Discipline & Darts: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Discipline & Darts with your hosts Raj Jha and Joel Widmer. On this podcast Raj and Joel tackle everything from self-mockery to sleep to selling your business. Join us for discussion on when discipline meets throwing a lot of darts ... and some rants and tangents along the way.
In this episode, Joel and Raj discuss effective storytelling:
- How putting a "handle" on your story can make it 10x more memorable
- Why kids can't tell stories
- Ways to practice telling different kinds of stories
In this episode, Joel and Raj go mental and discuss
- People-based vs code-based systems planning
- How physics and barnacles can make your company better
- What Frank Underwood can teach you about throwing rocks
In this landmark episode, Raj and Joel uncover:
- Why it took seven years of overplanning to launch a show that has none
- Why we refuse to sell or promote anything on the show
- Trying too hard to make it perfect is just creative procrastination
In this episode, Raj and Joel chat about what they're obsessed with, including:
- Raj's ancestor that was shot for treason
- Can you create a big company ... with no people?
- Why Joel is smart enough to use mental models, and Raj isn't
In this episode, Raj and Joel chat about...
- Why Raj wants to ban retirement for business owners
- What we'd do if we hit our financial "number" (Hint: no Lambo)
- How living for retirement is like living for the weekend
In this episode, old man Raj and Joel talk about:
- Why you shouldn't talk about your kids during dates
- How planning date nights leads to conversational spontaneity
- Joel's love language is criticism and that's not going well
In this episode, Raj and Joel discuss
- Why planners and productivity tools are useless ... And what works better
- Should you plan for one year, five years or only the next quarter?
- Raj's "Anti-Getting Things Done" method
Joel and Raj discuss how hobbies can rejuvenate ... But some pastimes don't actually recharge your batteries
- The joy of sucking at something
- Why watching tv and browsing your phone is a terrible way to relax
- Joel's hobby is NOT riding Ponies, really.
In this episode, Raj and Joel chat about:
- The difference between vacations and trips (Hint: It has to do with extended family)
- Doing something, or doing nothing... Which works better?
- Why Raj has a weird unnatural hatred for the beach
- Joel's vacations are never rained out as long as there are drinks and floaties
In this episode, Raj & Joel discuss
- Why putting on your armor to go to work is useful
- Who you are vs. who you project you are
- Why Raj's mother in law is afraid to call him on the phone
In this episode, Raj and Joel discuss
- Capturing what we learn, and whether we actually use it
- Why Raj's brain is a stinking garbage heap
- Why note taking is a time suck and that's probably a good thing
In this episode, Raj and Joel discuss:
- Why being unreasonable is the only option
- How to negotiate with your wife and lose every time... guaranteed
- Why the mute button is your friend during a negotiation
Joel and Raj discuss selling a business, and
- How to break your business for fun and profit
- The one thing buyers really want (it's not what you think
- Why exits rarely go as planned and why that's ok
Raj and Joel discuss talk all about introverts, including:
- Why Joel jumps out of bathroom windows
- Is being an introvert a liability?
- The one-question guaranteed-to-succeed introvert test
In this episode, Raj & Joel chat about:
- Raj and Joel discover their mutual disdain for small talk
- Why this episode is about personal branding but is a terrible example of it
- Why this show will get the shadow ban hammer because of what Joel does off-camera
In this episode Raj & Joel discuss:
- Why Raj barely remembers what he reads, and why it doesn't matter
- Whether there's anything actually new to discover in books
- Joel discusses his (information) constipation problem
In this episode, Raj and Joel compare notes and experience on:
- Why workplaces shouldn't be like a family
- Why most of your results come from multipliers and dividers and what they are
- Their worst interview experiences
In this episode: Joel rightly accuses Raj of being a dork about sleep, then proves he's a sleep dork too. Oh, they also talk about:
- Their favorite sleep gadgets
- Why their spouses think they're crazy
- Why you should never mess with Raj in the morning
In this episode, Raj & Joel discover:
- Why Raj is a total liar for saying he can't cook
- How to be totally lazy and still cook amazing food
- A challenge ... accepted
In this episode, Joel & Raj uncover:
- The other half that makes discipline work
- The smart formula for imperfect action
- Why Raj got mocked and called Starlord (and doesn't care)
In this episode, Raj & Joel uncover:
- How to avoid confusing discipline for willpower
- How Bruce Lee helped us hit our goals
- Why your kids will fail... if you do this
In this episode we introduce the concepts of Discipline & Darts and list all the reasons you definitely don't want to listen to this show (if you're looking for darts advice). And a few reasons you might want to listen. Really.