The Peluso Presents Podcast

This is it, after 10 years of blogging and podcasting, I'm ending my regular posts and shows.  This episodes Post of the Week is all about why I'm saying goodbye, at least for now.  

In my last big idea podcast, I discuss a solution to cure many of the evils of the corporate machine. It all boils down to corporate governance.  I posit a simple thesis:  If a company's decisions affect shareholders, employees, and communities, then shouldn't they all have a say in the decisions that company makes?

An article on retirement planning with a twist got me thinking about the challenges in my own retirement.  What happens when your Go-Go isn't on the same timeline as everyone else?  Does it become a No-Go?  

A trip to take my daughter to a Bounce House reminded me that when the MBA's take over a business, it always results in worse service and higher costs all in the quest for more and more money.  So why do we let them do this and how can we get away from it?  

Some students really want to learn.  Most don't.  They just want to get through.  But if learning is going to make your life better, then why isn't there the desire to do it? That's the question we explore in this episode of the Peluso Presents Podcast. 

I had to teach a class with an instructor who did the least amount of work possible.  Then I had to teach that same class with an instructor who did everything imaginable to make the course a truly enriching experience for the students.  The two experiences made me think about work ethic in a whole new way. 

Here it is, the Top 5 best Post's of the Week for 2024.  This is a bittersweet Top 5 as it's the last one we are going to publish.  Thankfully it's got a great series of articles for you to listen to.  So you could say we are going out on Top with this Top 5!

Unwined was amazing.  It was a great little wine shop in the middle of nowhere, but more importantly it was the template for a perfect retirement lifestyle.  

Parenting is hard.  Parenting is even harder when you have a kid who makes poor choices.  Then what amounts to the entire legal system rests on the parents shoulders.  Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to outsource this job so that someone else becomes the bad guy?

There is a double standard in the world, and it only affects women.  They can't be who they are naturally in the professional environment because some parts of the population can't deal with it.  This led me to the conclusion that there are draconian rules that women must follow at least if they hope to have a great career.  And Yes, I think it sucks too!

The North Carolina Lottery went a step too far in my opinion when they introduced what is essentially slot machines in their app that you play with real money.  I understand why they did it, but I thought it was a good lesson in how as organizations get better out of pulling the money out of us, we have to get better and not letting them suck us dry!

The world is going crazy for Royal Caribbeans new Icon class ships.  I look at them and think 'Meh'.  Why?  It's not a bad ship, it's just not special.  They did what was easy, not what was truly impactful and different.   And that makes me wonder what am I doing that's easy when I should be doing something impactful and different?

There are 80 year cycles in the world and it's hard for the average person to see them.  If we did see them, and we knew where we were in that cycle, could our lives get better?  That's the thesis for this show.  It's a good time to explore this theory of world cycles because we are about to get into the bad part of it!

I thought I was going on the longest and greatest vacation of my life.  Then I got there and I learned first hand that the biggest and best vacation for an average American is NOTHING compared to vacations for people from other parts of the world.  We need to do down time better. 

Entitlement can destroy lives.  This show is the story of two people I was close with, and I got to witness how their sense of entitlement destroyed their lives and kept them from experiencing hapiness. 

It's interesting on how your perspective can change when you try something new.  For 20+ years of travel I avoided the overpriced drink package, then I had it.  And then I realized the cruise lines were selling it all wrong.  

Why do we ocasionally loose it?  That's the question I asked myself after something set me off at work.  I realized that their is a thing that triggers me.  Now that I know what it is, I have to be very aware that I need to control it because if I don't, bad things happen. 

Have you ever felt like you were the outsider at work?  Have you ever been part of the inside group, the group that was highly effective and made things happen?  Cliques aren't just in High School, they exist everywhere including the workplace.  At work they can be a good thing, and a bad thing.  

We lost our dog Tripp.  He was a great dog.  His passing got me thinking about our relationship to our Pets.  This show is all about that relationship

If a major life event happens and you have the opportunity to relocate, then why move somewhere where there are people you don't like?  Why not move somewhere amazing to restart your life?  Why just do the same old thing, only this time in the same neighborhood with people you hate? Listen and decide for yourself if He made the right choice. 

What happens when someone is at the end of their life, yet refuses to take reasonable steps to insure that after they pass they don't leave chaos behind?

If you've ever had the chance to hang out with smokers, you know that aside from the smoke, it's a pretty good place to be.  Conversations happen, ideas are exchanged, and friendships are made.  This episode is all about the pros of smoking and it explores why it's so hard to have those same benefits if we get rid of the cigarette.  

Often there are big trends affecting our life.  Stometimes we see them and make adjustments, but most times, we can't see them, or worse, ignore them.  This episode is all about ignoring the reality and asks the question  "Why do we do it?"

What happens when a woman-child tries to become friends with mature women her own age? Sparks fly, and the relationship doens't last.   This week's episode is all about someone who never grew up and explores the reasons why. 

Have you ever thought about the stories about yourself that you tell the people around you?  These are the stories we believe.  But are they true?  We believe they are and act accordingly.  But what if they aren't true to anyone else except ourselves? That's what this episode is all about. 

Have you ever looked at the story of your life?  Is it what you thought it would be?  How would you want to change this story?  In this episode I look at a friends life and rewrite their story for them.  When you listen to both versions of this story you can decide which one is better.  

Have you ever wasted time on purpose?  Should you?  This weeks episode discusses the importance of the time we have and why we should never waste it. 

It's not boyfriend/girlfriend anymore.  Everyone has a "partner".  But no matter what you call it, the significant other in someone's life has three different and very important roles to fill.  This show is all about those three roles. 

Often we fall into thinking like a human being when things fall apart at work.  Unfortunately this normal response isn't at all helpful.  To get through our professional lives, we have to think like managers, good managers.  On the positive side, if we learn to do this, there will be less isues to deal with. 

My Aunt Josie laughed at me when I tried to tell her about my five year plan.  She told me that nothing ever happens the way we plan.  She was right, life always changes your plan.  When that happens you have to figure out what to do...

Starting at a new job is always stressful.  One of the reasons why it's so stressful is that organizatiosn don't do onboarding well as a rule.  Sometimes this is incompetence, and somtimes, sadly, it's by design. 

Here it is, our annual "Top 5" episode where we highlight five really amazing stories from the prior year.  If you like these articles, check out the rest from 2023 and other years.   - Also thanks so much to all those who supported us in 2023, we appreciate it!!

Often, some major negative event will become the only news story you see everywhere and every media oulet jumps on board.  Trying to get away from this negativity can be next to impossible.  How can you do it?  That's covered in today's show.

Retirement used to mean flipping a switch to go from working to being completely financially independent, even if modestly, and not working at all.  Today there is an intermediate step to this process, it's Semi-Retirement.   

The Community System includes elected positions, non-profits, businesses and every other type of organization that helps a community thrive.  Taking part today is very different than years past in that the risk is much greater.  The question becomes, should you take part in this system?  That's the topic explored in this show. 

It's hard to get an unbiased sense of where we stand compared to others.  This show goes into one technique my brother used as child and one technique I use today.  In both cases, they helped us better understand the scope of the world and our place in it.  

The Law of Convenience is almost akin to a law of physics or nature that you can almost never get around.  Here is another example of how I ultimately walked away from something important to me, somethign I worked hard at, simply because of convenience was working against me. 

Some people spend a large part of their lives working in a job that their personality simply isn't a good fit for.  Yet, emotions like fear or career inertia keep them in that same type of job.  The first step out of that rut is to see that you aren't a good fit for the job you are doing.

There are so many things in life we can do, and sadly, life is finite.  So we can't get it all done, but we can certainly do a bunch.  The key is to turn "someday" into "now"!

Something unique happened during the pandemic.  Many women went from working and paying daycare, to being stay at home mom's and they realized, on the whole, their life got better.  Now Corporate America wants them back on the job.  Can they be wooed back?

I've teleworked since before there was the word 'telework'.  Now it's both a blessing and a curse to employers and employees alike.  Here on some of my thoughts on the topic. 

In this final show on the big difference in what businesses want out of their employees and what they want out of their cusotmers we look at the role of Government.  Can government help with this conflict, or is any government involvement an issue?

There is a big difference in what businesses want out of their employees and what they want out of their cusotmers.  This is the second of three shows on this major conflict.  Today's show looks at if a Flexible Lablor Market can be good for the employee?

There is a big difference in what businesses want out of their employees and what they want out of their cusotmers. Unfortuantely, usually their customers are employees of some business. This is the first of three shows on this major conflict between the desire on the part of business for Flexible Labor Markets, yet also a desire fo r inflexible billing when they charge their customers! 

When writing, often I create vignettes.  They aren't anything near my normal 3-5 page article, but they have a strong point to make.  This show includes three mini-articles put together as one long article.  

Making new friends is a critical skill to get through life healthy and happy.  There are times when we need to make new friends more than others, but we should always be fostering new friendships wherever possible. 

What happens when you are in the rare position of having a good stable job, yet a career advancement becomes a possiblity? Do you take the new job?  Do you stay where you are at?

Have you ever thought "Where did the day go?" on a day where you didn't have anything planned? And then got mad at yourself for wasting the day?  That's what this espisode is all about!

Their are a bunch of issues that only single people have when they are the parent of an only child.  What are these problems and can this Single Single Syndrome be cured?  Listen to find out!

Often businesses, especially those in the luxury space, thrive on quality.  Then the suits and bean counters get involved, and little by little, slowly but surely, qualiety dies a corporate death!

There are people in the world who don't wish to change or understand more than their small world view.  They can't adapt to a changing world and they make everyone around them suffer for it.