Lunch Break with Mike and John

We look back on our 1st year of the podcast! We talk about what we liked in the past year, and what were the highlights. And we talk about what we didn't like. 

There are 16 weeks left in the year. S…

Whew, we really start to get kind of vulnerable here. After kicking off with a little bit of a success recap for the week, Mike and John get into the concept of what direction we have taken, or actua…

Last week, Mike and John discussed willpower and self-discipline, which are at times considered synonymous even though they really aren't. In this episode, they delve into willpower more fully. The t…

Mike and John jump right to discussing the concepts of "willpower" and "self-discipline", as many folks consider these synonymous. Are they? We basically feel like willpower is a resource, finite and…

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We thank one of our guests, Jessica, f…

The topic of the Collector's Fallacy really struck a chord with some of our listeners that we decided to speak a little more about the topic. John digs into how the fallacy has affected him and what …

Mike and John discuss the potential procrastinator's tool called the Collector's Fallacy. Is this really something that affects people?

Then we put one final touch on the DietBet Challenge.

And we wr…

There really IS something to the content by David Allen, BJ Fogg, Stephen Covey and others. They are all really hitting upon something important, ad today wee dive deep into Covey's "Big Rocks" conce…

Mike and John examine recent challenges and try to figure out what's going on lately. Are we stuck or are we making progress?

John mentions his efforts related to improving blood pressure.

We give an…

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Celebrate a success, talk about a win (and listeners, we want to hear about your wins!).

John gives an update on his experiment with video creation.

We talk about…

Mike and John talk about the current content of the podcast, and decide upon a future possibility to expand to video. It's not that the podcasts will stop, but there may be a video channel to be crea…

Mike and John start to wrap up the topic of self sabotage, a force that affects many people to some degree (some more than others!). We do so by discussing the book titled Positive Intelligence: Why …

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On our path to being more productive, and to eliminate procrastination, Mike and John are finding friction and resistance as we fig…

This is it, the final #MarchMadness of Motivation competition! And we had with us a special guest, John's son Alex. (Thank you, so much Alex, for joining us, and helping us out!)

For the #Motivation …