{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why Your Show Feels Small (And Why It Isn't)","description":"Almost every podcaster I\u2019ve worked with knows this moment. You finish an episode you\u2019re genuinely proud of, you go look at somebody else\u2019s show, and within about ninety seconds the thing you were proud of starts to feel small.  Nothing about it changed. Only what you measured it against. Comparison is not a character flaw. It\u2019s a measurement error. And \u2018just stop comparing\u2019 is the most useless advice anyone ever handed you, because it\u2019s like telling you to stop noticing.  In this episode, I give you the actual cure: not to stop measuring, but to change what you measure against. XO,  Tammy   Key Takeaways [0:00:04] When Your Favorite Episode Suddenly Feels Small [0:01:30] The Three Big Lies of Comparison [0:03:30] Why AI Can\u2019t Really Hear Your Podcast [0:05:08] Data Without Discernment: The Hidden Risk of AI [0:06:30] When No One Is Truly Listening To Your Show [0:07:30] Sarah\u2019s Story: Smaller Audience, Bigger Impact [0:10:08] Called To a Different Race Than She Is [0:11:00] The Only Three Metrics That Actually Matter [0:12:30] Your Week-Long Comparison Fast [0:13:45] Reviews, Reach, and Running Your Own Race \u2605  THE CURE \u2014 THREE BETTER MEASURES 1. YOUR OWN LAST SEASON  Are you better than you were six months ago? Clearer? More yourself? That\u2019s the only growth chart that matters, and the one comparison makes you ignore it. 2. YOUR ACTUAL LISTENER  Not the audience you wish you had. The real woman who listens. Is she getting what she came for? Coming back? Telling someone? 3. YOUR OWN CALLING  Are you doing the thing you were called to do, in the way you were made to do it? If yes, you\u2019re succeeding at your assignment, regardless of what anyone else\u2019s looks like.This week\u2019s assignment: a comparison fast. Not the kind where you try to stop looking. Every time you catch yourself measuring your show against someone else\u2019s, immediately replace it with one question \u2014 am I better than I was last season? Catch the comparison, swap the question, every time.   Episode Quotables 1.\u201cComparison is not a character flaw. It\u2019s a measurement error.\u201d 2.\u201cComparison makes you measure your honest backstage against her staged front-of-house. You lose a contest she doesn\u2019t even know she\u2019s in.\u201d 3. \u201cAI gives you the metrics. It cannot give you the meaning.\u201d 4. Comparison is a quiet distrust of the specific calling you were given. She has her assignment. You have yours.\u201d 5.\u201cThe only person whose progress you were ever meant to track is the one you were six months ago.\u201d   Scripture Referenced Galatians 6:4  : \u201cEach one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else.\u201d Resources Let's Chat about Your Podcast!  https:\/\/wildfirecreativecompany.com\/discoverycall  Episode 153 (PodSlop): You\u2019re Not Competing With AI: [Apple Podcasts link] Wildfire Creative Company: https:\/\/wildfirecreativecompany.com  Connect With Tammy Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tammy_munson  Apple Podcasts: https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/christian-podcasting-secrets-with-tammy-munson\/id1560889330  Website: https:\/\/wildfirecreativecompany.com  ","author_name":"Christian Podcasting with Tammy Maltese Munson","author_url":"https:\/\/wildfirecreativecompany.com\/podcast","html":"