Send us a text

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!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

Send us a text

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!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

Send us a text

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!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

Send us a text

Have you ever gone to the grocery store without a shopping list and came home without something that you need? Yeah, me too...

Every year starts with hope, ambition, and at least thing that we give up on by February. And every year, most people don’t fail because they lack motivation. They fail because they never chose what actually matters.

Join Dave for a TO-DO List that Matters:

• Why This Matters
• Ten Things I’d Like to Accomplish This Year
• What Most People Actually Want
• Five Criteria for Choosing Your Top Ten
• The Cost of Having No List
• Five Benefits of a Top Ten List (Especially One That Includes Laughter)
• How to Invite More Laughter in 2026

You don’t need a perfect plan. You need direction.

You don’t need more pressure. You need more presence.

Write the list. Live the list. Laugh while doing it.

And when the year ends, don’t ask, “Did I get everything done?”

Ask, “Did I live well, laugh often, and move forward with courage?”

That’s a year worth repeating.

Giddyup!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

Send us a text

Have you ever know people who couldn't or wouldn't make a decision? Yeah, me too...

Every day starts the same way. Not with answers. With choices.

Make the CHOICE to listen to Dave's words on:

• Five Ways to Choose Effectively
• Five Results of Letting Life or Others Choose for You
• The Benefits of Taking Control of Your Choices
  • Clarity – Even hard paths feel lighter when chosen intentionally.
  • Momentum – Decision creates movement; movement creates confidence.
  • Peace – Not because it’s easy, but because it’s yours.
  • Resilience – You recover faster when you own the path.
  • Freedom – Real freedom, not the kind that waits on permission.

You don’t need perfect options. You need ownership.

You can choose courage and kindness.
Boundaries and compassion.
Rest and effort.
Truth and love.

Life will always present the questions. But the answers are yours.

Choose your course. Choose again when needed.

And never forget: A chosen life is a powerful life.

Giddyup!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

Send us a text

Have you ever met someone that was so afraid of CONFLICT that they missed out on LIFE? Yeah, me too...

Here’s the uncomfortable truth most of us spend a lifetime dodging - Life isn’t about avoiding conflict. Life is conflict management.

Join Dave for some thoughts on:

• Conflict Is the Price of Meaning
• Every Arena That Matters Has Conflict Baked In
• Five Areas Where Conflict Is Constructive and Necessary
• Five Ways to Address Conflict (Even If You Hate Conflict)
• Five Dangers of Avoiding Necessary Conflict
• Five Benefits of Embracing Necessary Conflict

Life isn’t asking you to seek conflict. It’s asking you to stop running from it.

Freedom comes from facing what binds you. Control comes from managing what you can influence. Resolve comes from staying standing when things push back.

The life you want isn’t on the other side of comfort. It’s on the other side of the conflict you’ve been postponing.

And you’re more equipped than you think...

Giddyup!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

Send us a text

Have you ever been told that someone is "A GOOD PERSON" and you know better or you have trouble trusting people because you've been BURNED? Yeah, me too...

We throw the word good around like it’s obvious.

• Good person.
• Good man.
• Good woman.
• Good Christian.
• Good leader.

We say it with confidence, as if everyone agrees on the definition.

Join Dave for some GOOD WORDS about:

• Judging Goodness
• Five Qualities of a Good Person
• Five Ways a Good Person Responds to Life
• Five Qualities of a Bad Person
• Why Good People Matter

Being a good person isn’t about being liked. It’s about being solid.

It’s about becoming someone others can lean on when life gets heavy. Someone who makes rooms calmer, not louder. Someone whose presence feels safe.

Surround yourself with good people. They will sharpen you, steady you, and call you higher.

Because in a world full of noise, confusion, and shortcuts...good people still change everything!

Giddyup!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok

Send us a text

Have you every reviewed your email inbox and it was like a trip down memory lane? Yeah, me too...

Join Dave for a few dozen emails with feedback, questions, and some REVIEW of topics that people found helpful...

Giddyup!!!

Email David@Otalks.com or OWD@Otalks.com for comments, questions, or ideas for content on an upcoming O'talkin' with Dave podcast. Otalks.com

Check out OtalksOfficial on Instagram and TikTok