The Long and The Short Of It

To celebrate six years of recording the podcast together, Pete and Jen noodle on six ideas (plus a bonus) that they wish they had known at the start.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might we better trust in our own ideas?
• What were the outcomes that Pete was hoping for, for the podcast? And Jen?
• Why is it so important to get things on the calendar?
• How might we more deeply cherish the moments we spend in person with each other? And also relish what we can do remotely?
• How might we think about and commit to speaking about what we know?
• What is the importance of a newsletter, or many different avenues of communication?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

This week, Jen and Pete noodle on the tool of role playing as a way to safely play out what might happen if what you fear were to actually come true.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What does it mean to role play?
• What is a pre-mortem?
• What kinds of questions can we ask ourselves and each other, to think about and unpack fear and possibility?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Feeling inspired, Pete shares with Jen an experience of a recent workshop he attended, and together they noodle on what they might learn by watching others in action.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• Why is it important to seek out other people in your industry and watch them work?
• How might we ask other people about their process?
• How might we find courage to share our own work, even if it is messy?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

This week, Jen and Pete start to scratch the surface on how they think about rejection, and what helps them move through that feeling.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might we reframe rejection as context?
• How does the addition of information allow for rejection to be less prevelant?
• What four words does Pete use to help himself reframe rejection, especially when there is no further information given?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

This week, Pete and Jen noodle on the assumption that everyone knows the same things that they know, and how they might work in the reverse of that notion.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might leaders run workshops where the knowledge and vocabulary used are built from the ground up?
• In what ways is it brave to ask a question that you assume everyone else knows the answer to?
• How might we all be a little bit more like giraffes?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

This week, Jen uncovered something that has been hiding just under her nose for a long time, and she and Pete discuss that discovery process.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• In what ways might we seek to problem solve in non-obvious ways?
• How might we think about the assets, boundaries, and narratives in our lives?
• What else might be hiding just under Jen's nose? And Pete's?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Feeling somewhat indifferent about the idea of indifference, Pete brings the topic to Jen this week for the two of them to noodle on.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How can indifference be a positive thing? And a negative thing?
• How might indifference allow us to relinquish some control?
• Where might indifference show up in our day to day lives?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

In their annual episode themed around running, Jen and Pete noodle on the ideas of giving yourself a break, and how that might actually help you move ahead.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might you add more randomness in to your routine?
• How can a variety of tasks help you to accomplish the same goal?
• What are some tools to allow yourself to take more breaks?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

How might Pete and Jen (and the listeners) say the things they think they cannot say? That is the topic that Pete and Jen dig in to this week.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How can you apply the idea of saying what you think you cannot say in the corporate and theatrical fields?
• How does this kind of communication actually create efficiencies?
• How does this show up in Pete's life? And in Jen's?

To hear all episodes and read full transcripts, visit The Long and The Short Of It website: https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/.

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Jen has (once again) coined a new term, and she and Pete noodle on the process of learning how to pirouette, and how that might be applied in many different contexts.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• Why might learning a new skill be more manageable one small step at a time?
• How might foundational tools, like empathy, be built and learned?
• How might coaches think about breaking their lessons down in to smaller chunks?

To hear all episodes and read full transcripts, visit The Long and The Short Of It website: https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/.

You can subscribe to our Box O’ Goodies here (https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/) and receive a weekly email full of book and podcast recommendations, quotes, videos, and other interesting things that Jen and Pete are noodling on. 

To get in touch, send an email to: [email protected].

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).