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The pressure to be great — well, so great that it cripples us — injects us with expectations that are typically unrealistic.

We spin our wheels trying to write that epic post. But we have a tendency to measure ourselves up so inadequately to those we admire — so much so that, in the end, we don’t write anything.

It’s okay to focus on being great, but not at the expense of being good. You can’t reach the summit unless you start at the base of the mountain.

In this 27-minute episode of No Sidebar, host Brian Gardner and Robert Bruce discuss:

• Audio vérité and The Blair Witch Project
• Keira Knightley in Begin Again and Anna Kendrick in The Last Five Years
• The age of the golden-throated radio announcer being over
• When admiration becomes resentment
• The abuse of the DIY ethic
• Robert’s podcast, Allegorical, and why it might fail
• Why it’s important to consider your audience

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