Risking Failure

So happy to introduce our amazing guest this week, whom without this podcast would not be possible – literally. Mr Colin Dobson is Dobbo’s Dad and is our wise master for two amazing episodes of Risking Failure. We cover a lot of ground here folks, and Colin’s insights and wisdom gives a perspective from the […]

In this episode, we listened back to a podcast discussion from one of our favorite shows On-Being, featuring guest Paulo Coelho, the author of the Alchemist. You can check out the conversation from August 14, 2014 with Krista Tippett (host of OnBeing) right here. It’s called “The Alchemy of Pilgrimage”. We reflected on the fact that […]

In this episode, we discussed an episode of The Good Life Project with Jonathan Fields, specific to a discussion with Jessica Lahey, author of “The Gift of Failure”. This episode on The Good Life Project was hosted on August 10th, 2015 and can be found RIGHT HERE What happens when parents (or teachers or coaches, family […]

This week, we talked about a podcast episode from the Tim Ferriss show from August 26th 2015 called “How to Build a World Class Network”. Now listen up – this is a new avenue that we’re starting to play with on the show. It’s kind of like a podcasting book club. Each week, we’ll be […]

So the project that we’re working on here at Risking Failure is going to begin to take a very slightly different path. The idea remains the same, but we’re going to try out a slightly new approach that involves you the listener, and knowing about topics a little in advance of each episode… More about […]

In this episode, we covered multiple topics. Starting with the issue of Decision Fatigue – specific to food. Mick shared a recent experiment regarding lunch time meals, and how the decision fatigue can be such a crippling issue when it comes to diet in particular. “I can never decide what to eat, so it becomes […]

In this week’s episode we’re joined by our friend and guest Bronagh. Our topic was the subject of telling the truth, and the challenges of telling the truth – and whether it really sets you free. We explored “little white lies” that we all tell, from time to time. “I’ll be there in 10 minutes”, […]

This episode ties partly with an episode of the Tim Ferriss show that both of us listened to, and compared notes on afterwards. Here’s a link to that episode if you wish to listen to it first http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/05/20/google-x/ Of all the world views that we carry with us through the world, what we think about […]

In this PART 2 discussion with Australian Memory Champion Tansel Ali, we hit record after a couple minutes of finishing Part 1. As we began to debrief the actual episode and settle into a relaxing conversation, it got really interesting. So we hit record and captured it! If you haven’t yet listened to Part 1, then […]

Our guest this week is Tansel Ali – 3x Australian Memory Champion, Author & Speaker/Consultant. This is actually Part 1 of our chat with Tansel, so make sure you check out part 2 which gets really in-depth on other topics! Tansel is often referred to and well known for memorizing the Sydney Yellow Pages, an exercise that […]

– How do we develop our capacity to endure struggle?– Is “hope” really a function of struggle?– Does perseverance come from struggle?– What does it mean to endure long term, life changing struggle such as death, sickness, war and loss versus difficult times at work, financial challenges or learning a new skill? Is it all […]

What does it take to REALLY change your patterns and habits of life? How do you really make a change in your relationships, your job, your business, your friendship circle, living situation? Dobbo lead us into this topic with an interesting perspective from a time in life when he was in the middle of a […]

Finally! Our first LIVE EVENT! (Firstly, sorry for the delay in uploading… Mick just had too much hammock time back home in Aus!) On Feb 6th on a gorgeous Friday night, we gathered at Base Studio’s in South Melbourne to bring the podcast project to life! No more of this “living on the other side […]

ANNOUNCEMENT!: If you are accessing this episode in real time (Jan 2015), then we’d LOVE to see you at our first live event on Friday February 6th 2015 at 7pm. The event is at “The Base Studio’s” at 7 Yarra Place, South Melbourne Victoria 3205 (www.thebase.com.au) – There will be some drinks/socializing in the lounge […]

ANNOUNCEMENT – If you’re downloading before Feb 2015, then save the date on Friday February 6th for our exciting first Risking Failure Event! It will be hosted in Port Melbourne at 7pm, with venue currently being finalized. PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU ARE COMING so we can make sure we pick the right venue.. This […]

ANNOUNCEMENT!! We have our first event coming up on FRIDAY FEB 6th!! (We know – We did first talk about Feb 7th, and even announced it as Feb 7th a short time ago, but we’ve had to change it due to circumstances beyond control.) – WE NEED YOUR HELP! Let us know if you’re coming […]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and THANK YOU for being a part of this project in 2014! It’s been our first full calendar year, so in this episode we revisited an earlier episode about “Goals”, last years “New Year Plans” and more… If you’ve been following along, then much of this will make […]

How do you know when you should quit, when you should already have quit and at what point to quit something in the future? This week, we talked about the fear of doing something (for years) that was destined for “average”, and the fear of wasting away a decade or more of your life working […]

In this week’s conversation, we explored a topic that quite honestly should have come up a LOT earlier! The angst we carry through almost every moment of our day is not only crippling at times, but can often feel “lame” that we have the feeling in the first place. Could this be an experience that […]

In this week’s show, Dobbo “had a little chat” with Mick about how the fixed and consistent weekly upload pattern has dropped off? Why? What’s been going on? Is Risking Failure dropping in priority? We talked about what might seem like the topic of “overwhelm” which we’ve covered before – but it was actually more […]