Cast The Commute: Recent Episodes
Patrick Mullins
Join me while I drive to work in Memphis, Tennessee. Let's talk about being a mid-career professional, work/life balance, learning new technology, appreciating good design, being a jack-of-all-trades, and spreading positivity.
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Why I think responsiveness is king 👑 when it comes to making an impression with clients in 2019.
Couple thoughts I wanted to share after working a tradeshow this week. Just a mix of observations and my two-cents on how I approach these type events.
Three ways I'm trying to generate fresh creative ideas: being healthier, consuming different content, trying to build positive connections.
Had fun diving into 3 topics today: what I'm up to, leaning into culture work, focusing on doing not overthinking.
What's your natural way of approaching work? Figure it out and build systems to help shape that into something effective. Everyone has strengths, try and figure out both yours and your coworkers.
What do I focus on when I don't have a major deadline? Building Brand. You should think about this too.
I'm sharing a little about a social media experiment I did where I posted the same content on four networks and evaluated how they performed in the first 15 hours.
Talking about using Zapier, a cloud app for moving data between other apps. The important of capturing your ideas when they strike so you don't forget.
On this episode a talk about the value I've found by intentionally diversifying the types of people and brands I follow on my various social media channels. I also talk a little about my own approach to being authentic with what I post on my social accounts, and not trying to be something I'm not.
Talking about the importance of building momentum to stay in a creative mindset and a little on my thoughts about doing free work.
Sharing some thoughts and how to handle being productive regardless of where you're working and what device you're using. Talk a little about how I handle emails, using Trello for task management, and some basic security best practices when leveraging cloud apps.
Talked a little bit on the format and frequency of the podcast, dug into the opportunity of building your personal brand, and talked about becoming a culture champion as a way to lead.
On this episode I talk about the importance of minding the context of who and what influences you. Also, I talk a little about the value of adding practical skills, specifically HTML/CSS, and why you should learn new skills at the fringes of you current role to help make you dangerous.
This is episode two. Going to talk a little bit about about my philosophy on doing to learn and about the value of a cleaner lifestyle both professionally and personally.
Welcome to the first episode of Cast the Commute. Talking about why a podcast for me and how I'm going to execute this. Sharing a story on how Dropbox saved the day and whynyou should embrace the cloud and talking about camera lense rentals.