Ben Carlson

And I wanted to do things my way.

And so I was kind of butting heads with the organization I was with, and I thought, you know, I need an outlet, so I'm going to start writing.

And it was kind of cathartic for me.

But I did it because I enjoyed it.

And if I didn't enjoy it, I never was stuck with it.

Because when I first started writing, no one was reading my stuff.

But that also gave me a long runway to get better at it, because I wasn't very good when I first started.

I think you can get better at this stuff, right?

I was really bad at podcasting when I started, but we worked at it and tried to get better.

And I think a lot of these things...

Some people are just born with these kind of things, right?

Some people are born to be great writers.

They're born to speak.

I don't think I was born with either of those gifts.

I think I had to work at it.

I think that's something is for people, but my only advice to someone is just put in the time and effort because a lot of people won't do that.

And I think that's probably even more important in the age of AI where the shortcuts are gonna be easier than ever.

And I think if you actually do put the time and effort in and you can kind of stand out from the crowd, I think that's the way to do it.

And it's funny, once we all decided like, oh, people are coming to us.

And it's funny, when I started writing, I had these financial publications and financial advisors coming to me saying, hey, I like the way that you explain this stuff in plain English.