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  • This week, Jen and Pete noodle on the idea of breaking plans and goals up in to smaller pieces, and wonder what that strategy might help accomplish.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    How might we turn our dreams in to goals?How can constraints help with efficiency?What are some tactics in which to practice making things bite-sized?

    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/).

  • Isn't it amazing that a podcast meant for curious people has never had an episode based solely on curiosity? This week, Pete and Jen change all that, and noodle together on the subject that is the basis for the creation of this podcast.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    What does being curious mean?What is curiosity in action?How does approaching something with curiosity change the entire framework of your approach?

    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/).

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  • This week, Jen and Pete noodle on what it means to be a small fish in a big pond, and how they might create more opportunities for themselves to be the small fish.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    What does being a small fish in a big pond mean, and what are some real-world examples?What strategies might we use to become the small fish in a big pond?How might we continue to investigate what we already have expertise in?

    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/).

  • Inspired by Jen's ten lessons, this week, Pete goes through thirteen lessons around how to become a better communicator.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    Ask yourself, who's it for and what's it for?Concise is nice.Find your allies.You are not a news reader. (Translation: You are not a news anchor.)Fix your umm.Be where your feet are.Slides are not teleprompters.Have a purple cow.Tell stories.Be like a comedian.Don't be afraid of questions.Leverage Gen AI.Don't take yourself so damn seriously.

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

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    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/).

  • This week, in the spirit of modern-day Thanksgiving, Jen and Pete noodle on how they might turn their gratitude in to action.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    What does "graction" even mean?How might we honor what we are grateful for with positive action?What are some words we can use as jumping off points, to start practicing graction?

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

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    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/).

  • This week, Pete and Jen noodle on the provocative question of: What might not be coachable?

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    What are the differences between coaching and teaching?How might being coached require a base knowledge?What are some things that Jen thinks are not coachable? And Pete?

    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/).

  • This week, Jen and Pete go through ten lessons that Jen has learned over her twenty years of coaching actors. (Which are the possible table of contents for her book!)

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about (in no particular order):

    If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.Your marketing tells a story...whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not. So know it and like it.Type is a distraction.It's not about who you know, it's about who you are willing to introduce yourself to.If it doesn't exist on the calendar (or in the contract), it doesn't exist.Have taste, dammit.Communication is the answer.No amount of good marketing can make up for a lack of chops.You are running a business.The more you know, the more you know.

    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/).

  • This week, Pete and Jen noodle on the following equation: Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy ÷ Self-Orientation = Trustworthiness.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    How might the equation for trust change, based on the context you're in?What is the difference between an equation and a recipe?How might you jumpstart the trust-making process?

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

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    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/).

  • This week, Jen and Pete noodle on how they might create games for the daily processes in their lives.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    What factors might we consider while creating a game for ourselves or for others?Why might a game or a challenge be motivating?How might we celebrate the process, as opposed to the outcome we are seeking?

    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/).

  • This week, Jen (a planner) and Pete (not really a planner) go back and forth on what it means to go slow in order to go fast.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    In what ways might we spend more time preparing for the goals we want to achieve?How might we craft our reach outs with gratitude?Why might it be helpful to set a timeline for ourselves, before we start a project?

    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/).

  • This week, Pete and Jen dive into a topic that they are very familiar with, both with each other and with their clients: partnering.

    Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

    Why is tension important to a partnership?How might we learn from dancing partners, when thinking about partnerships in our lives?What are some characteristics of successful partnerships? And unsuccessful ones?

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

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    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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?

    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/).

  • 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/.

    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/).