In this episode, I chat about a time I tried to be funny and it didn't work. At all.

In this episode, I chat about similarities between the Olympics and American Idol (competition, training, and a lot more). And when I said "that's the point of it," I meant of this episode, not Idol or the Olympics.

In this episode, I chat a bit about the Olympics from about 5 years ago now, maybe a bit more. Plus my reaction to the end of Daylight Savings Time, and how I view sacrificing shows and more to get time to spend elsewhere.

Today, I chat about a bad-weather conundrum involving a furnace and how you can use it to better your writing (and characterization, too).

In this episode, I chat about the time my reading was interrupted by a small boy (and what I learned about business and life from it).

In this episode, I talk about an important question you can ask yourself that can change your life, if you follow it up with planning. It's good for business and life too, not to mention creating good characters. I also mention why I didn't ask myself this question very often.

In today's episode, I talk about a psychological phenomenon I recently heard and read about that made imposter syndrome make so much more sense, in a way. As well as explaining why/how people who are good at what they do sometimes aren't confident about it.

Sources:

Alexa Donne’s video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_9UBfHOlc Are You a Good Writer? How to Tell…

VeryWellMind's take in Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#targetText=In%20the%20field%20of%20psychology,recognize%20their%20lack%20of%20ability.

In this episode, I slip in a few more mentions of commercials I thought were cool, as well as a couple words on a guy I thought did something pretty brave way back when...plus I talk about my "mind opening up" type feeling.

In this episode, I talk about the shortest commercials I'd seen up to this point in the 2014 Super Bowl lineup, and what you can learn from them (and a regular dude some marketers called Ian, or maybe not).

In this episode, I chat about a commercial that wasn't effective for me, for some reason. Yep, sometimes it's hard to liven up what many consider a boring subject, but transitioning and following through on your points will take someone far--if they actually do it.