Dig to Fly

Karl Staib

Leaders need processes and systems to make good decisions. The Dig to Fly podcast interviews leaders (CEO, Authors, Enterpreneurs) so they share their best frameworks so you can make better decisions in your business.

“Developing the habit of mastering the multiple models which underlie reality is the best thing you can do.” Charlie Munger

I interview experts in their field so you can learn and apply their frameworks to your business.

Hi, I'm Karl Staib. The creator of the Dig to Fly method and author of Bring Gratitude. I struggled for years with making quality decisions because I didn't have a system in place. Once I developed routines that worked for my personality type that's when my business took off.

I hope you enjoy the podcast and if you have any questions just reach out at DigtoFly.com.

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Doing Less Better with Randi Roberts

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08/29/23 • 53 min

In this interview, you’ll learn about how our inner voices can hold us back. Randi Roberts is an executive coach who speaks from her truth. One of my favorite parts of this interview is when she talks about taking a step back from her planning, so she makes time to notice how she is making a difference. She explains how she uses this technique to do less better.

Highlights from the interview:

Randi Shares why speaking your truth will lead you to the right place.
Being in the moment during a conversation will help you get better outcomes.
Understanding what is true for you.
The shame of regret is a powerful tool to help you make better decisions.
Why she managers her career in two year chunks.
Building relationships that is about giving more than getting from others.
How her inner voice was holding her back and what she did to overcome this issue.
Why fear drives many of our decisions.
The importance of checking in with yourself to make a proper plan.
Digging into where you are at with your goal so you can make wiser decisions.
Sometimes it’s about doing less stuff, so you can do the important things better.
Thinking about where we want to be in our life.
Taking a step back in your planning so you are noticing where you are making the biggest difference.
Understanding the role that money plays in our lives.
What is the most common career struggle.
How to get out of our own way.
Why rejection should not bother us as much as it does.
How to make taking the risk easier next time.

You can learn more about Randi over at Randi Roberts Coaching. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn.

And as always, if you have any questions or want to submit a guest for the podcast that you think would be amazing, just reach out to me on the Dig to Fly website, and I’ll do my best to get them on. If you enjoy the interview, please take 30 seconds to rate the Dig to Fly podcast on your favorite platform. Thanks!

08/29/23 • 53 min

Design Your Future with Steven Gaffney

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08/22/23 • 48 min

In this interview, you’ll learn how to let out your emotional disturbances to move forward in your business. Steven Gaffney is a communication expert, speaker, and author that loves sharing his struggles so people can grow from them. I enjoyed the story about how he designed his future to grow his career and business.

Highlights from the interview:

Steven shares why he started his business.
Why he doesn’t subscribe to “feel the fear and do it anyway” methodology.
Being better after taking failure head on.
How Bill Clinton recovered from a terrible speech four years before he become president.
How to “Let It Out” so we can move forward.
Dealing with our ego, so we build a better relationship with ourselves.
What happened when he delivered a terrible workshop and how he grew from this rough experience.
Focusing on the present to improve our future.
Designing your future.
Seeing what you want in 3D instead of just 2D so it’s more likely to happen.
We are the product of the five people we surround ourselves with.
Learning how to believe in yourself.
Changing your inputs to get better output.
Embracing concepts that can help teach you to grow.
Why the blame game is a waste of time.
Turning yourself into a magnet to attract the right people to you.
Discovering what you love to do.
Asking yourself questions so you continue to focus on what you love to do.
How are you with criticism?
Making corrections requires having people that will tell us the truth.
What he did when he messed up an MSNBC interview.
Finding the right method that works for you.
You don’t want to put someone in a role just because they are good at it.
Resources you can use to help you grow your business.

You can learn more about Steven over at Steven Gaffney’s website. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

08/22/23 • 48 min

Expensive Pain with Terry Rice

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08/15/23 • 43 min

In this interview, you’ll learn about how powerful reframes can help you in business, so you can focus on what truly matters. Terry Rice is an entrepreneur, staff writer for Entrepreneur magazine, and consultant. One of my favorite stories is how he explains how losing his son at a very young age influenced his decisions.

Highlights from the interview:

Terry shares how he felt like he needed to climb the corporate ladder.
Why he felt disconnected in his corporate roles.
We dig into the fears of building a business.
How do we deal with all the pressures of a business.
Why a personal philosophy is so important to making decisions.
Why asking yourself, “How do you want to be remembered?” can be a powerful question to help you make better decisions for your future self.
How writing down the difficult things that you overcame in life can help you grow your career.
The idea of frontloading our skills.
How to focus on the little wins to help you improve your ability to get bigger wins.
How Stoicism has influenced his life.
Getting through the struggles and use it for growth.
The tool of reframing difficult moments.
Understanding other people so you don’t take rude behavior as personal attacks.
How do deal the experience when someone wrongs you.
Generating revenue that is aligned with the vision of your life.
Dealing with death in his family.
Building his confidence in his business.
Why he doesn’t get nervous before he speaks to a group of people.
How he is able to get over setbacks so quickly.
Studying people’s works (writing, talks, etc.) so you get coaches at every level.
Giving yourself the opportunity for success.

You can learn more about Terry Rice over at his website. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn and check out his articles over at Entrepreneur website where he is a staff writer. He also had a podcast called Launch Your Business.

08/15/23 • 43 min

How to Deal with Imposter Syndrome with Megan Flatt

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08/08/23 • 53 min

In this interview, you’ll learn about how to stay focused on your important work. Megan Flatt is an author and entrepreneur who wants to help people improve their focus. I really enjoyed the story of how she focused on what matters to her during the crazy pandemic times.

Highlights from the interview:

Megan shares her origin story.
Why she wanted to help people with their focus.
My son interrupts our podcast.
Her passion for Mama CEOs.
How the pandemic changed everything for her.
Pesky inner voices that cloud our judgment.
Shutting down her business and shifting her career.
How she fosters her relationship with her inner voice.
How her parents' expectations forged her personality.
Dealing with imposter syndrome.
Understanding the various slices that makes up our lives.
Using the different seasons in our lives.
Thinking in smaller chunks.
“You don’t have to see the full staircase to take the first step.”
How changing our schedules can help us accomplish our goals for a short amount of time.
Limiting certain activities when we are doing important work.
Saying “No” to important events that creates FOMO.
Crafting goals that help you get to where you want to be.
Creating an SOP that allows you to creat your operating systems for a specific period of time.
Tips on getting a goal accomplished.
The app she uses to track the time she uses doing each part of her business.
How to make a “To Do” list that actually works.
Why ranking our focus helps us learn about our focus and how to improve it.
Giving yourself permission to do the things that might usually make you feel guilty.
Most recommended book and podcast.

You can learn more about Megan over at Focus Sessions. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn. Check out her book Focused on Amazon.

08/08/23 • 53 min

The Fear of Being Wrong When Documenting with Adrienne Bellehumeur

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08/01/23 • 55 min

In this interview, you’ll learn about why we are afraid to document their processes at work. Adrienne Bellehumeur is a documentation expert and the author of the 24 Hour Rule. One of my favorite stories is why people are afraid to document their own work.

Highlights from the interview:

Adrienne shares how she got started in her current career.
Why documenting her processes didn’t come easy to her.
Why we learn best when teaching other people.
Her documentation superpower saved how career.
The reason we don’t remember things well after 24 hours goes by.
Building the documentation habit so you improve your memory.
The best way to document processes in a company.
Developing the discipline to document your processes.
Why we can’t live in a fast-paced world without making time for reflection.
The brain knows how to process information.
The need to see progress and why small wins matter so much.
The five steps to powerful documentation.
How to create documents that aren’t dry as toast.
Leveraging documents.
Why we are afraid to document our processes.
Why writers aren’t afraid of deleting the first draft of their writing.
Working on your own documentation in your company.
Why templates are important to getting the most out of documentation.
Improving client delivery.
Use what you know.
How to look for potential issues.
How documentation should drive action.
What to do within 24 hours of an important meeting.
Check out her book - 24 Hour Rule.

You can learn more about Adrienne over at Bellehumeur Company. You can also connect with her on LinkedIn. You can also check out her book the 24 Hour Rule (Amazong Link).

08/01/23 • 55 min

Stop Faking It with Greg Martin

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07/25/23 • 56 min

In this interview, you’ll learn about how you can set yourself up for success if you want to make the leap into entrepreneurship. Greg Martin is a podcaster, investment advisor, and career expert. One of my favorite stories Greg shares is when he talks about the question he asks himself to ensure he is on track.

Highlights from the interview:

Greg shares why he went back to finance when the pandemic crushed his business.
Learning to appreciate what he had.
Why he started a podcast.
Leaping into entrepreneurship and how he tried to set himself up for success.
The framework that helps him understand what he wants.
Making uncomfortable choices because it helped him go after what he wanted.
Money wasn’t the driving force behind his decisions.
Why our egos can help us take on difficult tasks that we might otherwise avoid.
You don’t appreciate your opportunities into you really get into it.
Growing our self-awareness.
When you are not afraid to talk to people about their jobs you can learn how to grow your own career.
Getting good at pattern recognition, so you can make improvements that helps you grow your skills faster.
Writing down something about your day to help you remember important parts of your life.
Going back through your notes will help remind you of the things you did in your life and career.
Not faking happiness and being someone you’re not.
Being honest with yourself.
Making lists can help you figure out what you really want.
Are you genuinely enjoying your career?
The power of self-reflection.
What is our happiness scorecard?
It’s hard not to doubt yourself.
Accepting our strengths and weaknesses.
Finding opportunities in a job change.

You can learn more about Greg Martin over at Lifetime at Work. You can listen to his podcast as well over at Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

07/25/23 • 56 min

Simple Framework for Habit Change

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07/18/23 • 25 min

In this episode, you’ll learn about how you can create a monthly framework to help you improve in a small sliver of your life. I call this the SOP Framework for Habit Change. Just the act of writing down how the steps of how I will change my brain’s operating system.

Here is the breakdown of what you’ll learn:

Why I created the SOP Framework for Habit Change.
Six main areas of your life that you can work on improving. (Health, Work/Career, Finance, Relationship, Personal growth, Hobbies.
Compound interest of improving in important areas.
The steps to the SOP Framework.
Why we create the SOP for a 30 day timeframe.
Why this framework helps you be more consistent with your actions.

07/18/23 • 25 min

Commit to Fewer Things with Jay Clouse

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07/11/23 • 48 min

In this interview, you’ll learn why committing to fewer things will help you grow faster. Jay Clause is an entrepreneur who helps creative entrepreneurs grow their businesses. One of my favorite stories is when he explains why he focuses on fewer things.

Highlights from the interview:

Jay shares why he wanted to be good at sports and he never was really good.
His internal motivation to be good at something.
Why he only does things that he can be competitively great at.
Committing to fewer things and extending his time horizon
Building on top of his strengths.
Saying “no” to things that don’t support his values.
Reminders that help him say “no” to more things.
Creating a feedback loop that helps you get to the heart of improving quickly.
Alexander Technique to help you with self-awareness.
What decisions he’s made that he struggles with.
His relationship with food.
Recognizing decisions that you are making or should make in your life.
How he uses a reflection process to grow his business.
What he does to keep himself accountable.
Why he thinks in experiments and how it helps him to grow his business.
The importance of celebrating wins and why it works so well.
Why he likes the tagline of the show Survivor.
He shares his values with us.
Treasure maps over funnels.
Working on understanding and letting go of his ego, so he can make better decisions.
Favorite book that he shares with people, podcast that helps him see things from a different angle, and favorite toy as a kid.

You can learn more about Jay Clouse over at his Creator Science website. You can also check out his podcast, Creator Science.

07/11/23 • 48 min

Getting Spiritually Fit with Colleen Wainwright

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07/04/23 • 53 min

In this interview, you’ll learn how to understand underlying habits to get to the heart of the issue. Colleen is a writer and vice president for a technology company. One of my favorite parts of this interview is the story of why she buys board shorts when she doesn’t feel spiritually fit.

Highlights from the interview:

Colleen explains why she is so stubborn.
How she uses failure to grow.
Widening our views.
Work is about communication.
Improving her listening skills so she builds better relationships.
How she developed her visceral understanding of other people’s perspectives.
Finding people that had different perspectives, so she could grow in different areas of her life.
Why she likes to think of herself as a kind person.
Why she asks herself, “How am I making things better?”
The reason she stopped blogging.
How she views the voice in herself.
Her spiritual advisor advised her not to meditate because she was using it as a crutch.
Where she feels most connected to God.
Breaking down a bad decision.
Her buying habits often occur because she is dealing with a common internal issue that she hasn’t processed.
How she created systems so she doesn’t waste her money buying something to feel better.
Self-awareness is vital to growth.
How she processes a dear friend who passed from cancer.
Asking herself tough questions to get to the heart of an issue.
Looking at the small reactions and habits so they don’t turn in big issues.
Getting honest about getting sick and being in pain.
Importance of having difficult conversations.
Letting the pain go.
What she will miss when she passes away.

You can learn more about Colleen Wainwright over on LinkedIn.

07/04/23 • 53 min

How Great Leaders Give Praise with Barrett Brooks

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09/05/23 • 61 min

In this interview, you’ll learn about how you can lead people from a place of empathy and make sure they understand your expectations on what they need to accomplish. Barrett Brooks is an executive coach and speaker. One of my favorite parts of this interview is when he explains how to lead an employee that is struggling, so they understand the expectations of the company and still feel cared for by the leader.

Highlights from the interview:

Barrett explains how investing in his mental well being was so important to improving his career.
How drinking played a major role in adjusting his path in life.
Being surrounded by mentor figures who were willing to invest in him.
Why we don’t feel worthy of leading others.
Why stepping into leadership opportunities was so important to improving how he handled his life.
Understanding the voice in our own heads so we can become more aware.
Being curious about the people around us.
Growing the positive perspective that helps you make better decisions.
Making time to process the pain so you can move on.
Getting to a place that helped him fully feel his past pain.
How much tolerance do we need to grow our relationships?
False expectations can turn into false assumptions.
Working in between therapy sessions.
Developing your empathy muscle.
Helping people show up in life even when they are having a difficult time.
Acknowledging and process things that went previously unacknowledged.
How journaling helps you deal with your pain.
The life-blood of company culture.
Understanding what you should share with employees and what you should share with them.
The myth of too much praise.
Why leaders woefully under express gratitude.
The three most powerful questions to build better relationships.

You can learn more about Barrett over at his website - Barrett Brooks. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

09/05/23 • 61 min

FAQ

How many episodes does Dig to Fly have?

Dig to Fly currently has 167 episodes available.

What topics does Dig to Fly cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Social Sciences, Science, Business and Careers.

What is the most popular episode on Dig to Fly?

The episode title 'Doing Less Better with Randi Roberts' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Dig to Fly?

The average episode length on Dig to Fly is 49 minutes.

How often are episodes of Dig to Fly released?

Episodes of Dig to Fly are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Dig to Fly?

The first episode of Dig to Fly was released on Oct 5, 2020.

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