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Hi, welcome back to the 30 Second Success Podcast.
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I'm Laura Templeton, your host here today.
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So when I started the 30 Second Success Podcast almost a year ago, I don't know that I was thinking about episode 50.
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Thinking about the next conversation, the next guest, the next question, the next opportunity to learn something from someone else and hopefully share something that would make a difference for the person listening.
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And somewhere along the line, one episode became 10, 10 became 20.
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And now here we are at 50.
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And I think that's worth talking about.
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Not simply because 50 is a nice round number, but because this podcast has reminded me of something I have believed for a very long time.
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Great things happen when we're willing to start conversations.
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So welcome to the 30 Second Success podcast, where we explore the conversations, decisions, and ideas that help us communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and compassion.
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I'm Laura Templeton, founder and chief instigator of 30 Second Success.
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And today is a little different because this is episode 50, almost an entire year of conversations, almost a year of asking questions, meeting incredible people, experimenting, learning, laughing, occasionally wondering what in the world I was doing and pressing forward anyway.
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So today I want to take you behind the scenes.
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I want to share what I've learned.
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I want to celebrate some of the conversations that you've connected with the most.
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And maybe most importantly, I want to talk about where we go from here.
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Because episode 50 isn't the finish line.
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I think it's just getting warmed up.
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So 50 episodes, a lot of conversations.
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One of the greatest gifts of hosting this podcast has been the conversations.
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I've had the opportunity to sit across the virtual table from some incredibly smart, thoughtful, generous people who have shared their experiences, expertise, mistakes, insights, and stories.
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And here's what I've discovered.
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I can prepare all the questions I want.
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But the best moments usually happen when we wander off the script.
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Someone says something I wasn't expecting.
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I ask the question behind the question.
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We laugh.
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We get vulnerable, and someone tells a story and suddenly we're not recording an interview anymore.
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We're having a conversation.
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That's exactly what I wanted this podcast to become.
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Because communication isn't about perfectly polished answers.
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It's about connection.
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It's about curiosity.
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It's about being willing to listen long enough to discover what's underneath the first answer.
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And apparently you've connected with those conversations too.
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Because when I looked back at the first 49 episodes, there were five that rose to the top.
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So, in celebration of 50 episodes, I thought it would be fun to share the top five episodes of the 30 second success podcast so far.
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If you're new here, consider this your starting playlist.
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And if you've been listening for a while, maybe there's one you missed or one worth hearing again.
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So, number five, episode seven, building unshakable trust with Suzanne Taylor King.
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Frust shows us shows up everywhere in our businesses, our relationships, our leadership, and the way people experience our brand.
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My conversation with Suzanne explored what it really takes to create trust and why it matters so much in the relationships we're building.
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Episode number four.
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I'm sorry, number four is episode number six.
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Power of the pause, owning your 30-second message with Laura T.
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Yep, the solo episode made the top five list.
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And I have to admit, I love that because the power of the pause is at the heart of what I've been teaching through 30 seconds success for years.
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We don't always need to say more.
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Sometimes we need to slow down long enough to know what actually needs to be said.
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Clarity isn't about cramming everything you do into 30 seconds.
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It's about creating enough curiosity and connection for someone to want the next 30 seconds.
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So number three, episode 21.
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Why trust is the secret to networking success with Daniel Andrews.
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There's that word again: trust.
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Daniel and I talked about networking from the perspective of relationships rather than transaction.
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And that's something I believe deeply.
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Networking works when we stop walking into rooms asking, what can I get?
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and start becoming genuinely curious about the people standing in front of us.
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The business may come later.
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The relationship comes first.
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Number two, episode number 39.
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How to write your mindset, rewrite your mindset for lasting joy with Beth Dodd.
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This conversation took us somewhere a little different.
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Beth and I explored mindset, joy, and the stories we tell ourselves because communication isn't about what we say to other people, it's about what we're saying to ourselves.
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And sometimes changing that internal conversation changes everything else.
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Number one, episode 44, clarity versus hard work with Luke Tobin on rethinking business success.
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And the most listened to episode so far.
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My conversation with Luke Tobin about clarity, hard work, and how we define success.
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There's something wonderful appropriate about this being at the top.
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Because clarity has been at the center of 30 seconds success from the beginning.
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We can work incredibly hard.
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We can fill our calendars and we can check every box.
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But if we're working hard in the wrong direction, we're more effort, isn't necessarily the answer.
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Sometimes we need to get enough distance from the work to ask, where am I actually going?
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And what the top five tell me.
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Here's something I noticed when I looked at these five episodes trust, clarity, connection, mindset, joy.
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These aren't marketing tactics, they're human things.
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And that tells me something about you, the people listening to this podcast.
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You're not simply looking for another hack.
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You're thinking about how you communicate, how you connect, how you lead, how you build something meaningful, and how you do all of that without losing yourself in the process.
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That's the conversation I want to keep having.
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The power of someone saying yes.
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There's another part of this journey that has surprised me.
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Several of my podcast guests didn't simply say yes to being interviewed.
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They said yes again.
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And when I began building the brand success hub, I invited guests to contribute a short 10-minute teach, something practical that could help another entrepreneur communicate, lead, market, or grow more effectively.
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People said yes.
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That means something to me because the podcast became more than content.
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It became a connection point.
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People who began as guests became collaborators.
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Conversations became relationships.
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And expertise shared during an interview became something that could continue helping people long after we stopped recording.
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That's exactly the kind of business I want to build.
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Not transactional, relational.
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Not what can I get from you, but what can we create together that helps someone else?
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If you're enjoying this episode, or if you've enjoyed any of the previous 49, I have a favor to ask.
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Click subscribe, like the episode, and share the podcast with someone whom I'm going to enjoy this conversation too.
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But this time, I'm going to ask you for something else.
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Talk to me.
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Send me a question.
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Tell me what you're struggling with.
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Ask me something about communication, branding, networking, AI, leadership, building a business, or even about 30 seconds success itself.
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Because your question might just become an upcoming episode.
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And frankly, those are exactly the conversations I want to have.
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So, yes, ChatGPT has been part of the party, part of the journey, part of the story.
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I have to talk about one of my favorite behind-the-scenes partners in producing this podcast, ChatGPT.
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And no, ChatGPT is not conducting my interviews for me.
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It isn't it isn't replacing my curiosity, it isn't replacing my voice.
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And it certainly hasn't been having the conversations I am.
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But it has helped me prepare better.
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Before an interview, I can take what I've learned about a guest, their expertise, their story, the work they do, the questions they've answered during onboarding, and use AI to help me think through where the most interesting conversation might be hiding.
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That allows me to create a different experience for every guest because I don't want this podcast to feel like question one, question two, question three, thank you for coming.
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I want my guests to feel like I actually want to know what they think.
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AI helps me brainstorm questions.
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It helps me look for connections I might have missed, and it helps me develop solo episodes ideas as well.
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It helps me organize the dozens of ideas bouncing around in my head at any given time, which, if you know me, is no small assignment.
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But there's something important I've learned through all of this.
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AI can help me prepare the conversation.
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Humans still have to have it.
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Think first, story first, human first.
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And the technology shouldn't be the hard part.
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So technology should not be left out of this episode.
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Another reason I've been able to reach episode 50 is podcast bud.
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There are already enough things that I can stop you, you know, stop using from creating, right?
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So technology shouldn't be one of them.
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Having a platform that simplifies the production process has made it easier for me to concentrate on the part I actually care about, the conversation.
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And there's a business lesson in that too.
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We sometimes think consistency means becoming more disciplined.
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Sometimes it does, but sometimes consistency comes from removing unnecessary friction.
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Make the thing easier to do, and you're far more likely to keep doing it.
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50 episodes later, I can tell you that matters because during these 50 episodes, I've moved not once 1100 miles, but twice.
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And now I'm getting ready to move again.
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So what 50 episodes have taught me, if I had to boil almost a year of podcasts down into a handful of lessons, they would probably be these start before you know exactly where it's going.
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The podcast has evolved because I've evolved.
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Ask better questions.
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The quality of a conversation often depends on the courage and curiosity behind the question.
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Listen for the unexpected.
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Some of my favorite moments weren't in my interview notes.
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Relationships matter more than downloads.
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Numbers tell me someone listened.
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Relationships tell me someone something mattered to someone.
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Pay attention to what your audience responds to.
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Looking at those top five episodes isn't just fun.
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It's feedback.
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It's showing me the conversations you want more of.
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So use technology to create more humanity, not less of it.
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That's become that's become increasingly important to me as AI becomes part of how we communicate and run our business.
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And finally, keep showing up.
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You don't reach episode 50 by recording episode 50.
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You reach episode 50 by recording episode one, then two, then the episode you don't really feel ready for, then the episode when you're busy, then the one where something goes wrong, then the next one.
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And eventually you look up and realize, wow, we made something.
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Now I want to hear from you.
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And that's really what I want episode 50 to be about.
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Not simply looking backward, opening the door to what's next.
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So here's my invitation.
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What do you want to talk about?
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What question do you have and that you want me to ask?
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Or that you want to ask me?
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What communication communication challenges keep showing up in your business?
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What do you want to know about 30 seconds success?
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What are you wrestling with when it comes to your brand, your message, networking, AI, confidence, leadership, or connection?
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Send me the question because maybe my next episode starts with you.
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And that would be fun.
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So to every guest who has trusted me with your story, thank you.
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To everyone who has contributed a 10-minute teach to the Brand Success Hub, thank you for saying yes again.
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And to everyone who has listened, subscribed, shared an episode, commented, sent me a mute message, or told someone else about the podcast, you helped us get to 50.
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And those of you who've been thinking about starting something of your own a podcast, a newsletter, a book, a business, or that idea you keep telling yourself you'll get around to someday.
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Don't wait until you can see what episode 50 looks like.
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You only need enough courage to create episode one and show up for two.
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We'll figure out the rest along the way.
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And here's to the next 50 conversations.
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And as always, think first, story first, human first.
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Stand in your brand, trust your voice, and remember success is just 30 seconds away.
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Hi, welcome back to the 30 Second Success Podcast.
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I'm Laura Templeton, your host here today.
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So when I started the 30 Second Success Podcast almost a year ago, I don't know that I was thinking about episode 50.
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Thinking about the next conversation, the next guest, the next question, the next opportunity to learn something from someone else and hopefully share something that would make a difference for the person listening.
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And somewhere along the line, one episode became 10, 10 became 20.
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And now here we are at 50.
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And I think that's worth talking about.
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Not simply because 50 is a nice round number, but because this podcast has reminded me of something I have believed for a very long time.
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Great things happen when we're willing to start conversations.
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So welcome to the 30 Second Success podcast, where we explore the conversations, decisions, and ideas that help us communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and compassion.
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I'm Laura Templeton, founder and chief instigator of 30 Second Success.
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And today is a little different because this is episode 50, almost an entire year of conversations, almost a year of asking questions, meeting incredible people, experimenting, learning, laughing, occasionally wondering what in the world I was doing and pressing forward anyway.
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So today I want to take you behind the scenes.
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I want to share what I've learned.
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I want to celebrate some of the conversations that you've connected with the most.
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And maybe most importantly, I want to talk about where we go from here.
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Because episode 50 isn't the finish line.
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I think it's just getting warmed up.
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So 50 episodes, a lot of conversations.
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One of the greatest gifts of hosting this podcast has been the conversations.
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I've had the opportunity to sit across the virtual table from some incredibly smart, thoughtful, generous people who have shared their experiences, expertise, mistakes, insights, and stories.
00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:17.360
And here's what I've discovered.
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I can prepare all the questions I want.
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But the best moments usually happen when we wander off the script.
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Someone says something I wasn't expecting.
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I ask the question behind the question.
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We laugh.
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We get vulnerable, and someone tells a story and suddenly we're not recording an interview anymore.
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We're having a conversation.
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That's exactly what I wanted this podcast to become.
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Because communication isn't about perfectly polished answers.
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It's about connection.
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It's about curiosity.
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It's about being willing to listen long enough to discover what's underneath the first answer.
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And apparently you've connected with those conversations too.
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Because when I looked back at the first 49 episodes, there were five that rose to the top.
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So, in celebration of 50 episodes, I thought it would be fun to share the top five episodes of the 30 second success podcast so far.
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If you're new here, consider this your starting playlist.
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And if you've been listening for a while, maybe there's one you missed or one worth hearing again.
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So, number five, episode seven, building unshakable trust with Suzanne Taylor King.
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Frust shows us shows up everywhere in our businesses, our relationships, our leadership, and the way people experience our brand.
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My conversation with Suzanne explored what it really takes to create trust and why it matters so much in the relationships we're building.
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Episode number four.
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I'm sorry, number four is episode number six.
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Power of the pause, owning your 30-second message with Laura T.
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Yep, the solo episode made the top five list.
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And I have to admit, I love that because the power of the pause is at the heart of what I've been teaching through 30 seconds success for years.
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We don't always need to say more.
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Sometimes we need to slow down long enough to know what actually needs to be said.
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Clarity isn't about cramming everything you do into 30 seconds.
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It's about creating enough curiosity and connection for someone to want the next 30 seconds.
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So number three, episode 21.
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Why trust is the secret to networking success with Daniel Andrews.
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There's that word again: trust.
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Daniel and I talked about networking from the perspective of relationships rather than transaction.
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And that's something I believe deeply.
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Networking works when we stop walking into rooms asking, what can I get?
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and start becoming genuinely curious about the people standing in front of us.
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The business may come later.
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The relationship comes first.
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Number two, episode number 39.
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How to write your mindset, rewrite your mindset for lasting joy with Beth Dodd.
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This conversation took us somewhere a little different.
00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:41.920
Beth and I explored mindset, joy, and the stories we tell ourselves because communication isn't about what we say to other people, it's about what we're saying to ourselves.
00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:47.519
And sometimes changing that internal conversation changes everything else.
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Number one, episode 44, clarity versus hard work with Luke Tobin on rethinking business success.
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And the most listened to episode so far.
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My conversation with Luke Tobin about clarity, hard work, and how we define success.
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There's something wonderful appropriate about this being at the top.
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Because clarity has been at the center of 30 seconds success from the beginning.
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We can work incredibly hard.
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We can fill our calendars and we can check every box.
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But if we're working hard in the wrong direction, we're more effort, isn't necessarily the answer.
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Sometimes we need to get enough distance from the work to ask, where am I actually going?
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And what the top five tell me.
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Here's something I noticed when I looked at these five episodes trust, clarity, connection, mindset, joy.
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These aren't marketing tactics, they're human things.
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And that tells me something about you, the people listening to this podcast.
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You're not simply looking for another hack.
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You're thinking about how you communicate, how you connect, how you lead, how you build something meaningful, and how you do all of that without losing yourself in the process.
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That's the conversation I want to keep having.
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The power of someone saying yes.
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There's another part of this journey that has surprised me.
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Several of my podcast guests didn't simply say yes to being interviewed.
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They said yes again.
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And when I began building the brand success hub, I invited guests to contribute a short 10-minute teach, something practical that could help another entrepreneur communicate, lead, market, or grow more effectively.
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People said yes.
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That means something to me because the podcast became more than content.
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It became a connection point.
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People who began as guests became collaborators.
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Conversations became relationships.
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And expertise shared during an interview became something that could continue helping people long after we stopped recording.
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That's exactly the kind of business I want to build.
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Not transactional, relational.
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Not what can I get from you, but what can we create together that helps someone else?
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If you're enjoying this episode, or if you've enjoyed any of the previous 49, I have a favor to ask.
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Click subscribe, like the episode, and share the podcast with someone whom I'm going to enjoy this conversation too.
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But this time, I'm going to ask you for something else.
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Talk to me.
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Send me a question.
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Tell me what you're struggling with.
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Ask me something about communication, branding, networking, AI, leadership, building a business, or even about 30 seconds success itself.
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Because your question might just become an upcoming episode.
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And frankly, those are exactly the conversations I want to have.
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So, yes, ChatGPT has been part of the party, part of the journey, part of the story.
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I have to talk about one of my favorite behind-the-scenes partners in producing this podcast, ChatGPT.
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And no, ChatGPT is not conducting my interviews for me.
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It isn't it isn't replacing my curiosity, it isn't replacing my voice.
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And it certainly hasn't been having the conversations I am.
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But it has helped me prepare better.
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Before an interview, I can take what I've learned about a guest, their expertise, their story, the work they do, the questions they've answered during onboarding, and use AI to help me think through where the most interesting conversation might be hiding.
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That allows me to create a different experience for every guest because I don't want this podcast to feel like question one, question two, question three, thank you for coming.
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I want my guests to feel like I actually want to know what they think.
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AI helps me brainstorm questions.
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It helps me look for connections I might have missed, and it helps me develop solo episodes ideas as well.
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It helps me organize the dozens of ideas bouncing around in my head at any given time, which, if you know me, is no small assignment.
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But there's something important I've learned through all of this.
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AI can help me prepare the conversation.
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Humans still have to have it.
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Think first, story first, human first.
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And the technology shouldn't be the hard part.
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So technology should not be left out of this episode.
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Another reason I've been able to reach episode 50 is podcast bud.
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There are already enough things that I can stop you, you know, stop using from creating, right?
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So technology shouldn't be one of them.
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Having a platform that simplifies the production process has made it easier for me to concentrate on the part I actually care about, the conversation.
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And there's a business lesson in that too.
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We sometimes think consistency means becoming more disciplined.
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Sometimes it does, but sometimes consistency comes from removing unnecessary friction.
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Make the thing easier to do, and you're far more likely to keep doing it.
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50 episodes later, I can tell you that matters because during these 50 episodes, I've moved not once 1100 miles, but twice.
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And now I'm getting ready to move again.
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So what 50 episodes have taught me, if I had to boil almost a year of podcasts down into a handful of lessons, they would probably be these start before you know exactly where it's going.
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The podcast has evolved because I've evolved.
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Ask better questions.
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The quality of a conversation often depends on the courage and curiosity behind the question.
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Listen for the unexpected.
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Some of my favorite moments weren't in my interview notes.
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Relationships matter more than downloads.
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Numbers tell me someone listened.
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Relationships tell me someone something mattered to someone.
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Pay attention to what your audience responds to.
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Looking at those top five episodes isn't just fun.
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It's feedback.
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It's showing me the conversations you want more of.
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So use technology to create more humanity, not less of it.
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That's become that's become increasingly important to me as AI becomes part of how we communicate and run our business.
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And finally, keep showing up.
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You don't reach episode 50 by recording episode 50.
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You reach episode 50 by recording episode one, then two, then the episode you don't really feel ready for, then the episode when you're busy, then the one where something goes wrong, then the next one.
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And eventually you look up and realize, wow, we made something.
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Now I want to hear from you.
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And that's really what I want episode 50 to be about.
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Not simply looking backward, opening the door to what's next.
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So here's my invitation.
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What do you want to talk about?
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What question do you have and that you want me to ask?
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Or that you want to ask me?
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What communication communication challenges keep showing up in your business?
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What do you want to know about 30 seconds success?
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What are you wrestling with when it comes to your brand, your message, networking, AI, confidence, leadership, or connection?
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Send me the question because maybe my next episode starts with you.
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And that would be fun.
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So to every guest who has trusted me with your story, thank you.
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To everyone who has contributed a 10-minute teach to the Brand Success Hub, thank you for saying yes again.
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And to everyone who has listened, subscribed, shared an episode, commented, sent me a mute message, or told someone else about the podcast, you helped us get to 50.
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And those of you who've been thinking about starting something of your own a podcast, a newsletter, a book, a business, or that idea you keep telling yourself you'll get around to someday.
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Don't wait until you can see what episode 50 looks like.
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You only need enough courage to create episode one and show up for two.
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We'll figure out the rest along the way.
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And here's to the next 50 conversations.
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And as always, think first, story first, human first.
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Stand in your brand, trust your voice, and remember success is just 30 seconds away.
