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Maintaining Authenticity and Well-being in a Corporate World With Carley Luckett
In this episode of The Student Guide, we sit down with Carley Luckett, a legal apprentice and host of the @ChristCentredPodcast to discuss the importance of living a purpose-driven life. Carley shares insights on confidence, taking feedback, and balancing rigorous schedules. We discuss the value of rest and gratitude, and how her faith plays a crucial role in maintaining authenticity and well-being. Carley also provides advice for young professionals entering the corporate world and emphasises the significance of knowing your 'why.' Additionally, we explore Carley's journey in podcasting, the impact of her faith on her career, and her tips for staying authentic in high-pressure environments. Don't miss our 'MC of the Month' segment featuring @partyof1pod and a special takeaway message for our audience.
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It's so important that you live a life that you believe is driven for the right purpose. Um, in terms of work, I think that also relates because as an apprentice as well, you are doing things for the first time quite a lot of it, so you need to have the confidence in your ability and you need to know how to take feedback and not to get super defensive.
So even just by speaking about like the fruits of the spirits, to like love, kindness and everything. Those. characteristics just really help you in every part of what you do, but especially in the workplace is so important.
Hello, everyone. Hope you're doing well. Hope you're looking after yourselves. Welcome to another episode of the student guide, uh, where we talk to amazing people doing amazing things and, uh, we learn important lessons along the way. Uh, yes, we are slowly approaching, as mentioned in the first episode, we're slowly approaching See, uh, 70 episodes of the student guide, which crazy, uh, we can't believe that, uh, after I think almost three, yeah, over three years of, of releasing it, um, we're slowly approaching the big 70, but, uh, even, you know, not too far away is a hundred episodes, uh, but it's been great having you here on the journey and we really appreciate all your support and, uh, yeah, just sticking around.
Um, but yeah, we've got an amazing guest speaker today, uh, their fellow podcaster, they're doing incredible work, uh, but rather. than me reading their bio. Uh, we're going to start off with introductions from them. So, uh, I'm going to hand over to our guest speaker. Could we please know a bit more about you and what you do?
Hello. So my name is Carly Luckett. I'm a current legal apprentice. I just finished sixth form and I'm only two months in my apprenticeship. I also have a podcast called the Christ into the podcast, which I speak about all things related to my faith. I'm also someone that loves fitness. So On the side of that also I make sure that I keep up with the gym and I'm quite a sociable person so if there's any like networking events or events I can go to, I try to make sure I'm there.
Perfect. And thank you very much, Carly. Um, we're going to get started with, uh, we've got a name for it for our new segment that we started, uh, in the last episode, uh, and, uh, this segment is brought to you by 44 words. Uh, we will include the link to their website. in the description below, but they're doing incredible work.
They're incredible bookmaker. Uh, and yeah, if you want to know more about them, please type in 44 words to Google to find out a bit more. Uh, but they have brought this segment, uh, called 44 questions where they will provide a question to help you as an audience. Uh, but also myself as a host to get to know our guests a bit more.
Uh, so today's question is a bit of a two parter. Uh, so Carly, we're going to, the question basically is, uh, What's something you don't know about yourself and sort of like a follow up or something that can help you with this question is if you're not really sure what you don't know about yourself, what is something you've recently learnt about yourself?
Okay, something that I don't know about myself. I would say, something that I don't know is how much I enjoy speaking to students. So, I only found this out last week, so I was at the National Apprenticeship Show, and during that time I had the opportunity to speak to students, and just hear about like where they are in their career, and understand why they might be interested in law.
And, I've always been someone that, I've enjoyed speaking to people my own age, but, not necessarily people like maybe younger than me. So it was definitely a surprise to myself to understand that I actually enjoy speaking to people, not just the same age or older, but also younger than me, because it's quite inspiring to hear their stories and why they're interested.
So that's something that I've recently, I guess, learned about myself. And because of that, I think I'm going to try more to put myself out there with students.
That's incredible. And yeah, definitely from like your whole, uh, you know, we'll go, we'll be discussing your whole journey and, you know, your, your podcast as well.
Uh, but I've seen a few episodes of your podcast and, uh, we're connected on LinkedIn and I see the content that you put out there. And I think especially for like 18 year olds or like anyone who's at university, I would say, um, it is, as you mentioned, like great to see other people doing similar, like incredible work, uh, because there's always this like misconception that, Your age limits you in the sense of like, whether you're sharing your journey, whether you're sort of talking about like your own experiences, even arguably like offering advice and, um, like I guess career advice or like workshops to other people, um, there's always that.
Idea in people's minds that, you know, because they're not sort of like maybe have graduated or further along in their career, they can't do, they essentially can't do that. They can't sort of like talk about these things. Uh, but you know, from literally your answer's clear to see that, you know, that's not the case.
And Yeah. Yeah. You know, I'm, I'm looking forward to seeing, uh, all the speaking engagements and stuff that you do in the future.
Thank you.
Um, we're going to get kicked off with the very first question, and the very first question, uh, links actually to, you know, the first thing that you mentioned your, your apprenticeship.
So as someone who's balancing a paralegal apprenticeship with your studies at the University of Law. How do you prioritize your well being with, uh, while managing such a demanding schedule? Because I think that's one of the things that, you know, as a, as a, well, not even just as a young person, but there's something that people always have to sort of like find that key balance.
And that's very unique to everyone. Um, that's very unique to like the individual, but it'd be amazing to hear essentially how you balance all of your responsibilities.
Yes, definitely. Like you said, it's very individualistic. I think sometimes as students, especially like when you might be quite ambitious or you want to do certain things, we can easily maybe maybe look past well being or just put it on the back burner.
But recently, some things that's been helping me has actually been like planning rest. So like within my schedule, we can often like plan what like, you know, we're doing and all the exciting things, but sometimes we can overlook planning rest. And that just prevents me from burning out and to like recharge myself, because sometimes if I don't, sleep sufficiently enough, or if I'm just always on go, go, go mode, I don't have that chance to then show up the next day as my best self.
So I think planning rest is important, and it's something that shouldn't be overlooked. And I guess today as well, in the current culture, it's all about like hustling, and sometimes people can look down on rest, but it actually allows you to then go out and hustle and be ambitious. So I would say definitely planning rest.
Also, practicing gratitude has been important to me because part of like my well being is staying positive and having that positive approach. So, being able to just be thankful for the opportunities I'm like getting given and also just for life itself. Like I always thank God for life because you know everyone has different maybe setbacks and I'm just grateful for the position I've been put in.
So, Just practicing gratitude can help you because with everything, I guess some novelty can start to wear off or you can start to focus on maybe the negatives. So it's so important to like, look at the bigger picture of what's going on and just really be thankful for like what you've got. And like part of my faith as well, that is filling myself up spiritually.
So for me, that's so important. praying and reading the word of God, that really helps me. I think I kind of relate it to us like having a certain amount of energy and that needing to be charged in a way that works for someone. And for me, that's my faith. I think if we don't charge that like energy within us, maybe we'll start glitching or maybe we could even like malfunction in that sense.
So it's important that we charge ourselves in what way works for us.
A hundred percent. And I think, you know, uh, you know, someone who's also a Christian, I think one thing, uh, I always like, like to shout out other podcasts and stuff, uh, but I definitely recommend if people are looking to hear a discussion on, uh, something very similar to what we discussed here about like rest, uh, there was, uh, there's a podcast that Trevor Noah does, uh, called What Now?
It's on Spotify. You can also watch it on YouTube. Uh, but he did an episode with, uh, I believe it's like two friends of his that sort of like helped. With the, like they're involved in the podcast and it was all around the idea of sort of like, what is one thing that you would enforce as an individual, um, like that should be done in the world.
And one of the ones that was really interesting was this idea of the Sabbath, which, uh, if anyone is Jewish or anyone who's sort of like Christian, uh, you know, the whole idea of the Sabbath is like a day of rest. And the person was saying that, as you mentioned in a society, that's like promoting, like.
hustling and always moving forward, never necessarily like taking a moment to stop, pause, rest, reflect, but sort of like move to the next thing. And the next thing, um, he was, I think his name's Ben, but he was saying that it's important to like, he was saying that the reason why I wanted to sort of like make that his rule was because he said, Sometimes we, uh, he, he grew up Jewish, so he was saying that, um, like they were in the Jewish culture, sort of like the Sabbath day, you know, they're not allowed to use electricity.
It's a day of rest. I'm not allowed to work. They don't necessarily, they can't sort of, like, Um, and there's certain rules about how they rest, but he said that growing up that that was something really important that sort of stuck with him. So I definitely do agree that there's this need of understanding the importance of rest within your life.
Uh, and it's very interesting because, uh, we're recording on World Mental Health Day. Um, Which, you know, wasn't planned, but I guess it's an important way to highlight the importance of rest for people's mental health as well. But it actually links to our Mic Check, which, for those of you who don't know, our Mic Check is a fact or figure or story that relates to the conversation that we're having.
And there's this really interesting one from MIND, which is a charity in the UK that focuses on promoting mental health and well being for all people. But they did a survey and 74 percent of UK adults have felt overwhelmed or unable to cope due to stress in the past year. And, you know, this really highlights the importance of rest, wellbeing practices.
Um, but especially I think as we, you know, we'll continue the conversation and discussing like careers, uh, you know, the demand that sometimes your career can have on your like personal life and wellbeing. Um, That's something that we, as we've sort of started to highlight with the first question, but we're going to continue on discussing is this idea of like managing your time, separating your like work life from your personal life and encouraging that those moments of rest.
Um, But yeah, we're now going to go on to the next question, and the next question is, uh, all about, I guess, talking about advice and continuing the idea that, you know, Carla, you're doing incredible work. As I mentioned on LinkedIn, I see you posting about both your, your podcast, but also your personal journey.
And it's really, uh, interesting to see because you're also posting on LinkedIn. Uh, TikTok as well, and you're focusing on advising students who want to get into apprenticeships. You're also discussing wellbeing, and I think it is really interesting. So there's sort of like a bit of a segue that I'm going to like include, uh, because I know we, we sort of discussing like apprenticeships.
Uh, we haven't actually, I haven't actually asked you how you got into an apprenticeship because I know that, um. Not everyone listening or watching may know what an apprenticeship is, what that looks like in the UK, what even like a paralegal apprenticeship looks like. So actually, sorry, before we go to the next question, it's just basically to ask that to say, um, essentially, what is a paralegal apprenticeship and what does that look like?
Yeah, so with my apprenticeship, it was something that I didn't know from quite, not early on, but relatively early on when I was like in sixth form, I knew that I enjoyed the academic side, but I wanted that practicality. So an apprenticeship is just a way to learn, but also work at the same time. And with my current paralegal apprenticeship, each firm does it quite differently.
So I can only talk on behalf of what I know. But I also know that, so some firms will put you in a legal team straight away and then Throughout the two years, you'll be working with the university that could be any training provider and you'd be getting that qualification. So four days a week, I work within my firm.
So that's any task that the business got for me. And then one day a week, I take off that study day. And then over the two years, you would build up a portfolio that would then allow you to, like, get your level three or level four. Paralegal qualification. My firm does it slightly differently where they ease us into it in a way that we're in the business service team for just a bit so we get more of a familiar taste with the firm.
So I'm in marketing at the moment as that gives us like the foundation for the legal services. So yeah, it's just a way that it could work for different people. I'm aware that university is not for everyone and an apprenticeship is definitely a great alternative in my opinion.
Thank you very much for that.
Because I think one key, you know, the key thing that you mentioned just there at the end is apprenticeships are not for everyone. And that's not to say people have to go to university or don't have to. And I think, uh, you know, we could have even said, this is a mic check because I know from like, uh, from speaking to like family, friends or people who, uh, you know, who are sort of.
similar age as you who are thinking about like going to university or like their next steps after sixth form. Um, that was one of the biggest things that they mentioned is that they were saying that, you know, There's more options to me available than I was initially sort of told or initially thought.
Um, and yes, as you mentioned, that is great for them to know. And especially through pages like yours that, you know, apprenticeships are an alternative route. They're a route that can help you to gain that practical experience while also sort of learning. putting that knowledge you're learning while studying into like a practical setting, um, which is really valuable and important.
Um, but yeah, that nicely links to the second question, which was based on sort of all the advice that you've shared on apprenticeships and well being through your content. What key tips would you share with young people are looking to stay authentic and mentally resilient in such high pressure environments?
Firstly, I would say definitely know your why, like why are you doing this? I think for me, that's the foundation that keeps me consistent with it. Sometimes it can get maybe quite, quite repetitive, or you may not feel like motivated to do it. I feel like as well, today we're constantly wanting to see results quite fast.
So you might not be thinking, oh, this engagement's not working. And so it's definitely, Knowing your why that allows you to keep consistent and motivated. And for me, the why is to be the representation for people that look like me. And I want to get into the legal industry because it is, unfortunately, not as, like, representative as it could be.
So it's for people in the position like me to, in my opinion, to voice that and to make it more accessible. And I feel like also not underestimating your environment. I'm very grateful that I have like an amazing supportive environment around me and family and friends. But I feel like sometimes we can underestimate how important it is to have the right environment around you.
And it's not a coincidence that since maybe I've had friends that are more aligned with my values, I've also been able to, you know, execute my goals and plans. So I do really recommend having an environment that uplifts you and encourages you. And even if you've not got maybe those friends or family, I've personally experienced like a lot of encouragement on LinkedIn.
People are super friendly and people also want to know like minded people. So definitely putting yourself out there and connecting with those like minded people can just really fuel you on the journey and keep you going. I would also just recommend having a goal. Like, what do you want from it? Because.
I feel like a lot of the time we can just get into the habit of doing things and it can become quite like a routine, but having that goal and then slowly like checking off what you're doing, it can really just help you stay disciplined and consistent and just also enjoying the process because there's definitely a lot of enjoyment from it, especially when people are grateful, thankful for your advice.
Like I really like hearing when I like hearing feedback in general, because it just helps me understand like what people might want to hear or like what's going well. And it's just great to help other people. So, yeah, that's what I would recommend.
Well, thank you so much. And yeah, I definitely agree that it is, you know, uh, seeing Seeing, seeing and also remembering like why you are doing what you're doing, whether that's through, as you mentioned, like through your, uh, like passion.
So whether that's through, you know, someone to start up a business, start up like a page, uh, like a YouTube channel, a social media page, a podcast, um, knowing your why is really important. Um, we'll actually get into it with our MC of the month a bit later on. So I won't go into too much detail about that.
them now. Um, but yeah, this is the person who's IMC of the month. They did this, uh, really great video talking about literally what you were saying about the importance of not getting lost in the engagement and, um, you know, focusing on the sort of like how much you're, you know, maybe how many views you get within 24 hours and things like that.
It's about remembering that you have like you've got an interesting story and people want to know more about yourself as an individual, they want to hear like why you do what you do and why you enjoy what you do. Um, and the biggest thing that I've, uh, you know, I've heard through different conversations through this podcast, different conversations through other podcasts and pick up the mic.
Um, is that understanding of sort of if you, when you love or you don't even need to, well, yes, when you love what you do, um, you will truly. Never get tired of doing what you're doing. Oh wait, maybe not necessarily never get tired. Uh, cause there are days when I get tired sometimes of picking up the mic.
But more of the sense of your, the why will be that motivation to sort of like keep you going. Because I think when you steer so far away from your why that you don't necessarily know, what it is anymore. Um, that can be the real indicator of sort of like going back to the drawing board and reflecting on like, what you want to do, what you do.
Um, and it's the same thing with like, I know, uh, like when I was at uni, it was the same thing with certain people who like came to do a completely different degree for their masters. So actually, uh, a close friend of mine and, uh, you know, someone, uh, for our Listeners from the beginning will know, uh, Samuel, uh, he did international politics when he went to uni.
He said that after finishing his degree, he was just like, politics isn't for me. He went to the working world for about, uh, I think it was a year or two. And then he said, actually, no, I really like Psychology and like encouraging people to look after their mental health and well being and supporting people and completely did a career change.
He came back, did a master's in psychology and is now pursuing that career. And yeah, I think for him, it was just like reflecting on that. Like what, like what is my Purpose. Why do I do what I do? Um, what do I want people? Like, how can I impact people in a way that's like going to benefit them and support them and help them?
And yeah, once you know that it just makes everything that you do sort of like a lot clearer. Um, and yeah, you're never lost on sort of like we mentioned here about the money, the attention, the fame or anything like that. You're always just led by your people. by your purpose, essentially. Um, but yeah, we're going to go on to the next question.
Uh, and the next question is, uh, specifically about your podcast. Um, so the Christ Center podcast was born from your, your faith and belief in Jesus and the transformation, uh, transformative impact of his teachings. Uh, but we'd really like to know essentially how has your faith played a role in maintaining authenticity and well being throughout your career journey.
And I think sort of linking to that would be really great to know. I know you mentioned, um, like what the podcast is about, but sort of diving into that a bit more as well. So, um, what made you want to decide to do this as a podcast? Um, how did those early days of podcasting go? Because, uh, you know, someone who's a fellow podcaster, I know that sometimes getting started can be the hardest thing.
Um, but yeah, it'd be really great to know a bit more about that.
Yeah, so I'll just go into firstly about, more about the podcast history and then I'll just go into the other questions. So, about the podcast, for me, when I gave my life to Christ, I always loved the podcast generally. I've always just enjoyed it.
And I didn't see that many young people, maybe on a platform, Talking about Christ, and I know a lot of young people who are in faith and I know how Podcasts and just really help people in life, generally. I listened to a podcast actually, quite saved, not stop by any more than that really helped me during my time finding Christ.
So I definitely know the impact it also as well as talking about faith but it's just also getting in a place where you can decide you know what it doesn't matter maybe how I look or like what I've got going on I can still show up and I can still execute because sometimes like I've been victim of this where I've been in the planning stage for too long and I think the Cry Tinted podcast is just really just showing like it's okay to execute like you don't know everything and that's fine But throughout the podcast, like God is with me and I'm just a vessel for the Holy Spirit.
So that's why I don't feel like the pressure and I just take it day by day. I've also been versatile. I feel like sometimes when we have like a set plan, we can like want to fixate on that a bit. And like recently I felt led to change up the structure a bit. So I'm just kind of staying open to everything and staying consistent.
So that's kind of like the history of the podcast. And then in terms of the transformative impact it's had, like on my life and career, I just want to, I think I want to start with like saying in John chapter 14, verse six, I am the way, the truth and the life. And. The life part has just really spoke to me because I've definitely had life more abundantly since following Jesus.
And there's this confidence that I just can't explain because I've never necessarily been someone that's super reserved. I do like my own space, don't get me wrong, but I feel like I always call it Godfidence because there's a certain confidence in the way I do things or what I would go for. So thankfully I'm also like the vice chair of the Black Law Network and I feel like maybe when I wasn't following Christ, I would have maybe not maybe applied or put myself out there as much because I might have had a certain fear of how people might have perceived me or like what I'm doing.
But since following God, it's a thing where as long as I know that I'm accepted by God, I'm not so affected by the judgments of others because other people will judge you anyways. And it's so important. That you live a life that you believe is driven for the right purpose in terms of work. I think that also relates because as an apprentice as well, you are doing things for the first time, quite a lot of it.
So you need to have a confidence in your ability and you need to know how to take feedback and not to get super defensive. So even just by speaking about like the fruits of the spirits to like love, kindness and everything, those. Characteristics just really help you in every part of what you do, but especially in the workplace is so important.
I also feel like it's had an impact on my piece. I would say even when there's things going on, I just have like a piece that surpasses all understanding that I can just keep. Going and flowing and like pushing me on and that can happen in work when there may be a setback or like in my personal life So I definitely say that's how and also rejection It can, rejection I think is hard for anyone if that's like a job opportunity you didn't get or like something personal But it's definitely changed my perspective since following God.
In the beginning I actually had a few apprenticeship rejections and I, you know, it wasn't great. I didn't enjoy it, of course, but I feel like God definitely redirected me to my current company and just with the current opportunities I have. So I see it much more of a redirection. And I think that perspective changes a lot because I feel like anything God has for me, I wouldn't miss out on.
And I know that God has a plan for me that's better than my own. So just that alone, it just keeps me going and disciplined.
Thank you. And, uh, first off to say, uh, you know, that's an incredible story to hear. Um, I think it's really, it's really key from, or like, it's, it's really the key element, sorry, that I can tell from, uh, literally what you just said is sort of that, the, the importance of how faith not only is sort of like, Keeps you grounded in the sense of sort of when, as you mentioned, like, whether it's dealing with failure or difficult circumstances, um, but sort of like that encouragement and sort of knowing, um, I forgot, there's, there's a, I believe, well, there's a scripture, I don't remember off the top of my head, but there's a scripture that sort of reminds the, oh, um, Like I can't, it's, it's in second, I think it's second Chronicles 20, but it's also, it's basically a story about, um, uh, a king during Israel's time that basically God tells him that the battle belongs to me.
Like it's not,
you don't have
to worry about anything. You don't need to fight. The battle belongs to me, not you. So, and I think that's one key thing that I'd say from what you shared is that, that reminder that you don't have to have, Like, everything's not in your control and because it's not, that's not a bad thing.
That's actually like a liberating thing because you know that you have, uh, like a loving father that cares about what you're going through and how to, you know, Get to, to the places that he's called you to be. Um, I think even from hearing your story, uh, I'm not sure if you know the person, but, uh, you know, we shouted them out on the podcast a few times.
Uh, they're called, uh, well, they're a couple, uh, Haley and Sterling records. Um, but they have their own podcast. I always recommend people to check it out. They actually recently released a, um, like they, uh, released their like marriage, uh, film that they made for their wedding, but, um, their whole podcast was talking about their journey is like, as Christians, but also sort of like dealing with different things.
Um, but one key thing from, from their story, uh, which I think Hailey posted recently on LinkedIn, which she was showcasing the, uh, you know, I think almost nine years ago, she did a video on, um, Like just when she was at secondary school, just talking about how she was going to be a motivational speaker and do all these things and she, you know, she's, uh, she basically, she basically, you know, says that God was a huge part of, uh, you know, all the successes that she's, got and even getting to the place where she is today wouldn't, she wouldn't have got there with God.
Um, so yeah, so I think it's really key as you mentioned there, the, the faith element and even, uh, interestingly enough in the first episode of the season, you know, we, we, uh, like myself, uh, and I was hosting with someone in our team called Josh. Uh, um, that was like a key thing that came out from that as well is that, you know, sometimes when we allow ourselves to sort of like focus.
I guess linking to what we were saying before about where your, your mind and your focus is on, are you focused on like your purpose and why you do it and sort of like the person who's giving you this vision in this dream to accomplish all these things? Are you focusing on that? Are you focusing on, you know, achieving success, getting status, bringing in finances?
And that's not to say that, you know, whether you're a business owner, if you're a content creator or whatever, that, Those like, uh, like finance is not important, but that's to say that are you doing the things you do because you want to truly impact people or, you know, showcase as, or even like, you know, through your own podcast, you know, showcase, uh, your journey of faith and your journey with God, or are you just doing it because I wasn't, you know, as a person doing it because they just want to like get money or because it's popular in the moment and things like that.
And that's definitely something that I think everyone at any stage basically has to always just reflect and go back to. Um, and yeah, I guess the final point I'll say on this before we go to the final question is, uh, funnily enough, there's something very similar to this in like a business sense. So, um, There's this thing called the business model canvas, which, uh, someone at my university did a workshop on and she was basically talking about the business model canvases, sort of like a big overview of what your business does.
So you'll look at things like essentially your why. So, you know, who's your target audience? How are you trying to help people? What do you offer? So you're offering services or products. What are, what are those services or products? How do you distribute? How do you bring in cash? How do you spend your cash?
Um, you know, who's your competition and things like that. And the reason why that's really interesting is because the person that that session said, Oh, the biggest thing that I can tell you, uh, from doing session is even if you've, you know, figured everything out in your business model canvas, she said, please.
Go back and like, look at it, like, you know, maybe in six months or a year, because she said, as you develop and grow, your business will change. And, you know, you might think actually, You know, you want to go into a new, complete, different area with your business, or you want to expand your offerings or things like that.
And that was really interesting because it's similar to, I guess, what we're discussing here of, you know, you need to go back and figure out your why, because you might, your why might have changed because you as an individual have grown and developed and you've, you know, learned new things about yourself, you've learned new things maybe with your faith.
And it's about, I'm not saying you necessarily have to do a business model canvas for you as an individual, but it's about having those conversations and just reflecting on what does, like, what do you essentially want to do? What do you want to, to be? And, uh, this really important thing of pre decide, uh, that's one of the things that I'm, uh, like, uh, recommend if anyone who is like, If anyone's Christian and they want to know about like stuff that they can use, uh, there's, uh, YouVersion have this, uh, this Bible app and on their app, they have a plan called Thinking Ahead.
And this talks about this whole idea of pre deciding what you want to be. So it's, uh, like seven key words that you'll basically pre decide and it emphasizes, uh, there's like the author basically encouraging people to pre decide on. So it's talking about things about being an influencer, being a leader, and.
Essentially, the whole emphasis of pre deciding is you're saying that's what that's who I will be. Not that's who I'm going to be, but that's who I will be. And you're now deciding. Okay, well, today, what am I going to do to like showcase that? So it's important to just like think of it in that sense of like slow steps you're taking every day to develop and grow.
But yeah, uh, we're going to go on to the final question before we go on to passing the mic. Uh, and this I think is a really important one, uh, mainly because, you know, we are, well, this time of recording, you know, a lot of young people, um, similar to yourself, Carly, would have, you know, either, you know, maybe just started their apprenticeships or maybe be a few months, a few weeks in or a month into their apprenticeship.
You know, some uni students would have only been this, maybe their second or third week. But also, I guess, looking for looking our master students as well, they'll be coming to their graduation, getting into the corporate world. For a lot of them, it might be their first time being in the corporate world.
So Essentially all of that to just basically say there are many young professionals who'll be going into the Corporate world and this isn't necessarily something that only young people face But this whole idea of struggling to find your personal identity and who you are as an individual within a corporate setting So the question I would like to ask you mental health is really important to us to pick up the mic And we love to share resources that can support your mental health And that's why we are so glad to have today's sponsor.
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So again, that's better help. dot com slash pick up the mic, M I C, uh, and start your journey today is what advice do you have for those who feel pressured to conform and struggle with being their authentic selves at work? So
firstly, I would just recommend embracing who you are. I think for me, especially going from a six woman environment into a corporate environment.
It's a change that may be underestimated. There's a lot to adjust to and it's not necessarily a bad thing at all. It's actually an amazing thing, but I feel like not enough people talk about the transition into it. And like, as a current apprentice, I'm 18. And there's a lot of people that's double my age.
And I'm like one of the youngest in my firm. So it's very important that I know who I am and that I embrace who I am. I think sometimes, People could maybe want to leave their true self at home and like maybe be someone else in the workplace to be socially acceptable. and all these things. And of course it's important that we remain professional and how you should act at work.
But I think it's so important that we actually bring ourselves to work. Like one thing about my family, they really honor creativity. So that's something that's very important in being who you are, but also about, If you're even not an apprentice, or you're just trying to go into something new, embracing who you are will allow you to do that because, like, I come from, like, a lower socially economic background, so if I was to allow that to kind of lead my life, maybe I wouldn't be in the positions I'm in.
So it's important that we take, like, our history or background or what's going on to actually motivate us and keep us going, instead of keeping us stagnant or maybe using it as an excuse. And I think it's great to just recognize that there's many people in your situation. Sometimes you can think, Oh, like I'm alone in this.
There's not many people that are like me here, but there's many people, maybe not in your environment, but like around the world that are going through the exact same thing. And that's why, like, I personally just got on the platform to speak about it just to help people. people who are maybe going through the same thing or aspire to be in a legal profession or whatever profession, because people are truly in that trying to be who they are.
I would also, for me anyways, like being who I am, I think that also just comes back to knowing who I am, like knowing your identity, knowing your purpose. And for me, that is rooted in Christ. I think in all environments, you're not going to get along with everybody. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
That's just the nature of being human. It doesn't mean there's any like hostile behavior, but you may just not get on with someone you may not click. And that's absolutely fine. I think it's just important on what you do with that. And. Because I know that like God accepts me for who I am, I don't feel maybe that I need to be super down about things or I don't feel that pressure because even if like man rejects me, I know God doesn't.
So I think it's important to know who you are because I think that's the foundation to maybe how you act. And like the behaviors you form, I did also mention environment, but I think especially as you come to the corporate world, I was speaking to my friend about this, how like, I've always been quite an independent person, but in sixth form, I've been used to just going to my friends, maybe lunch, or like a minor inconvenience, and be like, guys, like, guess what?
But, you know, at work, you've not got that. Well, I've not got that yet because I'm new. And that's fine. It takes time to build those, like, work relationships. So I think it's really important to have like a good environment around you if that's in work or even outside work Because that really just keeps you going and keeps you focused on staying Who you are and just being patient with yourself is a massive one, especially when you're new to any profession.
You're going to make mistakes, especially as an apprentice, you know, very young and not got like heaps of experience behind me, but that's fine. It's just about your attitude and how you respond to that. It can allow you to be your authentic self. Well,
uh, yeah, I couldn't have said it better myself. Thank you very much for that.
Um, we're now going to go on to passing the mic. So, uh, obviously I'm not going to physically pass the mic over to Carly, but Carly, this is your time to ask me any questions that you would like. Uh, yeah, over to you.
Okay. So firstly, I just want to ask, what was your motivating purpose behind starting pick up the mic?
Uh, yeah. So essentially pick up the mic started, uh, so we, we sort of technically started in October, uh, October, 2020. So, uh, Within my student union, uh, they had the off the position of being, uh, the BME officer, or the Black Minority Ethnic Officer, um, and essentially, I, like, went for the position, um, I was camp uh, we were sort of, like, it was still COVID, uh, so we couldn't, like, campaign in person, so I was campaigning online.
My friend Samuel and another friend of mine, Anushka, were, like, helping me to, like, Get in touch with like different communities that the three of us knew we were planning out like strategies to like, you know, message people in group chats and like people that we knew that were still at Brunel to get involved and vote.
And yeah, one of the key things from like all those conversations was a lot of the stuff in my manifesto, uh, like resonated with a lot of the students. So things like, you know, I said that we should work with more black owned businesses when it comes to, uh, university placements. I said that, you know, there should be.
You know, and a focus and encouragement of Brunel students to sort of like know about the resources and like support available to them. So for example, there was a like therapy service that you could get for free through the university. There is a career, uh, like advisor that can read your CV and cover letter.
There was a funding competition that's run by our like Entrepreneurial team at the university that offers 15, 000 for like, it usually gets divided up between businesses, but there's like 000 that can go towards a business idea. And the biggest thing that I realized from like speaking to all these students was a lot of them didn't actually know any of this stuff existed.
So yeah, essentially what happened, and I guess linking to the idea of like not letting failure limit you and sort of seeing the redirection that can come from it is, I didn't get elected, um, but I just felt like, oh, Uh, you know, it's a shame I didn't get elected, but I felt like I was having all these really cool conversations with people and it felt kind of wrong to just leave the conversations, like, to just leave them there just 'cause I didn't get, uh, I didn't get elected.
So I spoke with, um, so yeah, I spoke with my friends. I just told them, Hey, I've got this idea for this like thing. I dunno what it is, but maybe we can just see what happens. So, originally pick up the mic was gonna be an online. Like zoom series that people could just hop on a zoom call. They would hear like a panel.
It was, I guess, sort of like a panel, like a online panel discussion or online talk. And then they would go. And then the plan was, Oh, maybe we would record it, you know, share the recording for people who couldn't make it, things like that. Um, but yeah, the biggest thing that sort of in the lead up to doing that first like one was we all just felt that essentially.
We were kind of tired of Zoom calls. Um, because we said, you know, you're connecting with your, your families on Zoom. You're, you're doing like meetups with friends on Zoom. You're doing lectures on Zoom. You're like having revision sessions on Zoom. And we were just like, yeah, everyone's probably tired of Zoom to the point that they would prefer to just use like another platform instead.
Um, and so, So, yeah, we basically said, rather than doing that, we want to, like, we went back to the drawing board and we're just like, wouldn't it be better if we did it as a podcast? Um, so none of us had podcasting experience and none of us had like marketing or like video production experience, really.
But we were just like, yeah, we think a podcast would work. So the three of us, uh, so myself, Nunushka and Samuel, we jumped on a Zoom call, recorded our first episode on Zoom. Um, And then, yeah, released it. And then we've just kept going ever since. People really liked our first, or like, people were listening to our first season.
We were just like, cool, let's expand onto YouTube. Went on YouTube and did like our first video one on Zoom as well. And then, yeah, the ball's just sort of like kept rolling since.
That's amazing. I think, Just part of what you were saying about how you didn't have like a heap of experience before.
Sometimes people think you need like a load of experience to start something, but it's actually through starting you get the experience. So that's nice to hear. Also, what would you say has been like your biggest challenge since starting the podcast?
Um, I think it's, it's sort of counts as like, I think there's two main things that I would say.
I think the biggest one, or like one of the biggest ones is always this idea of thinking that you have to, like, have the, you know, the best equipment and, like, you have to, like, put out, like, a lot of money for it to actually do really well. And I think it was just from speaking to, like, where, like, my family at the time about it, uh, like, they were just like, no, you don't actually need to, um, because they were saying it's not the equipment that And the, like, you know, like, obviously, like, you want good audio quality, but they were saying it's not necessarily the, the camera quality and things like that that are going to determine whether your video does successful or not, because they said there are people on YouTube that, you know, all they're doing is just recording stuff on their phone.
And they're getting loads of views and they're people that have like super expensive cameras. Maybe they've got their own studio and they're not getting the same amount of views. And they were saying it's more about the story that you tell with what you're doing. And yeah, I think that was the biggest thing is the biggest realization that, you know, you don't have to put so much pressure on yourself to like put so much money into buying all this stuff.
You can let yourself like develop and grow. And then sometimes through those opportunities, it was actually what happened with pick up the mic is through just like. Doing pick up the mic, some of the equipment I was interested in getting either others purchased it. So like my family got me the mic that I'm currently using at the moment.
Um, the, the webcam that I use, like I saved up a bit to get that, but also through just helping others, um, like organizations gave me like vouchers and stuff, um, or like even like paid opportunities to just like support them with work. So I think that would be like one of the biggest things is, uh, Yeah.
One of the biggest challenges is thinking that you have to like, have all this perfect equipment and spend loads of money to like, get started. But the realization is that you don't. Um, and then I think the second thing was sort of like establishing who we, or like making it clear to people, like who we were, because when we started, like our Instagram was pick up the mic Brunel.
Um, the main reason why we did it was because we, we felt as if we just put pick up the mic and we're getting in touch with people, like. They'll be like, what is pick up the mic, even though we had like, we had a website, we had a bit, we had like a bio and all of this stuff, we said most people if they see something like someone getting in touch with them on LinkedIn, on Instagram, sorry, they won't necessarily review, like the website and stuff, they might be like, who is this person like just getting in touch with me?
Um, so instead we, so we put Brunel, but then the thing that we found out is that a lot of people when we started were thinking, Oh, we're Brunel society. So even if we were getting in touch with like, uh, you know, organizations and saying like, Oh, you know, we share, we're like, we share stories and, you know, we give advice to young people and all of that, they were thinking we were coming from the approach of like, being a Brunel society.
So making that clarification in sort of like our branding, and I guess going back to the business model canvas of like going back to what we were, like what we wanted to do, um, really helped to clarify that. Um, and then one final one that actually, uh, I think probably out of these three is the biggest, um, is knowing that you don't have to do, uh, like I saw this really interesting quote that he said, You can do, you can do anything, but you don't have to do everything.
And I think that was one of the things I had to learn was, because when we started, um, I was working full time at the time, um, I would like do nine to five work and then do podcast recordings sometimes like, uh, at my, uh, like I was working at my university. So I do at the university. I didn't live like near campus.
So it would take me maybe like an hour or two. So everyone else would be going home at like five 30. I would be like literally going to do a podcast recording. If maybe getting home around like eight or nine, um, you know, And yeah, it was just like trying to do a lot of things in the sense of also just, um, you know, sometimes I did two recording, like put two podcast recordings back to back because I was just like, you know, I'm not going to be at Brunel for the next week.
We need content. I need to like have it back to back. Uh, you know, we would, I was saying, Oh, you know, it'd be really cool to have all these different like types of podcasts and stuff like that. Um, but yeah, the biggest thing that I've learned and the biggest thing that sort of helped now is I don't have to do it.
Just because, like, with Pick Up The Mic, we can, like, start up all these podcasts and do all these things, or I could do, like, three podcast recordings if I wanted to today, doesn't mean that I need to. And that's been really key because it's been a reminder that you, you just need to go at the pace that's, that you, like, you just need to go at your pace.
And that's different for everyone. For some people, maybe doing, like, three podcast recordings, It's perfectly fine to them for some people, maybe doing like one a week is okay, but finding your like pace and sticking to it is like the is something that can be a bit of a challenge. But once you found it, and that's something I'm definitely working on more.
And I guess linking to that the, you know, us discussing the importance of rest, um, something that's definitely like help to lead into that. Um, those would be the three challenges that I would say.
Yeah, that's definitely relatable I think. I kind of relate in terms of trying to maybe take on a bit too much at times and then I've had to decide, you know what, it's actually okay to say no to things.
It's great to obviously be open to opportunities, but there's a point where saying no is actually healthy and definitely like, prioritising what's important in that moment, so I definitely agree. I know you've had like a few podcasters on here. And what would you say has been like the most inspiring piece of advice or something that's you, that you've remembered and that's impacted you?
Uh, oof. Good question. Uh, and now , everyone, everyone who's doing the podcast, uh, is gonna be listening attentively because if I don't mention them, uh, he'll be upset. Um, I think like, uh, I'm gonna give like a cop out answer and then like a specific one. So my cop out answer would be like, I, I tell everyone that I love doing pick up the mic because every conversation in like including today's is really interesting because I always come out learning something and that could be maybe.
Uh, you know, similar to what we're talking about, like off camera, like using a software. So like the software we're using here, which is Riverside. Um, sometimes it can be about learning things about how I can like, look after, I guess, like we were saying, like the importance of rest and balancing like work and life.
Um, sometimes it can be about like, uh, for some of the podcasts that we do on like, anime and sci fi and fantasy and gaming and stuff like that. Sometimes it's just like learning a new game or a new anime that's out. So I really like that every conversation I'm coming out with different bits of knowledge and meeting someone new.
And what's really great from that is sometimes, so, uh, so as I mentioned, um, off camera, like we had our, like Black History Month panel discussion yesterday and it was literally like through just speaking to people through the podcast. That's how a lot of those, the panelists, like, came about. Um, so sometimes it's just that, like, seeing the connections that are made, and then seeing how you can then connect them with other people is really great.
Um, I would say the biggest moment though, From like, especially with the, this podcast, 'cause this was the first one. So this, so originally pick up the mic. This was Pick up the mic. Pick up the mic, which was one main podcast and we had like additional content we did on the side. And then we like rebranded.
We said Pick Up the mic is a podcast network. And then this was named the Student Guide. Um, but specifically with this podcast, especially because this is where everything sort of like got started, um, the biggest piece of advice, uh, was. Well, I guess the biggest piece of advice and most memorable moment was our 50th episode.
So, we recorded that episode with, uh, this person called Indie Love Gordon. She's a credible individual and I definitely recommend if people want to learn more about her and like she does open mic pitch events. So if people are looking to pitch, um, I definitely recommend checking out. It's called the 40 percent Club.
Uh, check out that on Instagram. Um, but yeah, she does incredible work. And what I really liked about, what I really liked about the episode was I met Indie at a networking event. We literally just got speaking and I said, you know, I'd really love to interview you for our 50th episode. And she said, yeah, cool.
We'll get in touch, uh, like get in touch. We'll organize something. The first time I tried to do the recording, uh, there was an issue with the train. So, uh, by the time I got to the, like her office to do the recording, um, The time had passed, like, it was too late, uh, and you know, here's me thinking that maybe I'm gonna just have to like, head home, uh, but she was really nice, she was just like, no, like, uh, you can, like, like, their office is based in like a co working space, so, uh, she was just like, oh, yeah, you can stay in the office.
And like, just work in the co working space. Um, and then when you want to go home, you can just let me know you can go home. And I was like, oh, wow, like, thank you so much. Um, and that was really nice. And then the second time when we rearranged it, what was really nice was, uh, I think we were only supposed to record for like, maybe an hour.
We ended up speaking, um, I think the first hour and a bit maybe was just Indy just wanted to know more about me as like an individual, like, what was I studying? What did I want to do? Where did I want to go? Where do I see Pick Up The Mic going? All these questions. And it was really nice because I didn't expect that.
Um, but the biggest thing, which, uh, was like, was one of the things that actually this segment, uh, was introduced that season was for passing the mic. Instead of Indie asking me a question, uh, she asked me to come up with a, and it will, I need to actually add it to my calendar so I can make sure it's released on that day.
But she asked me to sort of do a. like a message to myself for three years time. So, uh, I think it was three or five, either three or five, but it was basically a message to myself for the future. And that was really impactful because, uh, it was just like a really honest moment. Um, and yeah, no, like no one apart from Indy, no one's heard it like to this day.
Um, and yeah, I'm looking forward to when I can like release that to everyone. But I think that was really impactful because it was something that just was like a nice. Like, messaged to see, like, you know, to reflect on, like, where Pick Up The Mic had been in that year. Even to get to, like, 50 episodes when you're told that, like, most people who do podcasting don't get past their, like, first or second because they either lose interest or can't keep up with it or things like that.
To get to 50 episodes on a podcast was just like a huge monumental moment. Um, so yeah, so being able to like sow a seed into the future of that and, you know, to look forward, you know, was truly impactful. So yeah, that would be my like. Yeah, that would be the most memorable moment and the moment that's had like the biggest impact and like the advice that she gave During like the off camera bit that we did before was like super beneficial to where pick up the mic is today
Wow, that sounds amazing.
I definitely can't wait to hear that episode. That sounds great Yeah, and I also find it very admirable with the consistency of pick up the mic because like you said, I guess a lot of people fall off of it and And This is definitely just proof of like consistency and like what it can do, where it can take you.
In terms of the future for Pick Up The Mic, where would you kind of say you'd like it to go or like to see with the podcast?
Um, yeah, so we've got a few, we've got a few things in the works. Uh, we're working on, so next year will be, oh, next March will be four years of Pick Up The Mic. Um, so I am, or like we are working on something to celebrate.
those four years. Um, if yeah, we're looking to celebrate something for those four years, it also may be pushed back to the fifth year to see like, because five years big achievement, so to make it like a big thing. But yeah, we're looking at working on something like that. But I definitely see like pick up the mic doing it sort of like happened a bit more in like, informally, um, in the sense of like people, some people have like reached out or even like, funnily enough, it only happened like maybe a month or two ago that, uh, someone that I like used to go to air cadets with, um, I found out that he'd started podcasting and, uh, like we were just talking about podcasting.
So definitely doing a lot more work with like helping people who want to get into the world of podcasting. Uh, my dream would definitely be to have a dedicated studio space, um, to either like let people like, you know, teach people how to podcast, um, or to be a dedicated space where like pick up a mic, podcasts are recorded.
Um, we also want to like build the, like my dream. Uh, I think, I think, I forgot who said it, but I think someone on the team joked that, um, when I mentioned it, that I was trying to be like Thanos, but like, we want to, like, encourage people to join the network as well, because we, like, I guess, like you said, like, we know, particularly, um, for most of the podcasts that we do, like, I'm doing the editing, the marketing, the posting, all of that stuff, so we know that sometimes that can be pretty difficult for podcasters, um, and, um, So being able to offer that support would be really great because we would tell people, you know, like, well, that's something that we're trying to, like, figure out what that would look like, but like in the easiest or like in the simplest version of it, it would be like encouraging people to like, if they have an idea, you know, we'll support with like recording, we might be able to provide a space, but you know, even if we can't provide the space, like we'll support you with the recording, the editing and all of this, and then get you to a stage where, you know, you're just coming in to just, you know, And if you did want to learn about like how to video edit and how to like what tools are available, how can you get a transcript for your episode and all this stuff like telling you like the different tools we've used and stuff?
Because yeah, this year was actually the first time we did a podcasting workshop with the organization. So yeah, that was really cool. So yeah, definitely like working with more organizations to highlight to young people like how they can get into the world of podcasting, offering more support like that.
And then I think finally, um, would just be connecting more of the like people that we Like, we already do that, but like, a more, like, encouraging, having more, like, in person, I think that's what I mean, like, having more in person events to allow those connections to be made. So we've done, so like I said, we've got the two panel discussions that we do a year, so we have one for Black History Month, one for International Women's Day, um, but we're also looking to see, like, if we can do that a bit more often, because, yeah, the one, like, yesterday, The like Black History Month panel was really impactful.
It was really great. I got like a lot of great feedback from it and I think the biggest takeaway that people said was And, and I guess one, one thing to like comment on that was like, that was the event that we saw the most people from like different communities come to the event. So not necessarily people who just either follow us already on LinkedIn, but we saw people from, uh, the coworking space where we held the event.
We saw people from like different WhatsApp groups that we're part of that, you know, uh, opportunities for like, Uh, you know, people, uh, like black creators are shared, like we saw people attend through there. We're also, uh, on the Eric app. So we saw people come from the Eric app, uh, which is like a resource hub for creatives.
So yeah, seeing all these different people come from different communities, the biggest thing that they said is that, you know, they loved everyone there. They'd love for like more people to be able to come and connect. So yeah, we're definitely looking to see if we can make this like in person networking event a more, Maybe not necessarily monthly to begin with, but it'll eventually lead to a monthly occurrence of people can have those connections and meet new people.
That
definitely sounds amazing and exciting as well. I'm definitely sure the visions will manifest just through seeing the podcast over time and those networking events sound really impactful. I definitely consider attending one in the near future. It sounds great. I think that's all the questions I had to ask you, but it's been amazing to hear your answers.
And honestly, thanks for the amazing questions. Uh, yeah, definitely was put in the hot seat. Um, but yeah, thank you so much for that. Uh, we're going to now go on to, uh, uh, MC of the month, which, uh, we, we mentioned a few different organizations that we could put, uh, or individuals, uh, you know, we mentioned Haley and Sterling who've been previous MCs of the month.
You know, our mic check moment came from Mind, who's also been an MC of the month, but from, you know, All the discussions today, I think, uh, they're individual. Uh, I've tried to genuinely look if I can find their name, but I haven't been able to find it. But they're on Instagram, they're on YouTube, they're on TikTok, uh, they're on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
They're called party of one podcast. Uh, now for anyone who doesn't know or wants to know a bit more information, they are, so they're an individual in America. She posts, uh, like YouTube videos, but she also posts podcasts just talking about like specific things on like different topics. So sometimes they are linked to her faith.
Sometimes they, she's Christian. So sometimes she talks about her experience with faith. She also sometimes talks about like, more of the creative process, which has been really interesting. Um, and yeah, one of the videos that I watched of hers quite recently, um, cause I've seen all her like, um, I like Instagram reels kept popping up.
Um, so I was just like, you know, let me watch a full like episode. And it was really, I'd definitely recommend if anyone's like in the creative process, maybe you find yourself like starting a lot of projects, but you're not necessarily finishing them. And you don't know why that first, uh, I think it's, it's called I start, but I don't finish.
That was really impactful. Um, and encouraged me to think of. Like, not getting worried on the num I guess kind of like we discussed here, like, re emphasizing the point of not letting the numbers determine the, like, whether or not you'll do content, because, uh, You know, she mentioned that the important thing for her was getting the content out and in, like, if she's being, she's talking about her experience, her, you know, personal journey, and it's, if you're doing that, and you're being authentic, and you're talking about yourself, it, the numbers won't really matter, because whoever's, you know, engages with that content will come to it.
And I think that's one of the biggest things that I'm trying to, you know, get into, it can be hard, especially, you know, if you're trying to work with organizations or like individuals, or you're trying to get like funding or like sponsorship and stuff like that. And they're just like, Oh yeah, you need to have like X number of followers or like, you know, have X number of views on YouTube or stuff like that.
But it is really important to sort of like, remember, and I guess like we've been saying throughout this conversation about your why, is remember going back to that drawing board because when, like from that conversation, the biggest thing that I took was that, you know, if I'm sharing things on, like I'm sharing a, you know, YouTube short, uh, Instagram reel about like a personal experience I have, it doesn't, it doesn't, I shouldn't get worried on, you know, whether I get 10k views on the video, the more important thing is, you know, Am I happy with what I put out and do I feel like it's going to like this?
What I'm saying in that video is going to impact people. Um, so yeah, so that's where that would be. Um, so there are MC of the month. Um, I'll make sure that we tag the YouTube channel in the description. But yeah, I would say. I haven't like, I haven't watched a lot of their videos. I've only watched the one, but I've seen a lot of their Instagram reels and they are very encouraging and very motivational.
So that's party of one. Um, with the one being like the letter, not the letter one, the number one, instead of like one written out, um, but yeah, party of one podcast, check them out. Um, yeah, you might be able to find some really motivational stuff. Um, and actually, sorry, one final thing about them is on there, like the link in bio that they've got for on their Instagram page.
It literally as we were sort of discussing here about if you want to get into podcasting or like content creation, you don't know about the equipment to use. They've literally got like all the mics, cameras that they use. They've also got like journals that they've referenced in episodes. If you're looking for a new skincare mask, they talk about that.
But yeah, they've linked all of that on that page. So if you want to sort of like get into podcasting and you don't necessarily know about the right equipment to get or you don't know about like you want to know at least a starting place. So maybe if you don't want to buy this equipment immediately, but it's something you want to, you know, work towards, maybe get funding or save towards, um, I would definitely recommend checking out, uh, their link in bio.
Uh, but yeah, we'll also make sure we can put that in the description too. Um, yeah, we now come to, uh, the last segment of the day before we go to the outro, which is the takeaway segment. Um, uh, I know I spoke about it for the, the last season. We are, we are working on getting this food sponsorship, uh, as I mentioned, it will either be a local business or it will be, uh, possibly, you know, things across the country.
Delivery or just the wanna help us out. We love it. Um, we're not for this one. We're not delivering food, but we're delivering like thoughts and words of wisdom to you. So Carly, it's been great speaking to you. It's been great to learn. more about your journey, your faith, your career. Um, it's been great to hear all the amazing insights and, you know, a big, the big message that you encourage of just, you know, not letting your age be the limiter of, like, the knowledge and the wisdom that you can share.
Um, but yeah, if our audience had to go home with the message, what would be the message you'd like them to go home with?
I would say how is today positively impacting tomorrow as Sometimes we can get very fixated on the future and it's important to always have a plan and to definitely plan out what we're trying to do.
However, I've read this book called Atomic Habits and it's about becoming that one percent better and sometimes we can ignore the little subtle impacts and how over time that then compounds into like a bigger change. So I think just focusing on the current moment and the present is something that you can never underestimate and it will always pay off.
It also just decreases like any pressure you have over yourself because sometimes if we're looking at like a 10 year plan it can all seem a bit overwhelming but there's just so much power in the now and just doing things in the moment. So that's the advice I'd give.
Thank you. Thank you so much. And what's really interesting is, uh, actually, um, in the party of one in there, like Lincoln bio, they've actually got that book there.
Wow.
Yeah. So definitely recommend you've heard it here. Check out the book. Uh, yeah, I think like you mentioned, it is just, uh, you know, people say it's just mastering mastering those small habits and committing to them can allow you to see like the biggest changes in your life. Yeah. And it is just figuring out like what's what's that way for you and like what's the best way for you to learn those habits But yeah, I definitely agree But yeah, we've now come to the end.
Carly's been great speaking to you. It's been great learning about your journey learning more about the Essentially your experience and also hearing the amazing advice that you've given to our audience We like to give this light ending before we go to like the main outro I like to give this space for people to learn how they can find out more about you how they could maybe connect with you So you've got any specific questions about maybe paralegal apprenticeships or apprenticeships in general?
Maybe they want to follow your page What is the best way for them to do that? And then the second thing I'm going to add is if you've got any, uh, like podcast episodes coming out, if you're looking for any guests, if you want anything to shout out, this is your space to do so.
Okay. So in terms of contacting me, my LinkedIn is definitely a platform that I'm on quite a bit.
And then it has all my links. So that's links to my podcast platforms, which you can find on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, Amazon Music, Apple Music. You can also email me at chatwithcarlyluck at gmail. com if there's anything urgent or you want In terms of the recent, or sorry, the upcoming podcast episodes, they are going to be a bit more different as I kind of discuss a view off camera, which I'm excited about.
Just more on inviting people on and speaking about either their testimony or a theme and topic and leading that back to faith. So it's going to be a lot more open in terms of hearing other perspectives and In terms of who I would be looking to come on, I'm very much willing to communicate with anyone.
I am aware that the podcast is quite small for the moment, so I'm just taking it one step at a time, but I would be open to any inquiries and information if you'd like to join the podcast.
Well, you heard it here first. If you're interested in being involved in the podcast, please get in touch with Carly. Yeah, you've seen her be an amazing guest. You can check out her podcast to see her be an amazing host. You're very welcome. We've come to the end of today's episode. If you liked today's episode, like, comment, subscribe, it's always appreciated.
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