{"id":1800,"date":"2021-10-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepodcasthost.com\/uncategorised\/confident-podcaster-series\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T10:25:30","slug":"confident-podcaster-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepodcasthost.com\/mindset\/confident-podcaster-series\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Confident Podcaster: Hang up Your Hangups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was swept along on a wave of adrenaline. Getting the opportunity to talk to an audience about Internet Marketing was both exciting and surprising. As I prepared my slides and organised my thoughts, a creeping feeling of self-doubt crept in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ever had the feeling you shouldn’t be here?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Who was I to give such a talk?”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I\u2019m certainly no Internet Marketing Guru!”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are far more qualified people than me…”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I almost talked myself out of going. I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t. I enjoyed the experience and so did the audience. In fact, one of the audience members would become one of my biggest clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine for a minute that I\u2019d declined the invitation. I\u2019d be left with the feeling of \u2018what could have been\u2019 and I would have missed out on the opportunity to help a room full of people. The thing is – we all have self-doubt. It\u2019s a fundamental human emotion. Even the most confident of people suffer from this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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