How to Try Again
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4 episodes265: How to Try Again, with Steve Kamb
Steve Kamb, author and guest, discusses this book about navigating failure. He explains it grew from a modest premise (recovering from failed New Year's resolutions) after personal hardships—cancer, divorce, and severe traffic loss at Nerd Fitness—became source material. The book argues failure is something that happened, not a character flaw, and presents the PACT framework (Pause, Accept, Change, Try). Hosts praise its accessible language and compassionate tone.
253: How to Try Again by Steve Kamb
Mike and Corey give a full chapter-by-chapter review of Steve Kamb's book on failure and resilience, structured around a PACT acronym framework. They find its compassionate orientation—'help them fail with more compassion'—distinctively different from typical productivity books. Both praise the blend of personal memoir and practical strategies, the chapter-end key-insight summaries, and the core message about trying consistently over time. Both rate it five stars and recommend it to anyone dealing with setbacks.
259: Nobody's Perfect, with Kathy Campbell
Mike received an advance copy of How to Try Again from author Steve Kamb (founder of Nerd Fitness) after meeting him at Craft & Commerce; the book is now publicly available. He describes the first chapter as covering Kamb's many failures, including firing himself from his own company twice. Though not far into it yet, Mike calls it a self-deprecating, easy, fun read about picking yourself up and trying again—not a standard productivity book.
251: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
Announced as a future book for the show. Written by Steve Cam, founder of Nerd Fitness, whom the host met at Craft & Commerce conference where Cam was handing out pre-release copies and signing them. Described as addressing how to cope when life becomes chaotic and how to regain footing and move forward. The host notes prominent endorsements and considers it a fitting subject for the show.
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