People Know Stuff

Maciej Zukowski: Stuff he knows about being optimistic.

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:59:00 -0000

Maciej is the Rector (President in the US Academic System) of Poznan University of Economics and Business. located in Poznan Poland. He approaches his work and all of his life quite naturally with an optimistic perspective. Maciej agreed to join me for this podcast conversation spontaneously. He agreed to the podcast, without any preparation, largely because he expected it to be fun and to go well!

Together, we discussed his optimistic outlook.

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Saundra Wolfe: Stuff she knows about living in intentional community

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:53:00 -0000

Everyone is a part of a community of some sort, whether we live under the same roof with members of that community or not. Some of us live under the same roof with others, but it is not intentional. What is an intentional living community? Intentional living communities have their challenges and their rewards. Saundra Wolfe has lived in intentional community for close to 20 years and she has a lot to share about what she knows about intentional living communities as a result.

Amy Bush: Stuff she knows about outdoor adventuring as a solo traveler

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:52:00 -0000

Do you want to have adventures? What are you waiting for? Amy Bush realized that she could have all kinds of adventure on her own. She discovered that she really liked going solo and she shares the stuff she knows about how to take off on your own in a successful way. She says: Don’t Wait! Trust yourself. Go with the flow.

Jason Hairston: Stuff he knows about a solution mindset

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:51:00 -0000

How do you show up when there is a problem? Are you focused on the problem, or are you looking for solutions? Jason Hairston approaches all of life with a solution mindset. He speaks to what that looks like to him. Listen to how he works with his children, his team and himself to find solutions.

Milton Crane: Stuff he knows about life in the 90’s

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:50:00 -0000

Milton Crane is 93 years old. Milton joined me in order to share what he knows about life in the 90s. He can certainly be described as thriving. He stays active and he stays curious. In this session, Milt shares a slice of life in your 90s. He gives one simple and meaningful piece of advice to people of all ages: Hold your shoulders back!

George Hairston: Stuff he knows about living 80 years and what he has learned

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:33:00 -0000

George has written a book later in life: Black Excellence Identifying Your Superpower. This came out of his desire to help others by sharing what he has learned in his life. He has learned from others and he has succeeded due to others helping him. He offers some sound tips for finding excellence; he is committed to helping others just as others have helped him. Take advantage of his lived wisdom.

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Brent Petit: Stuff he knows about the purchase of wine

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:32:00 -0000

Brent has worked at several wine stores. He enjoys helping people who come in and he shares some ideas for people like me, who don’t really know what they are looking for when they go into a wine store. Based on his experience with the public, he shares some stuff he knows based on his observations.

Rieco Walker: Stuff he knows about grilling

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:31:00 -0000

Rieco has a long and enthusiastic history with grilling. By the way, NOT gas grilling. Grilling is a game of experience, and he shares what he knows as a result of his experience. Listen to his tips about what it takes to do it “just right” with the grill!

Michelle Hairston: Stuff she knows about being able to Show Up

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:31:00 -0000

Michelle offers valuable insights about life and living life in a full way. She helps one think about what you need to DO to be focused. Being focused is necessary so that you can manage your life, really live it fully, and truly show up as an ongoing practice.

Mickey Desai: Stuff he knows about The Thing About Cars

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:23:00 -0000

Mickey enjoys cars and he enjoys talking about them. Mickey has a podcast, The Thing About Cars. Listen to this conversation for just a random riff about the impact of cars on the lives that we live, and about cars as an art-form and as a functional necessity. Plus Mickey shares a little about his own car experience.

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Brielle Urssery: Stuff she knows about being a life investigator

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:22:00 -0000

Brielle has spent her life investigating! She knows how to properly investigate anything, which is a critical life skill, and it is through investigation that she has navigated her career. She has narrowed down the basics of life investigation and she uses it for anything important and she shares what she knows about asking the right questions, using the right methods, and being persistent.

Rich Owusu: Stuff he knows about Sacrifice, Surrounding yourself with the right people, and the Power of Being Intentional

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:22:00 -0000

Rich has successfully created his own company where he employees 60-65 people full time. Rich shares his story about how he was able to motivate himself to make sacrifices to realize his intention to be independent, and how he saw that the best way to be independent would be for him to create a business. Listen to what he knows that has helped him create a successful business.

Anne McKillips: Stuff about advocating for a change of law

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:21:00 -0000

Anne knew that she was very impacted by the loud cars she was having to endure in her neighborhood, she knew other people were too. She decided to do something about it. In the course of working to do more than just complain, she has learned a LOT of stuff about what it takes to really work for change. It turns out that the change she needed to work toward was a change of law. Listen to her share her experience. It is complicated to work for change, and to stay motivated.

Jan Ozar: Stuff about creating an online course

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:01:00 -0000

Do you know something that you could teach others? Jan Ozar has been recording and creating course since 1995. He knows a lot and in a short conversation he shares some essential basics that anyone can use to talk what they know and create a course that they might sell or that they might use to promote services that they provide.

Suzi Beaumont: Stuff she knows about taking it on the road with a pop-up camper

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Suzi has enjoyed traveling on her own in her pop-up camper. She offers encouraging thoughts to others, especially single women about how to enjoy traveling with a trailer and doing so in a safe way and in a way that enables independence and lots of fun. It does require planning and learning and she shares some resources based on her experiences.

Laura and Kyla: Stuff they know about starting a business

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:46:00 -0000

Laura and Kyla are best friends who are joined forces while in the second grade to start a business selling origami creations that they make and most recently, they have added crocheted items that they are also making. Shortly after starting their business, they decided to focus their efforts to earn money on donating what they earned to support for the future of Ukraine. Listen to their story, and learn what two eight-year-old girls share about their experience about stuff they know about having a business.

Chad Hartnell: Stuff he knows about why research matters

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:45:00 -0000

As a university professor, Chad is a research expert. So, Chad and I discuss the nature of research, how we all do it, and why it is important to understand the process of research as practiced by individuals and the missteps that we make as we “research” our direct experience, compared to the process that is used to do systematic research.

Ethel Edwards: Stuff she knows about the heart of a nurse

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 09:44:00 -0000

Most of us are greeted by the help of a nurse when we come into this world, and often a nurse has a role to play as we leave this world. How does an individual who has been nursing for 43 years think about this essential life role? Listen to what Ethel Edwards thinks. She has a lot of hospital bedside experience as a nurse, how exactly does she think of it?

Gittel Price: Stuff she knows about juried photography shows

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 01:42:50 -0000

We all seem to take a lot more pictures these days, both because we usually have a camera with us all of the time, and the quality of the cameras we carry around on our phones are quite impressive. Have you ever thought that the pictures you are taking are pretty darn good? Maybe you have seen where other people are sharing their photos in photography and art shows, and you feel like your pictures should be chosen for those show. Gittel Price often acts as a judge for such shows and she knows what it takes to have your photographs chosen. Listen to what she can tell you about getting your work in a juried show.

Patricia Wheeler: Stuff she knows about listening from neutral place

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:09:00 -0000

It is sincerely difficult to listen in any conversation. This is especially true when a conversation is difficult and the conversation activates our defensiveness. Patricia offers encouragement in the practice of being able to manage yourself in such a conversation through awareness of yourself, and through being able to talk _yourself _through the conversation so that you can stay open and non-defensive.

David Woodsfellow: Stuff he knows about cycles in relationships

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:08:00 -0000

David wants you to expect to find yourself in a bad relationship cycle. They will happen! He explains how to identify your worst cycle so that know what you are dealing with. This will help you recognize how you react to the cycle and how you actually contribute to the cycle. Listen to what he suggests that you do with this information.

Mary Radford: Stuff about end of life planning

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:07:00 -0000

Given that we will ALL come to the end of our life, it makes sense to do some planning. In this podcast, Mary shares essential considerations that you should plan for. She discusses plans for financial power of attorney and living wills. She also provides some resources that you can easily use to find out more about what she has shared: https://www.americanbar.org/ You can also go to this website to find qualified attorneys who can help you with a will or trust: https://www.actec.org/

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Tad Kowalski: Stuff he knows about why understanding economics will be helpful to you

Mon, 29 May 2023 09:06:00 -0000

We are all consumers. As consumers we are all at the effect of economics. How can we use some knowledge of economics to better plan and manage risk? Listen to what Tad knows, as a professor of economics, about why it helps to be aware of economics.

Andrew Gewirtz: Stuff he knows about the care of your intestines

Mon, 22 May 2023 08:54:00 -0000

A good life calls for good management of your intestines. Andrew is a research scientist who shares some very basic information about keeping your intestines happy. It does take awareness and management of the intestinal bacteria so that you can feed a good life. Listen to this podcast for a short but informative exchange about your intestines.

John Askew: Stuff he knows about creating a non profit

Mon, 15 May 2023 08:53:00 -0000

John is very knowledgeable about the steps that are needed to create a non profit. He shares a very specific set of steps that must be taken in order to take your wish to “do good” and turn it into an actual non profit organization. Listen to this podcast in order to get a broad overview of how to think about turning your good wishes into an organization that brings good to your cause.

Jen Kelley: Stuff she knows about being cast in a role in the entertainment industry

Mon, 08 May 2023 08:52:00 -0000

Jen has been a casting director for about 13 years. She takes you through the steps that are necessary for being cast in the entertainment industry. She makes it clear that a professional actor has a lot of work to do in order to _work_ in the entertainment industry. If you dream of acting, listen to the business side of what it takes to be cast, so that you can act.

Keith Derrick: Stuff he knows about Asexuality

Mon, 01 May 2023 08:51:00 -0000

Keith Derrick joins me for a discussion about Asexuality. Be prepared, this is not a conversation that will give you black and white answers about what asexuality is, but it is a discussion that will help you recognize that asexuality is another way to think about the wide-ranging spectrum sexuality covers.

Perry Binder: Stuff he knows about writing and publishing a non-fiction book.

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:47:00 -0000

Many people want to write a book. Perry has written and published three. He has had success, and he also learned from failure. Listen to his advice and his experiences and let yourself start the journey of writing and publishing YOUR book!

Isabel DuPree: Stuff she knows about how to change your body architecture through the use of nutrition.

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:46:00 -0000

Isabel shared what she knows about competitive body building in a previous podcast. As she stated is that podcast, about 80% of competing is managing your nutrition. In this follow up podcast she goes into detail about the way that she approaches nutrition to make sure that she looks competitive. Listen to what she knows that is useful for anyone interested in how to think about nutrition that enables fat loss.

DB Hillman: Stuff she knows about supporting a person with vison loss.

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:45:00 -0000

DB Hillman lost her sight about a year and a half ago. She knows a lot about what it takes to have a meaningful life change happen to you! She wants you to know what she now knows about how to be supportive of a person who has any kind of vison loss. She shares a few basic things that sighted people would not be aware of; she shares from a place of meaningful insight.

Isabel DuPree: Stuff she knows about competitive body building.

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 08:44:00 -0000

Isabel is committed to all that it takes to participate in managing your physique so that you can compete. It takes discipline and the right support. Listen to her as she shares why she does it and what is involved.

Carolyn Ramp: Stuff she knows about being helpful

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:23:00 -0000

While Carolyn has made a career of being helpful as a Licensed Professional Counselor, her spirit of helpfulness is a core part of her identity. She talks with us about what she knows about how being helpful benefits others and how it benefits the helper.

Sue De Diminicantanio: Stuff she knows about life from playing pickleball

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:21:00 -0000

Sue has been playing a whole lot of pickleball since she retired in 2019. While she has learned a lot about how to compete and win, the stuff she felt moved to share was what pickleball has taught her about life and friendship.

Susan Lorek: Stuff she knows about Exploring the world through house sitting

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:20:35 -0000

Susan has gotten to experience “living” in multiple cities in multiple countries around the world by stepping into someone else’s house, and enjoying caring for someone else’s animals. She has done this through the win/win practice of house sitting. Listen to what Susan knows so that you get some ideas for how you too can travel the world.

Skye McIntyre: Stuff she knows about keeping chickens

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:28:00 -0000

Skye has been keeping chickens for about 9 years. Over that period of time she has enjoyed all of the benefits of living with chickens and caring for them so that the chickens stay happy and so does she! Listen to what she has learned and as a result; you might find that you could also try it out.

Daniel Huffman: Stuff he knows about aviation as a hobby

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:26:00 -0000

Daniel was always interested in flying. He and I discuss what he has learned about how to explore such an interest and how to proceed if you want to get involved in the aviation community. If you have ever considered checking out aviation, you will be encouraged by what he shares.

Gary McKillips: Stuff he knows about staying relevant in retirement

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:56:00 -0000

Gary and I discuss using your time in a way that keeps you “in the game” and relevant. Gary gives some simple advice about what he has learned from his retirement journey concerning ongoing practices and perspectives, but his encouragement will inspire anyone interested in staying purposeful and pertinent.

Deborah Butler: Your Host

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:35:00 -0000

Your host, Deborah Butler, tells us about her ideas for this podcast.

Davina van Splunter: Stuff she knows as a result of Covid

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:24:00 -0000

We all have learned from Covid! In this podcast, we can share a bit of the journey of Davina Van Splunter who had a baby during Covid and who sold her home and moved too. The changes that she experienced helped her to take stock of what she knows about making the most of all that comes our way in life.

Corinne Matthews: Stuff she knows about hemp

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:23:00 -0000

Hemp is a very versatile and renewable resource. Listen to Corinne as she educates us on hemp: its history, uses, and also all of the qualities of hemp that have motivated her to put hemp to work for her. Corinne has created a company that is innovative and that takes full advantage of hemp, it is called: Raising The Bar With Hemp. Check it out!

Martina McGaw: Stuff she knows about stepping into something new and confidently bringing your best

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:23:00 -0000

Martina likes to challenge herself to do new things. Because of her practice of reinventing herself, she has realized that at the heart of trying anything new is confidence. But where do you get that confidence from if it is new? Listen to this podcast for some great ideas!

Gwennie Wight: Stuff she knows about wrestling

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:22:00 -0000

Gwennie has grown up wresting, which girls can do! She tells us about some of the changes that she has gotten to see in the world of girls wrestling as a result of her experience. Listen to her interesting story and the ways that she benefits from challenging herself to this sport.

Michael Murphy: Stuff he knows about genealogy and search for ancestors

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:21:00 -0000

Michael has been interested in family history and family stories long enough to have learned how to go about uncovering the “back story” of the past that shapes us. In this podcast, Michael helps guide you in the steps you can easily take to start the process of uncovering your own past. He shares where to find resources that he has uncovered through his own curiosity about his history and the family history of others. You will want to listen to this podcast with pen and paper.

Michael Minyon: Stuff he knows about training for a completive sports event

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:19:00 -0000

Michael is someone who is no stranger to being on the podium at the end of the races that he competes in. After 32 years of competing at various sports, he recognizes what it takes to stay with it. Listen to how he thinks about the best way to approach a sport that you participate in, and to train so that you might enjoy competing at that sport. He offers some great tips for mindset and for practice with sports that goes beyond competing.

Nafi Abdulai: Stuff she knows about self-care

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 10:19:00 -0000

Nafi knows that it is one thing to give advice about mental health, but living with your own practices that result in actually taking care of yourself has to happen every day. She gets right to the point about what she actually _does_, why she does it, and how it helps her. Listen to this podcast to hear about what Nafi has figured out that works and grab ideas that might work for you.

Roger House: Stuff he knows about getting government contracts

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:18:00 -0000

Roger has built several businesses and he has a long history of working with government contracts. In this podcast, Roger generously shares what has taken years of effort to successfully learn. He starts at the very beginning and takes you through the steps you will have to go through in order to get into the system! He does this while adding lots of personal knowledge that has come from his own experiences. You will want to take notes!

Niah Kalpak: Stuff she has learned about using social media

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:16:00 -0000

Niah inspires us to just jump in! She tells us what she has learned and really encourages us to take the risk by sharing what her journey has been and how it has payed off. Niah is candid about her experiences because she wants everyone to use social media in a way that is helpful and fun.