The Long and The Short Of It

Jen asks Pete to step into The Arena for some thrashing. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: What is The Arena? Who are the people in The Arena? How can we best use this metaphor to move our work forward? How might we empathise with the various roles in and around The Arena? -- Hear all Episodes and read full transcripts at The Long and The Short Of It website: https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/. -- Subscribe to our newsletter here (https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/) and receive a weekly box of goodies in your inbox including book and podcast recommendations, quotes, videos and other interesting things Jen and Pete are noodling on. -- Get in touch by sending an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com -- Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Pete confesses to Jen he's been hiding. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: Pete's latest hiding spot The Long and The Short Of It Instagram experiment How to think about and review experiments and hiding spots The hard part of social media Our new newsletter/box of goodies -- Hear all Episodes and read full transcripts at The Long and The Short Of It website: https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/. -- Subscribe to our newsletter here (https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/) and receive a weekly box of goodies in your inbox including book and podcast recommendations, quotes, videos and other interesting things Jen and Pete are noodling on. -- Get in touch by sending an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com -- Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Pete asks Jen if she identifies as a perfectionist and her answer might surprise you. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: What does it mean to be a perfectionist? How might we think about perfectionism? What's the difference between high quality work and perfect work? Is perfectionism hiding? Are we all perfectionists on some level? -- 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 newsletter here (https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/) and receive a weekly box of goodies in your inbox including 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.com -- Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Jen and Pete explore the idea of priorities (in no particular order). Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: The Pareto Principle (80/20 principle) Intelligent Change and the Productivity Planner How to think about priorities Why it's important to prioritise The distinction between prioritising and eliminating Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Derek Sivers' "Hell yeah or no" philosophy -- 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 newsletter here (https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/) and receive a weekly box of goodies in your inbox including 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.com -- Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Jen reads out a message Pete sent her sparking a conversation on thinking 5x and 10x. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: What it means to think 5x or 10x Why it's important to think 5x or 10x How can we apply 5x or 10x thinking to our work -- 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 newsletter here (https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/) and receive a weekly box of goodies in your inbox including 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.com -- Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Pete and Jen decide it's time to do a full episode on giving and receiving feedback. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: Three types of feedback: coaching, evaluation and appreciation Who to ask for feedback How to process and filter feedback Resources for giving and receiving feedback, including Thanks for the Feedback, Difficult Conversations, Getting to Yes (With Yourself), The Coaching Habit and Kristen talking FBI Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/thelongandtheshortofitpodcast/ To hear more Episodes, see full transcripts and learn more about Pete and Jen, visit the podcast website: https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/ To a get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com

Pete and Jen riff on framing our work, life and projects as a series of experiments. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: Framing things as experiments Unattaching ourselves from outcomes Reducing friction in our experiments Pete and Jen's Instagram experiment Macro vs micro experiments Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/thelongandtheshortofitpodcast/ To hear more Episodes, see full transcripts and learn more about Pete and Jen, visit the podcast website: https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/ To a get in touch, send an email to: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com

Jen picks Pete's brain on why we shouldn't pick brains. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: Why picking someone's brain is hiding Does it require 60min to pick someone's brain? How might we get clarity in what we're seeking Alternatives to picking someone's brain To hear more Episodes, see full transcripts and learn more about Pete and Jen, visit the podcast website https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/. To a get in touch, send an email to hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Pete dares to bring up everyone's least favo(u)rite topic: money and compensation. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: Why most creatives and freelancers aren't charging enough How we might think about money What is worth? Money as a story How money creates tension To hear more Episodes, see full transcripts and learn more about Pete and Jen, visit the podcast website https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/. To a get in touch, send an email to hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Pete wraps his brain around Jen's idea of breaking down work into seasons. Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about: How might we think about our work in seasons? Jen's seasons Create, test, learn Pete's AHA moment To hear more Episodes, see full transcripts and learn more about Pete and Jen, visit the podcast website https://thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/. To a get in touch, send an email to hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.