Most podcasters bail early because they treat the mic like a lottery ticket instead of a long game. Freddy Cruz takes the Michael Jordan route and treats every missed shot as practice, not proof that he should quit.

He knows the sting of tiny numbers, the kind of launch where your “audience” is basically your mom and a bot from Estonia. Even now, with decades of media work behind him, the lesson stays the same: the early episodes are supposed to wobble.

The real flex is ruthless consistency. Show up when the downloads are embarrassing, when the audio is crooked, when nobody emails or comments. Tweak the format, sharpen the questions, tighten the edit, then do it again next week.

That quiet, stubborn commitment to small improvements turns a half-abandoned hobby feed into something worth binging. Stay in the game long enough and quitting after episode three stops being an option. It becomes the punchline.

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