Theory 2 Action Podcast

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays episode, we pivot in our quest to build a flourishing life by taking a long look at our professional and work lives.   Specifically, how do we bring value to a company as employees?  Helping us along our journey as todays guide is Donald Miller and his wonderful book, Business Made Simple.   Key Points from the Episode: Should...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message We have good news to share on this Liberty Minute 🗽 and that good news is coming from the Middle East! Today, let us learn from Benjamin Netanyahu--the current and longest reigning Israeli Prime Minister-- and from his fascinating book, Bibi:  My Story Key Points from the Episode: Benjamin Netyanyahu will be remembered as the Winston C...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Welcome to MM# 209 of the Theory to Action podcast, where we're exploring Humility and its dichotomies with Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, authors of The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win.   We have a great conversation planned so let's dive in and learn more about the power...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Welcome to MM#208 of the Theory to Action podcast, where we're exploring the concept of "Know Thyself" as the fundamental first rule of Willpower. We have a terrific guide today—Kelly McGonigal, author of The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It. Let's dive...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Several weeks ago, I was in Atlanta, GA for a business conference and at that conference I asked one our speakers, an economist a simple yet difficult question.    In today's Liberty Minute 🗽 we will discuss her wrong answer and examine the correct answer to that question with our expert, economist Stephen Moore and his excellent...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM, we continue on with our study of willpower but we discover Nutritional Bright Lines in the process.    Our guide to share this wonderful tool with us is Susan Peirce Thompson and her excellent book, Bright Line Eating:   The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Free. Key Points from the Episode: Modern foods are very addictiv...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this MOJO Minute, we capture our last nugget of wisdom from  Roy Baumeister and John Tierney and their spectacular  2011 book, Willpower:   Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength but it is in fact, our most important nugget of wisdom! Key Points from the Episode: Eric Clapton shares his story on losing his son We are ALL pilgrims...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MM#205 we continue with Roy Baumeister and John Tierney and their spectacular  2011 book, Willpower:   Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength  Key Points from the Episode: The mystery science experiment Human nature, college exams and unhealthy habits Stress diminishes your ability to control your emotions which results in depleting...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Todays Catholic Corner is a grim tale of the Catholic Church in China and the Vatican's power-sharing agreement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). For expertise in this area, we turn to our best ally in the region, 91 year old, Joseph Cardinal Zen, and his book, For The Love Of My People:  I will not remain silent Key Points f...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MM#204 brings us to the center of things and how we understand Willpower. Our guide will be Roy Baumeister and John Tierney and their vaunted 2011 book, Willpower:   Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength  Key Points from the Episode: Why is Willpower at the center of things? How to gain Willpower? How to fuel Willpower and get more...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this MOJO Minute, we take a look at a very successful company on how they train and educate their employees.   That company is Starbucks and our guide is Charles Duhigg from his The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business  Key Points from the Episode: How creating a habit is tied to Willpower Duhigg credits Starbuck...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today, we revisit the Code and the Path--Back from MM#197 --to ensure we are building a solid foundation of which to launch towards living a flourishing life.   Our guide will be Thibaut Meurisse and his vital little book, Upgrade Yourself:  simple strategies to transform your mindset, improve your habits, and change your life. Key Poin...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special episode, we share the unexpected and tragic news of the passing of two warriors for the Catholic faith in the past two weeks, Cardinal George Pell and journalist George Neumayr.  Both of these men fought the good fight with courage  and were barometers for the truth, so let us remember their lives and their example. May...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Our quest marches on to understand habit change, especially with this MM, and our guide today is Charles Duhigg and his awesome book, the Power of Habit:   why we do what we do in life and business. Key Points from the Episode: We can choose our habits once we know how The most addicted alcoholics and the most dysfunctional companies ca...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Wow!  Holy Smokes we made to MOJO Minute #200! ⚡️ In this look back MM, we ask you to celebrate 👏🎊🎉 with us as we reflect on 200 episodes of pure nuggets of wisdom.  Sit back and enjoy this one! Key Points from the Episode: We give some behind-the-scenes stats over the past year. We count down the top all time most popular episodes...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Our Nations Capital is broken! It is beyond broken!   Both political parties have an ADDICTION! In Today's Liberty Minute 🗽 we will discuss this deep spending addiction by our country's legislators and whether they can break their own ADDICTION and be responsible with the people's money. Our guide will be Senator Mike Le...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In MM#199, we challenge you with this question, how do you change your life if you are not able to challenge yourself? To challenge ourselves we enlist,  Tony Horton and David Goggins as our guides and chief motivators, Tony with his wisdom from his book The Big Picture and David with his strong motivation from his book, Cant Hurt Me  ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MM#198 provides for us the science behind why working the 3 fundies is important.   When we tackle the 3 fundamentals of Eating Better, Moving More and increasing our Sleep quality all at the same time we have a far greater chance of success then when we do not.    Tom Rath shares this science with us from his book, Eat Move Sleep. Key...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In Today's Liberty Minute 🗽 we examine the public fight for Speaker of the House just a week ago and we do so from a guy who has been in the thick of many Washington's fights over the last 15 years, Ohio's own, Jim Jordan and his book, Do What You Said You Would Do:  Fighting for Freedom In The Swamp Key Points from the...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM, we zoom up to 50,000 feet to see the forest from the trees so to speak. We hear from our guide, Jocko Willink over these last 3 episodes about the importance of a code and a path and so we unveil, the Code and the Path from his book The Code. the Evaluation. the Protocols: Striving to Become an Eminently Qualified Human Ke...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode,  we finalize the introduction in the fundamentals in flourishing, which by developing a good mindset.   We do so by drilling down on the second virtue in gaining mastery in this fundamental namely, charity. We stay with our guide who will be familiar to us, Jocko Willink and his book, co-wrote by Dave Berke and Sara Arm...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode,  we continue the introduction in the fundamentals in flourishing, which is developing a good mindset.   We do so by drilling down on the second virtue in gaining mastery in this fundamental namely, humility. Our guide will be familiar to us, Jocko Willink in his book, co-wrote by Dave Berke and Sara Armstrong, The Code....

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In today's show, we introduce another fundamental in flourishing, Mindset. To be our guide in drilling down on this notion of a positive mindset and more specifically Gratitude, we turn to Michael Hyatt in his book Your Best Year Ever:  A 5 Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals Key Points from the Episode: Introduction...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special episode, we share the sad news of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, one of the greatest minds and thinkers in the vast history of the Catholic Church. I speak about three elements that struck me during his life.    Key Points from the Episode: His book the introduction of Christianity is a mode...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today's show, we chat about another fundamental in flourishing, prayer. To help us with our nugget of wisdom on prayer, we enlist Matthew Leonard from the website www.scienceofsainthood.com and the author of Prayer Works:  Getting a Grip on Catholic Spirituality Key Points from the Episode: The Holy Gospel according to John, chapte...