Doin' the Thing Podcast

We're taking a bit of a break from our regular program and talk about wine with our friend Kris Levy.  Kris is the founder of Kris's Wine Club. This community provides members resources and choices of wines they'll know they'll love even before opening the bottle. He is also a Wine Branding Coach who specializes in building relationships and communities for wine brands to increase virtual dir...

Folks, we have a very special guest for today’s episode: Dr. Leroy Simpson. Dr. Simpson is an Industrial and Organizational Psychologist, Founder of The Connect IO. Industrial and Organizational Psychology is the psychology that explores relationships with work, business, and careers. Connect IO provides a network of professionals, business partners that counsel, advise, coach, collaborate, and ap...

Today, we have a special guest, Frank Byskov. It's been a while since we had a guest on the show. Frank is a financial advisor who focuses on socially responsible and sustainable investing. We're here to talk about managing finances, and aligning investments to your personal values. During these times of uncertainty, smart and sustainable financial management is a timely and relevant subject matte...

This is sort of a PSA episode where we talk about Electoral College.  We figured that we educate ourselves and our audience a bit on the matter because the election time is fast approaching. Some of us don't entirely understand what it is about. So before casting our votes, it's good to know where it's going. In this episode, we shine a bit of light on the electoral college, its history, and...

Today’s episode is a role-playing session with Phillip. Where he tells the story of 3 struggling individuals barely making ends meet. One is a single parent an aspiring author that lives off of government welfare, the other is another struggling author that lives in a trailer working multiple minimum wage jobs, lastly, a 40-year-old man after being fired from a bunch of jobs was able to convince a...

Have you ever been in a position where you are faced with making an unethical decision?  Today's episode contains several interesting and funny stories about ethics and cheating. From the bizarre event in the 1904 St. Lois Olympics Marathon, which seemed like it was out of a Wacky Races episode, to several recent corporate scandals, that resulted in billions of losses.  One thing to take...

Today’s episode gives us a few lessons on restraint. The aptly named Pig War nearly saw an argument over a slaughtered swine lead to a full-scale conflict between the United States and Great Britain. The controversy began in 1859 on San Juan Island, a chunk of land located between the mainland United States and Vancouver Island. At the time, the island was home to American settlers and British emp...

Sometimes the tried and true doesn't work, and great challenges require us to break out of our comfort zones and explore terrible solutions instead. Would it surprise you to know that after more than ten years of failed experiments, the vexing mystery of the AIDS virus was solved by a community of online gamers?  Today's episode is another in our Storytime series, one we hope will challenge you to...

You JUST never know how the person you randomly meet will change your life. We've talked about networking strategies, but did you know that a multi-billion dollar corporate employing more than 100,000 people began by a chance meeting on a doorstep in Cincinnati, Ohio? Can you imagine your life being saved by one small kindness shown to a stranger? Networking is about more than just meeting others,...

This week Phil and Jason talk about having crabs...or more precisely, the crab mentality! It is also known as crab theory or crabs in a bucket (also barrel, basket, or pot) mentality, is a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you". The metaphor is derived from a pattern of behavior noted in crabs when they are trapped in a bucket. While any one crab could e...

As a follow-up to last week's session, where we explored a personal leadership inventory, today we'll talk about how to carry your leadership skills across an organization. Starting with an MIT study on the critical importance of "micro-interactions" through the deleterious effect of emotional contagion, we'll explore why staff disengages, and what strategies you can immediately employ to re-engag...

Leadership is a topic that has been on Jason and Phil's mind a lot lately. This episode is not to stir the political pot because we would like to think this podcast is more or less neutral on politics, and we think that’s a good spot to be in because it’s not our focus! Anyway...what we do see is some questionable leadership practices and choices from people in high level leadership positions in o...

If we're not careful, we can fall into an "every day like the last" groove in these exceptional times we all face. I did - and found my way out. I'll share my "Hell's Kitchen Revelation" moment in today's episode.

Growing your business means getting the word out about your product, services and company. But where? How? In today's session I interview master networker (and co-host) Jason Madden. Tune in to hear tips, tricks, best practices and what to avoid when exploring the many networking options.

Our special guest today is Steve Nilssen from Guidant Financial. Steve has helped more than 1,500 entrepreneurs fund their new businesses - and is an expert in the funding programs, strategies and requirements.  Join us and learn about available SBA programs, including the stimulus grant monies available prior to September 27, 2020 - as well as tax/ interest free strategies, HELOC, and more.  Valu...

There's a scientifically proven reason why dangers and fears occupy space in our heads. Evolutionarily speaking, this is how our species has survived. But does this hard wiring serve us as well as it did for our long-ago ancestors?  By understanding the principles of psychology and how Negativity Bias and Learned Helplessness create self-limiting thinking, we can transcend, opening the door to the...

With 70% of the work force expressing a strong desire to achieve self-sufficiency, what are the entrepreneurial options? We'll review the gig-economy, fractional employment, peer-to-peer, start-ups and franchising - what's right for you? The question is best answered after first exploring your reasons and goals. Learn how to look beyond, and in doing so address the career dangers you face, the opp...

Imagine after 100 years finding out that a painting hanging in your living room is secretly worth $935 million. It happened - in Dublin, Ireland. Imagine 156,000 football fields lined end to end with dollar bills you walk past every day never knowing their value. In this episode we explore the psychological principle of behavioral scripting. Are you walking by millions of your own? At the end of t...

Interned during WW1, circus entertainer Joseph Pilates used found materials and his fellow prisoners as his test lab, and imagined an exercise system that would captivate millions. Imagine the ingenuity now only during a time of war, but amidst a global pandemic, Pilates has shown that survival is predicated upon taking action and leadership. The next time you feel that pandemic Netflix binge comi...

On May 23rd, after setting his first world record, Gary Guller reached the top of Mt. Everest – becoming the first man in history missing an arm to stand on top of the world. We shared this incredible anniversary with Gary on Facebook live, and we are now sharing it with our podcast listeners in case you had missed it. Keep in mind that the audio is a little rough because of how this was recorded,...

Jeff and Mikki Martin are world-renown experts in kid/ teen functional fitness and physical literacy, and are the founders of The BrandX Method. Their techniques are currently instructed at over 60 locations and in seven countries worldwide, and have led them to brand partnerships with incredible organizations such as Eleiko (supplier to the Olympics), Stand Up Kids, Opex, p1440 and The Internatio...

Held at gunpoint, bombs strapped to the legs of soldiers surrounding you, would you agree to the extortion demands made of you by the Maoist rebels holding you, or would you call their commander a dog? Staring down the face of an avalanche bearing down on you with brutal force, would you run, or toss rice in its path? Facing 50/50 odds of death, would you struggle to survive, or take the medicine...

"Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages: $25 per week." The Pony Express would go on to reduce the time it took to deliver mail by over 60%. They would also forever close their doors in less than two years. Elsewhere, pneumatic tubes line the underground tunnels beneath the city of New York. They once delivered...

In 1912, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew set sail for Antarctica. Their ship came within 10 miles of their destination, only to become hopelessly wedged in the ice. For the next 10 months their ship floated away, until  the Captain gave orders to abandon ship. Only cargo deemed necessary was allowed to be removed before the ship sank. The most valued?  A Banjo. Join in to hear this in...

Ryan Sweeney, former Blackhawk pilot and U.S. Army Captain, now dedicates himself to relentlessly mentoring transitioning service members as another means to facilitate a win-win employment for all parties. His goal is to bridge the communication gap between the military and the civilian sectors by conducting quality interviews of both veterans and organizations.  Join Jason and Phil for a deep ex...