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THE END OF YOUR TASTE?
It's the beginning of its exponential moment. Is your feed a slopfest? Yes. Worried your taste is dying? Yes. Wondering if your eye for…

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THE CURIOUS
If you're afraid of the future, be a part of creating it. And that starts with curiosity. .... Here's what I've learned. When you're…

The End of Boring
Part 4 of The End of Everything So if the phone is dying, truth is collapsing, and agents are replacing customers, where does influence…

The End of the Customer
Part 3 of The End of Everything Here is where this gets personal for every business owner reading this. In the agentic economy, your…

The End of the Truth
Part 2 of The End of Everything We post because humans watch us. We signal because there is receipt on the other end someone…

The End of the Phone
Part 1 of The End of Everything I am over typing. I dictate everything now. This article. My client briefs. My messages. Even the…
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From Chaos to the Clouds
Agencies as businesses are known for the chaos which ensues when everyone works on multiple projects and teams and clients and at any given…

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Facing financial headwinds at home and in business
My Top 5 tips to survive and thrive amid economic uncertainty. Those COVID stimulus checks are biting our arses by way of inflation, the…

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Be early, at the very latest be on time
“Sorry, I’m running late”. Sometimes it’s understandable. But I don’t like saying it, and sometimes I don’t like hearing it. There is a meme…

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Mr. and Mrs. Jones cost me so much money
It’s true. They did. I was sucked in and took big sips of the kool aid, consuming way too much to keep up with…

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Ditching the stinky dog
One of my Compadres started a business about 10 years ago. We’ll call this person Sandy. Sandy’s goal is to double the business in…

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Podcast interview with Charlie Arnott, The Regenerative Journey
“The full circle of life, with the courage to change” Charlie Arnott

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If you were given more time?
If you are given more time, or money, in a few weeks, months or years, you will ask for more. Recently, I had the…

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Do your principles match your goals?
Great, well ordered Principles equal good decisions – and with good rituals and good habits, equal excellent outcomes.



