today. |
| 0:33.4 | His name is Leo Bebauta from Zen Habits. |
| 0:37.3 | And Zen Habits has played a profound role in my life as a blogger, |
| 0:43.0 | especially in the beginning, I read every single post of his |
| 0:45.8 | and his style was also very different |
| 0:49.0 | than a lot of the other creators that were out there. |
| 0:50.8 | So I appreciated how quickly I was able to see, |
| 0:53.6 | oh, Leo's different and this is how he's different. |
| 0:56.7 | And he's doing that through his content. |
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