Hard Work – LIVETHEFUEL

Podcast Success, Risks, Effort, 75 Hard, and Developers

Scott Mulvaney — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Achieving Podcasting Success through 75 Hard Determination, Taking Risks, Effort, and more:

Charles Max Wood is the host of several podcasts including JavaScript Jabber and Ruby Rogues all available at Devchat.tv. He’s the author of “The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job.” He started podcasting in 2008. The podcasts he produces reach more than 80,000 developers every week. Chuck lives in Utah with his wife and 5 children.

Top 3 Hot Point Takeaways:

With Risk Comes Success
75 Hard = Mindset and Fortitude
Set Your Goals High With Effort

Today’s Resource Links from the Podcast:

NEW Book: The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job – https://amzn.to/2Jrh5A8

https://devchat.tv

https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv

https://twitter.com/cmaxw

https://instagram.com/charlesmaxwood

Our Mentioned Influencers:

Andy Frisella: https://andyfrisella.com/pages/about-andy-frisella

#75Hard: https://andyfrisella.com/blogs/mfceo-project-podcast/75hard-a-75-day-tactical-guide-to-winning-the-war-with-yourself-with-andy-frisella-mfceo291

What is 75 Hard: https://75hard.com

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Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 – Introduction

14:50 – I typically get the airfare and hotel covered. I wind up paying for the food for events.

19:00 – Yes and no, the part that’s the no is the fact that it involves effort, right? It’s easy to say, and it’s hard to do. Sometimes you really don’t know what the right thing to do is? For example, I got a blister, but I’m not an expert. There are other experts out there that I can go talk to, there are solutions. There are ways to figure out what’s going on. If you’re in an industry like podcasting, it’s still pretty young. So sometimes there are people out there and sometimes there is nobody out there.

21:00 – Marathon training. At one point, my wife was frustrated because I went running at a time she wanted me to be doing something else. So we had a conversation about it. She’s like, yeah, you need to keep running. So we worked it out. So then I was running longer and longer, my Saturday was running 16 miles. So then I did it and I completed the marathon.

25:00 – So let’s look at the book, right? I’ve been talking about it. Do I get the book do I not? What’s gonna happen? I finally said you know what, if I put some money behind it, it’ll force me to do something with it. That was my switch flip for me.

28:00 – You also did something a little crazy beforehand to get yourself ready for the marathon. Something called 75 hard. It was pretty viral online. Your journey on the 75 Hard was not easy. Yeah, I think all told I did like 120 Hard after the restarts.

34:03 – I had a month and a half’s worth of money in the bank. I just told my wife, look, if we run out of money and we can’t pay the mortgage, then I’ll go take a job. I’ll do a job search simultaneous with my client search and it just worked out. We never ran out of money.

40:00 – I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner, but eventually, I got around to changing my tweet to If you’re finding me for the first time, go listen to the podcasts. At that point, the other thing that had happened was all of my defenders came out. So when things first went down, I had a few people come to me privately and say, look, I’m with you, but I can’t get involved.

50:00 – In this case, being quiet was actually the right course of action. A lot of these other folks came out, but it also made me feel better because I realized that I had all these people in my corner? I wasn’t alone dealing with this, which made a big difference too.

55:00 – Final Words

Our Final Words of the Show:

So I’ve kind of been joking that I kind of accidentally found my way into podcasting, and I kind of accidentally found my way into being a software developer too. But what it really boiled down to was I found the things that I really, naturally enjoyed and felt like I could succeed at. I guess if there’s just one thought over the last, what 13-14 years that I’ve been either programming or podcasting is that every time I try and do something that’s not who I am, you know whether it’s not standing up for something I believe in or not going after something that I really want, or not trying to build something that matters. I’m not happy, right?

So if there’s one real message that I can put out there to people, it’s hey, go out there and take a chance on the thing that you love. See if you can make it work. Because in a lot of cases, what happens is, you take a couple of steps into the darkness, and then you realize there’s a whole path leading up the mountain to where you want to end up

I don’t know if that works for everybody. But it seems like most of the people that do extraordinary things, that’s kind of where they end up, they find that place where they belong, they find that thing that really lights up their spirit. Then they go and do it. They stay true to themselves while they do it, and it pays off. I don’t know how to put that more eloquently. But that’s kind of where I’m at.

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071: Diversity Speaker Tayo Rockson from TEDx and MAPCON

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 01 May 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Diversity Speaker and Social Justice Co-Host:

Tayo Rockson and I catch up on his mission to improve the cross-cultural relations in the business world. We catch up on his diversity talks, his recent TEDx public speaking achievement and reconnect since our meeting at the Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference in 2016. Tayo is a podcaster, keynote speaker, and diversity entrepreneur ready to rock the mics with us!

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”04:00″] Tay hits us with his backstory with our mutual friend Joe Pardo and being a keynote speaker at MAPCON 2016.
[spp-timestamp time=”04:40″] Connecting across cultures is important to Tayo.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:20″] Developing social skills, networking, Diplo-brats.
[spp-timestamp time=”06:55″] Tayo gets out of college and has 85+ rejections, he’s a foreigner in our country, so he really needed to find a job to sponsor his Work VISA.
[spp-timestamp time=”7:55″] His missing energy and the story of his car accident, swerving out of control in the rain and hitting multiple cars and guardrails. His thoughts of “I haven’t done anything I wanted to do and I’m about to die.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:30″] Tayo starts his blog to share his diversity stories and his messaging to develop his own brand.
[spp-timestamp time=”09:30″] He’s been broke, everyone has to put in the work. If we aren’t stepping out of our comfort zones, we aren’t living our life.
[spp-timestamp time=”12:43″] What led Tayo to speak at his recent TEDx event.
[spp-timestamp time=”13:20″] He decided to become an influencer and to help others connect across cultures. His focus on Diversity Inclusion and now his podcast starts to rise.
[spp-timestamp time=”16:00″] One thing he’s always learned is to “Be Grateful for the Now.”
[spp-timestamp time=”17:30″] MAPCON, the Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference with Joe Pardo.
[spp-timestamp time=”18:30″] It’s like the monkey bars, having one hand forward and one hand holding you back. It’s about the two hands being free, about being in that moment. Experience for Tayo is the best teacher.
[spp-timestamp time=”19:20″] Live Life to the Fullest from Ernest Hemmingway which helped inspire the creation of LIVETHEFUEL. LIVETHEFUEL stands for Live The Fired Up Epic Life.

Live Life To The Fullest – Ernest Hemmingway

[spp-timestamp time=”20:15″] College does not teach you to be an entrepreneur.
[spp-timestamp time=”22:30″] Scott applied to over 200 jobs while living in Colorado after the firefighting years.
[spp-timestamp time=”23:25″] If you live a life so cautiously, that you don’t fail, then you’ve not lived a life worth living.
[spp-timestamp time=”25:55″] Apply for that job, date that person, buy that plane ticket, move to that city, do all the things that scare you because they’re worth it.

Apply for that job, date that person, buy that plane ticket, move to that city, do all the things that scare you because they’re worth it! – Unknown

[spp-timestamp time=”27:45″] His first TEDx talk was on “How to be an Inclusive Leader”. His first few years of his life, Tayo lived in a military dictatorship in Nigeria. He saw exactly what it was like to have your civil liberties taken away from you.
[spp-timestamp time=”28:10″] His second TEDx talk was on “The Art of Diplomacy”. Don’t be reactive, become proactive. Seek mastery.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:40″] Tayo calls out Scott on him not having applied to speak at the local TEDx Lehigh River here in Pennsylvania.
[spp-timestamp time=”32:10″] THRIVE: Make Money Matter event and Jack Canfield having spoken at this event in 2016.
[spp-timestamp time=”36:40″] Tayo started doing things that scared him the most, like agreeing to perform the keynote speaking at MAPCON.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:15″] Sometimes it takes a little jealousy, confusion, or intrigue to inspire people to think outside the box.
[spp-timestamp time=”42:00″] Tayo gets so nervous right before the stage.
[spp-timestamp time=”43:40″] If you say something with enough conviction, people believe it.
[spp-timestamp time=”46:00″] Shoutout to our evangelist supporters, like LIVETHEFUEL’s Brian Strauser.
[spp-timestamp time=”49:46″] Tayo has a rule he likes to live by: Put a smile on five people’s faces a day.
[spp-timestamp time=”53:30″] Open a door for someone, this doesn’t have to be rocket science to make people smile.
[spp-timestamp time=”54:19″] Chivalry is dead… It’s only dead if we allow it to be dead. Treat human beings like human beings.
[spp-timestamp time=”55:25″] What Tayo is up to next here in 2017.
[spp-timestamp time=”55:50″] When it’s all said and done, a marriage between Oprah Winfrey and Nelson Mandela. They are Tayo’s suto parents in his mind.
[spp-timestamp time=”56:00″] Tayo’s Diversity Mission Statement: “Use Your Difference to Make a Difference!”

“Use Your Difference to Make a Difference!” – Tayo Rockson

[spp-timestamp time=”59:35″] What are we doing with our voice?
[spp-timestamp time=”01:01:40″] Final Words

Be Grateful for the Now – Tayo Rockson

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[spp-tweet tweet=”Use Your Difference to Make a Difference! @tayorockson @LIVETHEFUEL “]

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Final Words:

Take risks in your life. If you win you can lead if you lose you can guide.
People are not what they say but what they do. So judge them not for their words but from their actions.
Take whatever you can from life because when life starts taking from you, it takes even your last breath.

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