Observing Others

It has been said that travel expands your horizons.

Especially going someplace you have never been before.

Add to that, towers, mountains, monuments and other edifaces you can summit.

One such edifice is found near Stuttgart Germany, in the city of Ulm, 

Before you even get close to the city, you can see the towering Ulm Münster steeple on the skyline. This 531-ft steeple is the tallest of any cathedral in the world, and the Ulm Münste...

Every once in a while, events occur in our lives that change the very trajectory we are on.  Between the highs and lows, the victories, as well as, the defeats, these monumental moments are transformative.  Often they orchestrate new chapters in our life story.

2025 promises to be an exciting journey full of new chapters and new twists and turns in the road we travel.

Join us for observations thru the looking glass as we turn the pag...

It's the most magical time of the year!

Last Thursday:  Thanksgiving  
This Thursday:  Today's Podcast
Next Thursday:  Toys 4 Tots Thursday

The setting of today's podcast is at a beautiful and elegant historic mansion, nestled in the heart of Layton's Main Street and built before Utah even became a state.

Listen in and hear the story of how this amazing space has transformed ov...

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

And Maven is making it merry and bright by collecting toys!

Maven Create is opening its doors, again, to Open Doors, for a festive fundraiser on December 3rd!  Enjoy drinks, friends, and food as Maven Create hosts this Christmas Giving Party!

It's a party with a purpose!

Listen to discover what else Maven is doing to build community, embolden wo...

f you build it  they will come 

is a great theory.

But sometimes that does not always work.

What if it did?

Because what if it was already built?

What is the potential of a baseball diamond in the heart of Salt Lake City?

Listen, as our guest, Tessa  Arneson, CEO and Founder of Maven District tells us about the pitch for the ball park that one the votes!

Come dream and image the ...

What motivates men?

Needs and wants are motivators.

So are rewards.

For podcast purposes we have broken down some of these needs and wants and rewards into categories.

Today's podcast we talk about External Motivators, Internal Motivators, and Supernal Motivators.

Each of the 3 areas can be broken down into subcategories or facets.

Under External Motivators:  Physical, Sexu...

Tonight, Maven Create is opening its doors to Open Doors for a festive fundraiser to help collect toys and funds for children for Christmas!

On this episode our guests include Sidney Smith, Maven District Community Manager. 

Listen to discover what Maven is doing to build community.

And a special shot out to Maven for hosting tonights fundraising event and to all those in addendence for helping make the h...

Welcome back to another special edition.
Last episode Tim and I discussed identifiers we called demographics to explore the idea that our identiy includes certain categories.
For example, 
Age:
Gender:
Birthplace: 
Ethnicity:
Marital status:
Parenthood:
Sexual orientation: 
Education: 
Employment: 
Economic Level:
Religious affiliation:
Current Residence:
Today we are goin...

Welcome to a Special Edition of our podcast!

On the first day of December.

And, first snowstorm of the year.

Today we are talking demographics.

Not just the kind that focuses on a target audience.

But our own personal demographics and the categories we find ourselves in.

Today's special edition is focused on one major core demographic.

And, it's a gender class...

It's a Tuesday Three-peat!

It's all about giving the Turkey it's day!

And giving Thanksgiving Turkeys to those in need.

We are gathering together at Rooster's again in Layton for another Thankful Tuesday!

Where we meet and greet and collect grocery store gift cards to be used to purchase the turkeys.

A shout out to those who come and donate!

And Rooster'...

It's like a blast from the past!

In fact, we are calling this episode Flashback Friday.

Our mystery guest is really no mystery at all.

And today's episode is actually a sneak preview of a new podcast we are launching in addition to Observing Others.

So it is fitting that we come full circle today as we take a piece of the past and launch it into the future.

Listen as we dig dee...

It's Silicon Slopes Summit Week!  

Day Two of Summit at the Delta Center!

You can't miss Jeremy at Summit as he works his way around the Delta Center!

But, Kelly is missing in action this year at Summit.

It seems that Covid-19 and all its variants have invade his home this week.

We are checking un with Jeremy on the scene to give us the scoop about all things Summit this year.<...

Thankful Tuesday is back!

This year we are at Roosters.

Daneen Adams with Open Doors has joined us again on our podcast.

Also joining us is Elisabeth Seipel with Roosters Brewing Co.

And, in the tradition of Thankful Tuesdays in the past, we are gathering "people to help people"!

We’ve invited guests to bring gift cards from local grocery stores to donate to the Open Doors Food Bank to distribute with this year's Thanksgi...

It has been a busy summer but we are back!

Summer is almost over and then it is back to school, of course.

With life being so busy, it is hard not to let things and people slip through the cracks.

And, sometimes it is all because we simply procrastinate.

Until people and events remind us that life is short and, as the saying goes, we shouldn't put off tomorrow what we can do today.

Now is the time to prioritize and reevaluate our p...

Do open minds open doors?

Well,  closed doors and closed minds have something in common.

Neither is in a position to expand perspective.

Today we are at Open Doors trying  to open minds.

Especially about what we say about other people.

Which is tied to this quote: What Sally says about Susie says more about Sally than it does about Susie.

It is hard to admit when we are wrong. Perhaps a better approach would...

My best friend's name is Dan.

Well, Dan's best friend is in the doghouse.

Have you ever been in the doghouse with your best friend?

How do you mend fences when frienships get messy?

We have some guests on today's podcast that have some good ideas.

Thanks Kolton Rackham, Lorin Jeppsen and Angie Thorpe for joining us!

Once there was a dog whose owner was injured in ...

Today's podcast was a Pastries & Podcast at Cafe Central in the Freeport Center!

We welcomed back Jeremy from a long absence.

We call him the "natural inquirer"

Asking the right questions is the best way to get to know people.

Thanks to our guests:

Steve Morrow
Tim Roper
Mark Christiansen
Angie Thorpe
Jared Davis
Julie Batchelor

For joining...

One of the hardest things any of us can do is make adjustments. Making adjustments to the way we do things often goes against the grain. It goes against the flow.

But as the saying goes: doing things the way you usually do gets you the results you usually get.

And doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results, is a no win situation.

But improvement is possible when we are willing t...