Podcasts about Grit

Ten years ago, Angela Duckworth wrote the book on grit. Now she's back with the advice you need to keep moving forward. The MacArthur genius fellow, University of Pennsylvania professor and bestselling author joins Jessi in the studio to make the case that individual effort only takes you as far as your situation allows and that changing your situation is one of the most powerful tools you have. Her new book is called Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best.  In this episode, Jessi and Angela discuss: Why grit isn't enough and what Angela has learned in the decade since she wrote her first book The three-box model: how your situation shapes your thoughts, and your thoughts shape your behavior Why changing your situation feels like giving up and why Angela calls it an act of heroism instead Status quo bias: the psychological reason we cling to circumstances we know aren't working The difference between quitting and job crafting and how to make smaller career moves before the big one What Taylor Swift moving to Nashville at 14 has to do with your next career decision Microfriction: the surprisingly small physical changes that do what willpower can't The Pygmalion Effect: why so much of what we believe about ourselves is borrowed from the people around us Three kinds of mentors everyone needs: mentors for a reason, a season and a lifetime The curiosity conversation: how Oprah got Maya Angelou to be her mentor, and how you can apply the same approach Why Y Combinator funds in batches and what that tells us about trying to go it alone Follow Angela Duckworth and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn. This conversation was recorded live and broadcast to LinkedIn Premium members. Premium members can watch the extended version here.

What happens when AI, robotics, computer vision and automation move from the technology world into senior living?In this episode of Bridge the Gap, host and guests Kyle Gardner of NIC MAP, and Jessie Lucci of AllieHealth continue their conversation about whether senior living is ready for the technology coming next. The panel explores how AI is already being adopted, from large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to camera-based visitor check-ins and fall-detection systems.The conversation then moves from today's tools to the bigger questions: Could robots eventually take over certain operational tasks? Where does technology improve the caregiver and resident experience, and where is the human touch irreplaceable? The guests also discuss how operators should evaluate technology, why interoperability and security matter, and who should sit on a technology buying committee.Key TopicsThe rapid adoption of AI and large language modelsAI applications already appearing in senior living communitiesCamera-based check-in and fall-detection technologyThe potential role of robotics in senior housingPreserving the human connection in senior livingAI's potential to own workflows rather than simply provide softwareTechnology interoperability and data integrationSecurity and intentional technology-stack designEvaluating technology vendors through a senior-living lensBuilding an effective technology buying committeeIncluding operators and end users in technology decisionsBalancing ROI, staff retention, care quality and user experienceWhy senior living operators should start experimenting with AI nowMeet the Hosts:Lucas McCurdy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasmccurdyseniorlivingfan/ Kyle Gardner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-gardner-nm Jessie Lucci: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessielucci Produced by Grit and Gravel Marketing.Become a sponsor of Bridge the Gap.

What if no meeting, no tough stakeholder, and no hard question could shake your confidence? That's the power of GRIT. In this final episode of my series on bringing your dreams to life, I break down what grit is, why it's the key to the confident voice you desire, and how it turns the situations that used to rattle you into proof of how POWERFUL you are.Let's dive in!Apply to The Art of Speaking Up Academy: https://jessguzikcoaching.com/academy/ Email me: jessica@theartofspeakingup.comListen to the deep dive episode on The Academy:SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4J3Bi0ifmuImurHMAPQtMr?si=e65GBtlsQNi6Wz_-XC1ukg APPLE:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ready-to-speak-like-a-powerful-leader-enrollment/id1436888741?i=1000789222606 

We often think of Jesus as a Shepherd, but Scripture also shows Him as a Warrior.In 2 Peter 2, Peter warns about false teachers, evil, and judgment—but also reminds us that God knows how to rescue His people.What do you do when evil seems unchecked, false voices sound convincing, and life feels like a battle? Watch to see why Peter says God has not lost control—and why that changes how we face the fight.▶SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernHillsLV▶Do you know Jesus as your Savior? https://www.southernhillslv.com/the-gospel▶ DONATE: https://pushpay.com/g/southernhills?src=hpp&r=monthly▶ Visit Southern Hills: https://www.southernhillslv.com/▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southernhillslv▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/southernhillslv/Pastor Josh Teis is the founder and senior pastor of Southern Hills Church in Las Vegas. He has a Masters Degree in Bible Exposition from Pensacola Theological Seminary, and he is a Master of Divinity with Liberty University. He coaches pastors in practical leadership and time management and is a nationally sought-after speaker.

Jon Nelson leads off with Timber Review Radio's Adam Susman for an oppo research deep dive on Portland ahead of Atlanta United's trip to Providence Park, covering the tactical shift under new Timbers head coach Marti Cifuentes, the return of striker Vincent Janssen, and a shaky Timbers back line. Apple TV's Christian Miles joins for a MLS check in, covering Dallas and Houston's surprise campaigns, Antoine Griezmann's brilliant form for Orlando City ahead of a trip to New England, and a swing through Serie A and the wild top of the Argentine table. Then it's down to the Peach Belt Conference, where the Columbus State University head coach Jay Entlich breaks down a freshman heavy roster fighting through injuries and his program's study abroad tradition in Oxford, England.

In today's show David and Chas calculate the fallout from Lowers, learn the ultimate strategy to neg fellow surfers, rank a hierarchy of terms for tube time, heed a very critical warning about the dangers of regulating in the lineup, discover the most versatile word in the English language, finally find a way to clear the calendar, and seek imperial evidence to determine if they are, in fact, idiots. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

What if your struggle to stay consistent with healthy habits isn't because you need more discipline?In today's episode of The Secrets of Supermom Show, I'm talking with Courtney Townley, author of The Consistency Code and host of the Grace & Grit podcast, about what it really takes to create deep, sustainable health as a busy woman.Courtney challenges the idea that health is simply about eating well, exercising, or looking a certain way. Instead, she encourages women to expand their definition of health and develop the self-leadership skills that help them navigate changing seasons, competing priorities, and real life.We talk about why boundaries are an essential part of your health, how mom guilt can make it difficult to protect your time and energy, and why what looks like “self-sabotage” may actually be a capacity problem.Courtney also shares the four powerful practices behind The Consistency Code: awareness, organization, follow-through, and realignment—and why learning how to realign may be far more important than trying to get everything right in the first place.In this episode, you'll discover:Why health is so much bigger than diet and exerciseWhat “deep health” really meansWhy boundaries are an act of care for yourself and your relationshipsHow your capacity affects your ability to follow throughWhy Courtney doesn't believe most women are actually self-sabotagingHow to recognize when you're becoming misalignedWhy consistency isn't about never getting off track—it's about knowing how to come backOne question that can completely change the way you approach your health in this season of lifeIf you've ever wondered, “Why can't I just be more consistent?” this conversation will help you look at that question in an entirely new way.Because health isn't a destination you finally reach. It's a direction—and you're always one decision away from realigning.Text us your feedback or questions!Stay connected!Join us in The Supermom Society! Get all the details at thesupermomsociety.com!Get all our show notes, buy the book Secrets of Supermom, and more at our website: www.secretsofsupermom.comSecrets of Supermom on FacebookSecrets of Supermom on Instagram

For founders, entrepreneurs, business owners, leaders, and anyone navigating a new chapter, this episode explores why you don't have to start over to reinvent yourself—and how taking action can create clarity when the path ahead feels uncertain. Change often challenges more than our plans. It can disrupt our identity, confidence, and sense of direction. Whether you are facing an empty nest, career transition, changing business, personal setback, or unexpected opportunity, moving forward may require reframing what is happening rather than waiting until you feel completely ready. Jennifer Loehding sits down with Debbi DiMaggio, a top 1% real estate professional, six-time author, TEDx speaker, podcast host, and mindset coach who has spent more than 35 years helping people navigate change. When her children left for college, Debbi began a decade-long reinvention that expanded her life beyond real estate into writing, speaking, coaching, philanthropy, and endurance challenges. Debbi shares why reinvention doesn't always require leaving your career behind, how she completed the Los Angeles Marathon primarily through mindset, and why movement often comes before confidence. They also discuss resilience, accountability, reframing challenges, the Great World Race, Girls on the Run, preparing for a TEDx talk in South Africa, and the surprising connection between Debbi's tenacity and her famous relative, Joe DiMaggio. Chapters 00:00 Reinvention Starts With Motion00:52 Welcome to Starter Girlz01:09 Meet Debbi DiMaggio07:02 The Journey Into Real Estate13:39 Mindset and Personal Growth18:22 Navigating Change and Accountability23:44 The Great World Race Initiative28:40 Debbi's TEDx Journey29:53 The Marathon Mindset31:10 Reframing Challenges33:44 Grit and Tenacity in Life37:04 Defining Success44:12 Family Legacy and Joe DiMaggio About Debbi DiMaggio Debbi DiMaggio is a top 1% real estate professional, six-time author, TEDx speaker, mindset coach, philanthropist, and host of the Mastering the Art of Success podcast. With more than 35 years in real estate, Debbi has built her career around helping people navigate meaningful transitions and move confidently into their next chapter. Her work extends beyond real estate through writing, speaking, coaching, and her Mindset in Motion philosophy, which encourages people to build confidence, clarity, and momentum through intentional action. She is also leading Debbi Runs the World, an initiative supporting Girls on the Run while inspiring people to identify, share, and pursue meaningful goals of their own. Connect with Debbi DiMaggio https://debbidimaggio.com https://debbirunstheworld.com https://networkdebbi.com https://www.instagram.com/debbidimaggio Connect with Starter Girlz https://startergirlz.com Take the 2-Minute Success Block Quiz to discover what may be holding you back. Want to Be a Guest on Starter Girlz Podcast https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/17044863446695017c1879d7b

What should you do when you're following God and suddenly everything gets hard? Does opposition mean you missed God? Should you stop? Or could this be an opportunity to develop something the Bible says every Christian needs?

The Death of Robin Hood is Pat Scola's third film with Michael Sarnoski, made an hour outside Belfast on a production budget of around eleven million, somewhere between the scrappiness of Pig and the scale of A Quiet Place: Day One. Sarnoski wanted grit, and Scola is precise about the word. He does not mean film grain. "Grit comes from restraint and control," he says, and a large part of the job now is "the choices you decide not to make." The fight in the mud, Robin and a peasant trying to drown each other, was conceived as a oner so the viewer would be stuck inside the brutality with no cut to hide behind. The film opens in 2.39 anamorphic for the myth of Robin, and across his wounded transfer to the priory the mattes open to 1.66, invisibly.His rule for lighting is that it should not feel lit. The keeper from a firelight test in prep was a rig the gaffer called the Dalek, a sheet of plywood carrying twenty-odd 500 watt clear bulbs, driven by fire footage so the light moves the way a real fire's does. Where real fire could carry a scene, it did. The scene of Bill Skarsgard's character washing his dead wife is a single fireplace and the only roll in the picture that was pushed. The final scene was shot on Kodak's new stock, so new it was still called SO55 and had no official rating. He is equally frank about fear. After day two he called his wife and told her he should never have shot the film on film, that it looked terrible, and that was the day whose dailies held the first shot of Jodie Comer at the window in blue. The fear burned off at about two and a half weeks.CREDITSPat Scola, ASCInstagram · Website · IMDbJared Levy, hostInstagram · Website · IMDbDavid Kruta, producerInstagram · Website · IMDbTopher Hammond, producerInstagramMUSICOriginal music by One Wave.THE SALONEpisode page and full gallery: https://cinematographysalon.com/podcast/pat-scola-asc-the-death-of-robin-hoodNewsletter and events: cinematographysalon.comInstagram: @cinematographysalonPRESENTING SPONSORThis episode is made possible by Fujifilm — home of GFX ETERNA 55, the large format, IMAX®-Certified digital camera, and FUJINON cinema lenses. https://fujifilm-x.comSUPPORT THE SALONThe podcast, the writing, and both Resources tools are free. No paywall, no membership, no login. That is on purpose: learning to light a scene should not depend on what you can afford. Sponsors cover part of it and readers cover the rest. If you want to chip in, it starts at the price of a coffee a month at https://cinematographysalon.com/support. If your company wants to reach working cinematographers, get in touch at https://cinematographysalon.com/sponsors.

Owen McCown and the UTSA Roadrunners put the past behind them as they went on the road and secured a major victory for the program, coming from behind to defeat the Texas State Bobcats in San Marcos with a clutch game-ending drive. Unfortunately the Roadrunners will have a difficult time turning that inspiring win into sustainable momentum as they'll face the #1 team in the nation this week. We preview the Texas Longhorns with an assist from our old friend Eric Henry, and discuss whether playing this series still makes sense in 2026. 0:00 Riding High After Beating Texas State 6:13 Owen McCown's Redemption 15:24 Grit, Mistakes & Finding "Triangle of Toughness" Magic 21:08 Defense Holds Up, Then Bowie's Playcalling Gets Dissected 29:52 Remaining Concerns for the Team 41:42 Eric Henry Joins: Texas's New DC & Offensive Turnaround 49:43 Returning Stars, Arch Manning & The Ohio State Comeback 58:10 Program Spending, NIL Transparency & the Future of Buy Games 1:10:48 Is It Worth It? UTSA's Power Two Philosophy Debate 1:19:34 Score Predictions Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69q3Cc6GAQ

In week 2 of the NFL season, Jason and Jacob review their picks from week 1, find out who came out on top and then make their picks for the 3 primetime games of week 2 including the Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills on TNF. https://dashdogfood.com/GRIT Code: GRIT Part of the Bleav Podcast Network  Watch us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TalkingGrit Join the discussion on Reddit: r/Talkinggritpodcast Follow us on X: @talkinggritpod | Jason | Jacob Find us on Facebook: Talking Grit Page  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

"Grit will keep you going. But when you just keep showing up because you're living in a place of survival, sometimes you gotta fight like hell to feel alive." In this episode, Heather explores the complicated relationship many ambitious women have with striving, success, and the never-ending pressure to keep moving toward what's next. Ambition is a powerful force, even a deeply human and spiritual desire, but when we live in the shadow of our strengths, the very qualities that help us achieve can begin to drain us. She talks about recognizing when your to-do list has become more nourished than your soul, how depletion can quietly shape your decisions, and why the body and our lives often start communicating through symptoms, frustration, and anger when something needs to change. This conversation also looks at what it takes to build the grit and resilience to keep showing up for yourself, invest in your growth, and direct your time and energy toward the life you actually want to create.   What to listen for: ☑️ Staying in your own lane and focusing your energy to get to the next-level vision ☑️ Living in the shadow of your strengths and why the dark side of ambition is burnout  ☑️ Investing in personal and professional development so that you don't sink   "The dark side of ambition is burnout because when you're living in the shadow of your strengths, you are going to burn out to a crisp. You're going to be in this state of lack." ☑️ Ambition as spiritual desire and a sacred fundamental of our soul as humans ☑️ So many women aren't feeding their souls; they're feeding their to-do lists ☑️ Why the symptoms of the body and your life will often appear as anger   "When you normalize debt and not profit, you walk around making decisions from a place of depletion, making decisions that continue cycles that are not in alignment with where you want to go and what you actually want to grow." ☑️ Things Heather did to turn her body around when it started speaking to her ☑️ Becoming a life athlete with the grit to keep showing up, even when you don't want to ☑️ Feeling connected to others requires connecting with yourself first   "The more you invest time and energy in yourself—seeing yourself, understanding yourself, and valuing your precious time and energy—this is where we feel truly alive and connected to ourselves." ☑️ What are you prioritizing, and where is your time and energy going? ☑️ Resistance training will bring you back to life when you're struggling ☑️ You don't need another strategy, but you may need accountability   *** For those of you who are ready to stop feeling drained, overextended, and out of alignment… join me inside the Energetic Time Management Accelerator, a focused experience designed to help high-achieving women uncover what's draining them, clarify what truly matters, and create a simple plan that fits their life. We'll pinpoint your biggest time + energy leaks, identify the top areas to focus on for quick momentum, and map out exactly what to let go of so you can reclaim your energy, your time, and your joy. Ready to make your time work for you without adding more to your plate? Join the Energetic Time Management Accelerator: www.heatherchauvin.com/time Explore the top episodes listeners come back to when they're stuck, burned out, or standing at the edge of a big shift: www.heatherchauvin.com/10 Follow Heather on Instagram: www.instagram.com/heatherchauvin_

On the morning of their rematch against their playoff nemesis Billikens from 2025 NCAA tournament, head coach Jared Embick, Asst. Coach Mike Nanchoff, and Alum/GM Billy Zufall joined to talk all things Zips, recruiting, pro-pathway, rule changes, competition, GRIT, and more! Like the show? Here's a link to buy us a beer, as we wouldn't dare ask for cash!!! #akronzips #collegesoccer #ncaasoccer #nationalchampions #character #recruiting #pathway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us Fan MailI got invited on a podcast with a significant following. Real show. I was excited about it.Ten minutes before we go live, I get a message. Feeling under the weather, need to reschedule. Fine. People get sick.We reschedule two weeks out. This morning, ten minutes before the show, another cancellation. No explanation this time.I'm not outing anybody. He's just the example that showed up on my calendar. And once I got past being annoyed, I realized it wasn't a character problem at all. It was a difference in standards. He was operating exactly to his.I come from a world where if you're on time, you're late.So this episode is about your word — what it's worth, what it costs you when you break it, and how to call somebody out when they break theirs.-------------------------------------------THE FIRST AGREEMENTA lot of you have read The Four Agreements. The first one is "be impeccable with your word."Most people read that and hear "don't lie." That's not what it says.Ruiz breaks the word apart. Impeccable comes from the Latin for "without sin," and he defines a sin as anything you do against yourself.The first agreement was never about the other guy. Being impeccable with your word is about what breaking it does to YOU.-------------------------------------------THE TWO COSTSEvery broken word costs you twice.OUTSIDE YOU, and you never see it. Most people won't tell you. They get annoyed, they write you off quietly, and the invite doesn't come back. The referral goes to somebody else. Nobody sends you a bill for a broken agreement. Your reputation is a pile of decisions other people made about you and never told you about.INSIDE YOU, and this is the one that compounds. Every time you say you'll do something and you don't, some part of you files it away. Then you go set a real goal — the business, the race, the hard conversation — and some part of you won't buy in. You'll call it fear or bad timing or lack of motivation. It's none of those. It's an accurate risk assessment. The man making the promise has a track record, and you've read it.-------------------------------------------YOUR WORD: HONOR IT. OWN IT. CLEAN IT UP.HONOR IT — starts before you say yes. Most broken words start as a yes you should never have given. "I can't commit to that" is a real answer and people respect it more than a yes you don't mean. OWN IT — when you break one, name it in one sentence with no "because" in it. The second you add traffic or the kids or how busy it's been, you've stopped owning it and started defending yourself.CLEAN IT UP — an apology is free, so it isn't a cleanup. Do something that costs you. Reschedule on their calendar. Deliver early. Eat the expense. The cost is the pointWORK WITH MEIf you're good at what you do and can't figure out why it isn't compounding — if you keep making promises to yourself in January and quietly renegotiating them by March — if your team says yes and you can't count on it and you suspect it starts with you — that's not a discipline problem. That's a self-trust problem. And you don't fix that one alone, because you're the one who's been keeping the record.Coaching: https://www.dohardthingscoaching.comSpeaking: https://www.dohardthingscoaching.com/speaking-------------------------------------------Siegfried "Sig" Tiegs is a keynote speaker, high-performance coach, and co-author of the Amazon best seller Life on Offense: A Tactical Guide to Dominate Life and End Mediocrity. A retired Army Major with 27 years of service, he hosts the Do Hard Things™ podcast and coaches high performers at dohardthingscoaching.com.GRIT. PURPOSE. PEACE.Welcome to the Do Hard Things Podcast with your host Jay Tiegs, Are you ready to amplify and improve your life? Then you are in the right place. On this podcast we have unfiltered conversation with inspiring people who take on challenges and share with us, the wisdom from their journey. We talk about how doing hard things adequately enable all of us to deal with life's struggles and challenges and ultimately improve the quality of our lives. Support the showBig things are happening inside Do Hard Things Nation, and I want you with us.Want more support? Join the Do Hard Things Wellness Academy. Four coaches. Weekly mindset training, movement, breathwork, meditation, book club, and challenges. Join as a member here:

Grit & Glitter turns 7 years old!  In celebration, the Glitterati swap prompts and task each other to come up with their own top 7 lists on topics including spooky women, gimmick names, memorable hairstyles, TNA changes, wrestler re-brands, entrance theme pitches, and softcore women.

A lot of people think following Jesus requires perfect faith, deep Bible knowledge, or having everything figured out.But near the end of his life, Peter strips the Christian journey down to what actually matters. He points to three essentials that will keep you grounded when life gets confusing, difficult, or uncertain.Watch to find these are the things every Christian needs for the road ahead.▶SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernHillsLV▶Do you know Jesus as your Savior? https://www.southernhillslv.com/the-gospel▶ DONATE: https://pushpay.com/g/southernhills?src=hpp&r=monthly▶ Visit Southern Hills: https://www.southernhillslv.com/▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southernhillslv▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/southernhillslv/Pastor Josh Teis is the founder and senior pastor of Southern Hills Church in Las Vegas. He has a Masters Degree in Bible Exposition from Pensacola Theological Seminary, and he is a Master of Divinity with Liberty University. He coaches pastors in practical leadership and time management and is a nationally sought-after speaker.

Shownote In this episode of Grit, Grace & Glitz, Erika Rothenberger sits down with researcher, leadership expert, and bestselling author Zach Mercurio to explore one of the deepest human needs: mattering. Zach explains why feeling seen, heard, valued, and needed is essential for our well-being, relationships, and leadership. Together, they unpack the difference between having a purpose and actually experiencing mattering, revealing why millions of people feel lonely despite being more digitally connected than ever. The conversation dives into the impact of authentic human interactions in an AI-driven world, practical ways to help others feel valued every day, and powerful real-life stories showing how a few intentional words can change someone's life forever. This episode is a reminder that the smallest acts of recognition can create lifelong ripple effects—and that true leadership begins by helping people know they matter. In This Episode, You'll Learn Why every human being has a fundamental need to matter. The powerful meaning behind the phrase "If it wasn't for you..." The difference between purpose and mattering—and why both are essential. Why loneliness isn't caused by a lack of people, but by a lack of feeling valued. How technology has increased connectivity while decreasing genuine connection. The three everyday practices that help people feel seen, heard, valued, and needed. Why authentic human interactions will become more valuable than AI skills. How leaders can create psychological safety by checking in on people, not just performance. Simple ways to make someone's day through intentional recognition and appreciation. Why handwritten notes and personal words can leave a lifelong impact. The importance of giving yourself grace through Zach's "Do-Over Journal" practice. How small moments of kindness create ripple effects far beyond what we can see. Episode Timeline 00:00 Introduction: Why Mattering Matters in a Digitized World 01:00 Zach Mercurio's Background and the Impact of His Book 02:12 The Fundamental Need to Matter from Birth 03:34 The Power of Saying 'If It Wasn't for You' 05:15 Difference Between Purpose and Mattering 07:16 The Connection Between Worth and Purpose 09:18 The Loneliness Epidemic and the Quality of Connections 11:37 Organizational Blind Spots in Psychological Safety 14:15 The Role of Human Skills in the Future of Work 16:00 Authentic Interactions vs. Artificial Intelligence 17:34 The Demand for Real, High-Quality Interactions 19:10 Simple Acts of Recognition and Their Impact 21:21 The Power of Small Moments to Change Lives 23:29 The Impact of Handwritten Notes and Personal Recognition 28:54 Time and Attention as the Currency of Care 30:05 Building Connection in a Disconnected World 31:22 Practicing Grace and Self-Compassion 34:50 Final Thoughts: How We Can Make a Difference ort Where to Find Zach: Website: https://www.zachmercurio.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/zachmercurio/ IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachmercurio/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/ZMercurio/ Connect with your host, Erika: LinkedIn (primary) https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikarothenberger IG https://www.instagram.com/erikalearothenberger?igsh=MmhjeTRhbnB1aXM2 FB https://www.facebook.com/share/69wqEYVzFKKnci9u/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you do when following Jesus leads you into hard things? In this message from 2 Timothy 1:1–7, Pastor Caleb begins the series Grit and Grace by showing how Paul encouraged Timothy to remember his identity, rekindle the gift of God, and walk in the Spirit's power instead of fear. Because God has shown us grace, called us to Himself, and given us His Spirit, we can endure with courage, love, and sound judgment.Scripture References:2 Timothy 1:1–72 Timothy 1:8–91 TimothyActs 20Romans 8:1Romans 8:11John 3:161 Corinthians 2:12Matthew 28At River Oak Church, we are a welcoming family of imperfect people who share a passion for God, a passion for others, and a passion for graciously sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.  We enjoy an informal environment and Christ-exalting modern worship, and we are committed to following the truth of God's Word.  We welcome you to come as you are, from wherever you've been, and join us!To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world click here: https://riveroakchurch.org/give/Support the show

Why do leaves turn such spectacular colors every fall? It seems as if the green simply changes to red, orange or yellow — but that isn't quite what happens. There is a lot more going on inside those leaves than you might imagine. Listen as I explain the fascinating process that creates the colors of autumn. https://www.weather.gov/dvn/climate_fall_colors When you want to make a big change — lose weight, save money, get ahead at work, break a habit — the usual advice is to buckle down and try harder. But there may be a much smarter and easier way. Research shows that where you are and who you surround yourself with can dramatically change what you do and who you become. Angela Duckworth joins me to explain why changing your situation can sometimes be far more effective than relying on willpower — and how to deliberately put yourself in places and around people that bring out your best. Angela is a psychologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Her TED Talk is one of the most watched of all time, and her book Grit was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her new book is Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best (https://amzn.to/4xvpE3g). Cats are strange pets when you think about it. They can be affectionate one minute and act as if you don't exist the next. Yet humans have welcomed hundreds of millions of them into our homes. So how did this unlikely relationship begin? It turns out cats had something humans desperately needed — and humans had something cats wanted just as badly. Rod Phillips reveals the remarkable history of how cats worked their way into human civilization and ultimately into our homes and hearts. Rod is a professor of history at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and author of Cats: A History (https://amzn.to/3SEKrCi). Why does food often taste so lousy on an airplane? You might blame the airline or whoever prepared your meal, but part of the problem is actually you. At 35,000 feet, something happens that can make perfectly good food taste surprisingly different. Listen and you may never judge airplane food quite the same way again. https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2014-04-03/why-airline-food-tastes-so-bad PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS TREES.COM: Right now, ⁠https://Trees.com ⁠have great deals on planting essentials, up to half off on select plants. And listeners to our show get 20% OFF their purchase when using the promo code SYSK at checkout. MONARCH: Write your own money story with Monarch! Use promo code SYSK at ⁠⁠https://Monarch.com⁠⁠ to get your 1st year of Monarch Core half off at just $50 VINTED: Ready to clean out your closet and make some extra money?Download the Vinted app for free and start listing! With no seller fees, you keep every dollar you earn and for a limited time, enjoy free shipping in the US on Vinted. WAYFAIR: Ready to upgrade your home for way less? Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Wayfair.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ right now to shop all things home and get your space ready for less.  QUINCE: Find your next Fall favorites at Quince! Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Quince.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! DELL: Built for those who want better. The Dell XPS, built for you! INDEED: Get a $75 Sponsored Job credit to help get your job the premium status it deserves at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Indeed.com/PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leave an Amazon Rating or Review for my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy!Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1977DMAngela Duckworth said she wouldn't be where she is without her marriage. Not her grit. Not her network. Her marriage.A Silicon Valley VC told her off the record: he screens founders for grit, sure, but he's really screening for a stable marriage.First night meeting her husband, she dreamed she was walking down the aisle. Turned around, it was him. She wrote it in her journal before their second date.Her husband was the one who pushed her to write about their marriage crisis, not the happy years. She calls it the most courageous thing he's ever done.Two relentless overachievers built a marriage on “just outwork it.” Worked great until it didn't, and they'd never told anyone what broke.Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Senior living is entering an unprecedented period of demand, but operators are also facing persistent labor challenges, tight margins, and technology systems that often haven't kept pace with the complexity of the business. In this special of Bridge the Gap, Lucas joins Kyle Gardner of NIC MAP and Jessie Lucci of AllieHealth to explore whether senior living is actually ready for the next wave of technology and AI.The conversation covers rising senior housing occupancy, the coming wave of demand from aging baby boomers, constrained new construction, workforce competition, technology adoption, and the importance of building tools that genuinely solve operators' most urgent problems.Key Topics Senior housing occupancy and the current market outlookThe growing demand created by the aging baby boomer populationThe gap between senior housing demand and new constructionLabor competition and workforce shortagesWhy senior living technology adoption has historically been slowThe challenges of implementing technology for frontline workersWhy technology must be simple and easy to adoptThe importance of integrations between software systemsBalancing mission, margin, and technology investmentMeasuring technology's impact on the bottom lineUsing technology to give caregivers more time with residentsMeet the Hosts:Lucas McCurdy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasmccurdyseniorlivingfan/ Kyle Gardner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-gardner-nm Jessie Lucci: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessielucci Produced by Grit and Gravel Marketing.Become a sponsor of Bridge the Gap.

What does it take to conquer a technical Spartan course when you can't see the obstacles in front of you? In this episode, we sit down with James, a visually impaired adaptive obstacle course racer, to explore his incredible journey into the world of OCR. We dive deep into his experience competing on the global stage at the Spartan Para World Championships in Finland, breaking down the specific demands of that brutal course. We also explore the vital, high-stakes dynamic between an adaptive athlete and their guide. James shares the story of how he found his guide for Finland and the immense trust required to navigate unpredictable terrain and technical rigs together at race pace. Whether you are a seasoned competitor in the adaptive racing community or stepping onto the start line for the first time, James's insights offer a brilliant look into the resilience, problem-solving, and teamwork required to succeed in this demanding sport.   If you have any questions about the show or would like to explore advertising opportunities, feel free to reach out to us at admin@ukocr.com.

The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk www.LearningLeader.com The Price of Becoming is a USA Today, LA Times, and Publishers Weekly National Best-Seller! www.LearningLeader.com/Becoming This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. My Guest: Daniel Lubetzky graduated from Stanford Law School. And then declined lucrative job offers to start his own business, only paying himself $24,000 a year for a decade. And then he founded KIND and grew it into a snack brand that Mars later valued at $5 billion dollars. Today he invests full-time on Shark Tank, and he's the son of a Holocaust survivor whose story shaped everything he's built. Find work that gives you energy, purpose, and meaning. If you enjoy what you're doing, you're far more likely to be great at it. And you're already winning, because you get up every morning doing something satisfying. The danger of loving your work is overworking. Daniel did it building PeaceWorks and KIND. You have to pace yourself. His father survived a death march out of Dachau. Twelve and a half when he entered the camp, fifteen and a half during the march. Six feet tall and under 70 pounds, and no shoes. The Nazis were walking prisoners up a mountain to push them off a cliff because they didn't have enough bullets. A snowstorm saved his life. His father, grandfather, and uncle hugged to say goodbye. The snow buried them and formed a kind of igloo that kept them warm through the night. They woke, dug out, and the Nazis were gone. The soldiers who liberated them were Japanese American. The 442nd, the most decorated unit of its size in American history, was made up of men whose own families were being held in internment camps back home. Daniel's family had never seen an Asian person and didn't understand what they were witnessing. Seventy years later, he got to say thank you. A friend called saying they were sitting with a doctor who had a postcard from Larry Lubetzky. That was Daniel's uncle, who had just died. Daniel reconnected with the captain, who had gone on to become a scientist at Harvard, and eventually gave a eulogy at his funeral. The lesson he takes from it isn't perseverance. It's the power of one person to change another person's life. You won't pull off a rescue every day. You can still look someone in the eye at the supermarket. "You have no idea what that person's been going through." Human connection is what pulls people back. At a conference on fighting hate, Daniel heard how young people vulnerable to recruitment were pulled back by ordinary human connection. Being kind in your daily life makes it harder for the people trying to recruit them. There's no such thing as failure or success. Daniel keeps shelves of successes in one office and shelves of failures in another, and now thinks the separation is a mistake. He never would have built KIND without ten years of mistakes at PeaceWorks. PeaceWorks was a college thesis turned into a company. The argument: get neighbors on opposite sides of a conflict doing business together, and you shatter stereotypes, build relationships, and give both sides a stake in each other. He got Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians, Egyptians, and Turks trading with one another. Daniel turned down $86,000 out of Stanford Law to pay himself $24,000. That's what he could afford, and it's what he paid his team. Grit, wit, and fit. Grit is the work ethic and refusing to give up. Wit is the strategy, the creativity to outthink competitors. Fit is whether the product actually matches what people want. Grit alone isn't enough. Do not assume he was invincible. He cried alone in his studio apartment more than once, convinced he'd made a mistake and was wasting his life. He questioned himself multiple times a day. The jerk who broke him was also right. At a trade show, a buyer told him to stop, that he was way too pushy, to give people space and get out of his life. Daniel was 25 and it broke him. Then he reflected and realized the man was correct. Don't be the ultra-passive person watching the world happen. Don't be the person who only pushes. The job is to be persistent enough to win and be loved for it, which is very hard. "I prepare for anything that I'm not prepared for." Daniel loves winging it and hates preparing. But if there's something he doesn't know, he'll put in the work today, tomorrow, and the day after. Active listening takes real energy. Daniel needs an hour to decompress after every interview he conducts. He's blunt that listening isn't his greatest strength, which is exactly why he's leaning into it. His dad was the best interviewer he ever knew, because he was a coach. When Daniel asked him a question, his father would answer with another question and let him find it himself. A great coach or parent doesn't tell you what to do. They help you ask the questions you need to ask yourself. Telling is the easier skill. Kids keep you humble, and that's the point. You need someone in your life who can call you out when you start thinking too much of yourself, whether that's your kids, your spouse, or your team. KIND started because the healthy snack aisle didn't exist. Training for the 2002 New York City Marathon, Daniel's options were food that tasted like astronaut rations or pure indulgence. Nothing was portable, wholesome, and convenient at the same time. KIND was named after his father, who died the year they launched. Everyone who met him described him the same way. He saw his mission in life as bringing smiles to others. The name became the three pillars: kind to your body, kind to your taste buds, kind to the world. They took a vote on whether to quit. Six or seven people around a table, ten hard years behind them, a major account just lost. The choice was one more shot or two months to go find jobs. They all voted to try again. Then KIND launched. Sampling was the inflection point. Daniel had been treating it as a cost. It was an investment. They went from $800 in 2008 to $800,000 in 2009 to $20 million in free product within a few years, which is what let them scale. Sampling only works if the mousetrap is right. If one in ten people like it, you'll lose your shirt. Nine in ten people who tried a KIND bar wanted to buy more. Those people became the ambassadors. Scarcity, gluttony, and resourcefulness. A wasteful culture runs you into the ground. A scarcity mentality preserves every dollar but caps your potential, because everything looks like a cost center. Resourcefulness is the middle: think like an owner, spend less where you can, and invest where it compounds. Nice and kind are not the same thing. "If you're nice, it doesn't cost you. It's easy. You can be weak and nice. But to be kind, you need to be strong." Kindness requires you to be a protagonist. What Daniel looks for in a founder: Integrity. If he doesn't trust them, no amount of upside matters. Someone worth helping. It's going to be a rollercoaster, and he'll be in the trenches with them. Real passion. Enough that he can sense they'll outwork everyone else. You don't find integrity by asking about integrity. You ask other questions and watch how the person performs. Daniel says Barbara Corcoran is the best on the show at reading people this way. The four C's of a builder's mindset: curious, compassionate, creative, and courageous. Daniel credits them with building KIND, the OneVoice Movement, and everything since. Daniel's champagne moment a year from now: the Builders Movement making real progress. His argument is that every industry has a lobby representing it, and the only group without one is the overwhelming majority of citizens who agree with each other on most issues and want problems solved. He wants a movement that holds all parties and all special interests accountable to that majority. A scarcity mindset versus an abundance mindset. Viewing something as a cost instead of viewing it as an investment. This was Daniel's early mistake with Kind bars. He only budgeted $800 a year for samples. He viewed it as a cost. He changed his mind and realized it was an investment. He upped it to $800,000 per year in samples. And eventually to $20 million a year. Scarcity versus abundance. View it as an investment instead of a cost Daniel's 4 C's of a builder's mindset – curiosity, compassion, creativity, and courage for That's how you build both a company and a movement.  The difference between being nice and being kind. Being nice avoids conflict to protect feelings in the moment. Being kind is about being willing to risk the moment, telling the hard truth because you actually care about them. His dad, grandfather, and uncle – Near the end of the war, Roman, his father, and his brother were death-marched out of Dachau toward the mountains, where the guards meant to push them off a cliff. A freak overnight blizzard scattered the guards; by morning they were gone. The men who found the survivors were the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion — the only all–Japanese–American unit in the U.S. Army, many of whose own families were sitting in American internment camps at that very moment. Daniel has said those soldiers showed a tenderness that "had not been seen in 1945." Magic – Daniel taught himself magic as a kid in Mexico City and actually worked as a traveling magician through Europe and the Middle East for the better part of a year. He still performs one magic show a year for his team... And he's said it's the only thing all year he genuinely prepares for. Everything else, he improvises. "My team is always very concerned that I just jump into stuff." A scarcity mindset versus an abundance mindset. Viewing something as a cost instead of viewing it as an investment. This was Daniel's early mistake with Kind bars. He only budgeted $800 a year for samples. He viewed it as a cost. He changed his mind and realized it was an investment. He upped it to $800,000 per year in samples. And eventually to $20 million a year. Scarcity versus abundance. View it as an investment instead of a cost. Reflection Questions Where in your work are you all grit and no wit or fit? What would change if you spent an hour on strategy before your next hundred hours of effort? Think of the harshest feedback you've ever received. Set aside how it was delivered. Was any of it correct, and what did you do with it? Where in your life are you being nice when the situation calls for you to be kind?

This episode of Next on the Tee delivers spirited golf debate, remarkable comeback stories, and plenty of Western Pennsylvania flavor. Resident Director of Instruction Tom Patri leads things off as we debate the Player of the Year race between Wyndham Clark and Scottie Scheffler, along with whether professional athletes should ever be allowed to regain their amateur status. We also discuss how NIL has blurred the line between amateur and professional sports. Two-time PGA Tour Champions winner Brandt Jobe returns to share stories from UCLA's dramatic 1988 National Championship comeback, his successful seasons on the Canadian and Japanese Tours, and the frightening accident that nearly ended his career. Brandt also reflects on his success at Muirfield Village, his two Champions Tour victories, and his fight to regain full status on that Tour. Former Pro Bowl quarterback Gus Frerotte rounds out the show with stories about joining Green Oaks Country Club, his favorite Western Pennsylvania courses, and the best turn hot dogs in the area. Gus also shares the story behind his celebrity-tour hole-in-one, selects his ultimate Pittsburgh-area foursome, and offers his thoughts on the Steelers and why Terry Bradshaw might never have been given enough time to develop in today's NFL. It is another episode filled with great stories, honest opinions, and the people who make sports so much fun. Thank you for pressing play.

Chris Naugle is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and founded of The Money School. A former pro snowboarder who rose from a lower-middle-class upbringing, he has built and owned 17 companies and managed over $30 million in financial assets.    Chris teaches the "Be Your Own Bank"/Infinite Banking Concept to help people control cash flow and escape traditional banking systems. Naugle has been featured on HGTV and Forbes and hosts the Money School Podcast.   0:00: Early Lessons in Saving 6:00: Snowboarding and his first business of Phat Clothing 12.00: Hardship, Sports, and Character Development 16:00: Success, Comparison, and Happiness 21:00: Wealth, and why retirement sounds awful 26.00: Time-Limited Pursuits and Personal Fulfillment 31.00: Why we have to play our own Game (not confirming) 30:00: Why we need more Focus and Loyalty, and Long-Term Relationships 46:00: Grit, and the Limits of Success 52.00: The "pay yourself first" principle from *The Richest Man in Babylon*. 56:00: Avoiding Quick-Money Strategies   Until next time, love and good vibes.     #fatherhood #selfimprovement #health #entrepreneur Podcast Website: https://enterthelionheart.com/ Check out the latest episode here: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enter-the-lionheart/id1554904704   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tD7VvMUvnOgChoNYShbcI

In today's show Chas and David learn how the WSL's Ai assistant needs to learn who Occy is, they survey the Poo Poo touches lingering affects on Lowers, identify the surf world figure who now owns the fanciest car in all of surfing, hear about which pro went well beyond unsolicited advice and made things physical, learn why you should always defer "shotgun", never wear dangles, and your sole surf pursuit should be to get barreled. Plus Barrel or Nah?! Enjoy!

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The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk www.LearningLeader.com My new book, The Price of Becoming, is a USA Today, LA Times, Success Magazine, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! I think you'll find it useful. This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. My guest: Dr. Martin Seligman is one of the most influential psychologists alive. He's the founder of positive psychology and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Positive Psychology Center. His research reshaped how we understand optimism, resilience, and human flourishing. His books, including Learned Optimism, Flourish, and The Hope Circuit, have sold millions of copies. His latest is Agency: The Psychological History of Human Progress. Key Learnings The three parts of agency. Efficacy is the belief you can hit a goal right now, and it drives whether you try. Optimism is the belief you can hit it in the future, and it drives persistence and grit. Imagination is the range of goals you can even picture, and it drives creativity. When a culture has all three, it progresses. When they fall, it stagnates. "Depression and pessimism and happiness and optimism are too important to be left to happy people." Marty calls himself a born depressive and pessimist. He founded positive psychology and still wakes at 4:00 a.m. to a voice telling him he can't do the thing in front of him. What he's built over decades is the skill of arguing back, treating that voice not as truth but as a rival whose job is to make him miserable. The techniques don't come naturally to anyone. A small number of people are born happy. Everyone else has to learn and practice the skills, which is why Marty spent much of his career testing them rather than assuming they work. How you respond to good news matters more than you think. When his wife Mandy won first prize in the biggest black and white photography contest in the world, Marty could have said "congratulations, dear, you deserve it" and moved on. Instead, he named the exact photo that won, asked her to repeat what the editor said word for word, and tied her talent back to how they teach their kids. Ryan's summary of what made it work: specificity and curiosity. Marty calls it active constructive responding, and done consistently, it increases love and commitment and cuts divorce rates. Marty's contrarian take on leadership. He thinks the whole hunt for "what great leaders do" is a wild goose chase, because the great leaders he's met all do completely different things. What good followers have in common is PERMA: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment. His advice is to promote the leaders who create the most PERMA, and to hold managers responsible for their people's well-being, not just their output, because well-being predicts productivity. Grit and agency. Grit, the idea made famous by his former student Angela Duckworth, feeds straight into optimism and increases how long people push through adversity. On Angela: "one of the best students I've ever had," and "it's great to be outdone." He credits her rare social intelligence, the ability to build allies instead of enemies. Predicting elections by counting optimism. With his graduate student Harold Zullow, Marty studied a century of nomination acceptance speeches and found the more optimistic candidate usually wins. In 1984, they sealed their prediction of the two nominees in an envelope at The New York Times and got it right. The $17,500 lesson. Convinced by Dukakis's optimistic acceptance speech, Marty flew to Edinburgh to place a legal bet and put his entire life savings on Dukakis at 2 to 1. Then he learned the speech was written by Ted Sorensen, and that Dukakis, in his own unscripted press conferences, was deeply pessimistic. He lost everything. The takeaway that shaped his later work: measure the unscripted moments, not the polished speeches. The 2024 call. Trump and Harris were even on optimism in their convention speeches. But across September and October, tracking how each explained bad events in press conferences, Trump got steadily more optimistic. Marty's team sealed another prediction: Trump winning and possibly by a lot. Why the fired-up CEO speech doesn't work great. After Marty published his method, both political parties asked him how to write optimistic speeches. He sent the protocol, and within a few elections everyone sounded optimistic, and it stopped predicting anything, because the optimism was shallow. People don't internalize a leader saying "we're going to crush it." Real agency shows up in the psychology of the team, and that comes from who you hire and how you train them, not from the speech. What the Army taught him. As lead consultant on the Army's Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program, Marty helped train 40,000 drill sergeants and profiled 900,000 soldiers from their first day. Three traits predicted who would later earn awards for excellent work and heroism: optimism, high positive emotion, and low negative emotion. On the other side, catastrophizers were more than twice as likely to develop PTSD at every level of combat. The hiring lesson. Hire optimists and happy people. Avoid catastrophizers. And when you can't pick your team, train the pessimists you already have in the skills of agency. "Put It In Perspective." The tool Marty uses to retrain catastrophizers. Picture the ominous "come see me at 4:00" email. Write down the worst thing that could happen, then the best thing, then the most likely thing, then a plan for that most likely case. Catastrophizers skip straight to the worst case and get paralyzed. The exercise pulls them back to what's actually probable. Marry an optimist. "If you're a pessimist, disaster is to marry another pessimist," because you'll both see the worst in every setback. The wine story makes the point about behavior change: after Mandy told him he'd wrecked a family engagement dinner by sending back a bottle, Marty realized that if she complained as much as he did, he wouldn't want to be married to her. He decided to stop. The critical thoughts never went away, but the behavior did. The gratitude testimonial. Think of someone still alive who did or said something that changed your life. Write a 300-word testimonial in three parts: what they did, what you did because of it, and where you are now as a result. Then deliver it in person and read it out loud. Marty has run this with thousands of people. The usual result is that both people cry, and a month later they test as less depressed and higher in well-being. Reading the minds of the dead. Marty's method for measuring agency across history is counting words. Agentic language like "choose," "compete," "can," and "do" versus language of constraint like "obliged" and "assigned." With Claude and ChatGPT, he can now do in one morning what used to take months: reading whole eras of writing and rating how agentic they are. St. Augustine and a thousand years of stagnation. Before Augustine, around 400 AD, Christian thinkers were highly agentic and taught that you could take part in your own salvation. Augustine's doctrine that grace comes only from God set Church teaching for close to a thousand years, and progress collapsed with it. When agency climbs again, as it does under Charlemagne around 800, progress climbs too. The pattern holds when you line it up against GDP, population, and writing about freedom. The manager's real job. "It's your job as a manager not just to keep productivity going, but to increase the well-being and agency of the people under you." Do that, and you get promoted. Fail at it and your time is up. The Champagne Question... What he'd celebrate a year from now. Marty wants psychohistory taken seriously as a real field, one that measures psychological variables, uses them to understand history, and then changes them to raise future happiness and productivity. Reflection Questions: Marty is 84, founded the field, and still wakes at 4 a.m. to a voice saying he can't do it. What does your version of that voice say, and what does it usually say it about? When it shows up, do you accept it as fact or argue back? Think about the last time someone close to you shared good news. Which quadrant were you in: active constructive, passive constructive, active destructive, or passive destructive? What did you actually say? Marty says a manager's job is to raise the well-being and agency of their people, not just their output. If your team was measured on PERMA tomorrow, what score would they give you, and where's the gap? If you liked this one with Marty, you should also listen to... Episode #703: Angela Duckworth - Why Grit Isn't Enough Time Stamps: 2:34 Angela Duckworth, grit & social intelligence 6:05 Active constructive responding: the Mandy photography story 12:13 Why leadership is heterogeneous, and the case for PERMA 14:49 How grit and agency fit together 16:09 The born pessimist who founded positive psychology 21:20 What the book is really about: founding psychohistory 22:52 Predicting elections & the $17,500 Dukakis bet 25:34 The 2024 prediction 29:17 Why the rah-rah CEO speech doesn't help much 31:07 What the U.S. Army taught him: optimism & PTSD 35:19 "Put It In Perspective," the tool for catastrophizers 38:55 Marry an optimist, and the wine-snob story 42:19 The gratitude testimonial 44:49 Reading the minds of the dead & St. Augustine 48:37 The manager's real job 49:33 What he'd celebrate a year from now 51:05 EOPC  

Send us Fan MailAt 2:03 in the morning I woke up to the light on and the shower running. Our dog Koda had taken a direct hit from a skunk. My first coherent thought, standing in the hallway in my shorts, was that we didn't have any tomato juice. Because that's what you do. Everybody knows that. My grandmother knew it, your neighbor knows it, and Google will still tell you so this morning. It doesn't work. It never has. And what got me wasn't being wrong. It was how sure I'd been. Tomato juice wasn't a guess I'd have defended if you pushed me — it was a fact I had, the same way I know a stop sign is red. I couldn't tell you where I picked it up or when. And in forty-some years it never occurred to me to check. So this episode is about the things you've never checked. EVERYTHING YOU DO IS EITHER INHERITED OR CHOSEN. Inherited means somebody handed it to you and you never checked it. Chosen means you tested it and kept it on purpose. From the inside, those two feel exactly the same. That's the whole problem. Three questions to tell them apart:SOURCE — Where did I get this? If you can't name the source, you inherited it.MECHANISM — How does it actually work? Walk the steps out loud.EVIDENCE — What has it actually produced? Left column what it was supposed to do, right column what it has done. Then give it a verdict. Keep it. Kill it. Or test it — set a date and a number and go look when the date comes. There's no fourth option where you keep doing it and don't think about it. That's the one that got you here.------------------------------------------- THE SKUNK FORMULA (Paul Krebaum, 1993) 2 cups of 3% hydrogen peroxide 1/4 cup baking soda 1–2 teaspoons Dawn dish soap Mix it fresh in an open container. Never seal it in a closed bottle — the reaction releases oxygen and a capped container can burst. Keep it out of the eyes. Work it into the fur, let it sit five minutes, rinse, repeat as needed. It works because skunk spray is made of compounds called thiols. The peroxide and baking soda oxidize them into something odorless — the molecule itself changes. Tomato juice never touches the thiol. It sits on top of it and waits to wear off.-------------------------------------------WORK WITH ME If you're running a life you didn't actually pick — the career you fell into, the routine you inherited, the version of yourself somebody else decided on — that's not a motivation problem. That's a life full of inherited defaults nobody ever audited. That's what The Forge is. Twelve months, a rope team of men doing the same work, and somebody in your corner asking you question two about the things you can't see by yourself.Coaching: https://www.dohardthingscoaching.comSpeaking: https://www.dohardthingscoaching.com/speaking-------------------------------------------Siegfried "Sig" Tiegs is a keynote speaker, high-performance coach, and co-author of the Amazon best seller Life on Offense: A Tactical Guide to Dominate Life and End Mediocrity. A retired Army Major with 27 years of service, he hosts the Do Hard Things™ podcast and coaches high performers at dohardthingscoaching.com.GRIT. PURPOSE. PEACE.Welcome to the Do Hard Things Podcast with your host Jay Tiegs, Are you ready to amplify and improve your life? Then you are in the right place. On this podcast we have unfiltered conversation with inspiring people who take on challenges and share with us, the wisdom from their journey. We talk about how doing hard things adequately enable all of us to deal with life's struggles and challenges and ultimately improve the quality of our lives. Support the showBig things are happening inside Do Hard Things Nation, and I want you with us.Want more support? Join the Do Hard Things Wellness Academy. Four coaches. Weekly mindset training, movement, breathwork, meditation, book club, and challenges. Join as a member here:

Angela Duckworth (Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best, Grit) is a psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss nearly drowning while trying to save her mother, apologizing 15 years later to an author she treated poorly, and how a graduate student's critique of Grit changed the direction of her work. Angela and Dax talk about why achieving goals rarely delivers happiness, how Leon Marchand changed his environment to break Michael Phelps's world record, and why the people around us deserve more credit for our success. Angela explains why grit isn't always enough, how our surroundings shape our behavior before we realize it, and why changing your situation can actually give you more agency.Thank you to our presenting partner Lilly. Lilly's Foundayo™(orforglipron). Advertisement Disclaimer: Please see Indications and Safety Summary with Warnings for Foundayo™(orforglipron) at https://www.foundayo.lilly.com/risk Start your 2 month free trial today: https://youtube.com/premium . Terms Apply. Cancel Anytime.Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://www.allstate.com/ Take printer ink off your to-do list with HP Smart Tank | http://www.hp.com/SmartTank See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the first in-person episode of Crushing It, Kelly DeMay joins Jim Mellin to reflect on her career journey, the experiences that shaped her leadership style, and the lessons she's learned about developing high-performing teams. Together, they discuss leadership, career growth, creating opportunities for others, and why Equitable Advisors was the right fit for her. GE-9075588.1 (8/26)(Exp.8/30)

Live from ILTACON | Sponsored by Steno What can lawyers learn from Broadway? More than you might think. Live from Nashville, David Cowen sits down with Laura Bell Bundy, the actress, singer, songwriter, and producer who originated Elle Woods in Legally Blonde on Broadway, for a conversation about curiosity, grit, reinvention, self-advocacy, and the relationships that shape a career. Laura shares the unlikely path that took her from Kentucky to Broadway, how she learned to turn imitation into originality, why perceived failures can open unexpected doors, and the lesson from her father that has stayed with her throughout her career: Ask. Because if you don't ask, you'll never know what might have been. In this episode: How childhood imitation became a foundation for creativity What it took to make Elle Woods her own Why optimism and confidence are more powerful than they look How curiosity and grit work together The night Laura finished Legally Blonde with a fractured elbow Why the show must sometimes go on How mentors and sponsors can see possibilities in us before we see them ourselves Why big goals become achievable when broken into smaller steps What perceived failure can teach us about opportunity Why relationships matter more than the résumé How knowing your value changes the way you negotiate Why "ask" may be the most powerful three-letter word The importance of advocating for yourself Why community matters when careers become difficult What Broadway can teach leaders about teamwork and connection Chapters 00:10 | Back in Nashville 01:06 | A World Changing Fast 02:02 | Growing Up Around Music 04:20 | From Imitation to Originality 06:31 | Making Elle Woods Her Own 08:12 | Finding the Grit 09:28 | What Elle Woods' Transformation Really Means 09:59 | The Broadway Experience That Changed Everything 13:48 | Laura's First Big Break 14:20 | Why Everyone Needs a Sponsor 15:29 | Holding a Vision for Someone Else 17:09 | Redefining Success Through Goals 18:36 | Curiosity + Grit = From Now to Next 19:30 | Breaking Her Arm During Legally Blonde 20:52 | The Show Must Go On 22:36 | Following Another Dream 25:23 | Giving Yourself Permission to Try 26:13 | What Perceived Failure Can Teach You 26:58 | Careers Are Really About Relationships 28:10 | When the Vision Became Reality 32:21 | Know Your Value 33:24 | The Most Powerful Three-Letter Word: Ask 42:07 | Why Community Keeps Us Standing 43:27 | From Now to Next The Big Idea Ask. Ask for the opportunity. Ask for the promotion. Ask the question you're afraid might get a no. Laura's career is filled with moments where curiosity opened one door, grit carried her through another, and someone was willing to see potential before the outcome was obvious. But there's another lesson underneath all of it. You have to advocate for yourself. Knowing your value matters. Having people who believe in you matters. Being willing to fail matters. And so does having the courage to ask. Because a career isn't simply a collection of jobs. It's a collection of relationships, lessons, risks, failures, reinventions and people who catch you when you fall. Follow SOLID for more conversations with the leaders shaping what comes next in legal: https://solid.legal/

Angela Duckworth, the psychologist who made “grit” a household word, sat down with Lewis and confessed something her research almost missed. Effort alone doesn't build a great life. The situation you're in does, and no one shapes that situation more than the person you marry. She traces it back to her own mother, a gifted painter who gave up her art for fifty years married to a man who walked past her paintings without a word.Then Angela goes further, into a marriage crisis she and her husband Jason never talked about publicly. Both of them were try-harder people who worked themselves into misery during the 2008 crash, until Angela told him on a walk that she cried every night and didn't want to be married anymore. What saved them wasn't more grit. It was therapy, three therapists between two people, and a willingness to change the situation instead of just pushing through it.Lewis matches her story with his own, requiring therapy before he'd even commit to dating Martha, because every past relationship had only gone to therapy once it was already collapsing. Angela ties it back to the Pygmalion effect. Your confidence is borrowed from the people who believe in you before you believe in yourself.By the end you'll want to look around at your own life and ask who's actually bringing out your best. Angela's mother didn't paint again until her husband died. Now, at 91, she paints every day.Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your BestGrit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceAngela's InstagramAngela's LinkedInAngela's FacebookIn this episode you will:Discover why proximity, not just grit, determines whether your effort ever pays offLearn how changing your situation, not trying harder, rescued a marriage on the brink of divorceRecognize the fundamental attribution error and why the power of situation is invisible until you name itChallenge the shame around therapy and see how it can rebuild a struggling relationshipUncover the Pygmalion effect and how others' belief in you shapes your own confidenceFor more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1977More SOG episodes we think you'll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We're told that winners never quit — but what if strategic quitting is the skill high performers are missing? In this episode, Brad sits down with Lindsay Crouse, author of The Case for Quitting and former New York Times editor and writer, to challenge the "never give up" mindset that quietly works against ambitious people.Lindsay shares her own journey from Harvard to career heights at the Times — including elevating women Olympians' voices to win maternity protections for pregnant athletes and commissioning the Times' first Academy Award–winning film — and how her superpower of relentless perseverance eventually started to undermine her performance and happiness.Together, Lindsay and Dr. Cooper unpack how perseverance and quitting are companion behaviors, not opposites. You'll learn why "Why am I continuing?" is a more useful question than "Should I quit?", how to tell the difference between healthy drive and fear-based grinding, and how to set "kill criteria" before you're too invested to think clearly. They dig into the spotlight effect and our overblown fear of judgment, why we regret inaction more than action, and the coach's wisdom to never quit on a bad day.Lindsay closes with a practical framework for anyone standing at a crossroads: picture the morning after you walk away, get clear on what you're moving toward (not just what you're escaping), and build a financial parachute so the choice is deliberate rather than impulsive. A must-listen for high achievers — and the coaches who guide them.Info re earning your health & wellness coaching certification, annual Rocky Mountain Coaching Retreat & Symposium & more via https://www.catalystcoachinginstitute.com/ Best-in-class coaching for Employers, EAPs & wellness providers https://catalystcoaching360.com/Tap into the home of the (freely available) Not Done Yet! articles on unlocking life's 2nd half here.YouTube Coaching Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachingChannelContact us: Results@CatalystCoaching360.comTwitter: @Catalyst2ThriveWebsite: CatalystCoaching360.comIf you are a current or future health & wellness coach, please check out our Health & Wellness Coaching Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278207545599218.  This is a wonderful group if you are looking for encouragement, ideas, resources and more. 

Show Note In this episode of Grit, Grace & Glitz, Erika Rothenberger sits down with Tina Guerrieri, a survivor, real estate professional, and founder of the nonprofit organization Miko's Place. Tina candidly shares her powerful journey of overcoming severe childhood physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as navigating a violent marriage as a single mother. Together, they discuss the importance of owning your story, breaking down cultural barriers in domestic violence support, and creating accessible pathways for healing. Tina explains how she channeled her past pain into empowering other women through housing assistance, legal aid, non-traditional therapy, and community education. They also dive into practical self-care habits, the strength found in supporting rather than competing with other women, and details on upcoming community-building events like Miko's Place's annual gala In This Episode, You'll Learn How to Turn Trauma into Purpose: Ways to embrace your story as a tool to inspire, heal, and uplift others. Overcoming Cultural Barriers: Why language barriers and immigrant pride often prevent minority victims from seeking help, and how targeted outreach makes a difference. Reclaiming Independence: Tina's path from financial struggle to building a successful real estate career and providing stability for her family. Everyday Self-Care Practices: Practical ways to build self-love and reset your mind—from five-minute breathing moments to nature, music, and simple joys. Beyond Talk Therapy: How non-traditional methods like somatic, equine, dance, and movement therapies help heal trauma. The Power of Community Over Competition: Why lifting other women up creates a far more rewarding path than competing with them. Episode Timeline 02:09 Tina's journey from trauma to success 04:01 The founding of Mikos Place and its mission 09:56 Addressing cultural barriers in domestic violence support 14:46 The importance of self-care and mental health 19:55 Upcoming events: Gala and Summit 27:00 The power of community and connection 30:08 Closing thoughts and encouragement to support Where to Find Tina: IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinaguerrieri/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/tinaguerrieri/ Connect with your host, Erika: LinkedIn (primary) https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikarothenberger IG https://www.instagram.com/erikalearothenberger?igsh=MmhjeTRhbnB1aXM2 FB https://www.facebook.com/share/69wqEYVzFKKnci9u/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 82: Thomas "JAX" Jackson In this episode, I sit down with my friend Thomas "JAX" Jackson, creator of the YouTube channel Shoot With JAX. What starts as a conversation about firearms, training, filmmaking, and building a YouTube channel turns into a much broader discussion about discipline, leadership, adventure, family, friendship, and deliberately doing hard things. JAX talks about why he started his channel. Not because he considered himself an expert, but because he wanted to become a better shooter and learn filmmaking along the way. We also revisit our Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim and Yosemite Misogi adventures, including some difficult decisions JAX helped make when things didn't go according to plan. From flying Marine Corps Cobra attack helicopters and commercial jets to training in Afghanistan, raising a family, staying fit, and building something creative on YouTube, the conversation ultimately comes back to growth through action, authenticity, and surrounding yourself with people willing to push alongside you. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on YouTube Find out more at http://goodoldboypodcast.comRead transcript

In the 3rd hour of today's show, Dukes and Bell debate Michael Penix Jr.'s competitive drive in comparison to Michael Vick's legendary toughness. They also review the Georgia Bulldogs' season opener with Connor Riley and discuss Mike Tomlin's surprisingly elaborate Minecraft hobby. (00:01:50) Falcons Quarterback Controversy (00:04:07) Georgia Bulldogs Season Recap (00:10:42) SEC and LSU Future (00:18:16) Michael Penix Jr. Debate (00:28:28) Florida State Power Outage (00:34:40) Mike Tomlin's Minecraft City (00:37:00) Clay Matthews AI Hoax

Live from ILTACON | Sponsored by Steno Legal organizations are investing heavily in AI. But buying the technology is the easy part. Getting people to actually change how they work is harder. Live from ILTACON, David Cowen sits down with Jeffrey Roach, Managing Director at Harbor, to explore why the next phase of Legal AI isn't simply about technology. It's about behavior, talent, champions and organizational change. Jeffrey argues that resistance isn't necessarily the problem. It's a signal. And instead of spending disproportionate energy trying to move the most resistant people, leaders may create more momentum by investing in the achievers, strivers and seekers already leaning into change. In this episode: Why enablement is becoming more important as AI investment grows Why adoption is a behavioral challenge, not simply a technology problem What "perpetual change" means for legal organizations Why lawyer skepticism can actually be valuable How resistance can reveal where value hasn't been communicated clearly Why leaders should invest more heavily in their top performers The importance of champions in driving AI adoption Why authority doesn't always have to come from the person leading the transformation How gatekeeping can hold talented people back Why organizations need to give high performers more agency How new talent from outside legal will reshape the profession Why adaptability, curiosity, resourcefulness and grit can be taught What organizational enablement looks like beyond individual AI training Why it's okay to accept that you won't convert everyone Chapters 00:10 | Why Enablement Matters More Than Ever 00:43 | Adoption Is a Behavioral Problem 01:05 | Welcome to Perpetual Change 01:35 | Everything, Everywhere, All at Once 01:46 | Why Lawyers Resist Change 02:19 | Stop Treating Resistance as the Problem 02:41 | Achievers, Strivers, Seekers and Laggards 03:09 | How Do You Keep Your Top 20%? 03:22 | Making Your Best People Feel Seen 05:05 | Stop Lifting the Bottom. Raise the Top. 05:29 | Why Champions Drive Adoption 06:28 | Creating Agency Inside Legal Organizations 06:48 | How Gatekeeping Holds Talent Back 07:40 | Set Talented People Free 08:41 | Why Progress Requires Bravery 09:18 | New Talent Is Entering the Business of Law 09:32 | Forward Deployed Engineers and Legal AI Architects 10:31 | Curiosity, Adaptability, Resourcefulness and Grit 12:45 | From Individual to Organizational Enablement 13:50 | Why You Can't Save Everybody 14:12 | Double Down on Your Winners The Big Idea "Double down on your winners." The AI adoption challenge may not be about getting every person in an organization to move at the same speed. Some people are already curious. They're experimenting. They're resourceful. They're asking questions and pushing beyond their comfort zones. Those people can become your champions. Invest in them. Give them visibility. Give them authority. Give them room to make mistakes and learn. Because trying to pull the bottom 20% forward can consume enormous energy, while the people most capable of creating momentum may leave if they don't feel seen, challenged and supported. AI transformation isn't only about deploying better technology. It's about identifying the people ready to lead the change and helping them soar. Follow SOLID for more conversations with the leaders shaping what comes next in legal: https://solid.legal/

Hey Clutterbugs! Want to know why decluttering and organizing your home can change your entire life — not just your space? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit and her brand new book Situated, to talk about the science behind why changing your environment is more powerful than "just trying harder." Angela breaks down the Three Boxes model, and honestly, it explained my entire life back to me. We get into why willpower is overrated, why "just try harder" culture is kind of a trap, and why editing your space (not forcing more discipline) is the real secret to lasting change. We also get real with topics like . . . ✨ My own decluttering "rock bottom" and how changing my environment changed who I was, not just how my house looked ✨ Why I think weight loss surgery is a situational fix, not a shortcut — and why shame around GLP-1s and other "easier" paths needs to go ✨ Getting diagnosed with ADHD at 40 and how surrounding myself with the right people (situational change!) helped me finally build the life and career I wanted ✨ Why grit isn't about intensity — it's about consistency, and why my whole "do it badly on purpose" philosophy might actually be a form of grit after all If you've ever felt like you're failing no matter how hard you try, this episode might just reframe everything. Sometimes the answer isn't more effort — it's a better situation. To purchase Angela's new book, please visit https://www.angeladuckworth.com/situated Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: @Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #AngelaDuckworth #grit #situated #newyorktimesbestseller #melrobbinspodcast #selfhelp #homeimprovement #lifehacks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI could be bigger than electricity.Anastasios Angelopoulos is seeing that shift firsthand, with Arena ranking 500+ models and tracking roughly 10 new releases every week.On Grit, he explains why there may never be one dominant AI model and why the API layer may be less sticky than people think.Guest: Anastasios Angelopoulos, Co-Founder and CEO of ArenaConnect with Anastasios AngelopoulosXLinkedIn Connect with MamoonXLinkedInConnect with Joubin:XLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.comFollow Grit: LinkedInX​Learn more about Kleiner Perkins

After more than three decades in senior living, Tana Gall has witnessed nearly every evolution the industry has experienced. She reflects on what has remained constant throughout her 32-year career: the importance of creating communities where residents truly feel at home.The discussion explores how senior living operators can prepare for today's growing demand by designing communities that balance consistency with local character. Tana explains why every community should have its own unique personality while maintaining a strong organizational culture. She also shares how thoughtful design, meaningful amenities, and exceptional team members combine to create memorable resident experiences.Key IdeasTana Gall's 32-year journey in senior livingBuilding lasting organizational cultureWhy local community identity mattersDesigning communities around resident experienceCreating welcoming environments beyond beautiful buildingsThe post-pandemic senior living landscapeSupply and demand trends across the industryReimagining existing communitiesThe evolving expectations of today's older adultsRecruiting and retaining purpose-driven team membersMeet the Hosts:Lucas McCurdy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasmccurdyseniorlivingfan/Cameron Bell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-bell-322143147/Connect with Our GuestTana Gall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tana-gall-53988b4/ Learn More About the Granger Cobb Institute for Business of Aginghttps://www.btgvoice.com/full-episode/429-nancy-swanger-senior-living-careers-education-granger-cobb-institute Produced by Grit and Gravel Marketing.Become a sponsor of Bridge the Gap.

In today's episode, we sit down with powerhouse entrepreneur and influencer, Theresa Roemer. Known for her glamorous lifestyle, massive closet, and nearly 2 million followers, Theresa's journey began far from the spotlight—as a hardworking farm girl who learned grit and determination from a young age. Tune in as she shares how her early experiences shaped her relentless work ethic, her evolution from paper route to entrepreneurship, strategies for finding the right people in business, and why embracing innovation—especially AI—is key to staying relevant. Whether you're an aspiring author, an entrepreneur, or simply love an inspiring story, this episode is packed with real talk, valuable insights, and motivating lessons on resilience, growth, and letting go of the past to achieve success.

The Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk www.LearningLeader.com My new book, The Price of Becoming, is a USA Today, LA Times, Success Magazine, and Publishers Weekly bestseller! I think you'll find it useful. This is brought to you by Insight Global. If you need to hire one person, hire a team of people, or transform your business through Talent or Technical Services, Insight Global's team of 30,000 people around the world has the hustle and grit to deliver. Key Learnings All the greats have a coach. Strauss is one of the most disciplined humans alive, and he has had one since he was 30. His argument: Tom Brady is an amazing athlete, but would he have performed as well with no coach, or a lousy one? A great coach is objective, encouraging, smart, and experienced. They warn you of obstacles you can't see yet. Strauss doesn't want the Socratic method from his coach. He wants direct advice. He'll use questions when he's leading others. But when he brings a problem to his own coach, he wants to be told: "You have that wrong; you're missing this." So What? Strauss was avoiding a confrontation because he knew the other person would be really upset. His coach said, "So what?" He had the conversation. The person was upset. They got to the other side, and it was better than leaving it out there. Bad news doesn't get better with age. The most effective people are the most open-minded and self-critical. The ones who insist they don't need a coach are usually the ones losing. "Arrogance is the enemy of continued success." Humility isn't pretending you're not good. Strauss says claiming he's bumbling through the job would be silly, and he's proud of what he does well. The humility is in staying open. His team's description of him: strongly held opinions, freely shared, and a mind that changes when the facts do. "You're just a terrible speaker." Strauss was 31, newly president of Vestron, and had written an eloquent after-dinner speech he was proud of. He read it off the page. His boss pulled him aside afterward and told him it was terrible. What two days of media training taught Strauss: Talk about what the audience cares about, not what you want to say Never deliver a written speech unless you're President of the United States Inject your personality Try to make them laugh Be of service to the audience. Strauss opens his class at MIT Sloan by asking the students why they came and what they want out of it. It surprises them every time, because speakers never ask. One meeting with 20 people beats 20 meetings with one person. A young CEO Strauss coaches was sleeping four hours a night and spending 20 hours a week on one-on-ones. Strauss told him to do one weekly meeting with all 20.  Delegate with information. Everyone running a group is in the same room once a week and shares everything, including the problems. If it's business, it goes in the room. If it's personal, they can talk one-on-one. Politics shrink because nobody has information nobody else has. Happy stuff doesn't reach the CEO's desk. If it landed on his desk, it's either bad or genuinely complex. That's the system working. Align the words with the dollar signs. Mission, strategy, culture, and compensation all have to point in the same direction. Say you want to be the best in the world while paying people regardless of performance, and they will follow the money every time. The worst comp structure is CEO discretion. It builds a culture where everyone is trying to please one person, and people think pleasing someone means telling them what they want to hear. Hire the most talented people on earth, then support them through thick and thin. Strauss greenlit Dirty Dancing at Vestron on a $5.5 million budget. The first-time director was too scared to speak, so the team pitched it. They claimed the film would change how women dressed, produce an award-winning soundtrack, and win an Oscar. Strauss thought the pitch was nonsense. He didn't even like the script. He greenlit it anyway because he trusted the team over his own judgment. It became the biggest independent hit of all time to that date, a record it held until The Blair Witch Project. Be a good judge of talent, not of products. Knowing which one you are is the whole thing. Leave the escape hatches open. When competitors poured hundreds of millions into VR and the metaverse, Strauss said no. But Take-Two did enough experimentation to move fast if he was wrong, and got paid for every VR project they took on. They lost nothing on the wrong bet. Be creatively risk-forward and financially risk-averse. A well-run film studio had a 30 percent hit ratio, meaning 70 percent of what it released broke even or lost money. So you build the balance sheet first, then take the creative swings. "If you can't afford to lose, you don't play the game." Carl Icahn won because he was a good poker player with a huge stack of chips. When things went against him, he didn't sit around moaning. He went to the next game. At 68, he's up at 4:45 and in the gym by 6:45, often twice a day. Looking your best is a form of respect for other people and for yourself. If you look sloppy and out of shape, it's harder to lead. The other half is simply feeling good enough to show up with energy and a smile. He refuses to hold anyone else to his own personal standard. Everyone is on their own journey, and he doesn't want clones. Thirty minutes of walking five days a week is genuinely good for you. That person is showing up for themselves too. No AI slop in Grand Theft Auto. Take-Two builds handcrafted, building by building. Their teams will use state-of-the-art tools to do great work more efficiently. What they won't do is push a button on someone else's model and call the output theirs. "That's yesterday's headlines." Strauss's father-in-law's answer whenever anyone congratulated him. Take-Two doesn't do the who's-better-than-us party. They show sincere appreciation for great work, and then they get up the next morning and do it again. Reflection Questions Who is the person in your life who will tell you that you have it wrong?  What is the confrontation you're avoiding right now, hoping it resolves itself? Have that conversation today. Where are you taking real risk without the balance sheet to survive being wrong? And where are you so protected that you aren't taking any risk at all? More Learning #662: Nick Thompson - Move at an Uncomfortable Pace #626: Rob Kimbel - The Power of Grit and Generosity #525: Frank Slootman - Raise Your Standards & Push the Pace Podcast Chapters00:00 Apply for the Learning Leader Circle 01:01 Meet Strauss Zelnick 03:00 President of Fox at 32 06:15 He Greenlit Dirty Dancing and Thought It Would Flop 09:55 How He Finds Talent 11:30 Align the Words With the Dollar Signs 18:56 One Meeting With 20 People 22:33 Up at 4:45, Gym by 6:45 26:20 No AI Slop in Grand Theft Auto 27:55 Why He Doesn't Feel Lonely at the Top 28:53 His Coach's Advice Was "So What?" 29:51 Every Great Leader Has a Coach 32:37 Direct Advice, Not the Socratic Method 35:31 What He Teaches at MIT Sloan 37:03 "You're Just a Terrible Speaker" 39:27 Arrogance Is the Enemy of Continued Success 41:03 Why He Said No to VR 43:52 Creatively Risk-Forward, Financially Risk-Averse 47:20 That's Yesterday's Headlines 49:51 EOPC    

Is your child's behavior really about who they are — or is it about where you've put them?  In this episode, Dr. Aliza Pressman sits down with Dr. Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit, MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner, and University of Pennsylvania psychologist, to unpack her powerful new book, Situated. Together they explore why the "fundamental attribution error" causes so many parents to blame a child's character when the real culprit is the situation around them — and why editing that situation, from where you keep your phone to which zip code you live in, is one of the most effective child development strategies parents actually have. What you'll learn: Why the "fundamental attribution error" makes parents misjudge their kids' behavior The "3-foot rule": how personal space and phone placement quietly drive academic performance Practical ways to build self-control in kids without relying on willpower alone How intentionally choosing a neighborhood or school shapes peer influence and character The powerful role of mentors, coaches, and teachers as "surrogate parents" Modeling behavior: what your kids are really learning by watching you

May 15, 2013Adam and Drew open the show talking about grit and how badly they want their kids to have that quality over almost any other. The discussion then turns to parents and the culture of not wanting to hunker down and care for your kids even if you have to do it in a bare bones fashion. Later they take calls including an epileptic man who only has seizures during sex.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With the highly anticipated follow up to her bestseller “Grit”, psychologist and author Angela Duckworth offers a new framework for achieving excellence. She talks with host Jeff Berman about why making even small changes to your situation is the precursor to success. You can find more about Angela's book Situated here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Situated/Angela-Duckworth/9781668005941See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Angela Duckworth on why grit is only half the story. Acclaimed researcher Professor Angela Duckworth returns to unpack a bigger idea behind grit: your environment matters as much, if not more, than your mindset. Jonathan and Angela Duckworth explore how situation, peers, mentors, and culture shape the thoughts you have, the effort you can sustain, and the kind of person you become.They also dig into the practical question of change: if you want a different outcome, how do you stop blaming yourself and start redesigning the conditions around you?Key topics:Angela Duckworth reframes grit as part of a larger system, arguing that the "inside game" and the "outside game" are linked.She explains why high achievers often think in more positive, productive ways, and why those thoughts are strongly influenced by the situation they are in.The conversation breaks down the three-box model: situation, thoughts, response.Angela and Jonathan discuss how emotions and behavior fit into that model, and how feedback loops can create either virtuous or vicious cycles.Angela shares how trying harder during a difficult period in her marriage and career made things worse until she changed the situation.They walk through four situational levers: personal space, peers, mentors, and culture.Angela gives concrete examples of environmental design, from keeping her phone out of reach to using visible reminders like notes, rings, and calendar prompts.The episode makes a strong case for noticing before changing, using situational awareness as the first step toward agency.Angela distinguishes agency from blame, arguing that recognizing a harmful situation does not mean it was your fault.The conversation closes with a broader definition of a good life: creating situations that bring out the best in other people.You can find Angela at: Website | Instagram | Episode TranscriptNext week, we're sitting down with Allison Aubrey to talk about why midlife can become a turning point for purpose, connection, and a deeper kind of self-trust. Be sure to follow Good Life Project wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss that or any upcoming episodes!Check out our sponsors and resources: Visit Our Sponsor Page Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“ It's just incredibly hard to really resist these forces that are, you know, probably from evolution, that we adapt to our circumstances,” says psychologist Angela Duckworth, PhD. “But once you have that insight, then you realize that you do have to shape your circumstances before they shape you.” In her new book Situated, Duckworth (who wrote the #1 New York Times bestseller Grit) reveals the often hidden ways that situational elements affect us, and she maps out optimistic strategies for sometimes changing our environment and sometimes improving the situations in our lives. In our conversation, she also shares some funny and enlightening psychology findings that help explain why we can be so different across different settings, and why our expectations of ourselves are socially determined. And toward the end, she offers an alternative approach to effortfully pursuing our goals—which does not involve suffering, and which is actually more effective (go figure!). For the show notes, head to eliseloehnen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices