Points of Failure
Points of Failure is a podcast about what actually goes wrong, and the part people don't want to look at.
Most conversations about failure happen after it's been cleaned up, framed, and turned into a lesson. This one starts at the breakdown and works backward. Through guest interviews and solo episodes, we examine the patterns behind failure in work, relationships, identity, and decision-making, with a bias toward what people are avoiding rather than what they're processing.
If you're noticing a pattern you can't explain away anymore, you're probably in the right place.
Questions, topic ideas, or guest suggestions: failurepointspod@gmail.com
Points of Failure
Latest Episodes
S4E29 - Carli Rosencranz
On this episode, we talk to Carli Rosencranz. Carli has a 25-year corporate career in CPG and retail. She is the Co-founder of 10X Impact Ventures. She is married with two teenagers, and is a "back of the pack" endurance athlete, co...
S4E28 - Circling
On this episode, I explore the cost of not choosing.Not as a character flaw, but as something that happens when we keep revisiting the same decision without ever making it.I talk about how avoiding commitment keeps us stuck in pot...
S4E27 - Social Atrophy
On this episode, I explore the idea of social atrophy.Not as a flaw in who we are, but as something that develops when we spend less and less time engaging with the people around us.I talk about how modern life makes it easy to wi...
S4E26 - Becoming the Partner You're Looking For
On this episode, I explore the idea of becoming the partner we want to find instead of focusing only on finding the right person.I talk about what it means to meet ourselves first, how relationships tend to expose the parts of us we have...
S4E25 - Transactional Relationships: A Follow-up
On this episode, I follow up on my conversation with Dustin about whether healthy relationships are transactional.I unpack why that word made me bristle, the difference between giving to get and giving freely while expecting reciprocity,...
Fan Mail
I agree with everything you said. Being nice is hard especially with people who just want to be mean. They can take your niceness and turn it around or against you. For me it was just easier to shut down and do or say nothing to keep the peace. Being nice to strangers was always easier than people we know. I've agreed to things over the yrs out of fear or just to be accepted altho it cost me. As I've aged, being nice is easy now because I can speak up if I dont want to do something or if I dont agree with something. In the nicest way possible☺️.
Phoenix, Arizona
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