Whistle While You Work

Whistle While You Work is a show where host Tobin Davies interviews people with inspiring and interesting careers. By listening to Tobin’s candid conversations with his guests, his listeners receive motivation and valuable lessons in subjects like leadership, business entrepreneurship, branding, innovation, lifestyle, and virtue.

Secrets to a Thriving Family Business | Pancho Gutierrez 02/12/2023

Secrets to a Thriving Family Business | Pancho Gutierrez Pancho shares insights on business, the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, transportation industry and more! tobindavies.com/podcast /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/25607871

Never Lose A Negotiation Again | Book Review of Never Split The Difference 02/05/2023

Never Lose A Negotiation Again | Book Review of Never Split The Difference This is a book review of Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss. After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss’s head, revealing the skills that helped him and his colleagues succeed where it mattered most: saving lives. In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles—counterintuitive tactics and strategies—you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life. Brittany's work: Tobin's work: /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/25830876

The Pandemic Mental Health Crisis | Jennifer Heggem 01/29/2023

The Pandemic Mental Health Crisis | Jennifer Heggem is a Licensed Professional Counselor who received her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Bethel University and her undergraduate degree in Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family from Northwestern College, both located in St. Paul, MN. Her passion in life is to help individuals succeed and live the best lives possible. Jennifer has spent several years working in organizations with individuals, couples, and families experiencing depression, anxiety, crisis situations, relational problems, life transitions, self-harm, substance abuse issues, and suicidal thoughts. Jennifer also previously worked as an educator for 10 years, working with children with behavioral issues, as well as learning disabilities, ranging from ages five to seventeen. Additionally, Jennifer has worked with several agencies counseling individuals who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Jennifer is also a provider for the New Ways for Families program, which is a structured parenting skills method intended to reduce the impact of conflict on the children in potentially high-conflict divorce and separation cases. It can be used whenever a parent or the court believes one parent needs restricted parenting time (supervised, no contact, limited time), at the start of a case or any time a parent requests it, including after the divorce. Jennifer’s approach is oriented towards Cognitive-Behavioral, Attachment, Family Systems, Solution-Focused, and Intimacy/Relational theories. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/25551903

Is The Majority Of Your Effort Worthless? | Book Review: 80/20 Principle 01/23/2023

Is The Majority Of Your Effort Worthless? | Book Review: 80/20 Principle Connect with Brittany at Connect with Tobin at Millions of highly effective people have become more successful by understanding the simple fact that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. All you have to do is identify the 20 percent that leads to 80 percent. This is a book review of the 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/25695006

Aspiring "Farmacist" Turned Software Engineer | Jacob Hampton 01/15/2023

Aspiring "Farmacist" Turned Software Engineer | Jacob Hampton shares with about his career journey. Check out more episodes of the podcast at /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/25467954

Double or Triple Your Income by Adopting the 12 Week Year 01/09/2023

Double or Triple Your Income by Adopting the 12 Week Year Tobin and Brittany Davies review the book "The 12 Week Year" by Brian P. Moran & Michael Lennington Learn more about Brittany's business Learn more about Tobin's business The guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeks Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies. The 12 Week Year creates focus and clarity on what matters most and a sense of urgency to do it now. In the end more of the important stuff gets done and the impact on results is profound. Explains how to leverage the power of a 12 week year to drive improved results in any area of your life Offers a how-to book for both individuals and organizations seeking to improve their execution effectiveness Authors are leading experts on execution and implementation Turn your organization's idea of a year on its head, and speed your journey to success. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/25453710

Building A Business After Traveling The World | Brittany Davies 01/01/2023

Building A Business After Traveling The World | Brittany Davies Founder shares with about her experience in study abroad, higher education and how she started /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/25453890

WELD Founder Austin Mann On Creativity In Community 02/17/2016

WELD Founder Austin Mann On Creativity In Community Austin has done everything from mow neighbors' lawns, to go on international photo shoots for companies like Apple. Believe it or not, Austin was already on his second business by the time he was 15 years old, and he hasn't slowed down since then. These days, Austin stays busy operating WELD, his growing co-working community that operates in Dallas and Nashville. Listen in as Austin and Tobin talk about how a supportive community can help accelerate growth and catalyze creative action, and more. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/4154347

Mental Wellness And Healthy Relationships With Jennifer Heggem 01/07/2016

Mental Wellness And Healthy Relationships With Jennifer Heggem How often do you think people focus on evaluating or improving their state of mental health? Probably not nearly as often as we think about our physical and nutritional health. Listen as Tobin chats with Psychotherapist Jennifer Heggem about relationships, quitting smoking, and the mental state of the general public. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/4061133

Snapchat Entrepreneur Shonduras (AKA Shaun McBride) 12/03/2015

Snapchat Entrepreneur Shonduras (AKA Shaun McBride) On this episode Tobin talks with Shaun McBride, the man known as Shonduras on his wildly popular Snapchat account. Shaun has built such a large and interactive audience that companies like Disney and General Mills pay him to feature their products in his fun and creative snap stories. Shaun love skateboarding, cereal, wiener dogs, highfives, and living life 100%. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/3994409

Hyper-Local Newsman John Garrett 11/18/2015

Hyper-Local Newsman John Garrett Listen to Tobin’s talk with John Garrett, the Founder and CEO of Community Impact. CI is a hyper-local newspaper that is distributed to 1.5 Million homes in 20 communities across Texas. John believes that everyone deserves to know what’s going on in their own backyard. Learn how he turned that belief into a thriving business in this episode of Whistle While You Work. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/3959856

Runaway Brides And Fitness Business With Jeff Davidson 10/28/2015

Runaway Brides And Fitness Business With Jeff Davidson Jeff Davidson is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Camp Gladiator, a fitness company that’s changing the way people work out and growing like crazy. Learn how a runaway bride on a TV show led to the start of a business that is successful in terms of both dollars AND social impact. Jeff offers up tons of great business and life insight on this episode of Whistle While You Work. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/3894626

CPA Turned BBQ Restaurateur Dusty Miller 10/14/2015

CPA Turned BBQ Restaurateur Dusty Miller Dusty Miller is a CPA turned restaurateur with a background as an auditor for a big four accounting firm, and as controller at a small publicly-traded oil and gas company. Dusty and the rest of the Miller family currently own and operate the "redneck trifecta" of Miller's Smokehouse and Millers Taxidermy & Processing. Dusty and I talk about the ins and outs of the business in the taxidermy studio while Dylan Miller and Tyler Carpenter sing in the other room as they hustle to keep up with the influx of deer season meat-processing business. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/3862193

Sharks, Hedge Funds, And Spear Fishing With World Record Holder Valentine Thomas 09/30/2015

Sharks, Hedge Funds, And Spear Fishing With World Record Holder Valentine Thomas Valentine is a professional spear fisher who has been featured in The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, and Outside Magazine. We talk about things like swimming with sharks, near death experiences, sustainable eating, and how she broke a World Record. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/3832588

The Rise of 22-Year-Old Fashion Entrepreneur Chelsey Nordyke 08/06/2015

The Rise of 22-Year-Old Fashion Entrepreneur Chelsey Nordyke Chelsey is a 22 year old Austin-based fashion designer and entrepreneur and the recent winner of Austin Fashion Week. We talked through some of the ins and outs of being a small business owner, and about how there is no time like the present to pursue your dreams. /episode/index/show/whistlepodcast/id/3720216

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