What happens when your brand becomes so entwined with your identity that you can't tell where one ends and the other begins? This question lies at the heart of my candid conversation with Joe from mowPod as I navigate the emotional journey of ending Talk Show with P after five years.
"I've built such a good brand that everybody notices it and knows it, but I feel like Paula is being lost inside the brand," I confess during our heartfelt discussion. It's the creator's paradox—success that simultaneously validates and consumes you.
Joe shares wisdom gleaned from his own entrepreneurial path, from mowPod's evolution from newsletters to podcast promotion to creating the wildly successful Friday Night Karaoke community with 39,000 members. His approach to pivoting resonates deeply: generate multiple ideas, test them lightly, but commit fully to just one or two directions. "Don't keep driving off that cliff," he advises when something isn't working, acknowledging the emotional and financial cost of changing course while emphasizing the greater cost of persisting with unsuccessful ventures.
The conversation takes a personal turn when Joe identifies what he believes is my superpower: "You walk into a room and by the end of the day, everyone knows you and everyone loves you." His advice to build my next chapter around this natural ability to connect with people offers a blueprint not just for me, but for anyone facing reinvention.
Whether you're contemplating your own pivot, struggling with your identity as a creator, or simply interested in the behind-the-scenes reality of content creation, this episode offers raw insights into the challenging yet liberating process of reinvention.

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Friday Night Karaoke FB Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/fridaynightkaraoke/

Friday Night Karaoke Podcast - https://www.fridaynightkaraoke.org/

mowPod - https://mowpod.com/

mowPod Charts - https://charts.mowpod.com/