Latest Performanceoptimization Podcast Episodes
Bonus: Two Home Runs, One at Bat
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - July 07, 2024 00:08 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsFull song included here! I challenged chat gpt and Suno to make a rap out of Eric Sogards message on my podcast!!! It smashed. Stream it here... I guess.
One Pitch at a Time with Eric Sogard
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - July 05, 2024 22:27 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsEric Sogard played at the highest level of Major League Baseball for twelve years. In that time his batting average was .246. For perspective, that is right around the league average. Throughout his career Eric was focussed on mindset He says, "baseball is a game of failure." Because a player...
Dr. Dale Hull: Neuroplasticity, Learning to Walk, and Mental Paralysis
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - June 09, 2024 01:38 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsDr. Dale Hull was an OBGYN in the middle of a successful career when he failed to complete a backflip on his backyard trampoline this resulted in neck-down paralysis and a four month hospital stay during this time, he was fortunate to have a significant amount of neurological recovery h...
What is Thought Design?
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - May 29, 2024 17:23 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsThe only thing we can control is the thought in our head right now. Really it's the only thing. So will you be intentionally about it? Or will you let the other voices in your head run your life? Thought Design is the deliberate choosing of your thoughts based on experience, research...
Bo's Childhood Exit Interview
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - July 30, 2022 01:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsBefore my kids leave home, I sit them down for an exit interview. What did we do right? What did we do wrong? Regrets? Things we're proud of. What do you think about your brothers and sister? Bo is a beautiful kid and the last 18 years have been absolutely wild. Something new every day. Ne...
Getting Out of Hell
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - June 06, 2022 15:33 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsHave you ever had a "rough patch" in your marriage? For me, the functionality of my marriage is directly proportional to my ability to function anywhere else. When I'm sideways with my wife, my mind is preoccupied by it, and I cannot achieve joy or peace. No joy, no peace, if that's not hell, th...
I asked my wife 7 Questions.
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - May 24, 2022 17:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsI'm afraid of stagnation... especially in my relationships... more especially in my relationship with my wife. Nothing scares me more than a situation where we find that the spark is so gone that neither one of us has the energy to reignite it. So I'm preemptively giving myself self-improvement ...
Essentials of Unity: Part 1 of 5
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - April 14, 2022 14:34 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsHow can we build unity with someone who isn't aware that a relationship even exists yet? First, we need to understand that a "Relation" is the basic unity of unit. As soon as you're aware of someone, you have formed a relation. Your choice to love someone, or hate someone, is YOUR CHOIC...
Mother's Day
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - May 10, 2021 15:41 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsI was asked to speak at our church for the Mother's Day service. Honest, I've never been so nervous to speak before. There are so many heartbreaks all around Motherhood... so that's exactly what I spoke about. The value of heartbreak. This is the audio from the talk... I added a little bit...
Heartbreak, what's it good for?
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - February 01, 2021 20:02 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsThis woman. How was she so magnetic that she STOPPED JESUS IN HIS TRACKS? Background. Just two days ago, Jesus road in Triumphantly, like a conquering hero, turned over the money-changer tables, and told them that Caeser’s currency wasn’t God’s currency. He stayed there at the templ...
Putting Jesus in front of Politics, Mark Mabry with Pastor Scott Sauls
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - January 13, 2021 20:04 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsWe're late. But it's about time. Time to start putting our brothers and sisters above our political ideology. But how? How can we righteously fight for our beliefs about how a society should operate AND maintain civility and love... especially among believers. A few weeks ago I read "A Gentle An...
A little Christmas message about Seeing
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - December 24, 2020 17:53 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsImagine it’s Christmas 2020. We all wake up in matching jammies and do stockings, breakfast, anticipation… and then mom and dad (you now) walk into family room to verify that Santa came. But the room is empty. The kids are around the corner bouncing, waiting for you to give the signal. ...
The Inn Keeper
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - December 14, 2020 21:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsThere was no room in the Inn, so Joseph made a spot for Mary to labor in a cave where the animals were sheltered. It was all the Inn Keeper could offer. Soon, Jesus was born. Maybe that night, Mary found the strength to take her baby outside to look at the sky. “Look buddy… see the stars?”...
How one man used status to show Jesus his love...
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - December 09, 2020 21:56 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsHi, welcome to the podcast. I’m mark mabry. Today i’d like to read and elaborate a little bit on a recent instagram post where I introduced a new piece of art that depicts the raising of a 12 year old girl from the dead. We’ll pick up with Jesus preaching in Capernaum. Jesus w...
Luke 4 Imagination Excercise
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - December 03, 2020 17:56 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsI did an instagram post with a big long caption recently... I thought it was great (; But my wife didn't like it as written, only when I read it to her. I think she was right. So I punched it up a little bit and added some to it. Thanks for listening... Mark
Bo's Comedy Breakthrough...
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - July 25, 2020 17:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsLast night I learned a lesson about value... here you go. Love, Mark
Beautiful, because He was there...
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - June 24, 2020 18:04 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsOne of the more plain truths of life is that things and people are more beautiful when they are touched by Jesus. When it comes to people, a soul lit by Christ is easier on the eyes and the ears and more approachable. Things touched by Jesus become magnetic and alive.
to be acted upon... a father's day thought
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - June 22, 2020 21:51 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsYesterday my dear friend, Mike, texted me. “Clare really wants to be a hair stylist, so naturally…” Clare is 5 years old ... continued Music by Clyde Bawden. Album: Life Song: No Regrets
Our ADHD experimental Home Remedy- 5 years later.
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - June 15, 2020 18:29 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsEveryone on earth, including medical professionals, were diagnosing my son Bo with ADHD. #nobrainer it was like diagnosing a sumo wrestler as "a little chubby". But Tara and I were hesitant to medicate him at such an early age (11 years). So instead with bought some microphones and begged for a ...
What next?
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - January 14, 2020 16:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsI took a little time off to do some digging... here is what I found. -mark
This Ain't The Same Old Prayer
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - December 31, 2019 17:08 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsA few months ago we moved to Nashville, in part, so my daughter could pursue her dreams of being a star in music. In the midst of the move we wrote a song that summarized the feelings and pressures of swinging big. Ava, 13, was sweet enough to sit down with me and dive deep into those feelings. ...
Living like it's Terminal
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - October 25, 2019 22:44 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsGet ready to live like you mean it. Meet Mandie Sherman @shermanmandie, currently surviving and living all-in with Cystic Fibrosis. Pay attention to her takes on marriage, child bearing, and kindness. I can't wait for your comments! @itsmabry
Falling on Your (and my) Face
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - October 14, 2019 14:46 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsSeveral months ago I wrote an instagram post entitled “falling on your face”. And now, this morning I find myself in a unique position of getting to take my own advice. Let me read the original post real quick and then I’ll elaborate. The value of falling on your face. I love the story of the ...
Pursuing a Goal without Being a Jerk!
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - October 09, 2019 17:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsThis one is a personal story with a personal lesson. I feel like it would be beneficial to share it here. Enjoy! Mark
Childhood Exit Interview with Mark Mabry III
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - September 13, 2019 14:25 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsThis week my son left home, but first I wanted to get his take on the last 19 years. What were his big takeaways? Where did I fail/succeed as a dad? How was his relationship with his siblings? I struggled with whether to publish this or just transcribe and keep it in my journal. It's a bunch ...
Pulling the Trigger
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - September 11, 2019 17:43 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsPulling the trigger. Sometimes it’s the toughest part of an otherwise sure shot. There are times we feel compelled to say something or do something that feels bold. Challenge a friend to change. Commit to a difficult course of action. Turn ourselves in. Or change our mind about something. The ...
Reverence vs. Respect
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - September 01, 2019 02:37 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsDo you think that parents had to shush their kids when Jesus ministered to children? I don’t. When a moment is especially heartfelt and the spirit is there, the kids naturally focus. Even babies. In other words, there’s a different between the social norm called “RESPECT" and the spiritual conce...
Hanging on through Break Down
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - August 26, 2019 19:40 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratings"We all break down" was how I started my instagram post this morning. I feel like the topic deserves some elaboration. If you'd like to see the original post, please find me @reflectionsofChrist on Instagram.
The Spirit of a Creation
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - August 23, 2019 14:55 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsWhat does your work say when it lands on your audience? Does a meal taste better when it's made with love? Does art hit you harder when it was created in a certain spirit? Does a book speak more loudly when it was written with inspiration? Yes. BUT only to the right audience. I believe the...
Making Mistakes vs. Leading Astray
Thought Design with Mark Mabry - August 22, 2019 15:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 145 ratingsWhen was the last time you were steamed at a leader of your church, company, family, or team? It might be worth taking a moment to ask yourself this one simple question. This episode was inspired by Professor Anthony Sweats new book entitled "Seekers Wanted" Enjoy Mark
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