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Passionately Wrong Podcast

This is the Passionately Wrong Podcast, where we challenge your assumptions, offer different perspectives, and help you make better decisions

My co-host Randy Surles and I are hard at work recording episodes. We will start releasing them soon, so stay tuned!

We've all encountered people who are passionate about their views. Often, it seems they are just as passionately wrong. If we’re honest with ourselves, I think we’d all agree that sometimes we are among those passionately wrong people.

How can we recognize when we’re wrong? And then what do we do? More importantly, how can a former Green Beret and a former S&P 500 General Counsel help?

This is the Passionately Wrong Podcast, where we challenge your assumptions, offer different perspectives, and hopefully help you make better decisions.

We'll discuss various topics from work, fitness, the military, and living overseas, but whatever we talk about, you can be sure that we will try and give a balanced view and not be passionately wrong.

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Podcast Episodes

E000: Introductions - Who are James and Randy? - Passionately Wrong Podcast
We were high school buddies who spent much of our pre-college years living in a number of foreign countries and then went in two different directions. James finished college, went to law school and business school, and went on to work as a lawyer…
E001: Does Hard Work Guarantee Success? - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Key takeaway: No, hard work does not guarantee success. But if you apply your efforts correctly, hard work can significantly increase your chances of success.Think of hard work as doing your best whenever you can. Hard work is a realistic requir…
E002 What Makes You Competitive at Work? - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E002What makes you Competitive at Work?Key takeaway: Be positive and a team player. Knowledge and skill in your business are important, but so is working well with others.Topics covered in this video:Be positive…
E003: How to Be Rich - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E003How to be RichKey takeaway: You can get rich by anyone’s definition with a modest salary, and you can be poor despite making a tremendous salary. Your starting conditions don’t determine where you end up beca…
E4: When Certainty Kills - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E004When Certainty KillsKey takeaway: No one is perfect. Do good pre-mortem planning, listen to others, have contingency plans, accept criticism, and learn from your mistakes.Topics covered in this video:Open yo…
E5: Don’t “Work From Home” Yourself Out of a Job - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E005Don’t “Work From Home” Yourself out of a JobKey takeaway: There are both benefits and disadvantages to working from home. The biggest disadvantage is that the worker becomes an input that can be interchangeab…
E6: What is the US Military For? - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E006What is the US Military For?Key takeaway: Our military is one of the only worldwide military power that is not used domestically. As such, the decision to use them and how to use them is a political decision.…
E7: How Can You Be More Productive in Life and Work? - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E007How Can You Be Productive in Life and Work?Key takeaway: Find ways to save time, schedule your time wisely, and then use your time wellTopics covered in this video:You don’t have to use technology; a piece o…
E008: Why Should You Worry About Staying Fit? - Passionately Wrong Podcast
Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E008Why Should You Worry About Staying Fit?Key takeaway: Just show up! It might be the most important thing you do to live your best life.Topics covered in this video:Fitness is about setting healthy patterns fo…