Slack (cut yourself some)

Below is a cut from our blooper reel where I forget the name of my own podcast.

My point for your presentations is that you will never be perfect. In this example, even if you’ve been doing your podcast for three years, you’re still going to forget the podcast’s name sometimes.

Have a vision for where you want to go, get incrementally closer to it each day, and have an infinite well of patience for yourself when you inevitably suck. That’s about the best you can do.

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