Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction unplugged because we will always say
yes to creativity totally uncut because we all make mistakes.
So turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged. Hey, Sarah,
this is d frag Defragging is taking the opportunity to
putting your truth on a page, and on this podcast,
I guess it would be putting your truth in vocals.
I just got off the phone with this incredible guy.
His name is Joe. Joe's trying to get a podcast
going and he wants to get a podcast growing that
really puts a lot of focus on fear. And I
mentioned to him that, look, if you're going to touch
a subject like fear, you can't go into it dancing
around the fire. You're going to have to step into
the fire. And that means that you've got to ask
the questions and you've got to question the answers. And
I told him during this this forty minute conversation, because
I love talking to podcasters all over the world, I
love talking about bringing your t truth to the words
that you're sharing. Don't be a disc jockey, don't be
a fake high or a false god to somebody. Just
be yourself. That's the secret is that you've just got
to be You ask the questions, question the answers. This
is d Frak today. You know. I want to hit
a subject that's pretty real, and that subject is where
do we begin? We've been there so many different times
in our lives. Things happen in our lives in the
way of change and challenge, and we sit there and
we wonder, first of all, how did we get here?
But where do we begin? Did you see what just
happened there? How did we get here? But where do
we begin? It's like you're trying to start all over
in a situation that's been going on, the continuation, understanding
what a continuation is versus a first step of a
brand new beginning. Where do we begin? Oh? I've been
in that situation many times in my life. I have
made some serious mistakes. And I remember coming home from
being on the air all day and doing commercial production.
I did something really bad and my wife said, we
need to talk. And it was one of those conversations
where she closed the shades in the kitchen and she
was serious, we need to talk. And I thought, where
do we begin? In everything that we do, We've got
to ask that question where do we begin? But if
you're going to ask it, you have to also ask
where have we been? What led us to this place
of where do we begin? Because we're all carrying the
weight of who we once were, And if you're going
to live in your past, which is not really where
you need to be, you've got to be able to
stand up straight, put your big adult pants on and say, Okay,
this is what I've been doing, this is why I've
been doing. Oh my god, it doesn't agree with you?
Where do we begin? And in those situations of where
do we begin, you've got to answer the question, is
it worth the investment of starting all over? Oh? God? Starting?
Nobody wants to start all over? Oh my god, you've
got to be kidding me. That would be like the NFL,
the NBA and Major League Baseball saying okay, so your
fan base isn't there anymore? Where do we begin? Well,
let's let's start all over. Let's go back to the
days when baseball cards run they were part of a
cigarette package. Now, let's don't do that. Joe the podcaster
has been after me for about I'd say about two
weeks to have a conversation. Yeah, We're both busy, we
both come from many different sides of the world. He's
a lobbyist, I'm a podcaster. Do they clash? Do they
come together anyway? Joe? His main concern was, well, where
do I begin with creating a podcast about fear? And
it's like, okay, Joe, it's really amazing to me inside
my heart that you would even pick such a huge subject.
Is it something you picked up in church? Is it
something that you're living every day? Is it a fear
that you have because you're afraid of what other people
think of you? Why would you pick a subject to fear?
It's not where did you begin or where do we begin?
It's about what are you doing right now? And how
did we get to this conversation? Because as with a
podcast especially, you know, you can't just go there and say, well,
I'm going to talk about turns from a bird. You are, well,
that's amazing, but so how does that affect you in
real life? Do birds turn on you all the time? Well? No,
why do you want to do a podcast about that?
Where do we begin? It's a tough subject because when
I sit down every morning to do my daily writing,
which is seven am and I've got that blank page
in front of me. I never ask where do we begin?
I just start writing. I don't have to agree with
the writing. I don't have to sit there and think
about the writing. I just write because it's not a beginning,
it's a continuation. So later on in the day, when
I jump into my d frag journals, which is all
about asking the questions and questioning the answers, it's the
same thing. I'm not looking for a beginning, I'm looking
for the continuation, and I do question myself in ways
that really does bring out a different side, not of
just my personality, but of my lifestyle and choices. We've
all been in that place where we ask that question. Hey,
spring is almost here, and then it's going to become summer.
We can take a vacation. Where do we begin? You
ever thought about asking yourself where did you leave off?
Why do we have to begin something new all the time. Really,
we don't like new and improved because we don't trust
new and improved. So why are you putting yourself through
the same things? Are you going to market it? Are
you going to put yourself out there in a way
that brings out a destination? Of choices and or maybe
you're not gonna believe in it anymore? Where do we begin?
Find your peaceful walk? Know what your way is? But
can you say that about what you're doing? When you
look in that mirror. You put your makeup on, you
brush your teeth, to put your arm deodorant on, you
put on your business suit, You do everything that you're
supposed to do so you can look all pretty and acceptable.
What are you going to do? Was that the beginning
of your new day or continuation of who you are?
Hard to believe that I've been in the radio industry
for forty three years or the broadcast industry, and no
day ever comes to me in the way of when
I go into that studio, I never say what are
we going to do? It never ever comes up. It's
never about where do we begin? Rather where can we continue?
In this conversation of moving forward? Sylvester Stallone in his
series on Paramount Tulsa King, he says life is a
one way road. That one way road is this car
passes me by. Do you think he's going backwards? Hell? No,
he's going that way. He's going forward. The lady that
just passed us inside the forest, she's got a baby carriage.
Is she going backwards? No, She's moving forwards. Life is
a one way road. Why are you living in your
past and constantly working on? Hey? Where do we begin?
Readjust your thinking? Readjust your lifestyle? Instead of asking where
are we beginning, why don't we say hey, how are
we going to continue this story? We can learn from this.
We can study the habits and the experiences of others
who lived it and realize that we are wasting a
lot of time by starting all over, when in fact
the journey has always been taking place. Quit starting all over.
I'm Eron and this is Dee Frank