In a surprising topic, Jen and Pete dive in to the process of learning how to do a push up...or the learning that can come from the learning of how to do a push up.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What might we actually be closer to mastering than we think?
• Why is it important to analyze the assets, boundaries, and narratives within our lives?
• How might we push past our own stories about ourselves, in order to find success?

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/).

The inspiration for this week's episode comes from Cate, Jen's daughter, and together, Jen and Pete noodle on a thought-proving statement of hers: The person you want to be is waiting for you on the other side of your fear.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• When might feeling like an imposter be valid, and why?
• Why is it important to seek out firsts?
• What are some tools we can utilize when confronted with fear, in order to move through it?

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: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

After facilitating the Real Skills Conference, Pete brings Jen the most valued real skill from a poll of leaders, and together they dissect what it means to be tolerant of uncertainty (and what other words might fit into that phrase).

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What is a real skill?
• What might it mean to be tolerant of uncertainty?
• How can we be more active, than to just be tolerant of something?

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: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

Entering into a year full of experiments, Jen asks for Pete's coaching and guidance about what it means to experiment and how to implement the idea in her studio and day-to-day life.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might you make rules around creating experiments?
• What role does the audience take in the formation and implementation of an experiment?
• Why might it be important to think about what success would look like, at the end of an experiment?

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: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

In a new annual tradition, Pete describes his solo off-site, and Jen interviews him about it, to get to the core of the learnings from the two-day journey.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What is a solo off-site, and why is it a catalyst for reflection and learning?
• What are the questions Pete used to set up the experience for himself?
• What were the aha moments (big and small) from Pete's second solo off-site?

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: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

At the start of the new year, Jen and Pete share their catchy catchphrases, which incorporate the ideas they'll be thinking about and working on this year.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What are some tools and strategies to utilize when creating goals and resolutions?
• Why does specificity of language matter?
• How might AI be useful in reflecting and planning?

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: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

After coining yet another phrase, Jen unpacks the idea of relative tanking with Pete, and together they ask the question of why small failures can feel so huge, and how to help with that.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What does relative tanking mean?
• Why might we have a tendency to over-examine and inflate our mistakes?
• When might it be a good thing to aim for just good enough?

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: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

In their annual tradition, Jen and Pete ping-pong back and forth, going through all of their favorite things of 2024.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about their favorite...

• fiction book.
• non-fiction book.
• podcast.
• The Long and The Short of It episode.
• documentary / film / TV show.
• aha moment.
• thing Jen and Pete changed their mind about.
• theatrical experience.
• question.

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: hello@thelongandtheshortpodcast.com.

Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).