Dropping Paradigms Podcast

Dropping Paradigms

Welcome to the Dropping Paradigms podcast. If you’re here, you care about being a good leader, creating a cultural advantage, or enhancing your relationships. If that doesn’t sound like you then maybe you decided to listen because you are a sports fan, a movie buff, or you care about the latest trends. Either way, this podcast is for you because we believe that some of life’s most treasured lessons are hiding in plain sight, buried in the 7th inning of a baseball game or the middle of your favorite movie. Our goal is to find those golden nuggets that influence how many us of view the world.

  1. 26/07/2022

    S2 Ep4 Big Daddy

    Big Daddy - 1999 Episode Notes 00:16 – Intro (Our most monotone to date) 02:48 – Adam Sandler movie rankings 11:57 – IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes Summary and Reviews 14:10 – Two Word Check-in 17:05 – Nickel #1: Head or Tails – Maybe the coin can help you make a decision 22:10 – Digm #1: Allow your kids to make choices and express themselves 31:50 –  Digm #2: What do you do when your life is about to change?             - Phases:                  o Nothing                  o Homesick (Go back to the way things were)                  o Rise or Fall                  o Sustain 44:05 – Digm #3 – You alone are not able to influence your kids all the time.            - People your kids need:                1) A person to help                2) A Grandparent (it doesn’t have to be a blood relative)                3) Opposite or different person 58:15 – Nickel #2: Motivation vs Discipline – Which is more important to have? 1:06:10 - Outro

    1h 6m

  2. 30/05/2022

    Random Show (NBA & NASCAR)

    This week we decided to do something different and just talk about what influenced us on the sports front during the week. Let us know what you think about our “Random Episode”. 0:16 – Intro 3:08 – Two Word Check-In 6:06 – Digm #1: How confident is over confident? 27:00  – #NASCAR Naps 30:00 – Digm #2: What would your peers say about you? 52:15 – Wrap-up

    57 min

  3. 01/03/2022

    S2 Ep 2 - Die Hard

    Die Hard - 1988 IMDB: An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. 7.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes: New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him Tomatoeter –94% & Audience Score – 94% Episode Notes 00:16 – Intro 1:21 – IMDB Summary to start the, “Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?” debate 3:52 – Two Word Check-in 6:17 – Die Hard – IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes 10:47 – 1988 Fun Facts 12:24 – You’re Welcome 21:55 – Digm #1: When you put people on notice, it comes with a cost.             “Now I have a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho.” John McClaine through Hans Gruber 30:32 – Digm #2: If you put in the time and the effort you will “sink” to your level of training (preparation) 42:40 – Digm #3: How do you shift momentum in your favor?              Information + Initiative + Confidence + Ability + Persistence = Momentum Shift 53:25 – Digm #4: Stop and listen before you jump to a conclusion or respond             Listen to understand, do not listen to respond 1:00:20 – Wrap-Up Stay Tuned after the Wrap-up for a special treat

    1h 6m

  4. 14/02/2022

    S2 Ep 1 - Valentine's Day

    Valentine’s Day -2010 Rotten Tomatoes – In a series of interconnected stories, various Los Angeles residents (Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper) wend their way through the highs and lows of love during a single day. As the holiday unfolds, they experience first dates, longtime commitments, youthful crushes and connections to old flames. (Tomatometer – 18% & Audience Score – 47%) IMDB –  Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day. (5.7/10) 0:16 – Intro 1:45 – Movie Discussion 5:08 – Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB Discussion 7:18 – Valentine’s Day Facts 13:47 – Digm #1: Emotions make it hard to see, accept, and acknowledge the obvious. 32:56 – Digm #2: If you don’t know yourself, how can you be in a healthy relationship? 37:02 – Tory’s Words of Wisdom – People shape relationships, but relationships also shape people. 37:21 – Tory’s Words of Wisdom Part II – Don’t lose yourself trying to find somebody else. 39:08 – Digm #3: We all make decisions based on desired outcomes. 50:33 – Digm #4: Don’t let the world dictate what relationships look like. 58:55 – Wrap-Up 1:00:01 – Two Word Check-In

    1h 3m

  5. 25/12/2021

    S1 Ep 12 - Jingle All the Way

    Jingle All The Way – 1996 IT’S TURBO TIME! IMDB: A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out of them, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one. Rating - 5.7/10  Rotten Tomatoes: Workaholic Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) wants to make things up to his son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd), and wife, Liz (Rita Wilson). He promises to get Jamie the hottest toy of the season, Turbo-Man -- even though it's Christmas Eve and the toy is practically sold out. As Langston hunts down the elusive gift, he runs into mailman Myron (Sinbad), another father on the same quest. With the clock winding down, Langston's moral code is tested as he starts to learn the real meaning of Christmas. Tomatoeter –19% & Audience Score – 38% Episode Notes 00:15 – Intro 01:16 – Do you Like Christmas Music 3:40 – Christmas Traditions 8:31 – IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes 14:30 – Favorite Christmas Toy? 19:22 – The Hottest Toys of Christmas 24:42 – Digm #1 – Accountability is vital to relationships              “If you don’t have accountability in a relationship you don’t have anything.” 34:28 – Digm #2 – Material things vs Physical Presence 41:20 – Tory drops a bomb – Statement Action Agreement 42:20 – Digm #3 – Ulterior Motivates – maybe they aren’t always so bad             “A man always has two reasons for doing anything, a good reason and the real reason.”  ~JP Morgan 52:50 – Digm #4 – The Viral Effect 1:06:30 – Two Word Check Out

    1h 10m

  6. 16/11/2021

    S1 Ep 11 - Remember the Titans

    Remember the Titans – 2000 IMDB: The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. 7.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes: In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, an institution revered, each game celebrated more lavishly than Christmas, each playoff distinguished more grandly than any national holiday. And with such recognition, comes powerful emotions. In 1971 high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the local school board was forced to integrate an all black school with an all white school, the very foundation of football's great tradition was put to the test. Tomatoeter – 73% & Audience Score – 93% Episode Notes 00:15 – Intro 00:43 – Tory drops a double negative 1:25 – Two word check-in 2:30 – Daylight Savings Time tangent 6:05 – Heath’s Favorite part of the show aka Ask Tory Random Questions and then make fun of him for not getting them correct 18:51 – Finally we talk about Remember the Titans 22:35 – Here is the link to the ESPN article – 25:39 – Digm #1: We all need someone or something to rally (connect) around              Who or what are you rallying around? 32:30 – Digm #2: Common Enemy Effect – Balance Theory – Identity Fusion               The idea that right circumstances people will be willing to undergo self-sacrifice for the betterment of the group. 43:12 – Digm #3: How do you change attitude and perception? 52:10 – Digm #4: Culture change does not always happen at the top. Culture change requires             buy-in. Culture changes does not have to be overt. (Do not wait for permission to be a culture changer!) 1:00:00 – Yo Mama Jokes 1:08:00 – Digm #5: Environment plays a role in moral decision-making.

    1h 24m

  7. 24/09/2021

    S1 Ep 10 - Motivation and Inspiration

    Episode Notes  00:16 – Intro 4:19 – Two Word Check-in 6:39 – We discuss the messages from social media Jocko Willink Lessons from a 3rd Grad Dropout Rick Rigsby Chris Farley – Van Down by the River Former CMSgt of the Air Force Robert Gaylor Facing the Giants Jesus is Loving Barabbas Bluto’s Speech Art of Happiness by Arthur Brooks Straight Up with Trent Shelton Independence Day – President’s Speech Icky Woods I am Number 8 by John Gray Rudy’s Notre Dame Locker Room Speech Lou Holtz Martin Luther King Jr. 44:18 – Tory’s 1st Digm - Grey’s Anatomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCmte2hjC2A “You want someone to run a 4 minute mile? You don’t chase them, you don’t give them something to run from. You give them something to run to” Dr Richard Webber 53:38 – Heath’s 1st Digm – The Office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gvk0_6p_-s "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them." Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) 57:38 – Tory’s 2nd Digm – Eric Thomas aka ET the Hip Hop Preacher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97V4ZZqwxiw Do you want to do it as bad as you want to breathe? 1:06:58 – Heath’s 2nd Digm – All Blacks Haka https://www.allblacks.com/the-haka/ 1:20:45 – Inspirational Haka

    1h 21m

  8. 13/09/2021

    S1 Ep 9 - College Football

    College Football Episode Notes - This is our first episode recorded with a live audience. 00:16 – Intro 3:55 – Two-word check-in (Two episodes in a row) 11:55 – Mascot talk Ethan Bauer Article - https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/1/10/21052358/clemson-lsu-tigersnicknames-mascots-college-tribal 25:46 – Digm #1 – What are you doing to enhance the traits of your “ingroup”? Social Identify Theory - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119011071.iemp0153 https://esrc.ukri.org/about-us/50-years-of-esrc/50-achievements/social-identity-us-and-them/ 37:28 – Digm #2 – Be mindful of the outside pressures that people face. Name, Image, and Likeness discussion 54:40 – Digm #3 – Find your mantra that allows you to do big things. "My thoughts just before the first real college game of my life: The honor of my race, family and self-are at stake, "Everyone is expecting me to do big things. I will! "My whole body and soul are to be thrown recklessly about on the field tomorrow. Every time the ball is snapped, I will be trying to do more than my part. … Be on your toes every minute if you expect to make good. Jack." ~ Jack Trice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO79kCNOhT4 https://aaregistry.org/story/jack-trice-isu-football-legend/ 1:08:00 – Digm #4 – How do you respond when you fall from grace? (Be a Billy Napier) 1:18:06 – Digm #5 – The level of commitment required of you to reach your dreams is insane. So…..”Are you willing to sprint when the distance is unknown?” Lewis Caralla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAkkAbwLHY “When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” ~ Jacob Riis

    1h 31m
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Welcome to the Dropping Paradigms podcast. If you’re here, you care about being a good leader, creating a cultural advantage, or enhancing your relationships. If that doesn’t sound like you then maybe you decided to listen because you are a sports fan, a movie buff, or you care about the latest trends. Either way, this podcast is for you because we believe that some of life’s most treasured lessons are hiding in plain sight, buried in the 7th inning of a baseball game or the middle of your favorite movie. Our goal is to find those golden nuggets that influence how many us of view the world.

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    Dropping Paradigms
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    2021 - 2022
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