The health advocates sometimes are the least healthy people

My day job as a podcast editor and producer can be a bit strange at times.

Take yesterday, when Mandi “The Show Notes Girl” and I were editing a couple of episodes of a show called “Superhumanize” hosted by my friend Ariane Sommer.

The first show was a guy who has made something of a name for himself by being an expert in hydrogen water, and the health benefits of it.

Ariane made a note when she sent over the recordings to see if he indeed was as boring as he sounded, that she wasn’t in a bad mood or anything that affected her judgment.

No, Ariane, you weren’t in a bad mood. The guy was in fact extremely boring. Were it not for the truncate silence effect on my editing software, I would have been on the brink of committing an atrocity editing it.

What’s interesting is that this guy spoke several times about how he gets only a few hours of sleep per night, that he usually works 90-100 hours per week.

Perhaps a bit of sleep the night before an interview would make him slightly less coma-inducing in his delivery?

As if on cue, the very next episode we edited was a sleep expert, and Ariane asked her, “What about those people who think they can create a new normal and get only 3 hours of sleep per night and just get used to it?”

These interviews were done probably a month apart, so there’s no way it could have been planned. That’s just how the scheduling went on our end.

The sleep expert said, “You can maybe get used to it on a certain level, but take a test to gauge your responsiveness or alertness and you’re not going to do very well.”

Words to that effect.

Interesting how the guy who spends 100 hours per week extolling the virtues of one part of the body’s health is completely malfeasant on another part, and on his own body no less.

Best to practice what you preach, be healthy in every part of your life, and then people will take what you have to say about hydrogen water more seriously.

It’s kind of my attitude about promoting a new social media platform I’m using and inviting others to. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. have yielded very little, if any, results in building my business. If anything, it’s hurt my business because I didn’t understand how to use it.

So take it with a grain of salt with this invite.

If you’re overwhelmed with social media, and can’t imagine adding one more to your plate, this offer is not for you.

If however you’re tired of the options available, but still see the value of the concept, then this might be up your alley. It’s called Social Lair, it’s very small right now, and I’m only looking for a few folks to join my lair while I learn the nuances and let its creators work out the kinks in the early days of its existence.

If you want to check it out, just send me an email, and I’ll email instructions on how to create an account.

Be social, my friends.

James Newcomb