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Robert Maurer on Mastering Fear, Deming, and Motivational Interviewing

Why do people fear change? Why are adults afraid of talking about their fears? My guest today is eminently qualified to answer such questions and to provide advice that can help us. My guest for Episode #315 is Robert Maurer, Ph.D., author of the outstanding book Mastering Fear.

Bob was previously my guest for Episode #153, where we discussed one of his earlier books on Kaizen, One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way. By the way, earlier this year I noticed that his other book The Spirit of Kaizen was one of the few books by an American author that Toyota was selling at the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology in Nagoya (see photo below).

I hope you enjoy today's discussion on Mastering Fear. As the subtitle says, can we "harness emotion to achieve excellence in health, work, and relationships"?

Mark Graban
August 21, 2018

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Robert Maurer on Kaizen Psychology and the Power of Small Steps

Most of us think of Kaizen as a workplace method. Robert Maurer applies it to therapy, health, and relationships — and the brain science he describes explains a lot about why change efforts fail at work, too. We talk about…

Mark Graban
July 24, 2012
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A Psychologist’s Use of Kaizen and What We Can Learn

Back in 2012, I did a podcast interview (Episode 153) with a psychologist and family therapist, Robert Maurer, PhD. It's been almost five years since the discussion, but I'm often reminded of what I learned from his books and his advice about small change.

Mark Graban
April 27, 2017

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Deming’s Long Shadow: Twenty Years of Conversations

A long shadow stretches across an empty conference room, evoking the lasting influence of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's teaching.

Mike Stoecklein recalls a story secondhand. It was, he thinks, at one of the last four-day seminars W. Edwards Deming ever gave. Deming was frail by then. Someone later told Mike that when the seminar got to the Red Bead…

Mark Graban
May 18, 2026

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Interviewed by Doctors on the “Connecting the Dots” Podcast

I’d like to thank my friend Skip Steward for inviting me to be a guest on his podcast called “Connecting the Dots.” The podcast is one of their initiatives that’s intended to get the word out (internally and publicly) about…

Mark Graban
March 22, 2021

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For Big Leaps With New Year’s Resolutions, Start With Baby Steps

Thanks to the Lean Enterprise Institute for publishing my article about Kaizen, new habits, and New Year’s resolutions: Take Baby Steps Towards Improvement “As 2019 begins, don’t feel bad if your New Year’s resolutions have already gotten off track or…

Mark Graban
January 8, 2019
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Podcast #308 – Mike Grogan, Personal Lean and Lessons Learned

Joining me again for Episode #308 is Mike Grogan, a previous guest in episodes #182 (from Tanzania) and #224. Mike now lives in the Philippines, where he's helping and coaching many people and has written a new book, The MESSI Way.

Mark Graban
June 11, 2018

Blog, Japan

What Books on #Lean and TPS Are Sold at the Toyota Museum in Nagoya?

It's Monday morning in Nagoya, Japan as I write this. I'm still jet-lagged and up early, so here's a blog post after all...

Sunday, I had the chance to visit the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology in Nagoya. There's so much that I can blog about...I'll write more posts about my museum visit in the future.

In this post though, I share a little bit about some of the books that they sell - in English and Japanese...

Mark Graban
February 26, 2018
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Archived List of Podcast Episodes

Previous Episodes (Full List): Click to visually browse episodes For easy access to any Podcast, use the forwarding URL: leanblog.org/X where X is the episode number. This text list is from the old version of the podcast’s main blog page.…

Mark Graban
November 16, 2017

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Am I “Resistant to Change” When it Comes to iPhones?

When I was recently considering switching from an iPhone 6S to a newer iPhone 8 Plus (or an iPhone X), I wrote this post on LinkedIn, which I’ll expand upon a bit in this post. I ended up buying an…

Mark Graban
October 4, 2017
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… But I Do Have Time for Fire Fighting

This recent tweet of mine struck a nerve, apparently, based on the number of times it was liked and retweeted -- "Heard often: "We don't have time for improvement." Heard never: "We don't have time for fire fighting."

Mark Graban
March 29, 2017
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You Don’t Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement by Waiting Until Your Culture is Totally Ready for Continuous Improvement

When I talk to organizations about Kaizen, or continuous improvement, there's far too much self-defeating talk, where people say things like: "We're not going to try this Kaizen process because our culture isn't ready yet."

Mark Graban
January 19, 2017
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