Stuff I Learned Yesterday
About Stuff I Learned Yesterday
Stuff I Learned Yesterday is a podcast that aims to encourage, inspire, challenge, motivate, and improve the lives of those who listen to it. Stuff I Learned Yesterday is released each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each episode ranges from 5-15 minutes long and contain short stories based on real events and lessons learned by the hosts. Friday episodes are called the Friday Forum and are filled with inspirational and motivational thoughts submitted by Stuff I Learned Yesterday listeners. Submit your story for a Friday Forum episode by calling 304-837-2278, visiting our feedback page, or click on the Send a Voice Message button on the left hand side of this page.
496- Between Passion and Obsession
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I’m the first to admit I obsess on things, and sometimes my obsessions are not always healthy. My video game obsessions during my bachelor years, in fact, were particularly inhibitive. It goes all the way back to my college years when I would play multi-user dungeons or MUDs, a kind of text-based adventure game, until 4am on the then burgeoning internet, which connected one college campus full of nerds like me to others around the nation. Unfortunately, my gaming obsession caused me to neglect other important areas of my life, and my sophomore year was pretty much a waste. I graduated a semester late because of it. Read more…
495- The Elusive Side of Creativity
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I’m not prepared to be wrong. I was never built that way. As I said, my childhood, my jobs, my family, my new business, they’ve all been built around having the right answers and making sure to avoid mistakes. Read More…
494- Lessons from Podcasting
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Lessons from podcasting have taught me about community, passion, and having a hard work ethic. Allow me to share them with you. Read more…
493- Summertime Learning
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Parenting is hard. In fact, it might just be the hardest thing I do. Like most parents, I want to teach my kids to be responsible, caring, selfless, compassionate, honest, hard working, and confident. Kari and I set rules and boundaries in a way that we believe is best for them given their age, maturity, and well-being. Of course, we aren’t perfect so we don’t always get it right, but we do our best. Read More…
492- Friday Flashback: The Best Thing To Ever Come Out of Texas
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Today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday is a Friday Flashback. Friday Flashback episodes feature some of the most popular episodes of Stuff I Learned Yesterday. Today we go back to one of the earliest episodes. It originally aired on my 15th wedding anniversary. I’ve now been married 17 years and this episode tells the story of how it all began. It’s Stuff I Learned Yesterday Episode 44- The Best Thing To Ever Come Out of Texas. Read More…
491- Your Mission Trip, Should You Choose to Accept It…
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On our podcast we say that if you’re not learning, you’re not living. In our house we also say that if you’re not serving you’re not living. Read More…
490- Pardon the Disruption
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A couple of weeks ago, I found myself driving to The Frothy Monkey, a coffee shop in Nashville I’d never visited before. I was meeting Sarah, a film producer who had invited me to coffee via private message on Facebook. Sarah and I had spoken on twitter once but had never met in person. In fact, she came across my name by doing a search n Twitter for women filmmakers in Nashville. Read More…
489- Tools For The Real World
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Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Emilee O’Leary, my favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I share a lesson I learned from my dad about the importance of having the right tools to perform a task. Read more…
488- Cherishing the Moments
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Today I’m going to share the story behind one of the personal facts I shared earlier this season that involved a case of mistaken identity. The year was 1995. I was a 19 year old college student working part-time at the bookstore. By this time I had been at the bookstore for somewhere around a year, maybe longer. At this time I spent a lot of my time working at the back of the store. That’s where the Bible section was located as well as the machines that we used to stamp names on the covers of Bibles. Read More…
487- Friday Flashback: Leaping Lizards
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Today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday is a Friday Flashback. Friday Flashback episodes feature some of the most popular episodes of Stuff I Learned Yesterday. Today we take a trip back to an episode that originally ran on May 15, 2015. Hosted by former host, Mandy Wichert, this episode shares a lesson about tact and how to express what you know, without coming across as a know-it-all. It’s Stuff I Learned Yesterday Episode 219- Leaping Lizards. Read More…