Four Blue Ocean Niche Ideas To Get You To Profitability Asap

Brian Hood (0:30)

Chris, did you know, I just realized we're 114 episodes in, that we double-introduce ourselves. Our actual podcast intro with the voiceover guy introduces us.

Chris Graham (0:39)

You're right.

Brian Hood (0:40)

And in every single episode, I reintroduce us.

Chris Graham (0:43)

They already know who we are.

Brian Hood (0:44)

Maybe we should stop reintroducing ourselves, which is weird because I can't not start with that intro now. It's like when we say, okay, we're starting, it just comes out of my mouth. I can't even help it anymore.

Chris Graham (0:53)

I think we're stuck, man. I think this is what we do from here on out.

Brian Hood (0:56)

Whatever, whatever.

Chris Graham (0:58)

I don't know, we've been doing it for a while. Hey, I've got a couple questions for you for some fun banter time before we get started.

Brian Hood (1:05)

God, you know what's worse than a podcast that doesn't get to the point?

It's a podcast that doesn't get to the point, but also plans to not get to the point by having preset banter sparing questions. Just to give people a little backstory here on this, Chris and I, we'll banter sometimes, like a lot of podcast co-hosts do, because we're friends and this is how we do things.

And it helps ease us into the show instead of just going straight to business.

In the South, it's actually impolite to go straight to business. You talk about, you just shoot the shit for like an hour before you actually talk business. And that's the way things are. Maybe the same in Ohio.

Chris Graham (1:39)

It's the same in Asia.

Brian Hood (1:40)

So Chris has, for whatever reason, I don't know what these questions are, but has like conversation sparing, banter sparing questions here that I guess he's going to do now. So would you like to tee it up?

Chris Graham (1:51)

Okay, yeah, yeah. I mean, these are things I also genuinely wonder about you. And it would be fun to share some of my answers with you too.

So here's my question for you, Brian.

What's the most embarrassing favorite band that you had or have?

Brian Hood (2:07)

Still Creed. Creed's still one of my favorite bands.

Chris Graham (2:10)

I love it.

Brian Hood (2:14)

That's exactly right. Yeah, so that was like the first stuff I learned to play on guitar. And so-

Chris Graham (2:18)

That's amazing.

Brian Hood (2:19)

Special place in my heart there.

Chris Graham (2:20)

My most embarrassing favorite band that to this day, against my will, I still enjoy listening to every once in a while. It's Collective Soul.

Brian Hood (2:29)

I'm not familiar with much of their stuff. I'm sure I've heard their singles and shit just by existing on Earth, but I couldn't tell you a single song by them.

Chris Graham (2:36)

Doo doo.

Brian Hood (2:38)

Yeah, yeah, I've heard it.

Chris Graham (2:42)

Oh man, that was my jam growing up. I would buy every CD they made the day it came out.

Brian Hood (2:47)

You realize right now we're being those old people who talk about the good old days.

Chris Graham (2:51)

These are not the good old days, folks.

They were not. Their first record wasn't even mastered. It was so freaking quiet. They didn't even put a limiter.

Brian Hood (3:01)

Okay, so you got the first spurring question out of the way. It's about being old people that are just reminiscing on the past.

Chris Graham (3:06)

Man, so I had a great Christmas. I took like 11 days off. I didn't turn my computer on for like 11 days. I've never done that.

And it was really good for a lot of reasons, but our family, it was just great.

Brian Hood (3:21)

Dude, I'm telling you, man, like when you can get away from that stuff and just like turn your brain off for a while, because I didn't, how many, 14 days for you?

Chris Graham (3:28)

I think it was like 11 days without opening my computer.

Brian Hood (3:30)

Okay, so I managed about seven without doing any sort of work, and it was like very refreshing, came back at it with like renewed energy and a lot of good ideas.

And I think that that's something I need to fit more into my schedule, which is some time off. And I got a lot of travel scheduled this year, like an insane amount of travel. And tell us about it, Chris.

Chris Graham (3:48)

Yeah, I mean, there's a piece of this year that I think is really valuable for us as a community to think about, about how you can optimize for better performance by taking a huge step back and sort of breaking your work addiction. At least for me, that was the case. It was like, okay, well, I'm definitely gonna approach 2020 with a little bit less workaholism.