Doing What Works

Katie and I started working together when she was only two weeks old. No kidding! This edition of Doing What Works is one example of how to have it all -- or most of it -- all at once.

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What Color Is Your Parachute?

Staying the Course: A Runner’s Toughest Race.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

Katie had a stress bender recently. I’m still reeling from a version of RV life I didn’t see coming and wouldn’t have signed up for. If we can find the upsides, which we describe in this edition of Doing What Works, you’re sure to be inspired.

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Maureen’s proudest moment as a parent.

A reframe doesn’t have to be true to be helpful.

The Serenity Prayer.

In times of change, cling to and take comfort in what hasn’t.

Wondering what to look for in your first job? This edition of Doing What Works might leave you drooling.

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If you don’t want it on Page Six, don’t do it.

Farm to Fork.

Darrell pursued a career in medicine while I was studying to be an engineer. Each of us found our way into radio, and this edition of Doing What Works is reassurance it’s okay to change course.

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“A Friend of Mine Is Going Blind.”

John Mulhern runs Doing What Works on KSCB in Liberal, Kansas.

Guardians of the Galaxy is the first exposure some people have had to cassette tapes.

Joel Pollak is writing the biography of Scott Adams.

AI is useful but it doesn’t have a soul.

Dick Bolles said you should always be able to choose between at least two alternatives.

“I got nowhere else to go!”

Farm to Fork.

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 encore edition of Doing What Works!

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Another first for Katie on this trip? Energy gels!

How do you bring out the best in other people so everybody can accomplish what they need to in the best way they can? That’s the role of an effective leader, as Katie explains in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Suzy Welch suggests you hire people who can execute.

“Winning Wimbledon,” Chris Evert once said, “lasts about an hour.”

What is servant leadership?

Happiness is health plus freedom.

Life might be more enjoyable if you look at problems like puzzles. Darrell fills in for Katie again to help make that case in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Reframe Your Brain!

Reasoning from first principles.

Making an apple pie from scratch.

Laughter born of a shared memory.

Deliberation often means diminishing returns. This edition of Doing What Works challenges you to be honest about your nature, assess the stakes of a decision, and get on with life.

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When the odds of a win are effectively zero.

The almonds we love.

What do you make all day? Decisions!

“What if you told yourself that no matter what happened after you chose A or B, you wouldn’t be mad at yourself?”

We romanticize the road less traveled.

If one person’s trash is another’s treasure you’re cheating people when you throw things away. Darrell fills in for Katie to make that case in this edition of Doing What Works.

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Planned obsolescence.

Farm to Fork.

Are you a finisher or an opener?

“How bad for the environment can throwing away one plastic bottle be?” thirty million people wonder.

“The aftermath of the 98th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre showed a messy scene with littered bottles, cartons, wrappers, and debris in the upper rows.”

Don’t mess around with a cigarette in the car!

Does assembling a piece of furniture fill you with dread? You aren’t alone, and you might need help. You can start with this edition of Doing What Works!

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The right to repair.

Callings.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.