Permission with Dr. Sherry Walling

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June 05, 2017 Episode 120: Announcing ZenTribes
Entrepreneurship is a tough, demanding, often lonely job.
It’s filled with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.
And the hardest part … most of your friends and family don’t understand the unique demands, responsibilities, pressures, stresses, worries and pains of entrepreneurship.
So not only is it a tough sport … it becomes an intensely lonely one too, compounding the problems, as you try to balance marriages, parenting, and a host of other things in life.
Too often we entrepreneurs just bottle all this up. We put on masks. We put on a smile, despite the adversity we deal with daily. We suffer in secret while maintaining a facade of success.
But what if you had a group of like-minded entrepreneurs, dealing with the same issues?
What if you could share openly, honestly, your struggles? What if the other folks just got you?
What if you had practical tools to deal with anxiety and debilitating worry?
What if you knew the early warning signs of burnout and could recharge yourself before it’s too late?
What if you could move beyond teetering precariously between work and personal life and instead enjoy a sense of balance and integration?
What if you had a small group of trusted and like-minded peers who could encourage and build you up for 90 minutes every week?
If this is you, then we’ve created something JUST for you.
It’s called ZenTribes.
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In this podcast episode, Sherry and Cory talk about entrepreneurial groups, how they work, and most importantly, how they can benefit the entrepreneur.
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June 02, 2017 Episode 119: 6 Steps for Absorbing the Maximum Value From a Book
In this solo episode, Rob shares some of his tips he’s developed on how to maximize the absorption of information you can get from a book.
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May 26, 2017 Episode 118: Discussion of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
In this episode Rob and Sherry discuss the book “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful“. It lists 20 bad workplace habits and they further detail some of these points in the book.
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May 19, 2017 Episode 117: Founder Origin Stories Part VI: Ruben Gamez
Rob and Sherry revisit their founder origin series. In this episode Sherry interviews Bidsketch founder, Ruben Gamez.
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May 12, 2017 Episode 116: Balancing Focus and Flexibility
Rob and Sherry talk about two articles from Entrepreneur Magazine, one is an interview with Expedia's CEO about critical traits developed early in his career, and the other deals with things to add to your morning routine.
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May 12, 2017 Episode 116: Balancing Focus and Flexibility
Rob and Sherry talk about two articles from Entrepreneur Magazine, one is an interview with Expedia’s CEO about critical traits developed early in his career, and the other deals with things to add to your morning routine.
Expedia CEO Shares the Critical Traits to Develop by Age 30
10 Tweaks To Your Morning Routine That Will Transform Your Entire Day
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Episode Transcript
Sherry Walling:
I’m working in I-themes office today from Oklahoma City, which has been really fun. Just like a really cool creative group of people working here at I-themes. And they have, they have like a bunch of Lego sets around the office, including this Ferris wheel that I really am trying to inhibit myself from taking down and playing with. I feel like there should be more Legos in offices around the world.
Rob Walling:
Yeah, that sounds super cool.
Sherry Walling:
Yeah, it’s cool.
Rob Walling:
I’m envious.
Sherry Walling:
You have Legos in your office.
Rob Walling:
This is true. As well as a 3D printer and some other random things. But the I-theme office is pretty cool.
Sherry Walling:
Yeah, it’s in a storefront so it looks sneaky from the outside, it just sort of looks like a random strip-mall storefront. But then you come in and they have kind of this maze of rooms that are a combination of conference rooms and open space offices and then some smaller offices, but you can just tell that the crew that works here is, you know, they’re playful, they’re creative. There’s lots of white board walls all around that have legit work on it, and then lots of fun doodles and pictures of turtles and then they have Legos around. I don’t know, it’s just that cool, the cool startup vibe.
Rob Walling:
Yeah, that’s fun. It’s always good to get to a new place and it kinda gives you a, like working from a new place gives me new perspective. I tend to get a ton done in the first few days when I discover a new coffee shop or when I’m working out of a new office like that, or a new co-working space, just this different stimulation.
Sherry Walling:
Yeah, there’s kind of this infusion of fresh energy.
Rob Walling:
Totally.
Sherry Walling:
Based on the new location.
Rob Walling:
Yeah.
Sherry Walling:
So, we’ve been sending in some article links back and forth, and I thought maybe today we could talk about a couple of the articles that we’ve read lately that have been interesting.
Rob Walling:
Yeah, I think that’s a good plan. I know one of them is an interview and it’s not super meaty, but there are some kind of cool takeaways, and then the other one has a lot more points to it, although some of them may be things we already know, but it’s always good to refresh.
Sherry Walling:
So, the first one is an article from Entrepreneur magazine, and it was an interview with founder of Expedia. And I am not sure how to pronounce his name, do you know?
Rob Walling:
You know, I have no idea. It’s Dara [inaudible 00:03:10] is what it looks like. I don’t,
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May 05, 2017 Episode 115: Marriage
Rob and Sherry close in on 17 years of marriage. They talk about how it has been a professional asset, the challenges and benefits of working together, and what things have been important in a successful marriage.
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Episode Transcript
Sherry Walling:
I’m sorry I did not give you very much notice and be like, “Hey, want to do the podcast now?”
Rob Walling:
Yeah, no problem. I was just hoarking down a burrito bowl across the street at Whole Foods. It was quite good, but I rushed it.
Sherry Walling:
Hey, nothing better than hoarking good food. What does hoarking mean? Is that a real word, or is that a [robism 00:00:18]?
Rob Walling:
It’s probably made up. You know, I was going to just enjoy it, relish it, sit there for 20 minutes, and suddenly my wife texts me and says, “Be online in six minutes at your laptop soldier.” I rushed back here.
Sherry Walling:
Have you ever enjoyed a meal, like relished? Have you ever eaten slowly in your life?
Rob Walling:
Yes, most dinners that you and I have when we’re talking … and especially if we’re out having amazing food with amazing wine, I actually do relish those. You’ll notice I eat a lot slower when I do that, because that’s not … it’s not just to get nutrients in to my body so I don’t pass out.
Sherry Walling:
It’s not functional.
Rob Walling:
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, a lot of lunches, I mean that’s why I don’t drink [Soylent 00:01:00] very often, but when I do it’s because I don’t have the time or kind of the head space right now, I’m in the middle of something but I know that I’m going to go low blood sugar here in the next couple hours. That’s what it is, but today I was making an exception and then dun, dun … the podcast.
Sherry Walling:
That, and because [Soylent 00:01:15] is made of people.
Rob Walling:
That’s right.
Sherry Walling:
I thought for today’s podcast, we would talk about marriage.
Rob Walling:
Marriage is what brings us together today.
Sherry Walling:
Yeah, just quick pop quiz. Do you have a sense of why I would’ve selected this topic?
Rob Walling:
Because as of a couple days from now, you and I have been married for 17 years.
Sherry Walling:
17 years is a pretty, pretty big number kiddo.
Rob Walling:
Yeah, I know. It makes me start to feel like I’m old. How is it possible if I’m only 31, that we’ve been married for that long?
Sherry Walling:
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April 28, 2017 Episode 114: Follow Your Passion
Rob and Sherry talk about following your passion. They raise some questions on whether or not this is good advice when it comes trying to monetize it or "do what you love".
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April 28, 2017 Episode 114: Follow Your Passion
Rob and Sherry talk about following your passion. They raise some questions on whether or not this is good advice when it comes trying to monetize it or “do what you love”.
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Open Sourcing Mental Illness
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April 21, 2017 Episode 113: MicroConf 2017
Upon returning from MicroConf 2017, Rob and Sherry talk about their experience with the conference as well as strategies you can use to get the most out of conferences.
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Permission with Dr. Sherry Walling is a podcast for founders, entrepreneurs, leaders, and creatives who have done the therapy, read the books, and built the thing — and are now ready to stop living by…