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Join Dave for positive and humorous insights into increasing your personal productivity, where he blends the art of storytelling, humor, and clever analogies to make the pursuit of productivity an enjoyable experience. Each episode is approximately an hour-long casserole of laughter and learning, as we navigate the world of to-do lists, time management, and conflict management, and taking out the mental trash with a jovial twist. 

  1. 1d ago

    LIFT The ANCHOR

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever caught yourself working so hard at something, but felt like you weren't making any progress?  Yeah, me too... LIFT THE ANCHOR “Sometimes the answer is not rowing harder or faster. It’s about lifting the anchor.” Join Dave for some UPLIFTING talk about: THE GREAT CONFUSION: MOTION VERSUS PROGRESSSOMETIMES WORKING HARDER ACTUALLY MAKES THINGS WORSEWHY DO WE AUTOMATICALLY ROW HARDER?WHAT DOES AN ANCHOR LOOK LIKE? 10 COMMON ANCHORSANCHORS AREN'T ALWAYS BAD10 SIGNS YOU MAY BE ROWING AGAINST AN ANCHORSOMETIMES SUBTRACTION BEATS ADDITION - THE MATH OF THE ANCHORROWING IS STILL REQUIREDFIVE THINGS TO STOP DOINGFIVE THINGS TO START DOINGThere's nothing wrong with being a hard worker. Work hard.Care deeply.Show up.Be disciplined.Keep your word.Do difficult things.Row like hell when rowing is what's required.But every once in a while...put the oars down. Look around. Ask yourself whether all this effort is actually moving you. Because your life isn't measured by how exhausted you became trying. It's measured, in part, by where you went. Sometimes the breakthrough isn't learning to row harder. It isn't rowing faster. It isn't becoming stronger. Sometimes...you just have to lift the anchor. And once you do...you might be amazed how quickly the boat starts to move. Giddyup!!! Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

  2. Oct 26

    SHAKE The CAN

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever picked out the GOOD STUFF from a collection of trail mix, songs, or food items on a buffet?  Yeah, me too... When I was growing up, my mom used to buy cans of mixed nuts. Dad would go through and pick out all the cashews. My sister would pick out the peanuts. Then Mom and my other sister would make their selections. By the time that can got to me, all I got was the Brazil nuts. Join Dave for some NUTTY talk about: Ten good things we can find in most daysSometimes the good stuff comes in surprising packagingFive ways to find something positive every dayFive ways to make positive things happenFive things that keep me optimistic on even my most pessimistic daysFind a little good. Make a little good. Give a little good.By the end of the day, those little things can add up to a life you’re glad to be living, and if you happen to get to the mixed nuts before everybody else…save me a couple of cashews. Giddyup!!! Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

  3. Oct 19

    There IT Is!!!

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been looking for something and realized it was right in front of you all along?  Yeah, me too... Have you ever driven the same road a thousand times, then one day spotted a little restaurant and thought, “How long has that been there?”  Probably years... Or you’ve known somebody forever, and one ordinary Tuesday they say something that makes you realize how wise they are. They didn’t become wise on Tuesday. You finally heard them. Join Dave for some OBVIOUS discussion about: How do we miss what’s right in front of us?Ten times life says, “There it is”Five things that can trigger noticingCan we learn to notice?What do we gain from noticing?Maybe there’s something in your life right now that’s been there longer than you realize. A person who believes in you. A chance to begin again. A lesson you’ve already paid for. A patch of beauty on a road you travel every day. Maybe you notice it today because your circumstances finally made room for it. Maybe the timing feels too good to explain. Either way, don’t beat yourself up for missing it yesterday. Be grateful you can see it today. Stop for a moment. Notice it. Recall what it connects to. Apply what it teaches you. And if it’s good, tell somebody. If it needs fixing, begin. If it’s a gift, receive it. It may have been there all along. Giddyup!!!   Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

  4. Oct 12

    WAITING On The WORD!!!

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had to wait on news - test result, job offer, decision by someone?  Yeah, me too.. I’ve heard some beautiful words in my life. Love. Home. Yes. Congratulations. Approved. Healthy. Free. But I’m beginning to think one of the most beautiful words in the English language is one we rarely put on a coffee mug. Benign!!! Join Dave for some news about news that we all have or will receive: WHEN A WORD CHANGES THE ROOMTHE WAITING ROOM BETWEEN WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE FEARTEN TIMES WE WAIT FOR THE WORDWHY WE HOPE FOR THE BEST AND STILL FEAR THE WORSTAND WHAT IF THE WORD ISN'T BENIGN?THE POWER OF GOOD NEWSTEN POSITIVE RESPONSES TO NEGATIVE NEWSFIVE WAYS TO PREPARE FOR NEWSFIVE WAYS TO BE THERE FOR SOMEONE WAITINGFIVE REASONS TO REMAIN HOPEFUL IN THE FACE OF DESPAIRFIVE WAYS TO BE GRATEFUL EITHER WAYWe don't get to choose every word that enters our story. But until the final sentence is written, we still get a say in what comes next. So hope for benign. Pray for benign if that's what you do. But whatever word comes back...Take the information. Take the hand of somebody who loves you. Take the next step. Giddyup!!! Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

  5. Oct 5

    Random Acts of ENCOURAGEMENT

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had someone give you a word, look, or comment that encouraged you out of nowhere?  Yeah, me too... Random acts of encouragement. Because kindness says: “I care about you.” Encouragement says: “I believe in you.” And sometimes that is exactly what somebody needs to hear. Join Dave for some ENCOURAGING words about: WE ARE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO NEED ENCOURAGEMENTTHE SCIENCE OF ENCOURAGEMENTENCOURAGEMENT IS LIKE A HUMAN JUMP STARTWHO NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT?A DAY CAN CHANGE IN TEN SECONDSENCOURAGEMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFEENCOURAGEMENT CAN CHANGE A FUTURE20 RANDOM ACTS OF ENCOURAGEMENTWHY DON'T WE DO IT MORE?10 TRIGGERS TO GIVE ENCOURAGEMENTFIVE WAYS TO REMEMBER TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE EVERY DAYTHE ENCOURAGEMENT CHALLENGEEncouragement is one of the few gifts we can give where we don't need to see what happens afterward for it to have been worth giving. So don't ration it. Don't save it for birthdays. Don't wait for tragedy. Don't assume people know. Say it. Text it. Write it. Show it. Encourage somebody. Then encourage somebody else. And keep going. Because sometimes the smallest thing you say today...becomes the voice somebody carries with them tomorrow. Giddyup!!! Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

  6. Sep 28

    DEBBIE DOWNERS...

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been around someone who can take a nice conversation to a new level of depression?  Yeah, me too... We all know one. You tell them you got a promotion. They say: “Congratulations. Of course, now you're probably going to be working a lot more.” You tell them you're going on vacation. “Oh, nice. Airports are a nightmare right now.”  You tell them your daughter is getting married. “Weddings are expensive. You know half of marriages end in divorce.” Join Dave for some uplifting ways to live with DEBBIE DOWNERS: There are people walking around this world who apparently believe their responsibility is to make sure no positive statement goes unpunished. NEGATIVITY HAS SOME POWERTHREE KINDS OF DOWNERSWHAT SETS THEM OFF?WHERE DO WE FIND THEM?WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS?WHAT DOES CONSTANT NEGATIVITY COST THEM?FIVE WAYS TO DEAL WITH DEBBIE DOWNERSFIVE WAYS TO HELP SOMEBODY CHANGELife brings plenty of bad news without us manufacturing additional inventory. People lose jobs. Relationships end. Bodies get older. Plans fail. Don't make every room heavier because you walked into it. Bring perspective. Bring humor. Bring honesty. Bring solutions. Bring encouragement. And when somebody hands you a little piece of happiness...for God's sake...don't hand it back with a warning label. Don't ignore what's wrong.  Just don't become the person who can't see what's right. Giddyup!!! Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

  7. Sep 21

    I CAN'T? Watch This...

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had someone tell you that you shouldn't, they wouldn't, or you CAN'T do something?  Yeah, me too... Shouldn’t. Wouldn’t. Can’t. They Are Not the Same. There are four words that have always gotten my attention: “You can’t do that.” Really? Can’t? That is a pretty definitive word. Join Dave for some conversation about POSSIBILITIES: THE SHELLFISH TESTCAN’T. SHOULDN’T. WOULDN’T.WHY WE ACCEPT OTHER PEOPLE'S LIMITATIONS10 THINGS WE HAVE ABSOLUTE PERMISSION TO DO20 THINGS I'M TOLD I CAN'T DO...THAT I KEEP DOING ANYWAYNOT EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD DOTHE FOUR QUESTION TESTSTOP LESS. GO MORE. NEVER QUIT.DON'T MAKE YOUR WORLD SMALLER THAN IT NEEDS TO BEI've reached a place in my life where I don't need everybody to understand me, I don't need everybody to approve, and I certainly don't need everybody to do what I do. “Don’t hand me your ‘I wouldn’t’ and call it ‘you shouldn’t.’ And don’t take your ‘you shouldn’t’ and promote it to ‘you can’t.’”  Giddyup!!! Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

  8. Sep 14

    STOP Less...GO More...Never QUIT!!!

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been in a situation where you weren't sure if you needed more, less, or none at all?  Yeah, me too... There are three words that control an enormous amount of our lives: STOP. GO. QUIT. We hear them from the time we're children. Stop touching that. Go clean your room. Quit hitting your brother. Then we grow up, and somehow the instructions get harder. Join Dave for some direction talk about" STOP LESS. GO MORE. NEVER QUIT.WE HAVE BECOME VERY GOOD AT GETTING READYLIFE RESPONDS TO MOVEMENTSTOP LESS DOESN'T MEAN NEVER STOPTEN TIMES YOU NEED TO STOPTEN TIMES YOU NEED TO GOTEN TIMES PEOPLE QUIT WHEN THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'TTHE ACTION MANTRAFIVE WAYS TO LIVE IT EVERY DAYFIVE ADVERSARIESFIVE WAYS TO BEAT THEMSo live with some energy. Live with some curiosity. Live expecting something good to happen, while being strong enough to handle it when it doesn't. Stop staring at the starting line. Stop waiting for perfect conditions. Stop asking whether you're completely ready. STOP LESS. GO MORE. NEVER QUIT. Stop when you need to recover, go when life gives you a chance to live, and never confuse changing direction with giving up. Giddyup!!! Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast.  Otalks.com Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

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Join Dave for positive and humorous insights into increasing your personal productivity, where he blends the art of storytelling, humor, and clever analogies to make the pursuit of productivity an enjoyable experience. Each episode is approximately an hour-long casserole of laughter and learning, as we navigate the world of to-do lists, time management, and conflict management, and taking out the mental trash with a jovial twist. 

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  • Creator
    Dave
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    249
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