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The Life of Try Podcast

What happens when trying becomes more important than getting it right?

The Life of Try is a personal growth and self‑help podcast about getting unstuck, navigating uncertainty, and choosing to try—even when it’s uncomfortable, inconvenient, or not your idea.

Hosted by Wynne Leon, the show explores how real growth, reinvention, and discovery often begin not with confidence or clarity—but with a single attempt. Through thoughtful interviews, reflective conversations, and real‑world case studies, each episode examines what it looks like to keep going when doubt shows up, plans fall apart, or life forces a change you didn’t ask for.

This podcast is for anyone who:

  • Feels stuck or uncertain about what’s next
  • Is navigating change, burnout, or reinvention
  • Wants to live more intentionally without pretending growth is easy
  • Believes progress starts by trying—again and again

The Life of Try isn’t about hustle or perfection. It’s about learning as you go, surfacing what matters, and sharing what you discover along the way. If you’re ready to surf the uncertainty, outlast the doubts, and step into your own try‑cycle, you’re in the right place.

Creating Lift: Leadership, Mentorship and the Courage to Keep Growing – The Life of Try: Personal growth, one try at a time.

What does it take to create “lift” in our work, leadership, creativity, and personal growth? In this episode of The Life of Try, host Wynne Leon talks with Bruce Dorey, PhD, mechanical engineer, coach, and author of Lift and A Whole New Way to Work, about how we learn, lead, mentor, and keep honing our craft in a rapidly changing world.Bruce shares why leadership, like aerodynamic lift, doesn’t exist inside one person alone—it happens at the intersection of a person and their environment. Together, Wynne and Bruce explore the importance of mentorship, craftsmanship, and passing down hard-won wisdom from one generation to the next. They discuss why modern workplaces often lose the beauty of the master-apprentice model, and how reclaiming that spirit can help us become better leaders, teachers, collaborators, and human beings.The conversation also dives into the role of AI, augmented reality, virtual reality, and immersive technology in productivity, creativity, flow, and resilience. Bruce explains how tools like AI can help us capture tribal knowledge, reflect on our work, build better habits, and continue improving our craft without needing a formal guild or large support system. He also shares how VR can support rest, reset, awe, play, focus, and a deeper sense of connection.From the Miracle on the Hudson to mountain climbing, from craftsmanship to the gig economy, this episode is a thoughtful conversation about leadership development, personal growth, mentorship, technology, awe, and the courage to keep trying.If you’re interested in how to become a better mentor, build resilience, use technology more intentionally, find flow, overcome burnout, or create more meaning in your work, this episode offers practical inspiration and a new way to think about growth.🔔 Subscribe to The Life of Try on YouTube for more conversations on: personal growth, creativity, reinvention, resilience, writing, and mindset.ABOUT MEHi, I’m Wynne Leon — host of The Life of Try, a personal growth and self-improvement podcast exploring resilience, reinvention, uncertainty, and the courage to keep trying.Through thoughtful interviews, reflective conversations, and real-life stories, I share insights to help you navigate change, get unstuck, and move forward with more intention.🌍 Website: https://wynneleon.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎥 Watch Next➡️ Brand Strategy for Humans with Nancy Martira➡️ Identity Before Strategy: How to Break Through Invisible Ceilings with Kevin Yoder ➡️ How to Embrace What Makes You Different | Finding Your Purpose with Kym Gordon Moore 🔗 CONNECT WITH ME:• Website:→ https://wynneleon.com/• Instagram:→ https://www.instagram.com/wynneleon/• Facebook:→ https://www.facebook.com/wynne.leon/ • Amazon: → https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B002IKWX14
  1. Creating Lift: Leadership, Mentorship and the Courage to Keep Growing
  2. Brand Strategy for Humans with Nancy Martira
  3. Identity Before Strategy: How To Break Through Invisible Ceilings with Kevin Yoder
  4. The Power of Looking At Your Life Through a New Lens
  5. How To Tell Relatable Stories About Life

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