LifeBlood
by LifeBlood
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2659: You (We) Get What You (We) Tolerate
2659: You (We) Get What You (We) Tolerate
About this podcast
Life is short. Your potential is enormous. What are you going to do about it?
LifeBlood with George Grombacher explores what it means to live a good life—and how to actually do it.
Personal development, leadership, relationships, health, money, culture, philosophy, and the uncomfortable truths of being human.
Expect honest perspectives, personal stories, practical wisdom, a little irreverence, and the occasional kick in the pants.
No empty motivation. No pretending to have everything figured out.
Just ideas worth thinking about and actions worth taking.
Become more capable. Live more meaningfully. Make a difference.
Do your part by doing your best.
Episodes
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- 2659: You (We) Get What You (We) Tolerate · 20 min · Episode 2659You get what you tolerate. And what you tolerate eventually becomes your standard. From Mike Ditka's philosophy on leadership to crime, homelessness, government corruption, and…
- 2658: The End is Near...or Maybe Not · 19 min · Episode 2658The End Is Near... Or Maybe Not The world has been ending for almost 200 years. And yet, somehow, we're still here. From the Great Disappointment of 1844 to Halley's Comet, Y2K…
- 2657: Is It Time to Bring Back “Leader of the Free World?” · 16 min · Episode 2657Is it time to bring back “Leader of the Free World”? Free societies aren't built on vibes. They're built around a hard question: not what a perfectly benevolent government would…
- 2656: Is it Time to Get Rid of the Electoral College? · 11 min · Episode 2656Should the person who gets the most votes always become president? It seems like an easy question. But the Electoral College was designed as part of a constitutional system…
- 2655: Beware Currents of Comfort · 11 min · Episode 2655Comfort feels good until it quietly steals your future. The current of comfort doesn't announce itself. It just carries you — same problems, same frustrations, same promises…
- 2654: Make Yourself as Strong as You Can · 11 min · Episode 2654The strongest person isn't the one throwing punches. Sometimes strength means walking away. Sometimes it means saying no, and sometimes it means saying yes. Sometimes it means…
- 2653: Be Like Water: The Power of Persistence & Flexibility · 9 min · Episode 2653What can water teach us about resilience, persistence, and living a meaningful life? A hell of a lot, actually. Water doesn't get angry at obstacles. It finds a way around them…
- 2652: The Success You Desire is Hiding in Plain Sight · 10 min · Episode 2652The Success You Desire is Hiding in Plain Sight If it's to be, it's up to me. That line isn't motivational wallpaper — it's an operating system. Builders build. They don't wait…
- 2651: What I've Learned: 48 · 30 min · Episode 2651Another trip around the sun. Another year older. And hopefully, a little wiser. Every year around my birthday, I take some time to reflect on what I've learned, what I've gotten…
- 2650: It's OK to Like Your Culture · 13 min · Episode 2650It's OK to like your culture. It's OK to love your country. And it's OK to appreciate what previous generations built without pretending they were perfect. Imagine your…
- 2649: Work and the Grace of God · 10 min · Episode 2649“Pray as though everything depended on God, work as though everything depended on you.” That line captures so many of the great tensions of life all at once. Ultimately none of…
- 2648: Nutritionally Illiterate: Was the Death of Home Ec the Death of Us? · 17 min · Episode 2648We talk constantly about financial literacy. But what about nutritional literacy? Think about how strange this is: You can spend the first 18 years of your life being fed by…
- 2647: Finding Your Own Good, Your Own Way · 14 min · Episode 2647Finding Your Own Good, Your Own Way We've gotten extraordinarily good at manufacturing pleasure — food engineered for the next bite, apps engineered for the next scroll, infinite…
- 2649: Escaping Modern Slavery: Opt Out of Dependency · 11 min · Episode 2649Are you actually free? You can have a good salary, a nice house, two cars, every convenience imaginable—and still be completely dependent on your next paycheck. And money isn't…
- 2648: Start Walking Away: Some Things Can't Come with You · 12 min · Episode 2648Maybe freedom isn't being able to do whatever you want. Maybe freedom is being able to NOT do what you want. To put the phone down. To not buy the thing. To skip the drink. To…
- 2647: Are You a Terrible Person? Do Your Part · 10 min · Episode 2647LifeBlood: Are you a terrible person? Probably not. But how would you know? Character isn't only revealed by the enormous decisions we make. It's revealed by the tiny things we…
- 2646: F@#K You I Won't Do What You Tell Me: Rage Against the Right Machine · 11 min · Episode 2646What if the most rebellious thing you can do today is think for yourself? We live in an outrage economy. Every headline is an emergency. Every controversy is existential…
- 2645: Where the F Am I? What to Do When You're Feeling Lost · 9 min · Episode 2645LifeBlood: Ever look around at your life and wonder, “Where the f#&k am I?” Not geographically. In your life. Maybe your career isn't where you expected it to be. Your finances…
- 2644: Better Tolerance: Not Everything is Life or Death · 10 min · Episode 2644LifeBlood: We live in a world that increasingly pushes us toward black-and-white thinking: good or evil, right or wrong, friend or enemy, us or them. But human beings aren't…
- 2643: The Work of Life is Inside: The Joy of Life is Outside · 11 min · Episode 2643LifeBlood: The work of life is inside. The joy of life is outside. We spend a lot of time searching outside ourselves for the missing piece—the relationship, money, success…
- 2642: Family: The Most Important Thing You'll Ever Build · 10 min · Episode 2642LifeBlood: We spend enormous amounts of time building careers, businesses, résumés, investment portfolios, and net worth. But what are all those things supposed to be for? G.K…
- 2641: Number Your Days: You've Only Got So Many of Them · 11 min · Episode 2641LifeBlood: There are only about 50 Saturdays in a year. An 80-year life contains roughly 4,000 weeks. Your kids will only believe in Santa for a handful of Christmases. There…
- 2640: Shop Different with Ron Johnson · 25 min · Episode 2640LifeBlood: We talked about Ron's career journey from Target to Apple to JCPenney, the current state of physical and omnichannel retail, go-to-market strategy, relationship-based…
- 2639: The Fiction of Instant:Why Everything Takes Longer than We'd LIke · 9 min · Episode 2639LifeBlood: We've been sold the fiction of instant. Next-day delivery. Food on demand. Buy now, pay later. Endless entertainment at our fingertips. We've engineered waiting out of…
- 2638: Raising Strong Sons and Daughters: Preparing Them to Holdout When Necessary · 13 min · Episode 2638How do you raise children who are strong enough to stand alone? Someday, your son or daughter may find themselves in a room where everyone else believes one thing—and they…
- 2637: How to Find World Peace: It's Easier Than You Think · 10 min · Episode 2637LifeBlood: World peace feels like one of humanity’s biggest and most impossible challenges. But what if we’ve been starting in the wrong place? Mother Teresa is widely credited…
- 2636: Faithfulness Over Success: Become a Good Steward · 12 min · Episode 2636LifeBlood: What if the goal of your life isn't to become great? We're encouraged to dream big, achieve more, build something extraordinary, and make our mark. And there’s nothing…
- 2635: The Right Person to Lead: How to Stop Electing Morons · 12 min · Episode 2635LifeBlood: Who is actually the right person to lead? The smartest person? The strongest? The most empathetic? The toughest? The most experienced? Maybe we're asking the wrong…
- 2634: What's the Way Forward? How to Take Action in Uncertain Times · 11 min · Episode 2634LifeBlood: What’s the way forward? For starters…it’s forward. You cannot change the past, reclaim lost years, or undo what happened to you. You can forgive, learn, accept…
- 2633: The Town that Ate its Seed Corn: EVERYTHING Compounds · 15 min · Episode 2633LifeBlood: There was once a prosperous farming town with a peculiar tradition: every harvest, they took some of their very best corn and locked it away. They called it seed corn…
- 2632: This Ends Here: When to Draw a Line in the Sand · 11 min · Episode 2632LifeBlood: There comes a point when keeping your mouth shut stops being prudence and starts becoming self-betrayal. We live in an age of tribalism, outrage, intimidation, and…
- 2631: Deadly Serious: Are You Protecting What Matters Most? · 8 min · Episode 2631LifeBlood: Not everything deserves to be taken deadly serious. But some things do. Your family. Your health. Your work. The people who trust you. The responsibilities you've…
- 2630: Undeniable Ambition · 9 min · Episode 2630LifeBlood: Every civilization must answer one timeless question: What should we do with human ambition? James Madison believed ambition should check ambition. Ayn Rand believed…
- 2629: Bridges, Seeds, or Garbage · 10 min · Episode 2629LifeBlood: Not every contribution has to change the world. Some people build bridges that future generations will cross. Others plant seeds they'll never see grow. And sometimes…
- 2628: Overcoming Shame with Dr. Frank Spinelli · 25 min · Episode 2628LifeBlood: We talked about overcoming shame, the distinction between guilt and shame, common sources of shame across demographics,the shame spiral and its link to addiction, the…
- 2627: Tolerance is Overrated · 10 min · Episode 2627LifeBlood: Tolerance is often treated as an unquestionable virtue. But should it be? You get what you tolerate. That's true with your children, your relationships, your…
- 2626: Have You Asked? · 12 min · Episode 2626LifeBlood: When we see a big problem, what's our first instinct? Do we ask who should pay? Or do we ask who is best equipped to help solve it? This episode explores a simple but…
- 2625: Return Maxing · 12 min · Episode 2625LifeBlood: Most people believe success comes from doing more. More work. More saving. More exercise. More planning. More learning. But life doesn't reward endless effort…it…
- 2624: Achievement and Self-Worth · 12 min · Episode 2624LifeBlood: Should your self-worth be separated from your achievements? Maybe…but only if we're talking about outcomes. Money, promotions, awards, and recognition don't determine…
- 2623: That Which Feeds Me, Destroys Me · 12 min · Episode 2623LifeBlood: What if you lost everything tomorrow? Not your family. Not your health. Just...your stuff. Your house. Your furniture. Your closet. Your garage. Everything. What would…
- 2622: What If It Works? · 21 min · Episode 2622LifeBlood: Is getting what you want actually what you really want? We often imagine the moment of success without thinking about the life that comes after it. We picture the…
- 2621: Dust Off Your Cape · 12 min · Episode 2621LifeBlood: What if the hero you've been waiting for is you? This episode explores the timeless archetype of the reluctant hero, from Clint Eastwood's weary gunslingers to…
- 2620: The Right Frame · 10 min · Episode 2620LifeBlood: Why can two people experience the exact same situation and walk away with completely different lives? Because of the frame. This episode explores one of the most…
- 2619: Beating the House with Kit Chellel · 23 min · Episode 2619LifeBlood: We talked about the world of professional gambling, who the elite 1% of gamblers are, how they apply data science and technology to beat the house, what their mindset…
- 2618: Reimagining Deconstruction · 10 min · Episode 2618LifeBlood: What does it really mean to "reimagine" society? Anyone can criticize a system. Anyone can point out flaws. But building institutions, maintaining communities, and…
- 2617: Government Gangsters · 9 min · Episode 2617LifeBlood: Government exists for a reason, but what happens when it begins acting more like the very organizations it was created to stop? This episode explores the uncomfortable…
- 2616: Everything Compounds · 10 min · Episode 2616LifeBlood: Everything compounds. Not just money. Confidence or anxiety. Trust or resentment. Health or disease. Saving or spending. This episode explores why and how every day…
- 2615: Every Goal Pays · 9 min · Episode 2615LifeBlood: Every Goal Pays. But who's getting paid? A sports betting commercial inspired today's episode, and revealed a much bigger truth. Most people spend time, attention…
- 2614: Society's Thin Veneer · 11 min · Episode 2614LifeBlood: Society feels permanent, until history reminds us it isn't. Every generation inherits civilization twice: first as beneficiaries, then as stewards. The electricity…
- 2613: Conscious Caring with Dr. Tony Nader · 26 min · Episode 2613LifeBlood: We talked about the concept of conscious caring versus reflexive or obligation-based caring, the physiological and psychological benefits of caring, the importance of…
