127. Is The Deck Stacked Against You?

Episode 127 of the The Closing Pitch Baseball Podcast podcast, hosted by Spiker Helms and David Birkby, titled "127. Is The Deck Stacked Against You?" was published on January 10, 2023 and runs 35 minutes.

January 10, 2023 ·35m · The Closing Pitch Baseball Podcast

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Is it time for us to quit? We should probably sell the mics, cameras, and lighting equipment. We're never going to make it to the next stage of podcasting. Why should we have even started? WAIT, WAIT, STOP... Everyone goes through this self-doubt talk. Especially when pressure is mounting on you, how do you handle it?  We explore it in this episode.  (00:00-03:00) Introduction  (03:01-08:41) The Black Spiral of Death (08:42-13:28) What's the source? The solution?  (13:29-16:12) Complaining will cause an avalanche  (16:13-21:05) The bailout (21:06-28:44) Is this beneath me? (28:55-31:52) Dave's drawing   (31:53-35:52) Spiker is working on these action items

Episode Description

Is it time for us to quit? We should probably sell the mics, cameras, and lighting equipment. We're never going to make it to the next stage of podcasting. Why should we have even started? WAIT, WAIT, STOP... Everyone goes through this self-doubt talk. Especially when pressure is mounting on you, how do you handle it?

We explore it in this episode.

(00:00-03:00) Introduction

(03:01-08:41) The Black Spiral of Death

(08:42-13:28) What's the source? The solution?

(13:29-16:12) Complaining will cause an avalanche

(16:13-21:05) The bailout

(21:06-28:44) Is this beneath me?

(28:55-31:52) Dave's drawing

(31:53-35:52) Spiker is working on these action items

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