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!