Serious Business

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Sinopsis

Make creativity, career, family and fun work better together. Join your decidedly unserious hosts Mike Morrow and Toni McLellan as they discuss creative work, life in the sandwich generation, and being a person.

Episodios

  • 39: Dirty, Dirty Twinkle

    14/12/2015 Duración: 52min

    Holidays, man! This week Mike and Toni talk about the annual onslaught of holiday overwhelm. Even as we’re Christmas shopping for more stuff, we discuss breaking free of our attachments—be they to physical objects, social media interactions, or information—and avoiding the inevitable disappointment of overly specific expectations. See you in 2016! Show Notes Read Between the Lynes Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed Jewel-Osco KitKat Cake CanvasPop XKit Mobile app for Dumblr Why I do not use social media anymore — Alexandra Franzen How can I get un-hooked from Facebook? — Alexandra Franzen Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message by Tara Mohr

  • 38: Mike-on-Mic Action

    30/11/2015 Duración: 28min

    A shortie from the holiday week-that-was. Toni and Mike talk grocery shopping and food delivery before diving into the rich world of ideas—generating them, capturing them, and making room for new ones. The problem isn’t usually too may ideas, it’s which ones to chase. Also: believing in things you can’t see, trusting our instincts, and the difference between stroking and petting (spoiler: one sounds dirty). Show Notes Amazon Dash Button This Is Your Brain on Silence Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic

  • 37: Hell's Grannies

    23/11/2015 Duración: 45min

    Happy Thanksgiving week! Toni and Mike send you into the holiday with a discussion on social media completionism and how early is too early with holiday lights. More seriously, they discuss Toni’s adventures with ADD, how people come back when they don’t get what they want, and how small inroads are the only way to make progress on big audacious projects. Show Notes The Going Deep Workshop with Toni McLellan Mike’s big new book project Samantha Bennett “The 1% of a long-lasting career” by Paul Jarvis The Serious Business newsletter is here! Sign up now!

  • 36: Brains, Man

    16/11/2015 Duración: 45min

    The importance of pauses: it's not a failure if you need a break from everything. Accepting, delegating, and rejecting perfectionism can help you "go pro." Toni and Mike discuss balancing ambition with appreciation, completionism and media overwhelm, and a few minutes on what the hell is wrong with Tumblr (and, frankly, all social networks). Show Notes The Artists Way, by Julia Cameron Going Deep Workshop with Toni McLellan Mike’s newsletter, The Miscellaneum Unroll.me RescueTime Love Boat Insanity

  • 35: #GlitterToilet

    09/11/2015 Duración: 38min

    The all-new second season of Serious Business begins with Halloween and cosplay shenanigans before taking on Dan's aspirational chaps purchases. We also talk spoilers, anticipation and recent sci-fi/adventure movies, including X-Files, Star Trek, Star Wars, Prometheus and The Martian, Jurassic World, James Bond, and the possibilities for a a plea for a Serious Business fan fiction marketplace. Show Notes Hatsune Miku Hit Charade: Meet the bald Norwegians and other unknowns who actually create the songs that top the charts Fire Emblem Green Arrow What is the Difference Between a Warlock and a Wizard? Mel Gibson Calls Police Sergeant “Sugar Tits” During Drunken Arrest Tirade X-Files 2016 trailer Star Trek: The Animated Series Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoiler revealed in Duracell Christmas advert Andy Weir on his strange journey from self-publishing to Hollywood Ulysses, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Quincy intro Daniel Craig explains why calling Monica Bellucci an ‘older woman’ is ridiculous The Librarians

  • 34: Everything's a Tardis

    07/08/2015 Duración: 39min

    Little free libraries, treemail, bird talk as prelude to talking about Mike's new running habit as a metaphor for starting anything new.

  • 33: Hamflower

    09/07/2015 Duración: 36min

    This week focuses on work-life balance – what it means, how it's different for men and women, and how it all boils down to your priorities and what you're okay with.

  • 32: Seems Legit

    25/06/2015 Duración: 28min

    Toni and Mike talk avoidance vs laziness and our resistance to going deep to do our best work. We discover that, like great customer service, going deep always come back to love rather than disbelief and fear.

  • 31: Steve Earle Winked at Me

    05/06/2015 Duración: 29min

    Who you were vs. who you are. Lessons in not being a jerk, sports martyrdom, seeing bands you love, and avoiding harmful self-talk. Walk on, friends.

  • 30: [Screams Internally]

    28/05/2015 Duración: 45min

    Money consciousness, commencement speeches and the lesson that life is not easy. Fear and our ability to fight it with curiosity. And if that wasn't heavy and personal enough, we explore some end of life issues and the idea of "good death."

  • 29: Meat Rushmore

    14/05/2015 Duración: 40min

    We start with ham radio versus actual ham before moving on to being disillusioned with politics and limiting your exposure to negativity. Mike's struggle with consumption vs. production leads to a discussion around making space and radical prioritization as a way to make space for what you value most. Plus a really good pep talk on leveling up from Toni!

  • 28: There's Pants in the Name

    07/05/2015 Duración: 43min

    Toni and Mike receive a coffee delivery and discuss getting dressed for the weekend, curating your online persona, and finding the touchstones that anchor your life when all doesn't go as planned.

  • 27: It's Only an Hour of Somebody's Life

    30/04/2015 Duración: 33min

    This week Mike and Toni offend garbage-men and -women and answer a listener question about staying positive (and/or motivated). We use Toni's experience as a freelance writer and writing student to explore grad school, working with a writing coach, and being possessed by the devil.

  • 26: Storm Litter

    23/04/2015 Duración: 59min

    Toni and Mike discuss arborists and other jokes of adulthood as well as tornadoes, flying, and the ongoing practice of living with anxiety. They also consider looking ahead to the next phases of life and reinventing yourself while still engaging with the present.

  • 25: Big-Balled Man

    10/04/2015 Duración: 43min

    Homonyms for bald. Shootin' pool and how we all suck as beginners. Just showing up summons the muse. and bite-sized, achievable goals get things done. Caffeine, sugar, diet coke, smoking and other habits.

  • 24: Flannel Was Involved

    26/03/2015 Duración: 39min

    We begin accidental Season Two of the podcast with the elemental parts of ourselves, not getting hung up on perfection and the thrill of being a beginner. They're not men, they're machines.

  • 23 Consensual Yak

    26/02/2015 Duración: 46min

    On a roll, or rather a foam roller, this week. Amid discussion of ungulates, Merlin-worship and being too old for music festivals, Toni and Mike address why our best thinking happens in the shower, capturing ideas, the tyranny of systems that prioritize busywork over real work, perfectionism, and refilling the well. Phew!

  • 22: Seeing Your Life with New Eyes

    12/02/2015 Duración: 01h51s

    An episode about paying attention, whether it be through poetry, creative nonfiction, or to time. Also, romantic gestures ("artistic" or otherwise), not knowing what shape your endeavors will take, & answers to listener questions about taking control of your schedule & making time for family dinners.

  • 21: Chasing the Chuck Wagon

    05/02/2015 Duración: 57min

    Toni and Mike tackle the fun in frightening grandparents and revisit losing before exploring autonomy and respect, inertia, assumptions, making the time to practice a craft, and seeing things for what they really are instead of what you think they might be. It's a good one!

  • 20 Cutthroat Uno

    23/01/2015 Duración: 54min

    This week Toni and Mike recap art night and the unvarnished life on the way to a discussion of autonomy and happiness, resilience and finding balance. Along the way: Listener feedback, setting priorities, and of course, pooping.

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