Lessons in Grace

Philip "Lecco" Morris is a musician, composer producer, poet and aspiring Adirondack 46er.  In this edition of Failing Better, Lecco shares a lesson in grace learned in a harrowing night  in the Adirondacks.  Near the end of our conversation, Lecco reference a video of a resilient little girl learning to jump on a bench. Here's the video. It will make your day.      

Musician, composer, poet, producer and aspiring Adirondack 46er Philip "Lecco" Morris shares a tale of a harrowing night in the high peaks that led to a lesson in grace.  That's next on Failing Better. 

    Failure is something athletes face every day of their careers. Every stroke, every swing, every race is a lesson in failure and success. This week we talk with LPGA champ and CBS sports broadcaster Dottie Pepper about preparation, goals, flexibility and the role of failure in the life of an athlete. Pepper's new book about her mentor, George Pulver, is called Letters to a Future Champion.  In this episode, Pepper references Anne Lamott's book, Bird by Bird.     

Failure is something athletes face every day of their careers. Every stroke, every swing, every race is a lesson in failure and success. This week we'll talk with LPGA champ and CBS sports broadcaster Dottie Pepper about preparation, goals, flexibility and the role of failure in the life of an athlete.

 Rex Smith, editor-at-large of Hearst's Times Union newspaper opens up about one of his earliest newsroom failures, the challenges of dealing with failure in the very public sphere of journalism, and navigating through the fast paced technological changes in media today.    **Note: Smith recently announced his retirement from the Times Union. This interview was conducted prior to that announcement.**

Rex Smith, editor-at-large for the Hearst newspaper, The Times Union, shares one of his earlier failures, and his thoughts on what it takes to handle failure in the very public sphere of journalism.  Next on Failing Better.

    What is your obligation to the people to your first fans, and your early work? If you change, are you selling out, or growing? And what even is failure anyway?  This week on Failing Better, chef, entrepreneur, musician, and two time Food Network Chopped champ, Ric Orlando dishes about failure in and out of the kitchen, and on the price of popularity.  You can learn more about Ric at Ricorlando.com, where you can also get recipes and  shop for his new line of spices.   Share your thoughts, pitch us a guest or tell us your own story of failure at [email protected]  

  This week on Failing Better, chef, entrepreneur, musician, and two time Food Network Chopped champ, Ric Orlando dishes about failure in and out of the kitchen, and on the price of popularity.  Join us for failing better at failingbetterpodcast.com, or on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  Share your thoughts, pitch us a guest or tell us your own story of failure at [email protected]  

  "Yippee!" is probably the last thing you want to yell when you encounter failure.  Your exclamations are probably more of the four letter variety. But Kat Koppett wants you to at consider celebrating failure and on this first episode of Failing Better, she'll tell us why.  Koppett is a trainer, facilitator, improvisor, applied improv expert and eponymous founder of Koppett, where she's traveled the world teaching improv and creativity to companies like Facebook, Apple and JPMorgan Chase. She's also one of the forces behind the MopCo Improv Theater, a leading force in the Upstate New York improv scene.   You can hear some great discussions about failure and other improv topics, check out Kat's podcast, Dare To Be Human.  Also on this episode:  Mary shares one of her greatest public failures.  Spoiler alert-- it involves goats.     

Kat Koppett has traveled the world teaching companies like Apple, Facebook and JP Morgan Chase how to use improv for creativity. She's a teacher, presenter, coach, mentor.  She'll join us next on Failing Better.