Doing What Works
Doing What Works is a nationally-syndicated radio talk show that helps you fix what you don't like about your life.
Episodes
April 30, 2024 • 39 mins
Life is difficult, and life is scary. We’ll give you a break from that in this edition of Doing What Works.
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A new way to breathe.
Raise your hand as high as you can.
Jerry Seinfeld practices Transcendental Meditation.
A bicep curl for your brain.
Will you heal faster with a better view from your hospital room?
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A new way to breathe.
Raise your hand as high as you can.
Jerry Seinfeld practices Transcendental Meditation.
A bicep curl for your brain.
Will you heal faster with a better view from your hospital room?
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April 23, 2024 • 39 mins
You’re friends with people whose lives, while different, are on par with yours. You drift out of touch. Decades later and after only a few clicks, you learn they’ve eclipsed you in almost every way. Now what? We tackle that juicy proposition in this edition of Doing What Works.
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
Jealousy is “hostility toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage,” while envy is “painful ...
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Comparison is the thief of joy.
Jealousy is “hostility toward a rival or one believed to enjoy an advantage,” while envy is “painful ...
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April 16, 2024 • 39 mins
If you’re anything like Katie and me you have a low-grade, background anxiety about death. In this edition of Doing What Works we share what helps us in case it helps you. Bonus feature? Never, ever do what Darrell did as a kid. You’ll be sorry!
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Jerry Weintraub said death keeps the rope taut.
In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie suggested asking a little bird on your shoulder if today is the day you will die.
Barba...
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Jerry Weintraub said death keeps the rope taut.
In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie suggested asking a little bird on your shoulder if today is the day you will die.
Barba...
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April 9, 2024 • 39 mins
An alarm I carry to scare off dogs didn’t scare a dog that terrorized me recently, but it accidentally kept me safe in a different way. That’s why I was eager to talk about utility in this edition of Doing What Works.
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A util is “a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.”
Nibbles & Bits are worth it!
Marginal utility is “the amount of additional utility provided by an additional unit of an economic good o...
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A util is “a hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.”
Nibbles & Bits are worth it!
Marginal utility is “the amount of additional utility provided by an additional unit of an economic good o...
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December 28, 2020 • 39 mins
You don’t know what’s going to make you happy until you try it. The job or the relationship that looks good on paper may not feel so great at, say, ten o’clock on a Tuesday. That’s one reason to say yes to more things, so you can get a better feel for more things. Saying yes is a habit and a mindset. If you practice saying yes to smaller things with low stakes, you might find yourself more willing to take bigger risks. That’s what ...
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