{"id":2546,"date":"2026-05-21T02:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:31:15","slug":"maybe-worth-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2546","title":{"rendered":"MAYBE WORTH TRYING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over Mother’s Day weekend earlier this month, Melissa and I had all four kids together with us for the first time in about 7 months. It was wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n

Caleb came home from El Paso for a friend’s wedding. Hannah decided last minute to make the drive from Myrtle Beach. Her arrival Saturday night was a surprise to Melissa, who was watering flowers in the backyard when Hannah walked through the gate. It made for a memorable scene of pure joy as Melissa screamed “NO WAY!” and ran toward Hannah, hands waving wildly over her head.<\/p>\n\n\n

Just look at how blessed I am:<\/p>\n\n\n

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At some point over the weekend, as family members were hovering around the kitchen table, there was a discussion on some topic I don’t even remember now. The only thing I DO remember was that one of my kids asked, “When are you going to start a podcast, Dad?”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

The question seemed half-joke and half-serious. And it was reinforced by a couple of the other three chiming in: “Yeah, why don’t you?”<\/p>\n\n\n

I’ll tell you why: because every other person is doing a podcast these days. And very few of the amateurs are doing them well. And most of the small ones seem like a lot of effort to effectively shout into the void.<\/p>\n\n\n

So that was my answer.<\/p>\n\n\n

Until it got reframed in my mind yesterday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

Yes, there are way too many podcasts. BUT, there aren’t nearly enough mentors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

So the question becomes, “Could a podcast function like a mentoring relationship, at least to some significant extent?”<\/p>\n\n\n

And I’m thinking maybe it could. And maybe I will try.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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