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Remarkable? · Randy Unscripted

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  Randy Black: Randy Black.
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  Randy Black. Randy Black. Randy Black. Randy Black. Randy Black. Black. Black. Black. He's a troublemaker. Welcome back to Randy Unscripted. I'm your host, Randy Black, and this is the podcast where
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  I infrequently
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  share something that's just come across my mind. And today,
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  I wanna share something that I've been thinking about lately, and that's a a very specific
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  word.
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  That word
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  is remarkable.
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  Honestly, it's been on my mind because of a friend of mine, Dave Jackson.
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  Dave is a podcast hall of fame inductee, and he is the voice behind the school of podcasting.
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  And he's been talking lately a lot about creating
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  what he calls remarkable content, and and I get it. I get what he means.
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  He's talking about content that stands out,
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  content that that makes people lean in,
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  content that makes someone say,
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  wow.
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  That was totally worth my time.
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  And in the podcasting space, that is a worthy goal.
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  Nobody
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  wants to create forgettable content.
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  Nobody sets out to be average.
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  We wanna make something that matters.
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  But as I've listened to that word,
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  remarkable.
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  It's made me stop,
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  and it's made me think.
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  Because when we hear that word,
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  we almost automatically
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  assume
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  that it's positive.
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  We say things like, that was a remarkable achievement,
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  or she's a remarkable leader,
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  or what a remarkable recovery.
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  It sounds like praise,
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  but that's not actually what the word
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  means.
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  At its core, remarkable simply means
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  worthy of being remarked upon.
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  It means something stands out.
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  Something
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  grabs attention.
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  Something is noticeable enough that people want to talk about it.
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  That's it.
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  It doesn't
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  automatically mean good.
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  It doesn't
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  automatically mean admirable.
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  It just
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  means
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  memorable.
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  And that's where things for me start to get interesting
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  because something can be remarkable for two very different
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  reasons.
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  It can be
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  breathtakingly
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  good,
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  or it can be
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  astonishingly
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  bad.
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  A remarkable act of generosity,
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  a remarkable innovation,
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  a remarkable comeback,
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  but also
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  a remarkable failure,
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  a remarkable scandal,
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  a remarkable collapse,
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  a remarkable
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  lack of judgment.
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  Plane crashes are remarkable.
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  Public meltdowns
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  are remarkable.
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  Historic
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  mistakes
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  are remarkable.
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  They stand out.
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  They get talked about.
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  They refuse to blend into the background.
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  They are remarkable
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  not because they're admirable,
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  but because they're unforgettable.
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  So when we talk about making
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  remarkable content or or building
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  a remarkable career or or living a remarkable life,
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  I think there's an assumption that's built in.
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  We assume
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  remarkable
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  equals excellent,
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  but
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  culture
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  shows us
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  something that's different.
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  In a world today that's driven by clicks, by outrage, and and by algorithms,
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  you could become remarkable
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  by being extreme,
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  by being controversial,
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  by being loud, by being dramatic,
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  and that right there,
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  that raises attention
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  for me.
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  Because being remarkable isn't the same thing as being meaningful.
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  Being viral isn't the same thing as being virtuous.
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  Being noticed
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  isn't the same thing
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  as being noble.
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  And I don't think that Dave means any of that when he talks about remarkable content.
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  I think he means excellent,
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  impactful,
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  helpful,
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  but the word itself carries more weight than we sometimes realize.
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  And if I'm honest,
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  I've had some remarkable moments in my life,
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  some that I'm proud of,
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  some I wish
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  fewer people remembered,
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  but both kinds
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  get talked about.
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  Both kinds
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  leave a mark.
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  So maybe the better question isn't just
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  how do I become remarkable?
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  Maybe the better question is what do I want to be remarkable for?
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  Because one way or another,
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  we will stand out.
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  The only question is whether it will be because we were extraordinarily
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  good
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  or just extraordinarily
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  noticeable.
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  Thank you for listening to this episode of Randy Unscripted. I'm Randy Black, and this is the show where I just kinda share my thoughts on whatever's crossed my mind. I hope you will continue to check out the show as episodes come out even as infrequent as they are and maybe even consider throwing some support, for the show my way. Every episode of the show on the website, and there's a and the the website the page on the website itself for the show has links there that you can provide some support to the show, and that would be greatly appreciated.
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  When I'll be back, I don't know, but I can tell you one thing. It'll definitely be Randy,
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  and it'll definitely be unscripted.