The Main Thing
by Parker · 109 things on Twos
- The Main Thing is a podcast hosted by Skip Lineberg. The whole concept is a short conversation to share your answer to the question "In your lifetime, what is the main thing you have learned so far?"
- This is a list of answers from every previous guest. I am lucky enough to be a guest in December 2023.
- At the bottom is a list of questions/prompts to ponder your main thing. If you take the time, I'd love to hear your main thing in the comments.
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- Pause.
- Life goes better when we walk along God's path.
- It's about how we make others feel.
- Respond.
- Approach all problems with love.
- Let the sorrow do its work.
- You were made for such a time as this.
- Story extended version.
- Ask for advice, ask for referrals and offer to help.
- Listen to the heart behind the words and the interpreter of the person's heart.
- Sometimes we need to pivot.
- Include and elevate others.
- Live today. Don't wait. Be grateful.
- Look forward.
- Be a life-long learner, be adaptive and consider the humanity in all decisions we make.
- Stay curious.
- Story extended version.
- We meet every person for a reason.
- Say, 'I Don't Know' when you don't know
- Embrace change.
- Articulate your goal and then take action on it.
- Work on your mindset. If your mindset is right, your skill set will follow.
- Don't allow yourself to be a football of others' opinions.
- Never give up.
- Season One Recap.
- Be genuine. Listen.
- We all share a common desire: to make an impact.
- Don't quit.
- You can do anything when you put your mind to it.
- Live with alacrity.
- Value relationships -all of them.
- Talk about the hard stuff.
- Everything depends on leadership.
- Live a life of full of intentionality.
- Live undaunted in spite of our fears and doubts.
- Year end recap, a look behind the scenes.
- The process is the prize.
- Deeper Dive into "The process is the prize."
- Live a life that's 'worthWILD.'
- Deeper Dive into "WorthWILD."
- Same. Same. But different.
- Live to become a servant leader.
- Education exists to help students discover joy and purpose.
- Tell until someone listens. Someone will listen.
- Deeper Dive into "Tell until someone listens."
- Be insatiably curious.
- Be self-accountable
- Getting older is what you make of it, and it's full of good news.
- Work for a company with a great culture. Don't settle for less.
- Deeper dive into "Work for a company with a great culture."
- We can't control what happens to us in life, but we can control how we respond.
- Growth comes with hills and valleys; it's not a straight line.
- Get the hard stuff right.
- We get much more satisfaction when we are building, rather than backfilling.
- Deeper Dive into: "We get much more satisfaction when we are building, rather than back-filling."
- We are much happier when we have a healthy relationship with money.
- Everybody gets a seat at the table.
- Begin your day everyday by immersing yourself in God's love.
- Be aware of the noise in your life and work to guard against it.
- Season Three Recap.
- Recognize the importance of Adaptability.
- Live today. Don't wait. Be grateful.
- Provide meaningful help at scale.
- Provide meaningful help at scale.
- We dramatically overestimate our need for approval or our need to fit in. And, we drastically underestimate what that costs us.
- Emotional intelligence is equally as vital as intellectual intelligence.
- Be courageously obedient.
- Deeper Dive into "We overestimate our need for approval
- There is no perfect answer to big questions.
- We all share a common desire: to make an impact.
- Cherish every day. Make the best out of every day.
- Listen to the heart behind the words and the interpreter of the person's heart.
- All humans have 3 basic desires: expression, connection and contribution.
- Focus on talking about hard things. And let's get out of our bunkers.
- Make time for solitude (cave time).
- You find what you seek and you get what you groom.
- Pause. Take Care. Be aware. Respond. Pause again.
- Pursue the positive.
- Value relationships -all of them.
- Don’t let others define your success.
- There's only Jesus. And that's enough.
- It's never too late.
- Connectors must claim the value they create.
- Deeper Dive into "It's never too late."
- If something is in the way of my voice, it's also in the way of my life.
- Courtesies of a small & trivial character are the ones which strike deepest.
- Slow down.
- Manage expectations.
- It's never too late for a new beginning.
- Move forward.
- A look back on the relationship with Tom Peters
- There are no superheroes.
- Stories have power.
- Remain soft and open to what life brings you.
- Don't be in a hurry.
- It's not about where you start; it's about where you finish.
- Relationships are the greatest treasure in life.
- The world was not created to make us happy; the world exists to give us experiences to help us grow.
- Be true to who you are.
- Don't hold onto the things from your past.
- TBD.
- Season Four Recap.
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- The Main Thing Podcast
- Prompts for you to ponder