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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. 7h ago

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Sep 7

    BIG BOY Pants

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had a decision that needed to be made and you struggled longer that you should have or maybe delayed it?  Yeah, me too... At some point in life, every one of us hears an invisible voice say: “Alright. Enough talking. Put on your Big Boy Pants.” Join Dave for some Grown Up talk about: LIFE EVENTUALLY REMOVES THE TRAINING WHEELSWE DON'T REALLY HATE DECISIONS. WE HATE UNCERTAINTY.AND THEN THERE'S DRAMASOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT RESOLUTIONTHE DRAMA INFLATION CYCLERUMINATION FEELS PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN IS BUSYTHE HELICOPTER PARENT PROBLEMHELPING IS NOT THE SAME AS RESCUINGWHEN ADVICE BECOMES PERMISSIONYOU DON'T NEED EVERY POSSIBLE OPTIONEVERYTHING HAS A CONSEQUENCEFIVE THINGS BIG BOY PANTS REQUIRETEN DECISIONS THAT REQUIRE BIG BOY PANTSTHE 24-HOUR DRAMA TESTFIVE WAYS TO PUT ON YOUR BIG BOY PANTSLife does not require us to make perfect decisions. It requires us to participate. To choose. To act. To learn. To adjust. To occasionally say: “Well...that didn't work.” “Freedom is having the right to choose. Confidence is believing you can handle the outcome. Maturity is making the choice without needing everybody else to approve it.” 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. Aug 24

    You're SHOULDING Me!!!

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever TOLD or BEEN TOLD what you SHOULD do?  Yeah, me too... There is a word we use constantly that sounds helpful, caring, intelligent, even loving, but sometimes it’s none of those things. The word is: Should. “You should leave him.” “You should forgive her.” “You should take that job.” “You should sell the house.” “You should call your kids more.” “You should exercise.” “You should be grateful.” “You should get over it.” “You should stop worrying.” “You should be happy.” And eventually you want to look at somebody and say: “Would you PLEASE stop shoulding me?” You SHOULD join Dave for some conversation around: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “SHOULD” SOMEONE?WHY DO WE SHOULD PEOPLE?5 COMMON SITUATIONS WHERE WE SHOULD PEOPLETHE 5 GROUPS MOST LIKELY TO GET SHOULDED5 REASONS WE SHOULDN’T SHOULD PEOPLEWhen WE INVITE THE SHOULDINGSO WHAT DO WE SAY INSTEAD?MAYBE WE SHOULD OURSELVES THE MOSTSo the next time somebody looks at you and says: “You know what you should do...” Smile. Listen. Consider it. Maybe they're right. Maybe they're completely full of crap. But remember: They get an opinion. You get the decision. And maybe that's the difference between advice and wisdom. 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. Aug 17

    TRIGGERATIONISMS...

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been in a situation when you didn't say something that needed to be said and later you said to yourself, "I wish I had said"...or..."I should have said"... Yeah, me too... When most people hear the word trigger, they think of something negative. "I was triggered." "They triggered me." "They know how to push my buttons." But what if we've been thinking about triggers all wrong? What if the most successful, peaceful, and emotionally healthy people don't have fewer triggers...they simply have better ones. Join Dave for some TRIGGERING conversation about: Five Types of TriggersFive Ways To Install Triggers Five Ways To Notice Trigger OpportunitiesLife isn't won by having the perfect response. It's won by preparing the right response. The people who appear calm...Prepared. The people who ask thoughtful questions...Prepared. The people who remain kind under pressure...Prepared. The people who seize opportunities...Prepared. They didn't magically become that person. They practiced becoming that person...Until it became automatic. Your future isn't built only by the big decisions. It's built by hundreds of tiny moments where your response quietly determines your direction. Install the right triggers and one day you'll notice something remarkable. The situations didn't change...YOU DID!!! 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
    246
  • Rating
    Clean
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