There is really no podcast in the world that offers age-agnostic and industry-agnostic not-experts to the degree this one does. My youngest and oldest guests have been 8 and 65 years old respectively. But how is this relevant to my vision?
It's because my vision is that one can indeed learn from anybody that has taken action. The whole point of featuring not-experts is so my listeners (I'm listener #1) can decide for themselves what they need to do, having learnt from someone who does NOT have it all figured out - but has taken a couple steps towards something.
Ideas are cheap, if you've actually taken steps (or taken action), that's what interests me (and my listeners, hopefully).
While my educational and professional background is in tech - after my move to the US in 2020 (just two months before the world decided to shut down due to covid, might I add) I underwent neuroplasticity at a level that I was simply not even remotely prepared for. My entire worldview faced a seismic shift and through reading, talking and listening to some really smart mentors (some of them know me and some do not), I learnt that I want to live my life always on a forward centre of mass basis and understand practically everything that is understood by humans.
This drove me into thinking that why aren't there any podcasts that talk about getting someone from 0 to the second step? Maybe there are, I tried looking and couldn't find any so the only thing that I could've realistically done is to just start my own.
When you survey enough people, all the advice starts to cancel out. Reject most advice but listen to enough to know what to accept and reject. In this podcast, evaluate everything. If something doesn't feel true, set it aside. If too much seems untrue, maybe delete it entirely.
And let's be honest: advice is dangerous because, in the end, the person who gave it won't be around to tell you when it stops working for you. You've got to make those calls. Think of it as building up a mental catalog of anecdotes, lessons, and principles you can pull from later when you actually need them. That's all advice is, in the end — a mental hook, a guidepost. Nothing more.
Finally, the fabric of reality runs deep. There are some unshakeable truths about the do-ers in life across industries, professions, cultures and geographies. What does tuning in to a new episode every Wednesday get you? It gets you the knowhow oh how execution is done across the board - be it an up-and-coming DJ sharing how she landed her first gig, or an 8-year old who's really a not-expert at life, or a world traveler sharing her favorite affordable travel hacks, or a techie designing Edge browser; I think you get the gist.
If this stuff resonates with you, click that subscribe button. I've got stories, tools, and protocols from people out there that are making things happen RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW. This is advice that doesn't just sit pretty on a poster — but advice you can act on, from people just like you.