Summary: <div> <div>Guest:</div> <div> <div><a target="_blank" href="https://boost.training/">Nathan Carroll</a></div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/DNCarroll">@DNCarroll</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="podcast-episode"> <div class="subtitle">Nathan Carroll talks with Dave Rael about a priority for family, dedication to physical condition, rewards of software, and learning from Budhism</div> <div class="podcast-summary"> <p>Nathan Carroll has been developing software in .NET since 1.0. He is the author of the open source frameworks BattleAxe, and ULFBERHT.js. He is a workout fanatic and has built several fitness web sites over the past 8 that have evolved into his current web site Boost.Training. He also enjoys reading, cooking, and hiking with family.</p> </div> <div class="podcast-chapters"> <h6>Chapters:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="#!"> - Dave introduces the show and Nathan Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Nathan got started in doing software</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Software as the place to see all aspects of a business</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan's definition of value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things that "light Nathan up"</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The virtue of facing fear</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan's story of failure - entitlement and lack of clarity and focus in college</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan's greatest success - using his fitness site as a proving and testing ground for trying new things, delivering enjoyment</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - A story from Nathan's childhood - lessons on failure, learning, persistence, mentoring, and using the right tools for the job</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan's fitness site, Boost.Training</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - How Nathan stays current with what he needs to know</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan's book recommendations</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan on meditation</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan on fitness, training, intensity, and measurement</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The things about which Nathan is most excited</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan and botany surveying</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - The (absence of) sources of pain in Woody's life and work</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Nathan's top 3 tips for delivering more value</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - A story of Nathan experiencing inspiration on a problem resolution while walking</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Keeping up with Nathan</a></li> <li><a href="#!"> - Farewell</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="podcast-resources"> <h6>Resources:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://boost.training/" target="_blank">Nathan's Fitness site: boost.training</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/DNCarroll/Weapons" target="_blank">BattleAxe and ULFBERHT.js</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/boosttrning" target="_blank">Boost Training on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dotnetrocks.com/" target="_blank">Podcast: .NET Rocks - Carl Franklin, Richard Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mylifeforthecode.com/category/podcast/" target="_blank">Podcast: My Life for the Code - Shawn Rakowski</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdevshow.com/" target="_blank">Podcast: MS Dev Show - Jason Young, Carl Schweitzer</a></li> <li><a href="http://hanselminutes.com/" target="_blank">Podcast: Hanselminutes - Scott Hanselman</a></li> <li><a href="http://wildermuth.com/hwpod" target="_blank">Podcast: Hello World - Shawn Wildermuth</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553418025/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Book: The Martian - Andy Weir</a></li> </ul> <h6>Nathan's book recommendations:</h6> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0811218511/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">The Way of Chuang Tzu - Thomas Merton</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0553208845/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062113720/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Lost Horizon: A Novel - James Hilton</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060616881/?tag=devonfir-20" target="_blank">Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart : Core Teachings of Tibetan Buddhism - Lama Dalai</a></li> </ul> <h6>Nathan's top 3 tips for delivering more value:</h6> <ol> <li>Ask questions</li> <li>Be honest in your work</li> <li>Be tenacious</li> </ol> </div> </div>
