This week, Jen and Pete noodle on the creative process, and how we might build and iterate on our ideas.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How does Jen think about the creative process? And Pete?
• What is the Ship of Theseus?
• What are some tactics and questions we can use to build and expand on existing ideas and frameworks?

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

This week, Pete revisits what it's like to be a student, and he and Jen noodle on the mental frameworks this inspires in them.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What is it like to be new in a learning environment?
• How might we learn from our peers, and their questions and learnings?
• How might we more often put ourselves into communities that are growth minded?

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

Energized from her coaching retreat, Jen shares with Pete five learnings from the three-day discourse between herself, the coaches, and their clients.

Specifically, in this episode, the learnings that Jen and Pete talk about are:

• Know what hat you, as the coach, are wearing.
• Know what hat they, as the client, are wearing.
• Say less.
• Sort your thoughts into objective and subjective, before you say them out loud.
• Doing is much more powerful than talking about doing.

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

This week, Jen and Pete noodle on the idea that sometimes the simplest answer might really be the answer.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What is Occam's Razor?
• How might we simplify our problem solving?
• What tactics can we utilize when we are stuck on something?

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

This week, Pete and Jen noodle on the activity of a subtraction audit...one more thing to add to their plate, that will hopefully free up more space.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What is a subtraction audit?
• How might we help ourselves filter the things we say yes to?
• What are some tactics protect the free time in our calendar?

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

This week, Pete and Jen are celebrating four hundred weeks of podcasting (with no breaks!). To honor the occasion, they answer questions that were sent in by you, the listeners.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How have Pete and Jen sustained their momentum of recording, over four hundred episodes?
• What episodes are in The Long and The Short Of It's cutting room floor?
• What episode might Pete and Jen want to revisit, with new information or context?
• What three leaders from their industry might Pete and Jen want to invite for dinner?
• Should we spend less time training leaders, so there is more time to train followers?
• What is a favorite lesson or transformation that Pete and Jen have had, over these years of podcasting?

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

Almost four hundred episodes later, Jen and Pete throw it back, in a way, to Episode 1, asking: How do I start?

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• Why can starting something become scary or overwhelming?
• What are many different tools and frameworks through which to experiment with starting?
• How are endings and beginnings related?

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com

In anticipation of Episode 400 of The Long and The Short Of It, Jen and Pete are asking for questions from you, our listeners, to answer in an Ask Us Anything episode.

Do you have a question that you'd like Jen and Pete to ponder, to noodle on, to think out loud about on Episode 400? Head on over to thelongandtheshortpodcast.com/400, and submit your question.

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Pete's work: humanperiscope.com · Jen's work: jenwaldman.com