7 Things That Make Any Woman Chase You

Hey, welcome back to the How To Podcast series. It's Dave with you. I hope you're doing well. I have no notes and I'm recording outside, so if it sounds a little different than my regular setup, my apologies, but I'm doing the best I can with what I have where I am. Yes, and I want to talk about a question ahead recently from a podcaster and they asked me, Dave, do you get nervous when you go to record your podcast? Like, do you get like, okay, butterflies and kind of choked up and you're like, uh, stumble all over yourself. This person was saying that when they go ahead record the moment that the record light is on or the red light or when they realize that this is being recorded, they get all kind of hands get clammy and they start sweating. The voice cracks and they're just like a mess. So like, Dave, do you get nervous? Well, maybe at the beginning when I first started by casting, it's hard to remember that far back, but yeah, I think I was a little bit awkward and a little bit straight. Like, my voice was very kind of like, there was a lot of flow to my voice and it was just kind of, you know, it felt really structured and very doodoo, doodoo, doodoo, right? And now it seems kind of like calm and relaxed and to me, this is me. If you met me in real life, this is me. This is how I talk. This is how I show up. This is who I am. And it's hard to fake who you really are. So I think over time, it was like 2,500 episodes at this point for me in my podcast, I, you kind of find your rhythm, you kind of find your flow. And you become a little bit more relaxed on the mic. I think I'm not going to be taking out any owns or us. I'm not going to be fixing any of that stuff. There's so much I can do and there's so much I would love to do. But the reality is putting it out is way better than fussing over all the little things to make it better. I want to put out the best thing possible, but I know that there's some things beyond my control. The fact that I'm recording outside because I don't have a podcast studio at this point, I'm still almost there, almost there, didn't close. But I don't have the luxury of an expensive microphone in the sound treated room and perfect audio. I don't. Now, am I telling you that you don't need perfect audio? I'm telling you should do the best you can with what you have where you are. And if you have the space and the budget to do perfect audio and do perfect audio, don't cheap out on that. But at the same time, I hear a lot of podcast gurus saying that what I'm doing right now with you here is the worst case scenario. Like, this is like the last choice to be recording on your phone in the backyard outside and I have no control over birds, fire trucks, dogs barking. I have no control over any of this stuff. But it's what I have. And I have a choice to either record an episode with where I am right now or skip today. Just like skip it. And I want to show up for you. I made a commitment to myself this year that I would not skip a single day in 2026. So I'm showing up. So if all you have is a phone, then that's what I'm using right now. And they're like, okay, so you don't get nervous, Dave. Well, I still get nervous. I still, I want to do my best like I'm not, I'm not throwing this out as like I have a soft figured out. There's times where I do get a little bit freaked out, like, especially when I'm having like a guest or like a pig named guest. I'm like, oh my gosh, right. Yeah, I get nervous. I want to do well. I want to do well for you. And I want to do well for my guest. I don't want to look like a fool. I want this to be good. So I do get nervous. I guess just with this many times up at the back. I'm swinging at the ball more and I'm taking more chances because I've struck out many times. I've gotten used to that. Now it's time to just go swing for the fences and try to hit a home run now. And over time you'll get there. It's not going to come right away. So I'm recording with my phone. And people were asking Dave, so what's your process here? You record with your phone. I'm holding it. So I'm kind of talking into my phone. I'm not holding it up to my ear like I'm on a call. I'm holding it in my hand. And I'm speaking towards the mic without trying to get too close with my voice and blow out my microphone. I'm holding it away in my arm. I'm just kind of talking into my phone. And I'm using a built-in recording app on my Android phone using a Google Pixel phone. And I've got no microphone. I don't have one of those little microphones attached to my shirt. I'm not holding one of those goofy microphones with a big thing on the end of it. It looks like a hat, a big earmuff. I don't have that kind of thing. I'm not doing that. Either you see it, we'll tick talk all the time. No, I'm just holding my phone. I'm going to take this into my house. I'm going to throw it into Audacity, clean it up with some of the standard tools in there, and then throw it into Adobe podcasts to take this and turn it into a transcription. And I'm going to put it into my Provelexity, and I have a prompt that I use that says don't add to this from a video site sources, but take this transcript and turn it into show notes and less than 2,500 words in characters. That's it. And it takes all that stuff. So what you're seeing in the show notes for this episode is transcription cleaned up for the show notes based on my podcast recording what I'm doing right now in the moment. That's it. That's all this. I'm using the free version of Provelexity. Audacity is free. My phone is my phone. And that's it. So when people come to me and say Dave, I want a podcast, but I can't afford a $400 mic. I can't afford a sound treatment for my house. And I have a busy house, and I've got no place to record. I'm like, hold my coffee. I'm going to show you. You can do this. Anyone can do this. It just takes practice. It takes commitment. It takes trying and seeing what works for you. And if you ever need help to create a podcast, you can just use your phone. You can. And the other podcast gurus are going to disagree with me here. But if this is what gets you started in podcasting, do what you can with what you have where you are. If you need help, how to podcast.ca. Don't be nervous. You got this. People want to hear from you. People want to connect with you. People love what you do. They love your thoughtfulness. They love your approach to life. They love your stories. Your goofy laugh. The things that make you uniquely you in a world of AI and fake everything. It's great to have a human voice to fall in love with. This podcast is 100% human. And I'm glad you're here. Talk again tomorrow. Take care. Hey, if you've found value in the show, I'd really appreciate you going over to our Buy Me a Coffee. Check it out. People have been wonderfully kind and helping support the show by purchasing Dave a coffee. And you know, my coffee is generally always like I got quarter of a cup. And I'm like, I should have drank all that. I need to refill. So if you can help the show awesome for you that have a Buy Me a Coffee or considering it. Keep in mind too that you can set up like a Patreon style of monthly support for your show through Buy Me a Coffee where you can set up levels. And people can pay at different levels for different amounts. And it's a monthly ongoing payment not just a single coffee purchase. So I love that for us as podcasters that we can start building into our community and give them extra value. You can set the tiers. 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