With thousands of telephone interviews in the rearview, you’d think Darrell and I would know how to give good phone. And you’d be right! Say hello to this edition of Doing What Works.

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Farm to Fork!

Start having conversations with your children the moment you meet!

If you’ve ever been soured on indulging your creative side, let Katie help you reclaim that dream. Please don’t miss this edition of Doing What Works.

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Where I got the idea to have a stick figure artist illustrate my work.

Sir Ken Robertson tells the story of a six-year-old drawing a picture of God. “But no one knows what God looks like,” her teacher said. To which she replied, “They will in a minute.”

The ceramics class and quantity before quality.

Katie’s tablet!

Jeffrey Zachmann makes kinetic sculptures.

Bob Culbertson plays the Chapman Stick.

Understanding Comics is the bible of comic writing.

On Katie’s second-longest bike ride, which happened to be on the hottest day in a dozen years, she tried an experiment. No music in her headphones, no texting during breaks. So we had that much more to talk about in this edition of Doing What Works!

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Another first for Katie on this trip? Energy gels!

The cafeteria in hell.

Pigeonholing, labeling, pattern recognition. Call it whatever you want, but don’t be too eager to call it! We explain why in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

Jeff Bridges on the dark, but really the enduring, side of marriage.

Positive illusions might play a part in a happy marriage.

How far back was it evident you’d become the person you are? An exploration of why that matters in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Scott Adams says he’ll remember family time much more often and intensely than anything else.  

When I had a sweet little girl, I played with her.

Save your story.

Write down one thing you do every day.

Are you a Scanner?

Anything short of perfection used to feel like failure to Katie, but had she been academically perfect in college she would’ve given up everything else that made it worthwhile. This edition of Doing What Works is a plea to go easier on yourself.

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Pamie Ribon has compassion for young people who don’t yet realize emotions aren’t permanent.  

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big is worth a read!

Too Funny to Fail is too good not to watch.

Maybe it isn’t the task you dread. Maybe it’s the setup, or thinking something will take longer than it does. We’ll pump you up to power you through in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Derek Sivers says a workout is as problematic as you make it out to be.

Becoming You author Suzy Welch says getting fired is often the exact right career move.

Minimum viable progress is still progress! Oh, boy. Is it ever.

Being wrong gets a bad rap and, given our producer thinks this exploration of that topic is the best installment of Doing What Works yet, we hope you enjoy this encore edition of the show!
 
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Have you been inserting trash bags the wrong way?
 
Ten thousand ways that won’t work is what some of us call…not failing!
 
How Not to Be Wrong is the right book to read if you really, really hate being wrong.

Common ground is magical but elusive. Katie and I will help you find it in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Bruce Littlefield suggests you write down one thing that happened every day.

Scott Adams suggests you be useful, and remember we watch different movies on one screen.

Mind blown? So was Kramer’s!

Storyworthy’s Matt Dicks says every time you tell a story it becomes less true.

Rory McIlroy guards against watching media accounts of his recent Masters win.

Everything’s derivative, but not everything needs to be attributed. Still with us? You’ll enjoy this edition of Doing What Works!

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“To My Grown-Up Son,” by Alice E. Chase, played in my head constantly as Katie grew up.

I once accidentally stole a passage from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

“I’ll have what she’s having” is from When Harry Met Sally…

Just Do It!

If you gave credit every time it was due you’d be insufferable. Aim for the golden mean.

Dan Savage is an oft-quoted, oft-attributed source.