Doing What Works

Doing What Works
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Doing What Works is a nationally-syndicated radio talk show that helps you fix what you don't like about your life.

Episodes

  1. 25M AGO

    How do you ask for help?

    No need to apologize if you need help, but you might want to apologize if you help someone who isn’t in the market. It’s a heapin’ helpin’ of nuance in this edition of Doing What Works. Here are your show notes… Why not reframe problems as puzzles?   I want to tell you something. I think it’ll help, but there’s a slight chance it’ll make it worse.

    40 min

  2. DEC 9

    How do you work more play into life?

    Being playful is one secret to life. In this edition of Doing What Works we share some of our favorite ways to play. Here are your show notes… Scott Adams helps you Reframe Your Brain. Our current favorite Saturday Night Live skit! Rocky defined much of my youth; The Family Man defines much of our family. Do you have a screaming goat?

    40 min

  3. DEC 2

    Want to hear about a happy childhood?

    Nobody’s childhood was perfect, but Darrell’s was pretty close. We talk about what his parents did right in this edition of Doing What Works.   Here are your show notes… When you fight in front of your children, you change who they are. The Farmer’s Wife is a documentary film produced by David Sutherland. Stiller & Meara is streaming on Apple TV+.

    40 min

  4. NOV 25

    Where do you get your joie de vivre?

    “Two men looked out through prison bars. One saw mud. The other, stars.” This encore edition of Doing What Works is an ode to Maureen’s penchant for stargazing.   Here are your show notes…   Seth Godin, Tim Urban, and Scott Adams are a few of my favorite people to keep up with.   Jane Brody says people often look at questions as attacks.   The Let Them Theory is a useful way of looking at the world.   It was never between you and them.

    40 min

  5. 12/28/2020

    Do you say yes often enough?

    You don’t know what’s going to make you happy until you try it. The job or the relationship that looks good on paper may not feel so great at, say, ten o’clock on a Tuesday. That’s one reason to say yes to more things, so you can get a better feel for more things. Saying yes is a habit and a mindset. If you practice saying yes to smaller things with low stakes, you might find yourself more willing to take bigger risks. That’s what we hope to inspire in this edition of Doing What Works. Here are your show notes… Irresistible author Adam Alter [http://adamalterauthor.com/] was one of Katie’s professors at NYU Stern and “say yes” was his advice. “I wish I might go back and do the little things you asked me to” is from a poem by Alice E. Chase [https://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/860.html] entitled “To My Grown-Up Son.” Saying “yes” (and “yes, and”) is a rule of improv [https://medium.com/the-improv-blog/the-first-rule-of-improv-is-yes-and-30e5954240d6]. “If you can’t imagine any other explanation for a set of facts, it might be because you are bad at imagining things.” That’s from Dilbert creator Scott Adams [https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays]. “Marriage is a big bet. It’s the only bet of its kind, one in which you say, ‘This feels right; I think I’ll change everything.’” That’s from Jerry Seinfeld [https://www.today.com/popculture/seinfeld-turns-25-read-jerrys-best-real-life-lines-1D79884423].

    39 min
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Doing What Works is a nationally-syndicated radio talk show that helps you fix what you don't like about your life.

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  • Creator
    Doing What Works
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
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