Struggling to balance professionalism and personal stories on your podcast?
Striking the right balance between professionalism and personal anecdotes on your podcast can engage listeners while maintaining credibility. To achieve this balance:
How do you balance professionalism and personal stories on your podcast? Share your strategies.
Struggling to balance professionalism and personal stories on your podcast?
Striking the right balance between professionalism and personal anecdotes on your podcast can engage listeners while maintaining credibility. To achieve this balance:
How do you balance professionalism and personal stories on your podcast? Share your strategies.
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Be yourself. Professionalism is a mindset, not a specific set of rules to follow. Be respectful of your listeners, but remember that real, raw, and relevant stories are what keep people listening, not polish and "professionalism"
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pro tip - just like in speaking on a stage, whatever story you share - ensure you're healed just enough to offer up perspective. While sharing you're in a tough place right now would work, going into the details before you have more wisdom can have the audience questioning your ability to teach the thing you do so well on your show.
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