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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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

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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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

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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In Pete's version of an episode about running, he noodles with Jen about the idea of cadence, and how to break our routines projects into smaller steps.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What does "cadence" mean, and how might we apply the idea to our everyday lives?
• Why is it better to not rush to the finish line, either while running or working?
• How might we return to the basics in our work and creative processes?

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Jen shares a framework with Pete for thinking about many different perspectives at once, as opposed to sticking with the first perspective you might think up.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• How might you choose to believe in a perspective that is most beneficial to yourself?
• Why is considering many different perspectives a version of sonder?
• How might we broaden our idea of multiple perspectives in order to increase our level of empathy for others?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).

After a small existential crisis, Pete asks Jen how he might tell the difference between being competent or complacent.

Specifically, in this episode Jen and Pete talk about:

• What is the relationship between boredom, competency, and complacency?
• How might the repetition of a workshop, keynote, or show create an illusion of complacency?
• Why is having a coach, mentor, or trusted friend important in the viewing of your own work?

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Learn more about Pete's work here (https://humanperiscope.com/) and Jen's work here (https://jenwaldman.com/).