Podcasts about doing what works

When Katie was little she wanted to be a glassblower. Whatever happened to that dream? We can't wait to give you an update in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…The Corning Museum of Glass.Blown Away was a reality show about glassblowing.Your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most when you were somewhere between nine and eleven years old.Katie's artwork is a wonderful way of, as Chris Shea puts it, escorting my words off the page.Michael Bryant is a career coach.The poet Taylor Mali suggests you not worry about people who shame you for a college major with, “What are you going to do with that?”Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness.

Katie exudes joy, but even she was no match for the dog entrusted to her care for a week. We hope you enjoy the canine (and encore!) edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…Watching Marley & Me for the first time, with friends, left a bad taste in Katie's mouth.A Tamagotchi is as close as caring for a pet as she got when she was little.Peek-a-boo teaches a child that whoever just disappeared will come back.If you get the first three years right with a child you're probably set.Dogs can smell fear!Notice I'm tensing up, decide that can't be good, tense up even more.Much of what Maureen knows about dogs came from City Slickers.George Carlin likes people on a case-by-case basis.

Katie and I started working together when she was only two weeks old. No kidding! This edition of Doing What Works is one example of how to have it all -- or most of it -- all at once.Here are your show notes…What Color Is Your Parachute?Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race.You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

Katie had a stress bender recently. I'm still reeling from a version of RV life I didn't see coming and wouldn't have signed up for. If we can find the upsides, which we describe in this edition of Doing What Works, you're sure to be inspired.Here are your show notes…Maureen's proudest moment as a parent.A reframe doesn't have to be true to be helpful.The Serenity Prayer.In times of change, cling to and take comfort in what hasn't.

Wondering what to look for in your first job? This edition of Doing What Works might leave you drooling.Here are your show notes…If you don't want it on Page Six, don't do it.Farm to Fork.

Darrell pursued a career in medicine while I was studying to be an engineer. Each of us found our way into radio, and this edition of Doing What Works is reassurance it's okay to change course.Here are your show notes…“A Friend of Mine Is Going Blind.”John Mulhern runs Doing What Works on KSCB in Liberal, Kansas.Guardians of the Galaxy is the first exposure some people have had to cassette tapes.Joel Pollak is writing the biography of Scott Adams.AI is useful but it doesn't have a soul.Dick Bolles said you should always be able to choose between at least two alternatives.“I got nowhere else to go!”Farm to Fork.

If one person's trash is another's treasure you're cheating people when you throw things away. Darrell fills in for Katie to make that case in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Planned obsolescence.Farm to Fork.Are you a finisher or an opener?“How bad for the environment can throwing away one plastic bottle be?” thirty million people wonder.“The aftermath of the 98th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre showed a messy scene with littered bottles, cartons, wrappers, and debris in the upper rows.”Don't mess around with a cigarette in the car!

Does assembling a piece of furniture fill you with dread? You aren't alone, and you might need help. You can start with this edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…The right to repair.Callings.Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Does your life fit you? Or does it feel more like an itchy sweater you can't wait to swap out for something more comfortable? If there's a better topic to explore, the way we do in this edition of Doing What Works, we hope you'll let us know.Here are your show notes…Are you a finisher or an opener?Your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of what you loved most when you were somewhere between nine and eleven years old.No one ever gets talker's block.Are you watching a different movie on the same screen?Career coach Barbara Sher was the author of Wishcraft.Big Magic author Elizabeth Gilbert didn't expect her writing to pay the bills.The fastest way to attract what's meant for you is to express yourself so honestly that everything misaligned falls away on its own.

To hear Katie tell it, Maureen is a great role model for aging well. If you want what she's having, you'll probably love this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…The Three Boxes of Life talks about the deferred life plan.Want to change your happiness setpoint? The Big Leap might help.Addiction is giving up everything for one thing, Elizabeth Gilbert has heard, while recovery is giving up one thing for everything.A career planning retreat inspired a change in the way Maureen approached life.The bad stuff is easier to believe. Guard against that!

This edition of Doing What Works illustrates the old saying: “If everyone put his problems on the table, you'd probably take yours back.” It's been quite a winter for a couple of (vintage!) RV dwellers, put it that way.Here are your show notes…You can't always get what you want.The Big Leap will help you overcome a universal human tendency to sabotage yourself if things start going “too” well.

Imagine a decades-long relationship you can look back on with zero regrets. Katie and Maureen share the recipe in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Ski Cooper!The things that go wrong often make the best memories.What makes you a good mom?The best kind of laughter is laughter born of a shared memory.Are you into competitive storytelling? Storyworthy's Matthew Dicks is!

Would you rather work independently or as part of a team? This edition of Doing What Works is a study in why that matters.Here are your show notes…The Tyranny of E-mail.Job hunting usually means being rejected before accepted.“Not a good fit” is a perfect reframe for rejection.

Much of life is deeply repetitive. This edition of Doing What Works is a recipe for transcendence.Here are your show notes…Bobby Darin's “Change.” A piano medley from Rocky. Gordon Lightfoot's “If You Could Read My Mind.”Dogs might need the sniffing more than the walking.Humans aren't machines; the goal isn't to minimize downtime.Pattern interrupt!The human heart demands an adventure.

Someone you love dies. A relationship you love ends. One version of you disappears before a new one reveals itself. This edition of Doing What Works will help you cope.Here are your show notes…“It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears.”Reverse engineering your life to avoid regret is the personal version of a premortem.I wish I might go back and do the little things you asked me to.When you pick a lost cause, you really commit.The best present to give your high school senior!

Maureen's career looks more like the route a school bus takes than an expressway to anywhere. But she's still having fun, learning a lot, and relishing the chance to share it in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Sheryl Sandberg suggests you look at your career as a jungle gym, not a ladder.Marshall Goldsmith suggests you thank people for their feedback and decide later what to do with that.Dick Bolles said you're meant to enjoy your work.

Stories from the office, chores set to music, a love language of spreadsheets. This edition of Doing What Works is an ode to what Maureen cherishes about her childhood.No show notes this time!

Fifth-degree black belt, martial arts instructor, and international karate competitor Malcolm Dell joins Katie for another edition of Doing What Works. He shares what makes a great teacher, how to move through the world, and what you can do to keep conflict at bay.Here are your show notes…Malcolm does Kimura Shukokai.

As a kid, Malcolm Dell wanted to be a roboticist. As a grownup, his career choices are anything but robotic. As Katie's guest, he's a delight. You might have fun learning the reason he joined her for this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…What does a roboticist do?Adaptability is a superpower, as Suzy Welch points out in Becoming You.If you're a design enthusiast, you'll probably love Cooper Hewitt.

If you've ever been soured on indulging your creative side, let Katie help you reclaim that dream. Please don't miss this encore edition of Doing What Works. Here are your show notes…  Where I got the idea to have a stick figure artist illustrate my work.  Sir Ken Robertson tells the story of a six-year-old drawing a picture of God. “But no one knows what God looks like,” her teacher said. To which she replied, “They will in a minute.”  The ceramics class and quantity before quality.  Katie's tablet!  Jeffrey Zachmann makes kinetic sculptures.  Bob Culbertson plays the Chapman Stick.  Understanding Comics is the bible of comic writing.

If you think rules are meant to be broken you'll love this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…The strategy of the loophole!Is it more of a guideline than a rule?Breaking a rule is making a withdrawal from your personal bank account.The Marriage Ref was short-lived.

Big changes are less daunting if you make them in smaller increments, and you can start with this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is “an inquiry into values.”A minimum viable task is the smallest possible action you can take that still moves you toward a larger goal.Don't trust how you feel about anything after nine o'clock in the evening.I want to tell you something. I think it'll help, but there's a slight chance it'll make it worse.

No need to apologize if you need help, but you might want to apologize if you help someone who isn't in the market. It's a heapin' helpin' of nuance in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Why not reframe problems as puzzles?  I want to tell you something. I think it'll help, but there's a slight chance it'll make it worse.

Being playful is one secret to life. In this edition of Doing What Works we share some of our favorite ways to play.Here are your show notes…Scott Adams helps you Reframe Your Brain.Our current favorite Saturday Night Live skit!Rocky defined much of my youth; The Family Man defines much of our family.Do you have a screaming goat?

Nobody's childhood was perfect, but Darrell's was pretty close. We talk about what his parents did right in this edition of Doing What Works. Here are your show notes…When you fight in front of your children, you change who they are.The Farmer's Wife is a documentary film produced by David Sutherland.Stiller & Meara is streaming on Apple TV+.

“Two men looked out through prison bars. One saw mud. The other, stars.” This encore edition of Doing What Works is an ode to Maureen's penchant for stargazing. Here are your show notes… Seth Godin, Tim Urban, and Scott Adams are a few of my favorite people to keep up with. Jane Brody says people often look at questions as attacks. The Let Them Theory is a useful way of looking at the world. It was never between you and them.

You might not know if you want to be friends with someone after a few seconds of meeting, but you probably know if you don't! This encore edition of Doing What Works is permission to trust that feeling. Here are your show notes… Jane Brody suggests you trust your knee-jerk impressions of people. Don't be so open-minded your brains fall out!

Darrell's kept track of every penny he's spent since he started college. If you want to keep better tabs on your own money you might have fun listening to this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Your Money or Your Life might change the way you look at the money you spend.

You probably have a lot to be thankful for, but the magic is in the noticing. That's our premise in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…A wait of unknown duration is more difficult than a finite wait.Withholding praise borders on immoral.If there's something you want to do, make it more convenient.Everything around you that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you.Your life matters; this movie will remind you.“Just be yourself” is terrible advice.

All's well that ends well, but what if it doesn't? Can you salvage the happy memories and be thankful for the polish? This edition of Doing What Works might inspire you to look on the sunnier side.Here are your show notes…Anne Lamott says her son is the swirl of every age he's ever been.

I gave more thought to a tattoo than I did to either of my marriages. Before you decide I'm bad at risk assessment, I hope you'll listen to this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…“Listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.”

Katie broke her single-day cycling mileage record without leaving New York City, and this edition of Doing What Works is bursting with so many insights you'll swear we left the lid off a popcorn popper!Here are your show notes…Are you sure running is good for you?You wake up the brain by quieting the thinking mind.Jerry Seinfeld's a fan of transcendental meditation.Friday Night Lights wasn't really about football.

If you've ever found yourself suddenly devouring everything you can about something you could've sworn you had no interest in, you'll love this edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…JCPenney unveils glitzy Taylor Swift-inspired collection.The Kingdom is a documentary about the Kansas City Chiefs.Taylor Swift joined Travis and Jason Kelce on their podcast, New Heights.Are two cats better than one?All the Way to the River is a new book by Elizabeth Gilbert, who talked about it on CBS News.The Wright Brothers used to switch sides in arguments!

Katie and I don't shy away from the difficult conversations. If you want the kind of relationship we have, I'd start with this edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…“Sweep everything under the rug for long enough, and you have to move right out of the house.”

Staying healthy, managing your money, managing conflict. If you wish you would've learned those skills in school, this edition of Doing What Works is a class on why that was probably impossible.Here are your show notes…Want to be healthier? It Starts With Food!Being around the wrong people can kill you.Dental gum keeps my sugar cravings at bay.

A typo, a missing button, a filler word. Edit those out of your life, and keep our focus where you want it. Like we do in this edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…Darrell helped edit my first book, Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race.There's always one more bug.Taylor Mali has been teaching spoken word workshops all over the world since 2000.Helen Gurley Brown said everyone needs an editor.

You catch up with someone on social media and feel envious. Now what? In this edition of Doing What Works we help you snap out of that and into a better life of your own.Here are your show notes…If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter.Dick Bolles wrote What Color Is Your Parachute?If you trust the source you don't need the argument.Callings author Gregg Levoy says writers are often accused of thinking too much.We Are All Self-Employed, even if we work for someone else.Billy Joel's “Angry Young Man.”

Katie exudes joy, but even she was no match for the dog entrusted to her care for a week. We hope you enjoy the canine edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…Watching Marley & Me for the first time, with friends, left a bad taste in Katie's mouth.A Tamagotchi is as close as caring for a pet as she got when she was little.Peek-a-boo teaches a child that whoever just disappeared will come back.If you get the first three years right with a child you're probably set.Dogs can smell fear!Notice I'm tensing up, decide that can't be good, tense up even more.Much of what Maureen knows about dogs came from City Slickers.George Carlin likes people on a case-by-case basis.

Summer camps, graduations, even a cup of coffee with the latest edition of Doing What Works. Aren't traditions the sweetest?Here are your show notes…A seven-mile road race on hills.There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.Leading with lollipops!Much of adult life is deeply repetitive.

Do we ever outgrow our need for reassurance we aren't alone in our pain? It hurt to hear Darrell's account of an accident he got into as a child, but this edition of Doing What Works is the friend he didn't have back then.Here are your show notes…Jerry Seinfeld talks benign neglect.Gracefully surrending the things of youth!Do you push people away without realizing it?

With thousands of telephone interviews in the rearview, you'd think Darrell and I would know how to give good phone. And you'd be right! Say hello to this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Farm to Fork!Start having conversations with your children the moment you meet!

If you've ever been soured on indulging your creative side, let Katie help you reclaim that dream. Please don't miss this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Where I got the idea to have a stick figure artist illustrate my work.Sir Ken Robertson tells the story of a six-year-old drawing a picture of God. “But no one knows what God looks like,” her teacher said. To which she replied, “They will in a minute.”The ceramics class and quantity before quality.Katie's tablet!Jeffrey Zachmann makes kinetic sculptures.Bob Culbertson plays the Chapman Stick.Understanding Comics is the bible of comic writing.

On Katie's second-longest bike ride, which happened to be on the hottest day in a dozen years, she tried an experiment. No music in her headphones, no texting during breaks. So we had that much more to talk about in this edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…Another first for Katie on this trip? Energy gels!The cafeteria in hell.

Pigeonholing, labeling, pattern recognition. Call it whatever you want, but don't be too eager to call it! We explain why in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.Jeff Bridges on the dark, but really the enduring, side of marriage.Positive illusions might play a part in a happy marriage.

How far back was it evident you'd become the person you are? An exploration of why that matters in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Scott Adams says he'll remember family time much more often and intensely than anything else.   When I had a sweet little girl, I played with her.Save your story.Write down one thing you do every day.Are you a Scanner?

Anything short of perfection used to feel like failure to Katie, but had she been academically perfect in college she would've given up everything else that made it worthwhile. This edition of Doing What Works is a plea to go easier on yourself.Here are your show notes…Pamie Ribon has compassion for young people who don't yet realize emotions aren't permanent.   How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big is worth a read!Too Funny to Fail is too good not to watch.

Maybe it isn't the task you dread. Maybe it's the setup, or thinking something will take longer than it does. We'll pump you up to power you through in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Derek Sivers says a workout is as problematic as you make it out to be.Becoming You author Suzy Welch says getting fired is often the exact right career move.Minimum viable progress is still progress! Oh, boy. Is it ever.

Being wrong gets a bad rap and, given our producer thinks this exploration of that topic is the best installment of Doing What Works yet, we hope you enjoy this encore edition of the show! Here are your show notes… Have you been inserting trash bags the wrong way? Ten thousand ways that won't work is what some of us call…not failing! How Not to Be Wrong is the right book to read if you really, really hate being wrong.

Common ground is magical but elusive. Katie and I will help you find it in this edition of Doing What Works.Here are your show notes…Bruce Littlefield suggests you write down one thing that happened every day.Scott Adams suggests you be useful, and remember we watch different movies on one screen.Mind blown? So was Kramer's!Storyworthy's Matt Dicks says every time you tell a story it becomes less true.Rory McIlroy guards against watching media accounts of his recent Masters win.

Everything's derivative, but not everything needs to be attributed. Still with us? You'll enjoy this edition of Doing What Works!Here are your show notes…“To My Grown-Up Son,” by Alice E. Chase, played in my head constantly as Katie grew up.I once accidentally stole a passage from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.“I'll have what she's having” is from When Harry Met Sally…Just Do It!If you gave credit every time it was due you'd be insufferable. Aim for the golden mean.Dan Savage is an oft-quoted, oft-attributed source.