#6 - Stage Academy & Beginning Ethan’s Big Whiskey Tasting Project

September 14, 2023 After learning beginner skills in a good range of content creation skills, Ethan declares it’s time to focus on mastering the few that matter most to him. He tells how he started this month’s course, Stage Academy, how impressed he is with the course, and the value of superior speaking skills. Of all the forms of content creation, speaking is what got both Ethan & Ryan to start learning content creation. Among the benefits of being the most powerful creating art, Ethan tells how it’s also improved his conversations with close friends.  Next Ethan discusses our root motivations for creating different art, and analyzes the different skills the creators he is inspired by have. From this process a clear idea of what skills would need to be focused on to create the content he is most interested in. This lead to Ethan realizing he has to start now, on his dream of creating an online whiskey tasting program for the holidays. This opens the door to a large discussion on the challenges in larger projects and how to solve them, the additional knowledge needed for the business side of content creation, and once again, how applying the 80/20 rule is the difference between creation being painful vs being thrilling and inspired.  Finally, Ryan again walks us through improving storytelling techniques by telling his story of how and why he moved to Minnesota, and discussing Ethan’s feedback. We both also learned to better give and more importantly accept feedback, a critical core skill for mastering content creation.  Referenced Items: Vinh Giang https://www.instagram.com/askvinh/ Stage Academy https://stageacademy.mykajabi.com/ Anthony Gallo https://www.youtube.com/@MrPaulXavier 30 Day Course Creator - https://www.contentcreator.com/30-day-course-creator