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On this call we had a check-in on a few fun topics:

1. An anxiety check-in on what drives us to feel anxiety with work
2. Managers have schedules that often conflict with creators, how can we juggle that?
3. Building flexibility into your sales proposals, and whether that's a good thing
4. Decision making
5. And finally, giving a sh*t as a service

Relevant links:
https://allenpike.com/2022/giving-a-shit

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Today we were joined by Eric G. Friedman to talk about what it takes to start a career as a fractional, the ins and outs of it, and how his business is helping bring businesses and talent together. 

If you're curious about a Fractional career, or want some thoughts on how to improve what you're doing, give it a listen and let us know your thoughts. 

https://www.gofractional.com
https://www.ericgfriedman.com

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Notes:
Health and fitness check-in
What’s in a name? Josh or Joshua
Don’t jinx yourself
Neuralink’s new brain implant 
The stupidity manifesto
A new fractional job board
When it’s too much, finding peace in the chaos
Working on Apple Vision Pro

Links:
https://www.fractionaljobs.io
https://insimpleterms.blog/the-stupidity-manifesto

Thanks to Caleb Johnson for editing: http://embrin.com

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Shownotes and items we discussed:

• Navigate the Nonsense. https://www.shootonline.com/video/top-spot-week-wk-portland-director-craig-gillespie-navigate-nonsense%C2%A0-hp
• What in-office feels like during company meetings vs remote
• What leadership intends when they say something to the company vs how company receives
• https://adamgrant.substack.com/p/stop-serving-the-compliment-sandwich
• Dealing with risk - https://everythingchanges.us/blog/look-to-the-ground/
• The right amount of transparency?
• Tracking our remaining energy vs time during the day 

Edited by Caleb Johnson

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In this episode we talked about hitting your limit each day and respecting it, touched on the attempt at back to office trends and trusting employees, then briefly discussed Ethan Marcotte's book on tech unions. Finally Lance talked about doing more with less as an HR function.

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We're back! Joshua and Lance dove into their plans for the year. We went over a few fun topics, not to spoil it too much, but they include:

1. Joshua's going to focus more on play this year than anything else. 
2. We chatted about helping others get started as fractionals 
3. Joshua shared an update on how fractional has been in his own life
4. And we started working with an editor for the show! Welcome to Caleb Johnson: http://www.embrin.com.

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Joshua was on vacation during the recording of this episode, but his brother Jonathan joined as a guest and chatted with Lance for a fantastic episode. 

We had some technical issues with Lance's mic being a bit muffled, but please listen in as it's a fantastic episode! 

Topics included:

• How hard do you unplug for the holiday?
• Goals versus resolutions, and plans for 2024
• Jonathan's experience with fractional since his last episode 8 months ago
• Tension in making and setting goals.
• Ghosting as part of the recruiting experience. 
• Book: https://thegogiver.com

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Topics we covered in today's podcast:

• Lance's AI adventure 
• Company's forcing RTO
• Dreaming of life in our 40s
• Lance's new project

Links mentioned:

• Bill Waterson's life
• Lance's post on remote work culture
• Reach out to Lance for coaching

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In this episode we chatted about what it takes to stay healthy in our jobs. 

Joshua shared about his recent work experience in contrast to previous work he's done. 

Then we dove into what it means to communicate at work, and what good communication looks like. 

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Today we dove into a number of topics. Joshua shared about some stressors he's been dealing with at work and how it's affected his hearing, and Lance touched on his personal fitness journey. From there we picked up on a recurring topic of the importance of openness in the work environment, and ended with a followup on inductive reasoning versus deductive reasoning. 

Links we touched on:

• https://ultrapromax.fm/episodes/are-you-getting-it-inductive-vs-deductive-reasoning
• https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Communication-Work-Second-Influence/dp/1260474127

Edited and produced by Joshua Wold. 

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