Awkward Sam-ily Photos: October past personas A lot has happened in 2023. My daughter was born. My mom and dog died. Outside of my personal sphere, I also witnessed many other entrances and exits with friends, family, and former college classmates. In total, a significant year of death and (re) birth. And what a time […]
Between the ages of 17 (possibly earlier) through about the time I was about 29, I often used to feel overwhelmingly sad. These sad feelings started well before I began binge eating and stuck around for a while after. In retrospect, my sad feelings weren’t dangerous (I was lucky). No, my sad feelings could have benefited from one simple factor: acknowledgment. And such acknowledgment could have come from me or could have come from other people.
The meaning of life and death of a parent My mother died in February. The simple, clichéd truth is that the death of a parent changes your life. It’s not that everything changes exactly — many things stay the same — but rather that one’s experience of everything is altered. In losing a parent, the […]
Sam Buti · On having a voice: to be heard, start with yourself Voiceless while having a voice It wasn’t supposed to be like this. No one was supposed to hear me talk. Growing up, I didn’t have a voice. At least, I didn’t feel like I had a voice. Being the younger brother to a […]
Sam Buti · How to sound good when you don’t like how you sound How to sound good When I was young, I hated my voice. I hated my voice so much that I was convinced that my best option was to become a mime. But before you go running to the hills, terrified that […]
Getting over no and moving past rejection The entertainment industry is filled with rejection. Big Tech is filled with rejection (see: recent layoffs). In fact, all industries are filled with rejection. You know this. But that doesn’t make it any easier when it happens to you. If you’ve recently been rejected from a job, a […]
Use Chartable to find your Apple Podcast Chart’s Rank When it comes to finding your show on Apple Podcasts, use Chartable to find your Apple Podcast Charts ranking. Without a doubt, Chartable is a superior resource than the Apple Podcast App. First of all, the Apple Podcast Charts aren’t easy to find within the app. […]
One tweak to improve your content strategy Many companies send emails as a piece of their content strategy. But many of these same companies don’t seem to consider their content strategy before marketing. Marketing, unfortunately, tends to come first – and then sales quickly thereafter. Of course, these two strategies aren’t mutually exclusive. They go […]
How to Start a Podcast according to Tim Ferriss (and others) Suffice it to say, Tim Ferriss has improved my life. While he’s improved my life in many ways — through the likes of improved exercise, eating, sleeping, getting things done, debt freedom, emotional intelligence, and more — if I’m being quite honest, he’s also […]
Podcasting for Film or Podcasting with Films? It’s true – the line between TV, film, apps, and media is blurring. Remember Quibi, the short-form (and short-lived) micro-stories app featuring Hollywood talent? The value proposition was a convergence of Netflix and Clubhouse (without the IPs of the former or the scarcity and community of the latter). […]