In this episode we meet Jill Metcalfe, a Notion creator and freelance translator who thought that the idea of being interviewed was terrifying and took that as an indication she should do it. We talked about the confidence that comes from making and keeping a promise to yourself.
Month: May 2022
The Shippers Ep 025 with Brian To
In this episode we meet Brian To, a copywriter and newsletterer who who noticed that tweeting 3 times as much got him the same amount of growth and decided to slow down. Brian said something simple that stuck with me; treat your followers more like a network than an audience.
The Shippers Ep 024 with Bob Merckel
In this episode we meet Bob Merckel, an old-school blogger who found his voice in the old internet and is finding his place in the new internet. Bob told me one thing that has remained the same is having fun and finding a community
The Shippers Ep 023 with Sangeet Kar
In this episode we meet Sangeet Kar, a business strategist who unexpectedly became a short fiction author, started his path into the creator economy with his "why" (he sucked at networking) and used #ship30for30 to get out of paralysis by analysis and grow as a storyteller.
The Shippers Ep022 with Aniket Rai
In this episode we meet Aniket Rai, a passionate advocate of the daily reading of nonfiction books who realized that daily writing was the perfect complimentary habit to help him share his passion. Aniket had me reconsidering my relationship with reading, especially online.
The Shippers Ep021 with Nat Couropmitree
In this episode we meet Nat Couropmitree, a thoughtfully-spoken life coach turned travel entrepreneur who found that writing online helped him find where he "fits in" and takes great joy in the serendipitous unfolding of the relationships born of participation.
The Shippers Ep 020 with Vineet Sinha
In this episode we meet Vineet Sinha, a lifelong learner, educator, and technologist who believes the future involves "everyone teaching what they're good at" and helps people find their niche.
The Shippers Ep 019 with Dan Boyd
In this episode we meet Dan Boyd, a life-long storyteller who insists he is not a CIA operative. We talked about sneaking aboard Ship30, making up your own writing frameworks, and why everyone should drink the koolaid. Dan finished with a generous offer to help you if you're stuck.
The Shippers Ep018 with Kush Shah
In this episode we meet Kush Shah, a Twitter-thread ghostwriter who didn't feel right leaving likes and empty comments on essays and what he did instead to grow his network and get better at writing. We also talked about how productivity Twitter has been overtaken by self-care Twitter and pairing writing with exercise.
The Shippers Ep 017 with Jerine Nichole
In this episode we meet Jerine Nichole, who established multi-category as her category so she could bring her whole self to the table. We talked about moving from nursing to coaching to writing to Youtube and back to nursing again.