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Show Notes we wrap up our first 100 episodes by looking forward to life without Covid, and with some stats from our first 100 episodes. we send love to our loyal audience. 1.10 Doug's answer to the question 2.40 The Thing that Chris is Most Looking Forward To 5.40 Being relaxed in public 8.40 Doug Pats himself on the back 11.45 What Doug has been Right About, Part Two 14.30 What We've Learned from Covid, Per Chris 18.15 The First 100 Episodes - Stats 28.30 A Crazy Time in US History

If you’ve not heard the first part of this conversation with Doug Ulman, you should hit pause and find it just before this episode in your podcast player. There were so many excellent nuggets of information in that portion of the conversation, you’ll want to go back and listen to it first!  Doug is responsible for overseeing the strategic vision and direction of Pelotonia and also serves as an advisor to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Pelotonia is a community determined to see an end to cancer. Their mission is to engage, inspire, and challenge a community committed to changing the world by accelerating innovative cancer research. Since Pelotonia’s inception in 2008, over $218 million has been raised to fund cancer research, and 100% of those proceeds have been donated. It’s impressive and inspiring. Join us as we talk about creating engaged employees and making an impact on this episode of Relative Profitability! Highlights from this episode Thinking beyond transactions [2:29] The future of Pelotonia [8:00] Recap from my first interview with Doug Ulman (Part 1) In part one of my interview with Doug, we talked about coping with the entrepreneurial grind from a family perspective, and community-building as part of social entrepreneurship. If you haven’t yet listened to that episode, go back and listen to it first! This second half of the conversation is going to be about how to create engaged employees through an integrated approach instead of just a financial transaction between a business and an organization. Listen to hear how you can weave purpose and mission into your business — you do not want to miss this conclusion!  Thinking beyond transactions Historically, companies that wanted to participate in a cause thought that they had to do it a certain way, and most times it ended up being transactional. They would host a fundraising event or ask the employees to donate, and that’s not bad, but it doesn’t build a lasting culture of engagement. What Doug encourages people to do is think about what assets beyond financial that they have within their business that can be powerful and leveraged — maybe that’s human capital, maybe it’s knowledge and resources, maybe it’s a product. Whatever those assets are, it’s about building an integrated approach to engagement. After all, engaged employees are better employees. Listen to this episode to hear Doug give an excellent example of what it means to think beyond transactions and create a culture of engagement.  The Future of Pelotonia Doug shared with me that during 2020, because of the pandemic, he and his team stepped back and did a 5-year strategic plan. Since hosting in-person events during COVID was not possible, it gave them the time to step back and create this strategic plan because they weren’t doing all of their normal events and fundraising activities. Doing this 5-year strategic plan has set Pelotonia on a course to grow significantly. They’ve got a plan to double their impact on an annual basis, not only with participation and fundraising but also with the impact of the research. Doug is hoping to have more clinical trials and more funding for scientists with big, bold, audacious ideas. He’s hoping for a geographical expansion beyond central Ohio as well. The idea is to get more people involved and connected to the cause and to extend the ability to participate to those who maybe care about cancer research but aren’t going to go to Ohio in August to ride a bike. Listen to this episode to hear more about the exciting things to come for Pelotonia! Connect with Doug Ulman At Pelotonia’s Website Like Pelotonia on Facebook Follow Pelotonia on YouTube Follow Pelotonia on Twitter Follow Pelotonia on Instagram Find Pelotonia on Apple Podcasts Connect With Rich Daughtridge www.Daughtridge.com  Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Follow on Linkedin Follow on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Subscribe to Relative Profitability onApple Podcasts, Spotify Audio Production and Show notes by PODCAST FAST TRACK https://www.podcastfasttrack.com

Do you remember those LIVESTRONG yellow bracelets everyone wore years ago to raise awareness for cancer? Of course you do, everyone remembers the 105 million yellow rubber bracelets that were sold. I talk with Doug Ulman, one of the founders of that organization, and now-CEO of Pelotonia, a non-profit organization that is raising money to aid in cancer research.  Pelotonia is a community determined to see an end to cancer. Their mission is to engage, inspire, and challenge a community committed to changing the world by accelerating innovative cancer research. Since Pelotonia’s inception in 2008, over $218 million has been raised to fund cancer research, and 100% of those proceeds have been donated. It’s impressive and inspiring.  Doug is responsible for overseeing the strategic vision and direction of Pelotonia and also serves as an advisor to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Join us as we talk about social entrepreneurship and community-building on this week’s episode of Relative Profitability!  Highlights from this episode What is Pelotonia? [2:22] What was it like at the beginning for Pelotonia? [10:07] Coping with the entrepreneurial grind from a family perspective [12:46] How Doug has gotten through the low points as a social entrepreneur [15:59] Community-building as part of social entrepreneurship [18:48] Thinking beyond transactions [23:50] The future of Pelotonia [29:57] Coping with the entrepreneurial grind from a family perspective At the beginning of any startup, non-profit or not, we put in extra hours to try to get things off of the ground. I asked Doug how he balanced those long hours in the early days with Pelotonia and his family life. He told me that since he loves what he does, it’s hard to consider it “work,” which can absolutely blur the lines between home and work-life even further.  During some of the more stressful times, there were days where he’d come home from working 10, 12, 14 hour days and just lay down on the floor and let his kids crawl all over him which helped him to de-stress. He also mentioned that it’s essential to emphasize to his children why it’s important to do work that matters and he shared a story with me about how his daughter knew 2 years ago that he was doing very important work. Listen in to this episode to hear it! Community-building as part of social entrepreneurship It’s human nature to want to be around other people. People want to share experiences and feel like they belong to a community. Our job as social entrepreneurs and community-builders is to provide a platform for people to do something important to them. So how can we give people the chance to do something special that they might not otherwise get the chance to do? How can we bring people together and align them with a common goal, especially in a world that is becoming increasingly fragmented and divided? Listen in to this episode to find out! Thinking beyond transactions Historically, companies that wanted to participate in a cause thought that they had to do it a certain way, and most times it ended up being transactional. They would host a fundraising event or ask the employees to donate, and that’s not bad, but it doesn’t build a lasting culture of engagement. What Doug encourages people to do is think about what assets beyond financial that they have within their business that can be powerful and leveraged — maybe that’s human capital, maybe it’s knowledge and resources, maybe it’s a product. Whatever those assets are, it’s about building an integrated approach to engagement. After all, engaged employees are better employees. Listen to this episode to hear Doug give an excellent example of what it means to think beyond transactions and create a culture of engagement. Connect with Doug Ulman At Pelotonia’s Website Like Pelotonia on Facebook Follow Pelotonia on YouTube Follow Pelotonia on Twitter Follow Pelotonia on Instagram Find Pelotonia on Apple Podcasts Connect With Rich Daughtridge www.Daughtridge.com  Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Follow on Linkedin Follow on Twitter Subscribe on YouTube Subscribe to Relative Profitability onApple Podcasts, Spotify Audio Production and Show notes by PODCAST FAST TRACK https://www.podcastfasttrack.com

Wondering if it's time to hire an agency president? If you're feeling like the burden of the day-to-day is holding you back, it might be time! Are you being stretched in too many directions? Are you wondering how to find the right person to help run your agency? Every agency reaches the point of choosing to stay on that plateau or hire a leader capable of reaching the next level. In this episode, we'll cover: Signs it's time to hire an agency president. How to find an agency president. Onboarding an agency president. I talked to Doug Joseph, the Founder and CEO of Serif Creative. Serif started as a video production company, before adding additional services including brand strategy, creative storytelling, and digital marketing. There came a point in Doug's journey of founding and leading Serif when he realized he needed help with certain aspects of the agency. He is here to talk about why he chose to hire a president and how he found a great person for the job. Signs It's Time to Hire an Agency President Doug's strength and desire have always been creative storytelling. This is what led him to create an agency in the first place. However, "I'm a big picture guy," he says. "I'm not good with the day-to-day details."  It's that self-awareness that led Doug to the conclusion that he needed to bring on a president. What Doug realized is by finding someone with strengths opposite of his, each of them was able to focus their time and attention on the aspects of the business that they were passionate about. Meanwhile, there is peace of mind knowing the other parts of the business are being taken care of by someone who is equally passionate about what they do. How to Find an Agency President When Doug decided it was time to hire a president to allow his agency to grow, he was looking for someone to handle the aspects of the agency he was less passionate about. A large part of hiring for the position was giving the person flexibility to create his own position based on the needs they identified. Serif Creative's President brought a keen ability for acquiring new projects and a strength in providing digital services. Both were welcome additions to the business. "It's all about desire," Doug explains. "If a person is passionate about the work they are doing, then there is less management of that position required. When there is less desire, more management and more accountability are required." A great resource for finding someone to help lead your agency is through your professional network. However, Doug says to use caution when hiring friends or friends of your team members as it can create awkward situations if they're not a good fit. Onboarding an Agency President Your Team Will Love Serif Creative's President had mutual friends with Doug and was doing freelance work at the time the two met. Doug hired him to provide consultation on certain agency issues. This resulted in an increase in business, including a retainer from a Fortune 500 client. Doug felt comfortable offering the consultant the permanent position because he was confident in his skills and ability. Additionally, it allowed the team to all become familiar before adding him on at a management level. Bottom line, Stop being Chief Everything Officer. Find a way to do what you're good at, whether that involves acquiring work or producing work. Find someone who shares your goals for the agency and passion for clients but brings different strengths. This can help your agency land new clients, produce new service offerings, or otherwise grow and thrive. Related: https://jasonswenk.com/digital-agency-ceo/ Would you like a 90% close rate on the deals you want? It took my agency years to develop a solid foot in the door offer that converted at a high rate. And, Ian has spent the last 10 years developing his too. That's why we decided to collaborate and create the FITD framework to share with other agency owners. If you want to learn more check out FootInTheDoorFramework.com. You can discover the exact framework that Ian and I created so you can be successful. Close deals faster, stop giving away strategy for free and win the deals you want. When you have the right framework, you will find your sales process is scalable. You can even step away from sales and so you can spend your time working on the best.

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Doug Moores is a former advertising creative turned yogi. He is also part of the Te Ari Lodge which is a Family run luxury lodge in Te Ari - New Zealand. Where they focus on garden to table He also has the podcast Dougit which i have featured on. In this episode we talk about head injuries - Dougs journey thus far of improving his head injury after being hit by his board while surfing. - Benefits of float tanks- Head injuries playing sport when we were younger- What Doug has been taking supplement wise to improve his Brain - Dougs experience with psychedelics - My experience suffering with psychedelics. - Empathy and lessons learnt from going through harshipsDoug Links:Doug Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougit/Doug Website: http://dougit.nzFamily business - Luxury accommodation: https://tearailodge.co.nzEnergi Impact:Website: https://impact.energi.worldInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/energiimpact/Energi Core: Website: https://www.energi.worldKu Coin Exchange: https://www.kucoin.com

Doug Moore raised his FTP by 41 watts with TrainerRoad while training for a multi-day 415 mile ride across the state of Utah, all while being a busy father of 5 with a demanding career and a farm to take care of. Find out how he balanced his training and made low volume training work for ultra endurance in episode 28 of the Successful Athletes Podcast.   Continue the discussion on the TrainerRoad Forum: www.TrainerRoad.com/Forum   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ABOUT TRAINERROAD — CYCLING’S MOST EFFECTIVE TRAINING SYSTEM   TrainerRoad makes cyclists faster. Athletes get structured indoor workouts, science-backed training plans, and easy-to-use performance analysis tools to reach their goals   Build Your Custom Plan: https://bit.ly/2KupsP0 Train Together with Group Workouts: https://bit.ly/39emYim Get Started: https://bit.ly/2J6a1fF   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ATHLETE INTERVIEWS THAT MAKE YOU FASTER   The Successful Athletes Podcast dissects the preparation and execution of outstanding performances by TrainerRoad athletes. From world record performances to personal records and life changing health improvements, get an inside look at what it takes to get faster.   Subscribe to the Successful Athletes Podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2X0KEj2   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:   How Doug trains with a busy schedule How Doug raised his FTP 41w using TrainerRoad Why Doug picked a low-volume training plan to prepare for ultra-endurance racing What changes Doug had to make to his training after getting injured What Doug learned riding across the state of Utah ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   FOLLOW TRAINERROAD   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrainerRd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trainerroad/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrainerRoad • Strava Club: https://www.strava.com/clubs/trainerroad

In this episode, you will learn: • Doug’s brief bio. • How Doug started in the mobile home park business. • Doug’s horizontal to net worth ratio. • Doug’s life happiness index. • How Doug discovered his true passion. • What Doug’s superpower is and how it changed his life. • What Doug does to exercise and stay healthy. • The five most poignant memories in Doug’s life. • Doug’s future greatest hits. • Doug answers a random question from the GoBundance app. • Plus, so much more. Since getting married in 1994, Doug and his wife Ana have worked side by side building multiple businesses providing deserving families with quality affordable housing. Acting on a decision to invest in income producing assets provided the means to exit the rat race, retiring them in their early 30’s to enjoy the freedom to pursue a life of design rather than one of maintenance. Along the way, during a period where it seemed the harder he tried to achieve his goals the worse things got, an embarrassing moment of truth caused Doug to realize that he wasn’t going to solve his dilemma on his own. It felt as if some mysterious force had him in its grip, keeping him from bridging the gap between his desire to succeed for himself and family, and the results he desperately wanted. He was stuck. His journey to get unstuck not only helped him discover the key that eventually launched him over the gap, it also propelled him several levels ahead and uncovered a talent he didn’t know he had to help others do the same. And as a lifelong entrepreneur is wanting to do, as he refined and honed these skills they turned into a new calling. Now, as a Business and Life Strategist, Doug consultants with growth minded company Owners, Presidents, entrepreneurs and professionals, their businesses, and teams. His Life mission is to be a difference maker for difference makers, helping them make better decisions and achieve better results, bridging the gap from frustration to a better-quality life. Doug and his wife Ana are the proud parents of three amazing children, three German shepherds and are active in their community of Santa Fe, NM doing their part to make the world a better place.

Resources: Learn more: dougbopst.com (http://www.dougbopst.com) Facebook: facebook.com/dbopst (https://www.facebook.com/dbopst/) Twitter: twitter.com/dbopstfitness (https://twitter.com/dbopstfitness) Instagram: instagram.com/dougbopst (https://www.instagram.com/dougbopst/?hl=en) Mastermind: workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind (https://workhardplayhardpodcast.com/mastermind/) Connect with us on Instagram: @robmurgatroyd (https://www.instagram.com/robmurgatroyd/) This show is focused on getting you to focus on your life as much as your business, and when you hear this interview with Doug Bopst, you will realize just how grateful you should be for the one life you are given. I don’t want to give anything away, but this is an incredible episode that can show how one wrong decision can change the entire trajectory of your life. In This Conversation We Cover:  [04:04] Doug’s home life in Baltimore, Maryland [08:41] Resorting to selling pot [11:19] Going to prison and how that led to massive change [22:] How Doug’s cellmate motivated and empowered him [28:59] What Doug reaches to for fulfillment [31:00] When your goal isn’t what you expect it to be Follow me on social media workhardplayhardpodcast.com (https://workhardplayhardpodcast.com/) . Work Hard Play Hard is a production of (http://crate.media)

Due to unforeseen technical issues, our regularly-scheduled Over Coffee® episode will air next Monday, March 16th at 12:01 am.  Please enjoy this repost of one of our all-time most popular interviews! What does it take, to be an astronaut?  Especially since NASA is currently accepting applications from candidates who would ultimately like to explore the Moon and Mars?  (Deadline: March 31, and here's the link for applications.) NASA Astronaut and retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock can certainly offer some guidance in that department. "Space has lots of surprises for us," he says. In 2016, we had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Doug, as he prefers to be called, during NASA International Space Apps Challenge, in Pasadena.   Doug has flown twice aboard the International Space Station.  In total, he has spent more than 178 days in space, according to NASA's biography page.  And at the time we talked, he was training the new class of astronauts who had come into the program in 2013, and was looking forward to training another new class that would begin in 2017. Doug's own experience included more than 178 days in space.  In 2007, he served as a flight mission specialist on STS-120, the space shuttle's 23rd mission to the International Space Station.  And in 2010. he returned to the ISS as a flight engineer for Expedition 24, and commander of Expedition 25. Each time, he encountered an unforeseen issue. The first time, a solar panel malfunctioned, necessitating emergency repairs by the crew. And the second time was much more dramatic. The spacecraft went into "survival" mode, shutting down half the ISS' external-cooling system.   Doug and his team were able to innovate against the clock--and their repair of the Space Station's technology, won numerous innovation awards in the process. Here is our interview with Doug, from 2016 NASA International Space Apps Pasadena. On this episode of Over Coffee®, you’ll hear: How Doug first became interested in aviation and space travel; What Doug tells the astronauts he trains, about efficient  spacewalking; What an average day is like, aboard the ISS; How Doug spent his leisure time, aboard the International Space Station; How the crew manages “crew sleep”, with a sunrise or sunset every 45 minutes; The procedures NASA astronauts are trained to observe, after an emergency alarm; Doug’s recollections of his experience in 2010, when half the ISS’ cooling system shut down; Some of the innovations Doug saw teams coming up with, at 2016 International Space Apps Pasadena; Doug’s advice for innovators.    

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'll be giving you a brief introduction to design thinking. It starts with a story about Doug Dietz. In 2012, Doug was a principal designer at GE Healthcare. Doug designed a new MRI machine. One day, observing the new model in action at a hospital, Doug encountered a distraught child who had to undergo an MRI. He found out that over 80% of children had to be sedated to receive an MRI. As an MRI machine designer, he felt some responsibility for this. He also saw an opportunity do better for children. So, he spoke with teachers and other professionals who interact with children on a day-to-day basis, asking them how he could make their experience in an MRI machine less traumatic. As a result of those conversations, Doug and his team found a way to modify  an MRI machine for children. They added stickers to the floor with water and rock on them. Covered the MRI with stickers that looked like wood planks and sails. Now, instead of a scary piece of hospital equipment, the MRI looked a lot like a pirate ship.. They even created a storybook that accompanied the themed MRI. Parents could read to their child the pirate ship adventure story ahead of their child’s scheduled appointment. These changes resulted in a decrease in the need for sedation from 80% to 27%. Today, we explore how seeing the problem is an integral part of design thinking, and we’ll break down design thinking into process, methods, and mindset. The process is your step by step "rough" guide. With the methods, we have a bit more cohesion; design methods help us explore problems in specific ways, and guide us to ask questions in new ways in order to discover the right problems to solve. The mindset is something you have to practice your way into, in order to learn how to change your mindset. At its most basic, design thinking is the discipline of finding human problems worth solving, and creating viable new options in response. In many ways, it's the discipline of helping people ask the right questions at the right time. This episode also offers a definition design thinking that replaces creativity myths with truths about discipline and action. I break down the design process into Seeing, Solving, and Acting, and talk about why we should think about design from the perspective of the people we serve.   In This Episode [01:26] Doug’s background in MRI science and his experience with a child getting an MRI. [03:04] Over 80% of children need to be sedated to have an MRI or a CAT scan. [06:15] Design thinking can be broken down into process, methods and mindset.[07:07] What has design thinking given students, and how design thinking can shape curriculum and projects inside the classroom. [08:02] The definition of design thinking. [09:57] Creating viable new offerings and what is defined as “new”? [12:11] Breaking down the design process into its three main components: seeing, solving and acting. [15:09] Responses generated from a fixed mindset in opposition to the responses from a growth mindset. [16:51] Everything is a prototype and designers are open to questioning how things work. [20:17] What Doug was Seeing as he redesigned the children’s MRI experience. [22:54] Delivering solutions based on what you are seeing.   Links and Resources Elon By Design and The Center for Design Thinking, Elon University Fluid Hive Dawan Stanford on Twitter Design Thinking 101 Podcast on iTunes, and on The Podcast App Transforming healthcare for children and their families: Doug Dietz at TEDxSanJoseCA 2012 Ten Types of Innovation

Over Coffee® celebrates a landmark anniversary with one of our all-time most popular podcast episodes. Apollo 11 launched for the moon 50 years ago this Wednesday.  The date: Wednesday, July 16, 1969. Four days later, two astronauts from this fifth manned Apollo flight would walk on the lunar surface. At the time, future International Space Station astronaut Douglas Wheelock was in grade school. On that Wednesday in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins put on their space suits just under four hours prior to launch, according to NASA's Apollo 11 press kit.   The same (typewritten!) material explains that crew members had two different types of space suits: one for inside the vehicle and one "extravehicular pressure garment".   And their heart rate and breathing data would show up on the flight surgeon's console at Mission Control in real time. Thirty years and four months--to the day--of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's Apoll0 11 moonwalk, the International Space Station launched.   Since then, space innovation has far surpassed the imagination of anyone watching Neil Armstrong descending the ladder onto the moon. But that "giant leap for mankind" is at the root of every one of them.   Among them: the addition of "citizen science" to NASA's missions. Problemsolving--on earth and in space Included under this heading are the annual NASA International Space Apps Challenge.  This is a worldwide free event, in which teams from every imaginable discipline join together to "hack" literally any problem in the universe, using NASA data. Onsite at NASA Space Apps Challenge Pasadena in 2016, we had the pleasure of talking with U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Wheelock.  Doug, as he prefers to be called, has flown twice aboard the International Space Station.  And each time, he's encountered an unforeseen issue.  He and his crew had to do some serious troubleshooting.  In the process, they won a number of awards for their innovation and ingenuity. We talked about his experiences, as well as his role in training astronauts for space flight, and offered an inside look at "the art and science of spacewalking" and what life is like while in space. On this episode of Over Coffee®, you’ll hear: How Doug first became interested in aviation and space travel; What Doug tells the astronauts he trains, about efficient  spacewalking; What an average day is like, aboard the ISS; How Doug spent his leisure time, aboard the International Space Station; How the crew manages “crew sleep”, with a sunrise or sunset every 45 minutes; The procedures NASA astronauts are trained to observe, after an emergency alarm; Doug’s recollections of his experience in 2010, when half the ISS’ cooling system shut down; Some of the innovations Doug saw teams coming up with, at 2016 International Space Apps Pasadena; Doug’s advice for innovators.

Think back to your high school days. How would your life have been different if Mindfulness was offered as a course? It’s mind-boggling, isn’t it? Believe it or not, there are numerous schools across the country that are seeing the need for this training and offering it as part of the curriculum. Today’s show is about one man who is making mindfulness an integral part of the curriculum at his school, and he’s working to bring it about in other schools across the US.   Doug Worthen is the Director of Mindfulness and Head Boys Lacrosse Coach at Middlesex School, an independent high school in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the first person to hold the title of Director of Mindfulness at a major independent school in the US. He also has an epic life story that he’s never before revealed so fully in an interview. Once upon a time, Doug was on a very different path. He went from being a national champion lacrosse player at the University of Virginia to sailing around the Caribbean for two years with a friend to working in the family business---all of this before a Stage 4 Lymphoma stopped him in his tracks and awakened him to a mindfulness practice.    Relying on this practice is what got him through a very long and difficult recovery and an eventual relapse. That experience set him on a new path to following a dream to teach mindfulness practice at his alma mater and look for ways to help other schools expose their communities to the power of contemplative learning and practice. Doug and I met five years ago when I worked in Contemplative Studies at Brown, and we connected over a shared excitement about combining mindfulness practice and sports. Since then we’ve worked multi-week retreats together on leadership and a few week-long retreats on meditation. He shares his story because he genuinely believes that it can serve people.   What you’ll hear in this episode:   What Doug does as Director of Mindfulness at Middlesex School How new students are required to take a semester of mindfulness and “are invited to practice in an atmosphere of healthy skepticism” The training available to faculty, staff, students, and parents through different levels of mindfulness How the program started at the school in 2009 and has grown each year since then Why mindfulness practice is a required course at Middlesex School Defining mindfulness: the ability to understand and stabilize attention and the relationships we have to what arises around us in experience and acceptance How empathy and self-compassion fit into mindfulness practice What Doug’s life was like at Middlesex School---way before mindfulness! Doug’s transition to UVA as a lacrosse player How pressure on the field and a book prompted Doug to mindfulness and helped his anxiety and athletic performance The idea to sail the Caribbean with a friend and what the experience taught Doug Why Doug went to Hawaii to scuba dive and teach others--but still wasn’t happy How his insight led him to Australia and then home to Boston and the family business With plans in place to attend business school in Hong Kong, he received a Stage 4 Lympoma diagnosis How mindfulness practice became a lifeline as Doug fought the disease Two years of full-blown treatment, including chemo, radiation, and a bone marrow transplant The lessons of isolation and learning impermanence How Doug’s calling became clear: to share mindfulness practice with youth The dream to have a Director of Mindfulness in every school, so everyone can be introduced to it as a teenager The teachers and retreats that have been most influential in Doug’s life The benefits of Maha Mudra practice in noticing thoughts, feelings, and contractions in the body A powerful week in December of 2009 that eventually led him to meet his wife How Doug weaves mindfulness into sports as Head Lacrosse Coach The challenges Doug has faced as a coach and how he teaches poise and bringing attention back to the moment at hand Doug’s vision for the future with mindfulness education and making it the norm The organization started by two former students that matches interested schools with experienced practitioners What a “no regrets” life looks like for Doug over the next 5-7 years Doug’s recommendation to get started in mindfulness: “Get started with a retreat. There is no substitute for it.”   Resources:   Email Doug: dworthen@mxschool.edu   Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn   Contact Doug through his wife’s organization: Inward Bound Mindfulness Education See more at www.rhinomind.com

Doug Conant is founder of Conant Leadership and former CEO of the Campbell Soup Company, where he transformed employee engagement from average into world class. Doug is also a NYT bestselling author, Chairman of the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute at Northwestern University, co-chairman of CECP, and former Chairman of Avon Products. In this conversation, Doug describes how he lead Campbell's Soup Company from among the worst of all Fortune 500 companies in employee engagement to best-in-class. This story is so compelling because Doug emphasizes the struggles he had to overcome to make even incremental changes. Over ten years, these small improvements ended up having substantial impact. Stew and Doug also talk about the importance of reflection, particularly in how Doug overcame difficult experiences like getting fired early in his career. The big takeaway from this conversation that Doug shows so well is that we have more control than we think. Listen and learn new ways of thinking about leadership and what it means to bring your whole self to work. Show Notes (times when new topics start) 3:15 Doug’s leadership philosophy. The most successful people have a real passion for their work because they have made it personal. 6:00 - Employee engagement at Campbell’s. How Doug helped transform employee engagement at Campbell’s from sub-par to world-class. 19:10 Harmony is a choice. Living a harmonious life is a deliberate choice everyone must make. Doug challenged his employees at Campbell’s, and now challenges his clients at Conant Leadership, to take responsibility for this choice. 31:50 What Doug learned from getting fired. The weeks and months after getting fired were challenging period for Doug. He adopted a victim mentality that was overcome only by deep self-reflection and the support of a helpful mentor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DW Fearn knows tubes. Since he rediscovered the sound of tubes in 1991, DW (Doug) has crafted a legendary line of all-tube, all-red-front-paneled recording gear. In April I had the pleasure of visiting Doug at his home and workshop outside Philadelphia. Doug and I sat down on either side of a ribbon microphone and had a great conversation about tubes, electronics, and sound. During our conversation Doug tells the story of how he returned to tubes after decades of operating an all sold-state studio, and outlines the theory behind why tubes and transistors sound different in a clear and straightforward way. Download the mp3 or listen on iTunes . Subscribe to the DIYRE podcast Topics discussed: How Doug pieced together his first console from standalone amplifiers What happened when he replaced that tube gear with a solid-state console "We couldn't admit that it didn't sound good, so we just got used to it." How a demo tape from college in 1966 led him back to building tube amps "We didn't listen to recorded music in my household... live music was what I was exposed to. So when the time came to build a mic preamp, that's the sound I had in my mind." Tubes vs transistors: why it's all about headroom Even vs odd harmonics and how they relate to tubes vs transistors "The less you torture it, the better it's going to sound. So you keep the signal path as simple as possible." What Doug's new product design process looks like The one equalizer that knocked DW Fearn out DW Fearn refuses to wrestle a piece of gear into existence Many thanks to Doug for having me out to his home and sharing his knowledge so freely. Thank you also to Paul K of Firehouse Recording for connecting us. You can learn more about DW Fearn gear at DWFearn.com.