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Have you ever INTENDED to do something, but didn't DECIDE to do it? Yeah, me too...

This is the 200th Podcast of O'talkin' with Dave. We are downloaded in 53 Countries, 413 cities around the world, and to me that is unfreakinbelievable!!!

I say things out loud that have helped and are helping me work through the maze of life more confidently, more efficiently, and that help to be more productive in finding why I am here.

Thank you for your feedback, your direction, and your patience…

So, join Dave for some talk about some things to remember for 2026:

• Freedom is not the absence of responsibility. It’s the result of owning it.
• Control is limited, but it is never zero.
• Resolve beats motivation every time.
• Home, Work, and Play must all be fed or one will poison the others.
• Time will not slow down to give you clarity.

1. Five Things to Start Doing Today - Not tomorrow. Today
2. Five Consequences of Doing Nothing

This is the moment. Not a dramatic one. A quiet, decisive one. 2026 doesn’t need a new you. It needs a committed you.

Choose:

• Freedom by owning your responsibilities
• Control by mastering your inputs
• Resolve by acting without applause

You don’t need permission. You don’t need perfect conditions. You need movement.

• Six months from now, you’ll either thank yourself or explain yourself.
• A year from now, your life will reflect your decisions, not your intentions.
• Ten years from now, you’ll remember whether you stood up when it mattered.

Do not wait for a sign. You are the signal. Start now...

Giddyup!!!

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Have you ever confused CHANGE with PROGRESS? Yeah, me too...

Progress is one of those words everyone nods at and almost no one defines. We confuse it with change, movement, and activity. But those aren’t the same thing.

Join Dave for some PROGRESSIVE talk about:

• Progress at Home, Work, and Play
• 5 Reasons Progress Matters in a Person’s Life or Career
• Progress Through the Lens of Freedom, Control, and Resolve
• 5 Negative Things That Happen When There Is No Progress
• 5 Benefits of the Right Kind of Progress
• Progress and the Power of Fewer Choices
• Steps Toward Progress That Actually Work

Progress is not dramatic. It doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t always feel good.

But it is honest.

Progress is the quiet decision to move forward without guarantees. It is the discipline of fewer choices, clearer direction, and steady resolve.

Progress doesn’t ask you to leap. It asks you to walk, consistently, toward something better.

And once you’re moving - even slowly, everything changes.

GIddyup!!!

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Have you ever heard the expression that "big boys don't cry" and "there's no crying in baseball" or any other negative connotation about showing genuine emotion? Yeah, me too...

That phrase didn’t come from nowhere. It was forged in fields, factories, foxholes, and family tables where men were expected to carry weight quietly.

Join Dave for some TEARFUL conversation around:

• The Evolution of Manly Emotion
• Five Events Truly Worthy of a Man’s Tears
• Why Tears Matter
• Tears as a Compliment
• Five Steps for Manly Men to Share Emotion Without Giving Up Manhood
• Five Observations About a Man’s Tears
• The Joy in a Man’s Tears

So maybe “big boys don’t cry” was never about strength. It was about silence.

But today, strength looks like this:

• feeling without fear
• sharing without collapsing
• standing tall while being honest

A good man doesn’t cry because he’s weak. He cries because he’s real.

And real men don’t lose their power when they feel. They finally use it well.

Giddyup!!!

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