After listening to James Clear talk on the habit of writing, Pete talks with Jen about their writing practices, and how he might investigate new and old ways of writing and thinking.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might the act of writing help us change up our patterns of thinking?
• How might we give up the idea of having to be perfect on our first try?
• What is Pete's writing practice? And Jen's?

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As Pete prepares to have his tonsils removed, he asks Jen for mental frameworks he can use during his two-week recovery.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might we use our internal google translator to switch negative language into positive action?
• How might we switch the words "have to" to "get to"?
• When life throws us a curveball, how might we embrace this unexpected path?

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As Jen confronts an upcoming change, she asks Pete for advice and questions to help shift the framework of her status quo.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What does success look like?
• How might we reframe a problem as the best possible thing that could happen?
• Where might we be able to challenge our own assumptions and rules?

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Looking at his reading list for the year ahead, Pete asks Jen about her processes for selecting and reading books.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might we enable ourselves to quit reading a book that isn't exciting to us?
• Where might we look for the next book to read?
• How might we examine the list of books we've already read, and use that to guide the future of our reading selections?

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This week, Jen and Pete go through their intentions, phrases, and things they are thinking about in preparing for the year ahead.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How do Jen and Pete reflect on the past year, in order to look ahead?
• How is an unexpected unknown shaping Jen's year?
• What intention is Pete going to set for his upcoming year?

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In the final days of 2025, Jen and Pete noodle on what should be the top priority to have prepared as we move in to 2026.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• Why is it important to have an idea of what success looks like for you?
• What is an outcome goal? What is a process goal?
• How might we measure and take an audit of our existing assets?

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In their annual tradition, Jen and Pete list their very favo(u)rite things of 2025.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about their favo(u)rite:

• Fiction book.
• Non-fiction book.
• Podcast.
• TLATSOI episode.
• Thing they watched.
• Motto.
• Thing they discovered about themselves.

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Coining a new term, Jen introduces Pete to the idea of, while working on a project, considering the relative effort of both the creator and the receiver.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What is relative effort? What is relative risk?
• How might we ship things without the pressure of absolute perfection?
• Why might we think about the worst case scenario or fear, in order to move a project along?

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