Hello friends, Maestro here bringing you episode 602 of Maestro on the Mic, doing it kinda, kinda Throwback Thursday style. So the main bulk of today's episode, and I use that phrase main bulk very loosely because it's only like five minutes long, is going to be the recording, or replay if you will, of episode number one.
The very first episode where it all started of Maestro on the Mic. That episode is titled Nespresso Makers and the Spice. That episode actually dropped all the way back on March 29th, 2018. I brought that episode back from the archives because it's become tradition that I replay that episode every 100 episodes.
And I decided that instead of including it in Monday's episode, which was episode 601, where I shared 6 lessons from 600 episodes, I decided I'd give it its own episode. Why? Honestly, because it's my podcast and I do what I want. So one of the coolest parts about bringing back episode one or just any of the older episodes, honestly, is that you can legit hear just how far things have come, how far I've come.
And hopefully that inspires you to take action, knowing that things will get better as you go. So just a little background before we hop into the episode, uh, because I never did like an intro episode for the podcast or anything like that. And I titled this episode. where it all started. Uh, so I figured, let me give you a little background on things.
So it took me about three years to actually decide to start this podcast. Jimmy McKay. He is the male voice that you hear in the intro. He was telling me to start one and that I was good at it. And like, honestly, for many years he was saying this and I just didn't have the bandwidth. Right. So I, he brought me on his podcast and like basically from the first time he brought me on his podcast and we would see each other at CSM and because I was working for rock tape at the time.
No, he like, start podcast. Like, obviously that is this thing. He's a former DJ, uh, radio DJ. And he was like, start a podcast. You'd be great. I honestly, I knew that I couldn't keep one going, so I didn't start one, but fast forward three years, I was finally ready to start one and I was ready to keep it going and Jimmy was the guy who helped me, right?
He was the reason that there are cool sounds in the episode. You're going to hear when we drop this episode, or when we play it. Thank you, Courtney. Uh, and, and, few minutes, you'll hear there's like some cool sounds in the background, things like that. Um, the entry music is a little bit different, like the intro.
I don't know, it's not like the true intro because that has stayed the same, but the like, um, like fade in and fade out music is, is different. Um, but I have cool, it's just like, Laser sounds and things like that in that episode and honestly for like maybe the first like 100, 150, I kept putting those in because I was like, this is fun, but it was all because of him, right?
He just was a huge inspiration for me, a huge point of guidance for me, right? He is why I host the podcast where I host it. He's why I run it like I run it. And honestly, he is why I started it all. So big, big, big shout out to that absolutely incredible, wonderful man. Outside of Jimmy's encouragement, I honestly can't remember Exactly why I started the podcast.
What I do remember is that I knew I wanted to bring on quote unquote regular people who were doing the thing and living their best lives, right? Uh, as a, as a way of hopefully inspiring other people and that whole Roger Bannister effect of, you know, you see it done and you're like, Oh, maybe I could do it too.
So. So much back then of what, and still is this way, but so much of what I saw back then on podcast and what I heard on podcast, the few that I listened to and just what I saw in the space, it was just with the same big names over and over and over again. And that's fine, but it also didn't feel very relatable to me or very inspiring to me.
So I decided that my podcast would be a mix of both. solo episodes and guest episodes where the guests were, you know, consisting of people that I knew and dope folks that I knew I would meet along the way. I did so many episodes on the road and with other rock tape instructors and with people that I met, you know, when I was teaching courses and it was just.
So for pretty much the entirety of this podcast, since I started, I've dropped two episodes a week. There was some times in there where I took like a break during the summer. Um, and obviously this year I have the repeat episodes, but it's still two episodes a week. Um, but for the most part, it's been two episodes a week.
And for about the first year, year and a half, uh, It was one solo episode and one guest episode and it was a lot of fucking work. I'm not gonna lie. It was a lot of fucking work. I loved it, but it was still a lot of fucking work. And that's why the podcast was actually the first big thing in my business that I outsourced.
Shout out to Jenny Chi for the emotional support, uh, with that. So Lex, at the time, Lex had been helping me with my graphics for a bit. Um, you know, up to that point of the big outsourcing. And then I brought in Courtney. Shout out to Courtney. I say her name every episode. Y'all hopefully know her. She has just been so integral, so instrumental in just keeping this thing going.
Uh, and I brought her on to do some really serious heavy lifting and I have never looked. All right. The podcast has become my favorite and the easiest form of content creation for me. And I am so grateful for Jimmy pushing me, for Lex, for Courtney, for Joe, for, you know, the three of them supporting me and for all of you.
All right, let's give episode one a listen. Hey, DJ, give me that heartbeat.
This is Maestro on the Mic, a podcast designed to help you change your mindset and your life. It is time for something new. Join host Dr. Shante Cofield, also known as the Movement Maestro, on a journey to see the bigger picture. Open your eyes. Find your passion. And discover how movement unites us all.
Let's get it poppin This is Maestro on the Mic. I'm the Maestro. And you're about to get Maestroified. 3, 2, 1. Maestro here. And I wanted to talk to you about something that happened today. I was texting with one of my friends. Because that's what I do all the time. And she was telling me about how she wanted to get a Nespresso maker.
And my first reaction was, why in the hell would you want to get one of those? Right? I actually just got a, a uh, coffee maker that is kind of like a two in one. It has one side that you can use for making kind of like your travel mug thing, and the other side that you can use for making more coffee.
Multiple cups of coffee, game changer, right? I had a Keurig before, but it was a single serve Keurig. And then if anybody came over, you know, any friends came over, my family came over, you would be praying they didn't ask for coffee because it takes like 27 hours. So you know, I got this new one and I was pretty pumped about it.
And my friend doesn't have a coffee maker. And so she was like, yeah, maybe I'll get an espresso maker. And like I said, first reaction was, why the hell would you want to do that? But, as with everything, I take a step back and I kind of try to see what the life lesson is with it. Not to sound, you know, cliche or whatever word you may want to use.
But I think in this case, it, it speaks to that concept of variety is the spice of life. And that's one of the things that I tell everyone who reaches out to me and is asking about, you know, how should I start, go about starting to have a social media presence, or anything like that. You know, everyone else is out there, everyone's doing things, and how am I going to be any different?
The reality is, there are 57 different kinds of salsa on the shelf for a reason. There are three different kinds of gas stations on the corner for a reason. Variety is the spice of life. And while it may seem like just another brand to you, just another way of saying the same thing to you, it's not to someone else.
Perhaps they just like how you say it, they like the analogy that you use, they like your voice, they like the font you use, you know, it can be anything, but it speaks to this concept that variety is the spice of life, and you can succeed simply because of that, I think far too often people really try to start something new and they, you know, I just sit there beforehand trying to think about how can it be different?
How do I not say the same thing? The reality is, you know, in my field, this movement world, it's all the same thing. It's just that kaleidoscope of movement and, and Adam Wolf, my good buddy, introduced me to this concept. I'm on those quotes. I think it's a Benjamin Franklin quote. I may be wrong with that, but either way, he introduced me to this quote and this concept that it's all just a kaleidoscope, right?
It's all the same information. And you just turn that dial just a little bit. And you end up with your take, your vision, and you present that to the world. And that will resonate with some people, and those people will become your crew, your cronies, your posse, whatever. And for other people, it won't resonate with them, and they follow someone else, and that's fine.
We need that. We need that variety. So, you know, long story short here. Uh, the Nespresso maker giving me some insight to life today and the fact that variety is the spice of life. Don't let the fact that there are others out there doing what you want to do stop you from doing what you want to do. Your voice may be just what someone needs.
Your take may be just what resonates with them. It's with someone. So go out there, do whatever it is that you're wanting to do, whether it's starting a podcast, starting a social media, uh, following, I shouldn't say media following, starting having, starting to have a social media presence, starting a Facebook page, starting a website, starting a blog, starting whatever, go out there and do it.
All right. Variety is 100 percent the spice of life. Till next time, Maestro out.
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