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Nose Work to Network w/Agnieszka Janarek

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Mandi Bautel welcomes Agnieszka Janarek from Tromplo. Mandi says she is a huge fan of Tromplo and has taken courses on that platform, which gives the conversation a personal and appreciative start. The talk moves quickly into mental health. Agnieszka talks about creating Tromplo and how that journey tied into her own mental health, not just the platform itself. Perfectionism shows up early. They treat it as a real obstacle, something that can make a finished project feel farther away than it is and can turn the mind into its own opponent. Goal setting follows. The conversation keeps choosing done work over ideal work, and it keeps coming back to the idea that progress matters more than a spotless plan. Delegation comes up too. Letting go of parts of a project is framed as making room for what needs to get done, not as lowering the bar. The inner monologue gets named next. That inner chatter can spin up overanalysis, make ordinary tasks feel heavier, and convince someone they are worse at the work than they really are. The training language becomes the bridge. Agnieszka draws a line between how people learn and how dogs learn, and she makes the point that humans are animals too, even when they want special rules for themselves. The learner-teacher tension gets a lot of attention. If someone is teaching a dog, they are also learning mechanics, pacing, and their own habits at the same time, so it can help to choose one role to focus on and let the dog support the learning. She goes further into the mechanics. Shaping, antecedent arrangement, and treat delivery all matter, but the conversation keeps the focus on the human skill being built rather than on perfect performance in the moment. The thread keeps circling back to self-correction. The episode closes on a steadier idea: the experience is where the joy and fulfillment show up.

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A calm talk about perfectionism, delegation, and keeping the work moving.

Agnieszka Janarek joins Mandi Bautel in a conversation about perfectionism and the way it can quietly stall useful work. Tromplo comes up as the clearest example of how a project can start feeling bigger than it needs to be, and the discussion keeps returning to the same…

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When perfectionism keeps stalling your dog-training work, this conversation gives you a steadier way through.

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