Podcasting From A Place Of Abundance [Episode 285] - a podcast by Evo Terra

Today, I want to get into the topic of an abundance mindest vs a scarcity mindset. It's partly a scarcity mindset that got us into this trouble. For the purposes of this article, we’ll let abundance mean a situation where there's more than you can yourself could possibly consume.

The only factor in podcasting that is truly constrained by scarcity is time. We each get 24 hours every day regardless of where we live. Yes, you could argue that money also is constrained by scarcity. But just like an unlimited budget won’t make a crappy show any better, there are plenty of low-budget shows (and no-budget shows) that sound amazing.

I want us to approach podcasting like we approach breathing or drinking water. With notable (and genuinely catastrophic) exceptions, you probably don’t consider those two resources as scarce. 

We can approach podcasting with a similar mindset of abundance. Not a lackadaisical attitude, you understand. It’s important that we take the craft of podcasting seriously. But we don’t need to hoard the knowledge, and we don’t have to ask “what’s in it for me?” before taking action.

And that’s the crux of my argument. When you shift away from a scarcity mindset to abundance thinking, you’ll force at least a couple of changes in your attitude.

• Generosity over selfishness
• Activism over ignorance

I’m not so naive as to assume that every podcaster will make the shift away from scarcity to abundance. But I can try to convince you to do so.

I want you to be generous with your thoughts, your ideas, and your opinions. 

I want you to be more active in and aware of the overall health of the podcasting ecosystem we’re all inside of.

Not that we all have to agree on any of those points. You don’t have to agree with the thoughts, ideas, and opinions of other podcasters. And they don’t have to agree with yours. We don't all have to agree on what it means to keep podcasting healthy and hale. Adopting an abundant mindest also means a good amount of debate and disagreement. Airing out our different ideas will make podcasting better, but only if we can abandon the scarcity mindset. 

And I apologize for the depressing tone of last week's content. This week I promise to be significantly more upbeat.

If you know of a working podcaster out there who needs this message, I would really appreciate it if you would share my podcast and writings with them. It’s OK if you tell them to skip last week’s content and just start here. I’m OK with that. And I’d appreciate you helping ensure more working podcasters get this message. In the name of abundance, right?

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