Life's Learning Curve
Paul Hardt
Storytelling: How we became us! We take a look backward & find ourselves negotiating our LIFE EXPERIENCES, discovering life's various tones -comedy, drama, and nostalgia. Our podcast offers imagery of a documentary recreation, but for audio. Life happens in a heartbeat. Let's learn, thrive and love from our experiences while we're here. Cheers!
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Just Like Riding a Bike
Life's Learning Curve
10/13/21 • 38 min
This episode presents Paul’s life adventures peddling a two-wheeler. -Just recently, riding his bike put Paul in a satisfied state of mind. Mentally Paul felt 18 years old again. Soon Paul began to assume he looked that way as well. Feeling healthy and upbeat, Paul I stopped to let traffic pass. As he did, he glanced up and saw himself in the reflection of a local bakery. “Who is That???!?!?!? Oh, no! That’s an old guy. That’s ...ME. What happened?” Time happened. “I thought growing older would take longer?!?” Therefore Paul can say this: Life is just like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it, but just don’t expect yr mental image to match your true to life physical image! -Paul reveals his life’s adventures some great people and unforgettable journeys from the seat of his bicycle. Do not regret growing older. It’s a privilege denied to many. -Just like riding a bike eh?
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Eastern Nights
Life's Learning Curve
08/15/20 • 47 min
Freshman year at a downstate university. Paul’s friends told him how lucky he was to be going away and NOT having to go to a local community college. But something happened, things didn’t turn out like he thought they would. It was 1976, and the mid midwest was headed for its most hot and humid fall ever. Life threw Paul several unexpected life-changing learning curves which almost took him out for good. -So Life’s Learning Curve packs up their hotplates & mini fridges & travels downstate for freshman year. It’s those unexpected things in life, where you learn to sink or swim. Making changes & adjustments in life are the components of a person's true character.
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Torqued
Life's Learning Curve
03/28/20 • 40 min
Torqued people, are people who overreact. In this podcast episode we meet Tad, a savy landscaper / businessman who has never launched a successful business. Why? Tad overreacts to customers, employees and just about everyone else he encounters. Tad meets his match when he meets an attorney named Dennis, who calms Tad’s inner angry-child. Also we meet a child named Keisha who is entitled & given whatever she desires by her parents. Her story unwraps & unravels at school. When Keisha doesn’t get her way, her mother transforms into a huge problem for teachers & administrators. Torque away!
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Wildwater Doc
Life's Learning Curve
12/03/20 • 28 min
On this episode: Steve, Paul’s college friend, shares the accomplishment he and his family felt when taking a whitewater rafting excursion overnight in West Virginia. After Steve retells a few rafting adventure stories, Paul and Steve realize that the elements of the rafting trip might easily synthesize into a motivational video from the perspective of living your best life ever. Plans begin for Paul & Steve to return to West Virginia and shoot a video at the same place Steve had his unique experience. However, communication became hinky and, the motivational video remote began to appear unstable. Paul reflects on why MENTORS and like-kind people are essential for diversity and career advancement. Mentors can actually make your life ‘jump’ and move up to another staion in life. Did Paul actually use his mentors for advice? Once again THANKS to my current mentor Clay Greager!
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Irreplaceable
Life's Learning Curve
05/11/20 • 31 min
Paul was just 5 years old when his grandpa was age 64, yet they were the best of pals. They frequently spent quality time with one another and often went on adventures into the real world of a small Illinois town. Retired, Paul’s grandpa was going thru a phase in his life where he had time. He had gone through two terrible wars, a financial depression, & supported his nuclear family, as well as his own family. Now it was his time. He invested that time with his young grandson: Steam tractors, building things, demonstrating honesty & humility, as well as chuckling while drawing silly cartoons. “That’s NOT the man I grew up with,” commented Paul’s mom. So what happened? How did this once stoic, serious & stern man transition into such an Irreplaceable part of Paul’s life?
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The Learning Curve of Life
Life's Learning Curve
04/17/20 • 29 min
We cannot travel back in time and add-on to our experiences from many years ago. Or can we? -We live day by day. Then as time passes, a change begins... We begin to reflect about what we once did, at THAT MOMENT our life morphs into stories of how things used to be. We begin to see with greater perspective as we retell our past; this time leading from our hearts. Join Kevin, an old ice cream truck, Wilk and Heidi understanding respect & unconditional love.
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The Milt Shuffle
Life's Learning Curve
12/27/20 • 31 min
Alternate title: BURNS MALTS.... Paul remembers being told: ‘It’s a nice day outside. Why don’t you go out & enjoy it?” He heard this phrase throughout his years as a child from local pharmacist Milt Burns. Burns Drugstore made the world’s BEST MALTS and people of all ages flocked there to taste the thick, ice creamy goodness in a tin. Milt Burns seemed to not fully understand or appreciate the money-making power of his soda fountain within his own pharmacy. Also luring people inside were sundries, prescriptions filled, hot roasted peanuts, 10 cent candy bars and comic books, Yet Milt shuffled kids out of the store before they bought anything at all. Was it that Milt hated the soda fountain, kids, or something else? The answer is finally revealed in today’s episode. Also: Keep an eye out for a padlocked park named old Maroon Field as well... A kite flier’s paradise! SO, WHY WERE PAUL & HIS FRIENDS CONSTANTLY BEING SENT OUTSIDE OF THE LOCAL DRUGSTORE? Here at LLC podcast we like to take a look back on our lives and discover how we became the best version of ourselves
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The Other Me
Life's Learning Curve
11/17/20 • 29 min
Same time each year it happens: Paul goes in search of his “other me.” The one from decades earlier that dreams, writes, produces, makes effective use of time, creative projects and self-evaluates. -Many years ago, Paul set a course for himself, his destiny and life goals, but something got in the way...Life. Day to day life happens to all of us and usually steers us off of our desired course. Unwilling to let go of his dreams from decades ago, this podcast shares Paul’s stories about the importance of stopping, stepping aside, stepping away and having that self-renewing chat with yourself. Find your other me. season 2 episode 35
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Silent Writing: A Legacy
Life's Learning Curve
09/07/20 • 37 min
Why did Paul create THIS podcast -Life's Learning Curve? A combination of things: A former student named Sean, Paul's daughter Heidi, some fast food and a car's satellite radio service all synthesized into LLC. It was as if Paul had been rehearsing it for 35 years! Find out why. LISTEN to this one!
'WHISKEY DOCS' podcast appears on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, & almost everywhere podcasts are heard. Thx to Dr. Trace McClintock!
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Found Value: 2020
Life's Learning Curve
12/10/20 • 36 min
In studio 502, join our guest Heidi Hardt and Paul as they weed thru some of the best parts, of arguably, one of the worst tramatic years in US history. From quarantining while working at home, to making creative uses of free time and blogging, Heidi maintains a strong sense of humor as she shares some highs and lows. In our podcast's two year run so far, our purpose has been to use storytelling to help us find and pin down the best us we could be.
Today’s episode Found Value: 2020, is different. The past 10 months have left many of postponed, locked down, quarantined and id’ as non-essential or essential workers in our careers. That right there is a psychological evaluation in the making. Will she find value in this mess???
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FAQ
How many episodes does Life's Learning Curve have?
Life's Learning Curve currently has 93 episodes available.
What topics does Life's Learning Curve cover?
The podcast is about Stories, Learning, Motivation, Society & Culture, Wondery, Story, Drama, Personal Journals, Mentor, Comedy, Documentary, Self Help, Podcasts, Discovery, Nostalgia and Life.
What is the most popular episode on Life's Learning Curve?
The episode title 'Just Like Riding a Bike' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Life's Learning Curve?
The average episode length on Life's Learning Curve is 33 minutes.
How often are episodes of Life's Learning Curve released?
Episodes of Life's Learning Curve are typically released every 20 days, 20 hours.
When was the first episode of Life's Learning Curve?
The first episode of Life's Learning Curve was released on Jan 3, 2019.
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