{"podcast":{"title":"In The Arena With DoorTwo","slug":"in-the-arena-with-doortwo-7549574","podcast_index_feed_id":7549574,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/in-the-arena-with-doortwo/","website_url":"https://doortwo.com/podcasts/in-the-arena/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9aeef3b0-0150-4b95-b973-50eee3a5c66d/Podcast-Artwork-Final-smaller.jpg","author":"DoorTwo","episode_count":21,"summary":"All growth starts with self-awareness. This isn’t just a podcast about leadership. It’s about the patterns that run us, the scripts we inherit, the beliefs we reinforce without even realizing it, and the habits that quietly hold us back. Most people lead not by design, but by default, from fear, from pain, from whatever's worked well enough... so far. But real impact for yourself, your team, your company, and your life, only happens when you do the deeper work. This is where we name the patterns, rewrite the scripts, and surface the beliefs that shape how you show up. Grounded in decades of behavioral science from thinkers like Litwin and Stringer, David McClelland, and Taibi Kahler, we help you build the capacity to live and lead differently. Join us In The Arena.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:19:21.734037+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-arena-with-doortwo-7549574"},"episode":{"title":"How to Be Happier Tomorrow Than You Are Today | Mark Kasdorf","slug":"how-to-be-happier-tomorrow-than-you-are-today-mark-kasdorf","published_at":"2026-03-31T11:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-arena-with-doortwo-7549574/how-to-be-happier-tomorrow-than-you-are-today-mark-kasdorf","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-arena-with-doortwo-7549574","url":"https://doortwo.com/podcasts/in-the-arena/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/806e7387-11c0-43d8-b46c-7036af39b941.mp3","summary":"What if the things you're chasing are actually making you LESS happy, and you've designed it that way without realizing it? Mark Kasdorf bootstrapped a mobile software company into a $25M acquisition by Accenture. Then he walked away from the corner office to start over, this time building Forge, a company tackling the skilled trades labor shortage. But the most interesting thing about Mark isn't what he's built. It's how deliberately he's designed his life around it. This conversation covers Mark's framework for happiness: why he believes all desire is suffering, how he and his wife run biweekly sprint planning sessions for their marriage, the end-of-year calendar audit that changed how he spends his time, and why he thinks most high performers are great at setting goals but terrible at being honest about where they actually are. Then the conversation takes a sharp turn into AI. From vibe coding to an open-source tool called OpenClaw that controlled his home speakers, wrote messages on his living room display, and started talking to him through his Sonos. All without being told how. This is one of those episodes where you'll want to pause and rethink a few things. Connect with DoorTwo: Website : https://doortwo.com LinkedIn : https://linkedin.com/company/doortwo","meta_description":"What if the things you're chasing are actually making you LESS happy, and you've designed it that way without realizing it? Mark Kasdorf bootstrapped a mo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3615,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-the-arena-with-doortwo-7549574/episodes/how-to-be-happier-tomorrow-than-you-are-today-mark-kasdorf/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-arena-with-doortwo-7549574/how-to-be-happier-tomorrow-than-you-are-today-mark-kasdorf.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}