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I'm doing a four episode series about dog training. Now that's oftentimes a lot better of a start than I'm

starting a podcast on dog training. You do four episodes on that topic. You have a start and a middle and an

end for your series that's already planned and all ready to go before you record. Now if that four episode

series works, you keep on going. And if it doesn't,

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you learn something and nobody's going to wonder where episode five went. Now this series isn't a lesser

version of a podcast right like this series is the actual product. You're just giving yourself permission

to discover whether you want to go further. And this is how many productions work as well especially if

whoever is say making the tv show is unproven. A network will order a

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or they might maybe order a full first season before they commit to the show. And you're allowed to do this

same thing with your podcast. So start by thinking of an angle and then commit to making a set number of

episodes, say three or four. You can pick if it's audio or video or both. You can pick whatever length and

format best fits your topic and angle and business and see how that works for you before.

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you commit to starting that podcast. And on that note, the pilot reframe solves a few problems at once.

First of all, it removes that pressure that oftentimes stops people from starting the new project in the

first place. It helps create that natural momentum because it's helping you build towards a goal that's

very contained. It's also going to give you permission to stop if the idea just doesn't

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have legs without feeling like you failed. You still have that business asset for your website. You can

still embed the audio or video or a limited series or a season. And your new pilot series is often going to

turn into that podcast anyways. You might not stop because after you make those four episodes, you prove to

yourself that you can. The habit will start to form and the ideas might still keep coming. So episode five,

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you do for feels like something that's possible instead of some kind of obligation or massive task. But you

got there. You got there by committing to this achievable goal instead of like a really nebulous thing that

doesn't have an end point ever to wrap your noggin around. I'm Jen DeHaan and this is the Credibility

Minute. You can find more episodes or get in touch with me at stereoforest.com slash minute.