Podcaster Insight

I was at a podcasting convention recently. (Yes, audioKarl is coming.) Much is happening in this new, but fast developing world of self-published content. Needless to say I learned a lot.
More significant than the technical learning, though, was the conversation with one guy who had his own video podcast on repairing computers. His publishing breakthrough came when he learned not to take himself too seriously.
Not the lesson I was expecting. Certainly not the lesson for which I drove all the way to Ontario. But even as he spoke, I sensed this was a gift message arranged by another and especially for me. Somehow and in some way too much is at stake as I offer my services (sell myself) to those I know... as I move toward speaking and publishing my ideas for more public consumption. But I am not at stake. I'm simply quirkly ol' Karl—an enigma in many ways to be sure—but no more and no less than me.
I could feel myself relax inside even as I absorbed this stranger's story. And to think, I almost walked right past that guy. There's just no telling where the next blessing might emerge.