Nate Garrison of The EXTRAordinary Podcast

11/05/20 • 41 min

This week on Podcaster Stories, I sit down with Nate Garrison of The EXTRAordinary Podcast.

The EXTRAordinary Podcast profiles ordinary people living extraordinary lives, who adhere to a lifestyle by design mindset.

Topics up for discussion this week include:

how Nate's show evolved from being a co-hosted show into a solo host
how the show came about from a personal development program that Nate created, the 8 Keys 2 Great
how Covid changed the way he records and plans his show
how he used to identify cities and advertise he was coming that way, to find guests for his show
how Nate identifies what he feels would make an interesting guest for his show and listeners
why he adheres to a lifestyle by design mindset
why Covid has seen both a positive and negative change in personal behaviours
how our lives have the chance to be redefined post-Covid
what the 18 month rule is for podcasting, and why he uses it
the two episodes that stand out for him
how his endurance sports lifestyle prepares him for handling disappointment in life
the moment he found he needed to step away from corporate life
why you should judge success by how your life meets your actual needs, versus your material successes
how his goal is to gain something from every guest he interviews
his plans for scaling his podcast, and why he's looking forward to getting back to in-person interviews
why he has no interest in interviewing celebrities and uber-successful people
why meaningful conversations make for the best podcasts
why his biggest piece of advice for podcasters is to be consistent
why his parents are his heroes

Settle back for an enlightening talk about making and living by your own rules.

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This week on Podcaster Stories, I sit down with Nate Garrison of The EXTRAordinary Podcast.

The EXTRAordinary Podcast profiles ordinary people living extraordinary lives, who adhere to a lifestyle by design mindset.

Topics up for discussion this week include:

how Nate's show evolved from being a co-hosted show into a solo host
how the show came about from a personal development program that Nate created, the 8 Keys 2 Great
how Covid changed the way he records and plans his show
how he used to identify cities and advertise he was coming that way, to find guests for his show
how Nate identifies what he feels would make an interesting guest for his show and listeners
why he adheres to a lifestyle by design mindset
why Covid has seen both a positive and negative change in personal behaviours
how our lives have the chance to be redefined post-Covid
what the 18 month rule is for podcasting, and why he uses it
the two episodes that stand out for him
how his endurance sports lifestyle prepares him for handling disappointment in life
the moment he found he needed to step away from corporate life
why you should judge success by how your life meets your actual needs, versus your material successes
how his goal is to gain something from every guest he interviews
his plans for scaling his podcast, and why he's looking forward to getting back to in-person interviews
why he has no interest in interviewing celebrities and uber-successful people
why meaningful conversations make for the best podcasts
why his biggest piece of advice for podcasters is to be consistent
why his parents are his heroes

Settle back for an enlightening talk about making and living by your own rules.

Connect with Nate:

Contact me: [email protected]

My equipment:

Recommended resources:

This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

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Sarah St John of Frugalpreneur

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This week on Podcaster Stories, I sit down with Sarah St John of the Frugalpreneur podcast.

Frugalpreneur shows people how to build a business on a bootstrapped budget, and interviews entrepreneurs to answer your questions about being successful online.

Topics up for discussion this week include:

how the show originally started as a complementary piece to market her book
how podcasting introduces you to so many people that can help you
how her change to an interview-style show reignited her podcasting passion
how a lack of podcasting resources saw her start her own company to offer exactly that
why she took almost a year off from her podcast, and how Covid presented an opportunity to relaunch
how the experience has been, compared to her expectations for it
how Covid has made her much more focused and consistent with her show
why she prefers the intimacy of podcasting
how her own networking opportunities have exploded through the podcast
how she found her love of entrepreneurship
the episodes that have stood out for her, and why
how she takes something away from every guest she has on her show
how she's taken the best of her shows and created an online podcasting course
why she's aiming to do more solo shows in 2021
what advice she'd give new podcasters
why being a guest on podcasts is so key to growing your business
why John Lee Dumas is her hero

Settle back for a look at entrepreneurship on a budget, and how podcasting can help drive the goals and results you're looking for.

Connect with Sarah:

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This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
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Transcript

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You know, it's really not so much about the, the money. The success success is very important because I think success leaves characteristics and traits that are very important. But when it's so tied up into money into the financial side of it, then there's these other things to get neglected. These are the things that get removed. And when you can see when you can realize your success based on the lifestyle that you're able to craft, when you're able to value success