PODCAST · education
Today's Challenge
by Concrete Wins
Today's Challenge helps you to see more potential in your day by presenting 1 positive, concrete action.
Episodes
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89 - Brush
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is brush. I’ve found that delaying brushing my teeth at night can create a cycle of excuses. I think to myself, “Well, I haven’t brushed yet, so I can have a...
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88 - Desire
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is desire. Do you pay attention to your desires? Do you ever try to fight them? The word desire itself is a little bit loaded, hinting at sexual desire, but…
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87 - Invest
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is invest. My brother got me into playing with cryptocurrencies over the past month, and I have to admit that it’s fun. It feels like playing a board game…
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86 - Prototype
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is prototype. I’m sure that you’ve probably had an idea for a physical product or app. How far did you take the idea? I’m guessing that the amount of decent...
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85 - Tools
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is tools. I’ve learned over years of repairing things that the right tools can make a huge difference. If you’ve ever worked on a car, you’ve probably found...
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84 - Rules
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is rules. We’ve set up a whole system in our house that relies on kids asking permission to do some pretty basic things, and I wish we didn’t have to live…
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83 - Fat
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is fat, and you get to choose what to do with this word. Before I watched the show Shrill, I would have said that we should get rid of the word fat as a...
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82 - Schedule
Full transcript here 👋 Link to printable Weekly Planner (daylight hours) Nir’s Timebox Schedule Maker (full day) Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is schedule. How strict is your daily schedule? Are there any tasks...
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81 - Neighbors
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is neighbors. I saw my neighbor out mowing yesterday, and it made me wonder how to value our neighbors more. My first thought is more time together. There’s…
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80 - Precedent
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is precedent. Have you ever wondered how a specific social norm or practice started? Like, who was the first person to clap when they were delighted?…
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79 - Intent
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is intent. There’s a famous phrase that says, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” While I don’t generally agree with the sentiment, that phrase...
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78 - Ideas
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is ideas. One of my favorite activities in the world is synthesizing ideas. A few years back, my friends and I worked on creating board games, and it was...
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77 - Hopeless
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is hopeless, and it’s going down with the ship [fog horn + bubbles]. Now, I can completely accept that some people don’t have control over their outlook. If...
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76 - Individual
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is individual. How important is individualism to you? If you live in the United States, you’re likely to hold individualistic beliefs whether you realize it…
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75 - Ready
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is ready. Are you ever hesitant to start something that you know you should? Recording episodes of this podcast is difficult for me because conditions have…
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74 - Excuse
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is excuse. I took my daughter to school this week, and we heard people on the local radio station describe times that they’ve deceptively called out sick to...
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73 - Story
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is story. There’s something magical about a good story. Steve Jobs told the Pixar group that he was jealous of their work because their stories would endure,...
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72 - Choice
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is choice. Now that we’re hopefully reaching the end of the pandemic, I’m getting nervous. I can feel the social obligations creeping back in. For a long…
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71 - Tracking
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is tracking. I have a mixed relationship with my fitness tracker. I’ve had a Garmin wristband for over two years, but I’d be surprised if I’ve worn it half...
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70 - Normal
Full transcript here 👋 11 Sites and Apps for Watching Documentaries Free Online Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is normal, and we’re going to have to chisel this one down to a useful size [chisel sound]. This…
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69 - Voice
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is voice. Do you feel heard? Do you have a place to speak your mind? Psychological safety is the idea that you should feel good about sharing your thoughts...
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68 - Transform
Full transcript here 👋 Personal Transformation books Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is transform. I mentioned the book, The Experience Economy, recently, and I’ve been listening to their updated version. The...
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67 - Age
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is age. There are certainly advantages to being young. I remember one particular Saturday morning when I was probably less than 10 years old. I woke up…
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66 - Protest
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is protest. That word feels scary to me, maybe just because I haven’t done it. My wife is way more brave in this area and has attended rallies for social...
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65 - Family
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is family. This is my third attempt at starting this writing because family can be a complicated topic. Let’s keep it simple, though. Who are the people that...
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64 - Ephemeral
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is ephemeral. I’ve liked this word ever since I learned it in high school, but it also makes me a little sad. As you age, you realize that every event is…
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63 - Wonder
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is wonder. I remember the first time I had my mind blown. I was maybe four or five years old and trying to fall asleep. I guess we had recently talked about...
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62 - Repetitive
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is repetitive, and we’re salvaging this oft-maligned word [construction sounds + angels]. Many people identified strongly with the film Groundhog Day during...
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61 - Observe
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is observe. Now, I’m certainly not the most observant person. I had a random memory today of noticing a fairly obvious attribute of a friend about 8 years...
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60 - Anxiety
Full transcript here 👋 Beck Anxiety Inventory Penn State Worry Questionnaire Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is anxiety. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced persistent anxiety, but it can manifest in scary...
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59 - Flow
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is flow. How’s your relationship with time? Do you feel like hours drag along, or do you wish there were more hours in the day? It’s weird that our…
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58 - Error
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is error. I think I was probably in 4th grade, and our teacher at church was helping us learn a song that lists the names of the New Testament books. Well, I...
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57 - Think
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is think. I can remember, as a child, my dad encouraging me to stop and think. Many times this was prompted by a repetitive question where I already knew the...
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56 - Upstream
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is upstream. Have you ever noticed the ripple effects that occur when there’s a change in your routine? Maybe you’ve slept in (like I did this morning) and...
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55 - Unlucky
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is unlucky, and it’s number is up [auctioneer and gavel]. Do you ever think of yourself as unlucky? Does it seem like everyone around you is getting the good...
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54 - Document
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is document. How do you keep up with your thoughts? Do you have a journal, or do you store your thoughts in a digital document? I have found that thoughts…
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53 - Soundtrack
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is soundtrack. Do you have phrases or thoughts that pop in your head when you’re in a certain situation? When my kids make a mess or break something, the…
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52 - Savor
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is savor. Our brains are not built for prolonged enjoyment. Instead, we’re novelty-seeking machines, always trying to find bursts of pleasure, because that’s...
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51 - Half
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is half. In 2009, my wife and I went to a camp in the Catskills called Camp Shiloh to serve for the summer. My wife ended up being the camp cook, and I was…
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50 - Priority
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is priority. Do you feel that you’re good at focusing on your priorities? Do you know what your top 5 priorities are? Warren Buffet once gave some surprising...
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49 - Conflict
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is conflict. What is your M.O. regarding disagreement? Do you get defensive? Do you tend to criticize and belittle as a response to conflict? Dr. John…
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48 - Hypocrite
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is hypocrite, and we’re laying it to rest [squeaky casket slam]. Have you ever called someone a hypocrite? How did it go? I’m guessing not well, because as...
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47 - Pride
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is pride. In his podcast, People I (Mostly) Admire, Steven Levitt says that he asked a group of strangers to tell their life story at a dinner party. That’s...
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46 - Expectations
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is expectations. Do you make your expectations clear to the people around you? I’ve found that life runs much more smoothly when you’re transparent about…
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45 - Discontent
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is discontent. Have you ever had a moment where you realize that things need to change? In their insightful book, The Power of Moments, Chip and Dan Heath...
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44 - Fun
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is fun. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you picture yourself having fun? For me, it’s outdoor games. How about something that’s extremely fun?...
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43 - Delegate
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is delegate. I don’t know if you consider yourself a responsible person, but it’s possible to be too responsible. Many times one partner or group member will...
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42 - Grease
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is grease. No, I’m not talking about the color, the musical or the country. I’m talking about social lotion. When I taught 2nd grade, I noticed that the…
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41 - Bum
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is bum, and it’s time to lay this word to rest. [funeral music] People who are homeless or look rough are not bums; they are people. I recently watched the...
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40 - Obstacle
Full transcript here 👋 Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. This is your life. This is your chance. Listen. The word for today is obstacle. Most of the time obstacles are a problem, right? Do you enjoy a traffic jam when you’re just trying to get across town? Probably not, but I want...
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