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Risking Failure
by Mark Dobson & Mick Dunn: Philosophers of Human Experience
Conversations and Ideas around Growth
Episodes
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#82 – The Stories We Tell Ourselves
It’s been a while. We know. We are still at it. We still love you. This episode was an interesting one. Is what you want, need, love, strive for, avoid, pursue, resent really just a made up story?
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#81 – Drudgery
We’re back again for the second week in a row!! Hopefully this doesn’t feel like “Drudgery”… oh, no wait – that’s this weeks topic! Enjoy!
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#80 – Obsession
We’re back after a long break. We recorded this topic on “obsession” a while back, but we’ve both been so swamped that it’s embarrassingly even longer between recording and editing/launching. Thanks to all our wonderful Risking Failure listeners! We LOVE YOU!!!!
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#79 – Bridging Strategies – When you’re stuck
We talk about how when we get stuck on a problem or stage in life, how challenging it seems to be to see all the options. It’s like we’re blind to most of the outcomes and options available… Dobbo shares some interesting stories and observations about “bridging strategies” and how he’s seen some...
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#78 – Outsourcing stuff you hate doing
Thanks for hanging in there waiting for the next episode! In this topic, we discussed outsourcing and the idea of hiring someone to do the stuff you hate doing if you’ve got the budget to pull it off. Laundry, folding clothes, doing lawns, data entry, taxes etc. If it brings you joy to get rid […]
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#77 – 2016: It’s a Wrap
The end of 2016… Another year over, and thanks for being a part of the project. Not a big year of recording. But that’s what happens when you get married, start new companies and all sorts of other craziness. Enjoy this wrap-up of 2016, reflections on what was, what could have been and should…
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#76 – Voting On Happiness
NOTE: What’s interesting to consider in this episode is that it’s recorded in 2016 when Donald Trump was first elected. NOT in 2020 after election day… What an exhausting election season in the USA… and what an outcome! This week as much as we tried to avoid politics (and we largely kind of did),...
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#75 – Living Clearer, Living Louder, Living More
This week we took a deep dive into an upcoming FREE event that Dobbo is launching on November 26th in Melbourne called “LIVE MORE”. If you’re not aware, it’s a day full of juicy topics, ideas, strategies and techniques to help you do a serious pattern interruption to your Modus Operandi We…
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#74 – Changing Minds & How People Avoid It
Our discussion this week is based on three recent observations:* People rarely change their mind on something significant (religion, football teams, politics etc.)* Freedom of mind is proportional to how invested you are in an idea.* What if everything you thought you were right about was wrong?
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#73 – Removing Our Sense of Time
What would happen if you were living in a place where there’s no real need or sense of actual minute-by-minute time? What if you couldn’t tell if it’s 11am or 1pm? If you threw away your watch while living in a deserted location – what might happen? That was our discussion this week.
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#72 – Just More Floss-ophy”
Do you ever notice how when you go to the dentist, it always seems to come down to “flossing”. And how every dentist, doctor, business advisor, teacher, designer, or leader in some other area of life has their version of “flossing”…Dobbo shares how a recent idea of “flossophy” has developed for…
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#71 – Demoralizing Results
In this episode we talk about those demoralizing times when you think you’re doing awesome, great, things are “shaping’ up” and THEN all of a sudden while in the middle of some menial task (such as letting the dog outside), you realize – “Wait a minute… am I REALLY doing as good as I think […]
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#70 – 10 Uncommon Laws of Life
CONGRATULATION TO DOBBO & BRONAGH!!! – Married!!This week (on the back of an epic 4 weeks of no recording, 100% focused on marriage!), we discussed a very interesting interview hosted on another podcast/radio show from ABC Australia called “Conversations with Richard Feidler”. In a recent episode...
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#69 – Education…
It was bound to happen… A conversation on education… mostly inspired by Dobbo who speaks to students and school groups multiple times a week, and has done so for the past three decades. Hundreds and thousands of kids, thousands of discussions learning from and observing teaching approaches and...
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#68 – Partial Attention & Decision Fatigue
Is it even possible to genuinely focus on more than one thing at a time? We heard someone (unusually high IQ) talking about being able to work on multiple things at one time and be completely engaged in them, which raised the question of whether that’s really even possible. And if we could have...
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#67 – Writing, Tidying & What Brings Joy
Looking back to 2015 – It’s hard to believe we recorded this given that the “Kondo” method exploded across the world to the point of becoming slightly annoying! But let’s just say we caught on to the craze a lot earlier than when it really hit the tipping point!! Time to think, consider, ponder…
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#66 – Themes v Goals
In this episode we re-visit our year end conversation about… well “Year End & Year Beginning”. Rather than talk about goals and things we want to achieve, we’ve soaked into some ideas about what kind of themes we’d like to revisit or come back to and explore this year. The idea is that we’re…
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#65 – You’re not supposed to talk about that…
In this episode, we chatted about a bunch of things that sometimes society considers to be “taboo”. We started in talking about social media and some observations on balancing the life we actually live, and the “online life” that provides feedback on our lived experience in a way that’s not…
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#64 – Merry Christmas – How was your year!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! It’s a wrap folks – 2015 is done and Chrissy & Holiday are here! How was your year? If the thoughts of more goals, achievement, success/failure and peak performance stuff at year end turns you off, then you’ll love this episode coz it really doesn’t have any of that...
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#63 – Colin Dobson PART 2 – Memories, Sentiment & Stupid New Age Stuff.
In part 2 of our conversation with Colin Dobson (Dobbo’s Dad), we dig deep into discussions on memories, sentiment and dive into a bit of “new age bullshit” as we test the boundaries of generation to generation!
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#62 – Colin Dobson (Dobbo’s Dad) PART 1 – Marriage, Relationships & Generation Gaps
So happy to introduce our amazing guest this week, whom without this podcast would not be possible – literally. Mr Colin Dobson is Dobbo’s Dad and is our wise master for two amazing episodes of Risking Failure. We cover a lot of ground here folks, and Colin’s insights and wisdom gives a…
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#61 – The Alchemist, Awareness & Timeless Wisdom
In this episode, we listened back to a podcast discussion from one of our favorite shows On-Being, featuring guest Paulo Coelho, the author of the Alchemist. You can check out the conversation from August 14, 2014 with Krista Tippett (host of OnBeing) right here. It’s called “The Alchemy of...
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#60 – The Gift of Failure
In this episode, we discussed an episode of The Good Life Project with Jonathan Fields, specific to a discussion with Jessica Lahey, author of “The Gift of Failure”. This episode on The Good Life Project was hosted on August 10th, 2015 and can be found RIGHT HERE What happens when parents (or...
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#59 – Networking
This week, we talked about a podcast episode from the Tim Ferriss show from August 26th 2015 called “How to Build a World Class Network”. Now listen up – this is a new avenue that we’re starting to play with on the show. It’s kind of like a podcasting book club. Each week, we’ll be […]
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#58 – Mental Fitness & Mentors
So the project that we’re working on here at Risking Failure is going to begin to take a very slightly different path. The idea remains the same, but we’re going to try out a slightly new approach that involves you the listener, and knowing about topics a little in advance of each episode… More...
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#57 – Decision Fatigue; People Pleasing; Great Minds
In this episode, we covered multiple topics. Starting with the issue of Decision Fatigue – specific to food. Mick shared a recent experiment regarding lunch time meals, and how the decision fatigue can be such a crippling issue when it comes to diet in particular. “I can never decide what to eat,...
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#56 – Telling the Truth
In this week’s episode we’re joined by our friend and guest Bronagh. Our topic was the subject of telling the truth, and the challenges of telling the truth – and whether it really sets you free. We explored “little white lies” that we all tell, from time to time. “I’ll be there in 10 minutes”, […]
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#55 – Marriage & Partnership – The Quest for “The One”
This episode ties partly with an episode of the Tim Ferriss show that both of us listened to, and compared notes on afterwards. Here’s a link to that episode if you wish to listen to it first http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/05/20/google-x/ Of all the world views that we carry with us through the...
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#54 – Tansel Ali PART 2: Balance & Taking Risks
In this PART 2 discussion with Australian Memory Champion Tansel Ali, we hit record after a couple minutes of finishing Part 1. As we began to debrief the actual episode and settle into a relaxing conversation, it got really interesting. So we hit record and captured it! If you haven’t yet…
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#53 – Tansel Ali on Memory, Creativity & Social Norms
Our guest this week is Tansel Ali – 3x Australian Memory Champion, Author & Speaker/Consultant. This is actually Part 1 of our chat with Tansel, so make sure you check out part 2 which gets really in-depth on other topics! Tansel is often referred to and well known for memorizing the Sydney…
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#51 – Struggle
– How do we develop our capacity to endure struggle?– Is “hope” really a function of struggle?– Does perseverance come from struggle?– What does it mean to endure long term, life changing struggle such as death, sickness, war and loss versus difficult times at work, financial challenges or…
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#50 – Renovating Your Life
What does it take to REALLY change your patterns and habits of life? How do you really make a change in your relationships, your job, your business, your friendship circle, living situation? Dobbo lead us into this topic with an interesting perspective from a time in life when he was in the…
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#48 The LIVE EVENT!!
Finally! Our first LIVE EVENT! (Firstly, sorry for the delay in uploading… Mick just had too much hammock time back home in Aus!) On Feb 6th on a gorgeous Friday night, we gathered at Base Studio’s in South Melbourne to bring the podcast project to life! No more of this “living on the other side […]
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#47 The Fear of “Against the Grain”
ANNOUNCEMENT!: If you are accessing this episode in real time (Jan 2015), then we’d LOVE to see you at our first live event on Friday February 6th 2015 at 7pm. The event is at “The Base Studio’s” at 7 Yarra Place, South Melbourne Victoria 3205 (www.thebase.com.au) – There will be some...
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#46 Fun…
ANNOUNCEMENT – If you’re downloading before Feb 2015, then save the date on Friday February 6th for our exciting first Risking Failure Event! It will be hosted in Port Melbourne at 7pm, with venue currently being finalized. PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU ARE COMING so we can make sure we pick the right...
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#45 – Listening
ANNOUNCEMENT!! We have our first event coming up on FRIDAY FEB 6th!! (We know – We did first talk about Feb 7th, and even announced it as Feb 7th a short time ago, but we’ve had to change it due to circumstances beyond control.) – WE NEED YOUR HELP! Let us know if you’re coming […]
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#44 – Christmas & End of Year Reflection
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and THANK YOU for being a part of this project in 2014! It’s been our first full calendar year, so in this episode we revisited an earlier episode about “Goals”, last years “New Year Plans” and more… If you’ve been following along, then much of this...
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#43 – Quitting
How do you know when you should quit, when you should already have quit and at what point to quit something in the future? This week, we talked about the fear of doing something (for years) that was destined for “average”, and the fear of wasting away a decade or more of your life working […]
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#42: Angst & Experiencing Failure In Advance
In this week’s conversation, we explored a topic that quite honestly should have come up a LOT earlier! The angst we carry through almost every moment of our day is not only crippling at times, but can often feel “lame” that we have the feeling in the first place. Could this be an experience that...
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#41 – Stretched Thin: Outsourcing, Consistency & Saying No
In this week’s show, Dobbo “had a little chat” with Mick about how the fixed and consistent weekly upload pattern has dropped off? Why? What’s been going on? Is Risking Failure dropping in priority? We talked about what might seem like the topic of “overwhelm” which we’ve covered before – but it...
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#40 – Relationships #2: Pushing Boundaries & Exploring Meaning
In this episode, we’re so pleased to introduce you to some friends of Dobbo, and new friends of the show Jess & Pete. Jess and Pete are in a long distance relationship, where Jess lives in Australia and Pete in the USA. While Pete was visiting Australia, Dobbo sat down with them both and the […]
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#39 – Relationships & The Stories We Tell Ourselves…
In this episode Dobbo, Mick & ML talked about the very broad subject of relationships. But we doubled down on romantic relationships specifically, and discussed “the stories we tell oursevles” about them. What do we tell ourselves about; – Marriage – Making relationships work – Finding a soul…
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#38 – Vulnerability Part 2
This week’s show is part 2 of the vulnerability episode we had last week (you can checkout part 1 here). Please hold on, as part 2 is better than part 1 (Just like all the great duo’s and trilogies!!) Of course, we all thought this conversation was a load of bullocks at the time, but […]
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#37 – Vulnerability Part 1
This episode is a 2 part subject on the topic of vulnerability. ML joined us again to offer a bit more of an even take on this subject… And also because all three of us have done a fair bit of thinking on this subject. Not surprisingly, this topic is largely inspired or drawn from […]
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#36 – What are you not doing?
Whether it is turning vegan, losing weight, waking up early, meditating, doing more art or just being more productive… We cover that stuff that you know how to do, or want to do – but you don’t. So what are those things that you really like to do but just don’t do it?
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#35 – Uncertainty…
In this episode, we quite frankly covered a lot of ground. But the wide reaching conversation was generally tied together by the concept of uncertainty. Risk… Yes, but the ongoing uncertainty that we carry into almost every new and ongoing thing we do.
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#34 – Launching your F’ing Project!
Every week, either before or after we record an episode, it seems we spend a large amount of time talking about the projects we’re working on, sharing notes and giving eachother strategies and ideas for moving forward. This week, we decided to just hit record… If you’re working on something – new...
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#33 – Competing vs Comparison
This week, we talked about competition vs comparison. What’s the difference? When are we competing and when are we comparing? Is one more healthy than the other? What do you think? How do you know if you’re competing or comparing?
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#32 – Building Something Real
In a short essay style episode, Dobbo shares some thoughts on how our delusions and conclusions of what we’re ready for, capable of, deserving of – can have a significant impact on our ability to step into greatness.
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#31 – Kindness
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