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Don’t Fear a Bad Decision

By Jody Maberry | March 20, 2020

Vincent Pugliese joins me for a series of special episodes of the Jody Maberry Show. Vincent does a podcast different than anything else you will hear out there. Total Life Freedom, a daily podcast hosted by Vincent, has no intro or outro. No theme music. Vincent doesn’t even say his name. Inspired by his unusual…

Why You Should Pay to Get Access to People

By Jody Maberry | March 19, 2020

Vincent Pugliese joins me for a series of special episodes of the Jody Maberry Show. Vincent does a podcast different than anything else you will hear out there. Total Life Freedom, a daily podcast hosted by Vincent, has no intro or outro. No theme music. Vincent doesn’t even say his name. Inspired by his unusual…

Put Your Personality into a Podcast

By Jody Maberry | March 18, 2020

Vincent Pugliese joins me for a series of special episodes of the Jody Maberry Show. Vincent does a podcast different than anything else you will hear out there. Total Life Freedom, a daily podcast hosted by Vincent, has no intro or outro. No theme music. Vincent doesn’t even say his name. Inspired by his unusual…

Not Every Good Idea Works Out

By Jody Maberry | March 11, 2020

In the last episode of The Jody Maberry Show, Jeff Noel joined me to talk about how to use feedback to achieve excellence. On this episode, Jeff Noel returns to talk about what happened next. Using feedback, we implemented a good idea. But it didn’t work out. Not every good idea works out. But you…

What if people believe what you say?

By Jody Maberry | March 3, 2020

“You are not having a good practice if you let his shot in.” In a moment I should have celebrated, I overheard the coach say that to the goalie. To understand, you need to know I was terrible when I first started playing hockey. When I decided to play at the age of 13, I…

Using Feedback to Achieve Excellence

By Jody Maberry | February 26, 2020

Jeff Noel and I recorded this episode from the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR. During this episode of the Jody Maberry Show, Jeff and I discuss the benefit of recording a podcast live in person. We also give a behind the scenes look into recording the first episode of season 5…

You Can’t Help People If They Don’t Know Who You Are

By Jody Maberry | February 25, 2020

“If I don’t hear about it, it didn’t happen.” When I was a park ranger, the director gave me that piece of advice. From that day on, anytime something good happened at our park, I would boast about it. Of course, if we did something good at the park, it did happen whether or not…

8 New Lessons from the Creating Magic Mastermind

By Jody Maberry | February 19, 2020

A couple of time each year, Lee Cockerell and I host a Creating Magic Mastermind event in Orlando. Even though I host the event, I learn as much or more than people who attend the event. And I take notes. In this episode, I share the 8 new things I learned during the last Creating…

My Steps for Dealing with Feeling Overwhelmed

By Jody Maberry | February 5, 2020

Lauren Davis returns to the show to ask me three questions. If you were making so much money you couldn’t spend it all, what causes would you give your money to? My focus would be to help fund foundations and friends groups that support parks. My time as a park ranger helped me realize what…

How a Podcast Took Me Around the World

By Jody Maberry | February 4, 2020

Who would go all the way to Kuwait City to record a single podcast episode? Jeff Noel would. Well, me too. But I wouldn’t have been there without Jeff. Jeff is a 30-year Disney veteran who spent his last 15 years teaching at the Disney Institute. Now, Jeff and I have teamed up for his…