Doing What Works

The truth can hurt, but why make it worse? This edition of Doing What Works is a moratorium on brutality.

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So casually cruel in the name of being honest.

The face-saving lie.

The price of admission.

Wouldn’t it be a shame to have had a wonderful life and not even realize it? We help you avoid that fate in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Do you take miracles for granted?

Gretchen Rubin’s advice from her husband: “Remember, this is what you wanted.”

Taylor Swift’s ambition.

Weathering someone’s moods can be exhausting. This edition of Doing What Works will help you avoid being the person others want to avoid.

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You bring your own weather to the picnic.

You are responsible for the energy you bring.

“That’s a lot of acting fascinated.”

“Husbands don’t want to be happy. They just want to be left alone.”

This Is Water.

It’s elegant, it’s efficient, it’s actionable. Katie and I would not be the people we are without poetry, and this edition of Doing What Works is packed with so many great ideas you might wonder how you’ve lived without it.

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Taylor Mali.

Like Lilly Like Wilson.

The 2010 National Poetry Slam.

Wile E. Coyote.

Pamela Ribon.

Yertle the Turtle.

Drew Dudley’s lollipop moment.

There’s no redeeming value in harshness.

“I wish I could go back and do the little things you asked me to.”

Joshua Turek poetry.

“The Guest House.”

The jerk store called!

“A Great Wagon.”

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

You probably know how to take good care of yourself. In this edition of Doing What Works we’ll help you actually do it.

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The Willpower Workaround.

Is it food or entertainment?

Dr. Daniel Amen suggests you choose foods you love that love you back.

Reasoning from first principles.

Would you rather work independently or as part of a team? This encore edition of Doing What Works is a study in why that matters.

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The Tyranny of E-mail.

Job hunting usually means being rejected before accepted.

“Not a good fit” is a perfect reframe for rejection.

Please don’t underestimate the life-changing magic of a clutter bust. We’ll help you get started in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Creative people like to see their things.

Clutter busting with Brooks Palmer.

The sunk cost fallacy.

“I finally cleaned out my fridge, and now I know I can switch careers.”

If you keep anything long enough you can throw it away.

You don’t have to live in the past, but why not mine it for its treasures? We’ll help you find them in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Business Professionals of America!

Elizabeth Gilbert!

Michael Bryant.

Darrell’s kept track of every penny he’s spent since he started college. If you want to keep better tabs on your own money you might have fun listening to this encore edition of Doing What Works.

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Your Money or Your Life might change the way you look at the money you spend.

Your relationships thrive in direction proportion to your willingness to address conflict. This edition of Doing What Works will help.

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“Sweep everything under the rug for long enough, and you have to move right out of the house.”

Emotional intelligence is the discipline of sitting with a feeling long enough to understand it before you hand it to someone else.

“The Comeback.”

What is a relationship extinction event?

Object permanence.

“Most people who have post-traumatic stress disorder don't have it because they were hurt. They have it because they encountered someone who wanted to hurt them.”