5 Years of Podcasting. Still Not Sure I'm Qualified. | Cheryl Lau

For five years, I've been podcasting. Side Hustle Club. Thought Leader Club. Now EDIT HISTORY. And for most of that time, I built it while quietly wondering if I was actually qualified to do any of it.

In this episode, my friend Rae Fung interviews me - and we go deep into the parts that don't show up in the highlights: why I rebranded twice, what I learned when my most casual episode outperformed my most carefully crafted one, and how I kept saying yes to opportunities I felt completely unready for.

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Trailer

(00:49) Opening

(03:11) What "success" and credibility meant in the early days

(06:13) External validation vs internal motivation

(09:43) Advice and templates that didn't actually fit

(12:29) The moment Cheryl realized where her real value was

(16:09) What she's most proud of from the early iterations

(18:29) Letting people into the thought process behind the work

(23:49) Seeing Cheryl's thought process