This is my two-hundred-nineteenth weekly reflection or update.

Two weeks ago, I changed my weekly reflection to a weekly update on a current project. For more on why I made this change, see here.

Current Personal Project: Reading Books about Entrepreneurs and Sharing What I Learned from Them via Blog Posts and Audio Recordings Distributed as a Podcast

Metrics (since 4/1/24):

• Total audio recordings published: 49 (+7)
• Total blog posts published: 69 (+7)

What I completed this week:

• Read a book written by Felix Dennis and the biography of Kirk Kerkorian (see here and here)
• Had four additional feedback sessions—I missed my target by one for the second straight week
• Compiled and sorted feedback from sessions completed the week of 5/27/24
• Tweaked podcast titles
• Crystallized my “why” for this project in writing
• Decided to move forward with Amazon affiliate links for books I’ve read
• Identified two YouTube channels focused on sharing insights from non-entrepreneurial books and studied what makes these channels appeal to listeners
• Began testing Descript for recording and editing audio

Content:

• Audio content changes: Sharing how I discovered a book, referencing other recordings in the series, and highlighting what questions I’m seeking to answer as I read the book
• Edited episodes 37 through 48 using Descript to make them more concise
• The average recording length is still roughly 12 minutes

What I’ll do next week:

• Read one biography or autobiography
• Write seven blog posts and record seven audio posts
• Compile feedback from sessions completed the week of 6/3/24 and identify insights
• Make changes to audio content based on feedback
• Edit Jim Simons series using Descript
• Complete five feedback sessions
• Implement Amazon affiliate links for books

Asks:

• Listen to my most recent audio recordings and provide feedback on how I can improve them

Week two hundred nineteen was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!

FYI: I’m still playing with the format for this weekly update. I’ll add and remove stuff until I settle on a format I like.

Prefer listening? Catch audio versions of these blog posts, with more context added, on Apple Podcasts here or Spotify here!