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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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PURPOSE PART 4: Your Purpose
Purpose isn’t a slogan—it’s fuel. From Shetty’s dharma-driven clarity, to Sinek’s Golden Circle, to Burcham’s gateways of Problem, Passion, Pain, and Planet—true purpose is discovered, reframed, and lived. At Compadres, we help leaders not only find it, but turn it into action.
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PURPOSE PART 3: The Four Gateways
Purpose isn’t something you stumble across in a book or TED Talk — it’s unearthed through clarity, courage, and lived experience. In this piece, I share four gateways that consistently reveal purpose for entrepreneurs and leaders: the problem you can’t stop solving, the hidden potential…
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PURPOSE PART 2: The Second Mountain
Purpose is not fixed. As we grow, the star that once guided us begins to shift. For many in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, this shift marks the “second mountain” — a climb that’s less about ego and achievement, and more about contribution, service, and…
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PURPOSE PART 1: What is Purpose?
Most leaders chase goals. Few stop to ask what those goals are built on. Purpose, principles, and values aren’t buzzwords — they’re the architecture of a life worth living. In this piece, I share the framework I use to map my own life, and how…
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The Best Leaders Think Like Farmers
I grew up a farm boy. Long before boardrooms and business frameworks, I learned life’s toughest lessons from soil, stock, and seasons.
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Bottlenecks
93% of Founders feel overwhelmed. If everything still runs through you, you’re not flying, you’re stalling. It's a hobby, not a business.
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10 habits killing your growth
From a Founder who’s been guilty of every single one of these, 10x… I built Compadres to help ambitious founders avoid the same traps.
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The J CURVE of life
Humans are wired for progress. We love evolution. New things. However, we love comfort just as much. We are massive contradictions.
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The End of Big? Sharp Beating Scale.
Pictured: Sir John Hegarty The question isn’t “How big can you get?”….. It’s “How essential can you become?” On opening day at the 2025…
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The Heart on the Plate: Shaun Christie-David and the Radical Power of Food
Photo: Shaun Christie-David Some people open restaurants to serve meals. Shaun Christie-David opens them to serve humanity. Good Food Innovator of the Year, Not…
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The Magic Stuff Still Matters
Source: Tom Toro, via The New Yorker, via the Doug Shapiro Article “All Is Not Lost for Traditional Media: New Moats and New Opportunities…”…
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Learn to love “NO”
A Compadres Reflection on Rejection, Redirection, and the Power of Patience
