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My Favorite Mistake, by Mark Graban

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 346: What Bruce Springsteen’s Set List Teaches Leaders About Communication — with Andy Freed

Andy Freed has seen Bruce Springsteen perform 95 times. Somewhere along the way, he stopped just enjoying the shows and started studying them — how Springsteen prepares a set list, …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 345: Why Hope Outperforms Resilience — with Dr. Julia Garcia

Dr. Julia Garcia — psychologist, author, and host of The Journey with Dr. J — built two businesses that didn’t survive. Episode page with links, video, and more The first …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 344: Why “Have a Sense of Humor” Was the Wrong Company Value — with Mike Chaput

Mike Chaput bought his first company at 24, went bankrupt at 28, and started over. When he co-founded Endsight, he and his partners worked hard to establish company values — …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 343: Why Being Great at Your Job Isn’t Enough to Get Promoted with Kendall Berg

Kendall Berg was the most productive person on every team she joined. She was so technically good at her job that she thought she didn’t have to be nice. Then …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 342: The Mistake of Going It Alone — with Patrick Engasser

Patrick Engasser spent two years ranked near the bottom of a 615-person sales organization — broke, in debt, and grinding through trial and error — before one decision changed everything. …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 341: Why Conflict Avoidance Costs More Than Conflict — with Dr. Jen Fry

Dr. Jen Fry’s favorite mistake is a disagreement with her best friend of over ten years — a small miscommunication that led to eight months of silence. Neither of them …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 13: Robot Umpires Are Here: ABS and the Mistakes It May Create | Mistake of the Week

Baseball has always made room for human error. Umpires miss calls. Fans complain. Life goes on. But this season, MLB is rolling out the Automated Ball-Strike challenge system — ABS …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 340: Public Health Shouldn’t Be Political — A Career “Mistake” That Changed Everything | Dr. Tyler Evans

In this episode of My Favorite Mistake, Mark Graban talks with Dr. Tyler B. Evans, infectious diseases and addiction medicine physician, public health leader, and author of Pandemics, Poverty, and …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 12: When a Water Leak Turns a Street Into Ice: Mistake of the Week

A forgotten water heater tap led to an overnight leak, an unexpected ice rink, and a reminder that the real lesson isn’t about blame — it’s about designing systems that …

My Favorite Mistake

My Favorite Mistake — 339: Confusing Performance with Alignment — A Leadership Mistake That Causes Burnout, with Genevieve Skory

In Episode 339 of My Favorite Mistake, Mark Graban talks with Genevieve Skory, executive coach and former Chief Field Development Officer, about a leadership mistake that many high performers make: …

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