Bill Protzmann – AFL Podcast interview
Bill Protzmann is a piano virtuoso. He started playing piano at three years old and hasn’t stopped. He’s also runs tech company. Sound a little familiar? He’s what I call a “dual brained” individual – his creative and logical...
Mark Black – Podcast Interview
Today’s interview is with Mark Black, a speaker who resides in Canada. Mark is a double lung and heart transplant recipient. That’s right, double lung and heart. We chat about time, energy and resources, how he handled the transition, what he went...
Three Things… AFL – Podcast
This podcast is three things in one. Nice! Me Time I recognize that of all the things you could be doing right now, you are listening to my podcast. Sure, you could be multitasking but you’re still listening and you’re ‘here’ with me. Thank...
Life’s ups and downs
Ups and Downs? You’ve heard that a million times – that life has its ups and downs. But that’s not helpful. And people only tell you that when something bad is happening, right? No one ever reminds you that life has ups and downs when you’re...
Why are you here?
Why are you here? This question, not to be confused with Why Do You Live Here, an article and podcast about being stuck in the same moment in time, reliving it over and over again. No, this is about you being here with me. And, it’s about asking a simple...
Order or Chaos? AFL Podcast
Order or Chaos? Which are you? Are you all for order, and organization and things being in neat predictable rows? Or do you like things to be all over the place, with no clear order? Spoiler alert, you are most certainly both. When we think of order or chaos, we...
Dark Matter on your calendar – AFL Podcast
Dark Matter Do you have dark matter on your calendar? Do you know what dark matter is? That’s OK – no one actually does yet. See, we think that a good portion of the universe is made up of dark matter but we don’t understand what it is exactly. ...
Just Be Positive – NOT! – AFL Podcast
Did the Law of Attraction work for you? It didn’t? Like most modern coaching teaches, it must be something you did wrong, you’re not ready, your energy is not in sync and you didn’t really want it. Or something else is afoot. So why didn’t it...
LinkedIn: Participating, Reciprocating and Cheerleading
Social media and LinkedIn If you are on a social media platform, you may interact with posts for one reason or another. Some platforms are mostly for personal stuff, others are for business. I’m going to focus primarily on a particular platform because I see...
Interview: John – AFL Podcast
John is a stay at home dad with a very young daughter. He juggles his photography business and being a dad and a husband. I like to examine the discussion and see how the guest touches on podcasts and articles. It provides a very good grounding, a real life...
Interview: Cecily – AFL Podcast
Cecily is in her final year of college. She’s learned a lot in the last four years. Her study abroad time in Germany helped expand her horizons, and gave her a unique perspective. I like to examine the discussion and see how the guest touches on podcasts and...
Interview: Tamara – AFL Podcast
Call In Interview Podcast: Tamara Tamara is an empty nester, who runs her own business. She adjusted from having five kids to manage, to manageing her own personal schedule and filling it properly. I like to examine the discussion and see how the guest touches on...
Interview: Christina – AFL Podcast
Call In Interview Podcast: Christina Christina has gone through some recent difficult times. She speaks very honestly about what she has gone through and how it affected her perception of time, energy and resources. I like to examine the discussion and see how the...
Inertia. AFL Podcast
Let’s be real, man. Let’s be real. You know, like totally real here. No, I’m not going to reveal an inner secret, I do that enough indirectly by these podcasts already. No, I mean let’s discuss the physical world. We’ve all heard...The Truth About Coaching
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AFL Podcast: The Endeavor Board
At the beginning of the year I did a scary thing – I erased my big white board. I figured I had been staring at it long enough and it was static. I needed a new plan. I stared at it for a bit and decided how I wanted to organize things, and how I wanted to...Resilience is a system
Resilience. We hear that term a lot, especially in regards to kids in a divorce. “Oh kids are resilient” we hear, from the parent that sees them 50% of the time, thus making them feel better about the divorce. We hear it when someone goes through...
Obnoxious eMails
I think it was Shakespeare that said “An email by any other punctuation would not be as obnoxious.” No wait, that was me, just now. Mark Bradford. The death of email was greatly exaggerated and predicted many years ago. However, eMail is still with us,...This is what you will do.
This is the second part of the What will you do article/podcast. How this gets fixed – three things You need time energy and resources or it’s not going to ever happen Barring any minor triumphs due to circumstance and/or luck, it’s never going to...What will you do?
It’s a new year. What will you do? Resolutions, eh? Things will be different? Things will be better? Not going to do that thing? Will absolutely do that thing this year? That’s what goes through your head, right? One of those things has an...The storyteller – AFL Podcast
Tell a story and make it come true, or be a big fat liar. No, not like spinning a yarn about a princess in a far away tower. I mean when you discuss future events, do so with the authority and control to make them happen. And, to clarify further, I’m not (yet)...Resolutions are bad – AFL Podcast
New Year’s Resolutions. According to Wikipedia, about half of the US makes New Years Resolutions each year. Another study of 3,000 people sampled showed that 88% of those who set New Year resolutions fail. 88%. That’s about nine people out of ten....
Why do you live here? AFL Podcast
Imagine that you meet an extradimensional being. What’s an extra dimensional being? That would be someone who not only experiences the four dimensions we seem to live in (physical space and time) but enjoys a few more. He looks pretty normal, and might even...Balance and Holidays AFL podcast
The holidays can be a wonderfully unbalanced time of year. According to Pew Research Center 90% of Americans celebrate Christmas, with about the same celebrating Thanksgiving. Don’t forget New Years too. If you’re not in that group you can still learn...Time and Eating – AFL Podcast
In an article called Time Compression and Productivity – Mindfulness of Moments I talked about how we seem to alter the flow of time based on how we feel about the moment we are experiencing. Stuff that we are dreading seems to take forever, and stuff we like...Job, Career or Calling? AFL Podcast
Job, Career or Calling? I’ve given a number of talks on having balance through transition, and most of these talks recently happen to have been in front of audiences that were in a specific kind of transition – work. For whatever reason, most of the...Be Nice – an experiment 2
Part two of our two part experiment. This time it’s the opposite of what we talked about last time. Instead of turning off the outward-in shields we put up – protecting us from possible harm – we are doing the opposite. Just for a day. This time...Be Nice – an experiment 1
An experiment, with homework. Don’t worry, it’s easy homework. I’m not going to hurt you. You’re not going to hurt me, right? You’re just like me and don’t want to hurt anyone. That goes without saying… or does it? The...Multitasking – AFL Podcast
Do you multitask? Of course you do. Find out what actually happens when you do. And what’s the hidden glue that holds it together? Is it actually costing you more energy when you switch gears? Impossible you say? Find out about the myth, cheating the...AFL Pdocast – Congrats, you’re bored
We discuss why it’s not only OK to be bored, but how that’s actually a good thing that puts you one step ahead of a lot of people. We find out why you are bored and not surprisingly – we see how it’s related to time, energy and resources. ...AFL Podcast – Why Energy Is Key
You’ve heard me say that life is made of three things – Time, Energy and Resources. Each of those three is very important, and each is unique. Of the three, only one is a meter for how happy you are at any given time: energy. We explore why it is a solid...
Don’t buy that crazy vacuum!
Crazy Appliances Would you buy dish soap that only works on a fork? How about an oven that only works when you’re starving? Maybe a vacuum cleaner that only works when you’re sad, and then you have to call a number to turn it on once you’re sad...
AFL Podcast – Working from home part 2
A lot of us work from home. In this episode we discuss the pluses and minuses, what to watch out for, and what to expect. Part two discusses the ‘drive home,’ family, sound, mingling with humans and gives you the takeaways from both parts....
AFL Podcast – Working from home part 1
A lot of us work from home. In this episode we discuss the pluses and minuses, what to watch out for, and what to expect. Part one discusses your office, why the level makes a difference, and how to use time ‘mark off’ your space....
AFL Podcast Welcome
Just a quick hello, a tip about iTunes, and info to participate in the call in. This podcast is available in iTunes as well as part of each respective post. Because I am creating new podcasts based on previous posts, and because of the way iTunes feed determines...Podcast S1E2: Alchemy For Life System – what is it?
Explore the Alchemy For life System – a system you can become aware of that will allow you to manipulate things, like a sliding puzzle, to get stuff you want. Understand that we all have the flask – that you may have time but lack energy, or vice versa The...
Buzzwords: Don’t make my brain turn off
A buzzword is an unusual word that people in a certain sector of life use frequently. They words are esoteric in nature, meaning, they are unique and unusual and seldom used outside this limited sphere. They catch on as a way to describe something that few...
Work Life balance, Working From Home
Work life balance and working from home A lot of us work from home, partially or completely. The statistics of how many do this are not important, but the fact that you are one of them is. If you work from home you quickly learn that there are a number of things...