Apr 28 2024 37 mins
Barbara Nixon I Success and Leadership Coach I Podcaster
In this episode Nick speaks to Barbara Nixon about upping your game when it comes to being a confident host on your podcast.
It's so easy to have a confidence wobble when you're making a podcast - are you good enough? Are the guests you're getting good enough? Is anyone even going to listen? Barbara's full of great tips that put you into the right mindset when you hit record and start talking.
And remember you're not Madonna (unless you ARE Madonna, thanks for listening Madge!)
We talk about:
What Barbara does and who she helps
"Nobody's got it all figured out. Nobody has because we're all human. You start to think, oh am I good enough?"
How do you get more confidence as a host?
"The short answer is to just do it. Just do it. We can overthink everything can't we? Let go of perfection"
Is it worth doing a podcast?
"It's so much fun. I get to talk to the best people on my podcast that probably never have a cup of tea with me normally."
How you handle criticism?
"You've got to just ignore it because you're never going to please everybody."
How do you prepare for interviews?
"I really trust that the right thing's going to come out of the conversation. My whole thing is about being curious."
How has her confidence grown alongside the podcast she does?
"If you want your podcast to do really, really well, you want to do it consistently. So you're talking every single week without fail, get it done, right? I really struggle to work like that."
She did stand-up comedy, how did that boost her confidence?
"Nobody's coming to save you. And it's all on you. And so all of a sudden it was now me, Barbara Nixon."
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