Learning to Teach Better with the featured book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.

Shownotes at can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode7/

The featured book for this episode is When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. I am joined by my service trip co-leader, Carissa Chandler, to discuss the book and share the story of our partner community in Haiti, Camp Mary.

Shownotes at can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode6/

How powerful is a moment? Can you make a moment powerful? Some moments have led to drastic changes in peoples’ lives, and relationships. Many times these moments just occur, and those impacted just happened to be there, but what if these moments can be dissected and understood to the point where they can be designed and executed? That is exactly what Chip Heath and Dan Heath do in their book, The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact, which is the featured content for this episode.

Shownotes at can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode5/

What is a mentor and where do you find one? Dr. Gary Williams, leadership expert and Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation at Wittenberg University helps me answer these (and more) questions on mentorship through the world of Star Wars!

Shownotes at can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/episode4/

What if you could focus your time and energy on the critical few things that will make the most impact? Listen in as Joel explores learnings and applications from the featured book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.

What does it look like to Build Relationships? Continue the Story? Detach to Connect? And Be Bold? This episode dives deeper into those learnings from Love Does by Bob Goff, responds to a comment and answers a question about the purpose of the podcast.

This episode features the book, Love Does by Bob Goff. Joel identifies 4 learnings from the book: Build Relationships, Continuing the Story, Detach to Connect, Be Bold and connects those learnings to both life and the classroom.

Preview to Amidon Planet Podcast E002: Act as Love featuring the book, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff. Joel asks how love can guide your actions in the roles you fill.

Addendum to Amidon Planet Podcast - E001: When is a Why. Reviews the learnings from the previous episode, answers questions from the social media (or his family), and previews the upcoming episode.

00:00 – Opening & Purpose 01:46 – Introduce the Book/Theme of Episode 7:30 – Learnings & Applications 7:58 – Manage the Energies 18:55 – End Well 22:43 – Synching is a Super Power 29:07 – Invitation to Engage 30:05 – Conclusion & Gratitude