The Long and The Short Of It

In this very meta episode, Jen and Pete ask each other how they might ask better questions, and how to develop/discover questions to help them get unstuck.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:Why is asking quality questions an important skill for a leader?How might a leader listen to their team and develop their own questions in response, as opposed to just following a script?What are some strategies for collecting good questions?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

This week, Jen and Pete dive in to goal-setting, fear-setting, and strategies for how to get to where you're going.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:What does success look like?Why is it important for a team to be able to disagree but still commit?How might a person discover different paths that lead to the completion of their goals?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Jen and Pete dive into one of their brainstorming tactics, which is to tell each other, "This might be the worst idea ever uttered by man."Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:Why is it important to share bad ideas?What is the effect of framing something as a bad idea?How might bad ideas lead to good ideas?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Pete and Jen spend this week's episode listing questions that kick their ass and send them straight to the groan zone.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about the following questions:What are you tolerating?What are you afraid of?How might you raise the stakes?What are you excited about?What would an older version of yourself do? What would your role model do?How are you complicit in creating the conditions you say you don't want?What's new?Are you inventing work to avoid the important?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

This week, Jen and Pete dig in to the ritual of resting, and how we might create more of it in our lives.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:What does "rest" even mean?What are different strategies for the action of resting?How might a person cultivate a habit of rest?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Inspired by a question posed by a client, Pete brings Jen the question of how one might venture in to the "groan zone", what that even means, and what strategies we might use within it.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:What is the groan zone?What benefits might there be to stretching beyond your comfort zone?When might it be a good thing to be uncomfortable? 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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

After initially cringing at the question, Pete works with Jen to unpack strategies for deciding what comes next, and develops a new mindset towards approaching those plans.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:What is the gift and the curse of having a growth mindset?What is a BHAG? And what is COR?How might we approach planning with abundance in mind, as opposed to scarcity?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

This week, Jen and Pete dive in to how to create a practice of doing things don't scale, and the strategies and benefits of doing so.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:What does it mean to do something that doesn't scale?How do non-scalable practices effect the client's experience?Why does adding a personal touch matter, and how might one achieve that?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

On their fourth try recording a podcast on this topic, Jen and Pete discuss balance, and how it appears in and affects their day-to-day life.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:How might a person find the right work-life balance?Why is it important to evaluate your resources?What if you only tried to accomplish in a day what you could recover from that same day?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Inspired by a recent coaching session, Jen and Pete noodle on how reading, and any other creative activity, is a valuable use of time.Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:Why might just the act of reading be enough, and valuable?Why is it so difficult to allow oneself the space to spend one's time freely?How might creative endeavors influence the rest of one's life?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 Jen and Pete are noodling on. To get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.comLearn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).