Hala Taha

And I had really great guests from the start because I stood out as somebody who like really tried hard.

Right.

And then I would wake up at six in the morning and do whatever I needed to do or like even earlier than that and be at work by nine and do basically work for my podcast before I even got to work.

And then I do my posts on the train and then I do my interviews at lunch.

And I was just working around the clock through the weekends and just busting my ass and not only trying to figure out how to be the best host, but everything else, how to market, how to monetize, how do other people monetize?

How do other people grow?

What are the experiments I can do?

And I got really obsessed with it to the point where two years into my podcasting journey, they called me the podcast princess.

Sure.

Yeah.

And it reminds me of what you told me about how you wake up to an alarm that says, I love you.

And it's you, it's you saying that, right?

Hmm.

To me, determination just means showing up every day and doing your best job.

No.

I believe that some days you show up 50%.

Some days you show up 300%.

And I just think you've got to just keep trying and keep putting in the reps.

And also respect yourself enough to do what you say you're going to do.

You know, and to do what you say you're going to do and to hold yourself accountable even when nobody else is holding you accountable and to have that accountability.