About this podcast
Up Your Average is the “no nonsense” podcast made for interesting people who think differently. Learn to navigate your life with unconventional wisdom by tuning in to Keith Tyner and Doug Shrieve every week.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 107 episodes
- 107: 70 Years of Indiana Basketball Stories with Three IU Champions · 40 min · Episode 107"I've known him ten years longer than I knew my mother." How long have you known your oldest friend? In this episode, Keith Tyner swaps stories with Phil Byers, Jim Crews and Tom…
- 106: Championship Thinking with Three IU National Champions · 39 min · Episode 106"The only way you get confidence is you gotta earn it." Who taught you to think like a champion? In this episode, Keith Tyner sits down with Phil Byers, Jim Crews, and Tom…
- 105: How Unselfish Communication Keeps Conflict from Taking Over · 33 min · Episode 105"Most communication is selfish." What if the conflicts in your life are trying to teach you something? In this episode, Keith Tyner and Doug Shrieve talk about how they learned…
- 104: Who You Are When the Career Ends with MLB Pitcher Andy Benes · 29 min · Episode 104"I want people to see me, when my career was over, as a person." Could you introduce yourself without mentioning your job? In this episode, Keith Tyner and Phil Byers sit down…
- 103: What a Dog Costs You: Money, Time, and One Hard Goodbye · 29 min · Episode 103"There's an opportunity cost of time with having a dog." What is your dog worth to you? In this episode, Keith Tyner and Doug Shrieve sit down with Keith's son Caleb Tyner, a dog…
- 102: This Top Salesman Took an 86% Pay Cut to Pastor a Church · 35 min · Episode 102What would you give up for the work you were made to do? In this episode, Keith Tyner and Doug Shrieve sit down with Curt Edmondson, pastor of Emerge Church in Fortville…
- 101: The Giants Behind Gimbal: A Mom, a Mentor and a Trig Teacher · 36 min · Episode 101"None of us got to where we are today on our own accord." Who paved the way for your success? In this episode, Keith Tyner, Doug Shrieve and Keith's son Caleb Tyner name the…
- 100: He Wrote Every Student a Birthday Letter Every Year Since 1984 · 36 min · Episode 100Dan Stroup's handwritten birthday letters have followed his students from eighth grade into their fifties, and some of them have kept every one. Dan spent 41 years at Heritage…
- 99: Call It a House, Not a Home: Keith's Rule for Buying and Selling · 30 min · Episode 99Buying and selling, mortgage interest, and the case for calling where you live a house, not a home. Keith Tyner and his son Caleb Tyner compare 40 years of moving from place to…
- 98: Living Courageously with Keith's Daughter Kristen Hakalmazian · 37 min · Episode 98Living courageously is a choice. Keith's daughter has made it in a war zone, facing brain surgery at 24, and alone in cities where she knew no one. Keith Tyner and Doug Shrieve…
- 97: He Sold Everything and Moved to Costa Rica with Tony O'Neill · 37 min · Episode 97The road to someday leads to a town called Never. That warning moved Tony from Indianapolis to a surf town in Costa Rica. Tony O'Neill, founder of Highline Outdoor Group, runs…
- 96: Why the Crowd Is Always Wrong About Money with Don Murphy · 33 min · Episode 96The crowd follows the same biases into the same losses. Don names every one and shows how to catch yourself before the next mistake. Keith Tyner and Doug Shrieve sit down with…
- 95: How 10 Minutes a Day Can Change Your World · 26 min · Episode 9510 minutes is the one block of time nobody is too busy for. Doug set a stopwatch at a coffee shop table and beat it with 36 seconds to spare. Keith argues that our world shrinks…
- 94: Keith's Bobber Test for Hiring People You Can Trust · 33 min · Episode 94Choosing who to trust comes down to two qualities. Keith has used both to vet every professional in his life and he uses a fishing bobber to explain them. Most people negotiate…
- 93: The Feedback Loop That Cost Me 20 Sleepless Nights · 35 min · Episode 93Keith hired his first employee at thirty and got one thing badly wrong. He waited too long to say the hard thing, and it cost him twenty nights of sleep. Keith Tyner and Doug…
- 92: Just Because You Believe Something Doesn't Mean It's True · 32 min · Episode 92Keith and Doug learned the hard way that being sure of something and being right are two different things. This week, they name three things they believed for years, and none of…
- 91: Andy Benes and the Home Run That Gave Him Chills · 25 min · Episode 91Andy Benes gave up the home run that tied a playoff game, and three decades later it still gives him chills. The man who hit it was Don Mattingly, and Yankee Stadium came…
- 90: Freedom, Faith, and the Founding Fathers with Sabin Howard · 42 min · Episode 90America's founding fathers stepped into total uncertainty with no guarantee it would work. The only thing that gave them the courage to do it was faith. On this Fourth of July…
- 89: What Every Young Parent Needs to Hear Before the Baby Arrives · 33 min · Episode 89Before you assemble the crib and install the car seat, there are a few commonly forgotten questions you should ask. Keith Tyner and Doug Shrieve of Gimbal Financial cover the…
- 88: The Letter His Dad Never Got to Give Him · 1 h 30 min · Episode 88A legacy letter, a father's voice, and the question every child carries for the rest of their life without asking out loud. Blake Brewer, founder of Legacy Letter, joins Keith…







