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I've been building things my whole life. Companies, communities, and a family that had a front row seat to what it looks like to take an idea and move on it.
Born into a South Philadelphia family with no entrepreneurial instincts, I found myself building a company and having it acquired. I started fresh. Built again... and again. Along the way I became a founder, a business partner, and an advisor. I've found myself in proximity to — and sometimes advising — millionaires and billionaires. I've even traveled the world helping people connect purpose and meaning to the work they do.
The common thread? I gather people around meaningful ideas. That always felt like the most natural part to me.
And I'm still not done asking why some people seem to have real clarity on what they're doing and why others don't. I'm obsessed with understanding what that difference produces in their work, their lives, and their legacy.
Clarity Compressed is where I chase that question. Short, honest episodes on leadership, entrepreneurship, culture, and the cost of building something that matters.
I also host the daily Automotive State of the Union (ASOTU) Podcast
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Ep 270: Things That Didn't Age Well
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May 20, 2026 |
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Losing Remmy: What I learned about parenting from losing our family dog) Ep 269
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The Death of the Excuse -Ep 268
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Ep 267: Steve Jobs Helps Me Think Through Starting a Company
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Ep 266: What Raw Dogging a 4am Drive Taught Me About Entrepreneurs
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Ep 265: What to do when you don't feel like doing anything.
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Does Anyone Know Why This Podcast Stopped?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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What 20 Years of Entrepreneurship Has Taught Me
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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How One Person Can Make All the Difference
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Why the 'best' isn't the best
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Disconnecting to Reconnect
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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The Arch Enemy of the 21st Century
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Having the Courage to Doubt Yourself
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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How to Bring the World Closer
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Making It Meaningful (yet again)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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This Crazy Post
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Big Paradigm Shift
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Last One Of The Year? Last One Of The Year.
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Taking Your Kids To Work
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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DO Sweat the "Small Stuff”
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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A Look Inside the Teenaged Mind
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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The Importance of Hearing Your Own Voice
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Content Communication in Palm Beach
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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The Appreciation Gap
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Why I Eat the Same Thing Everyday
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Why Leadership Matters to the World Series
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Unboxing Business Brand vs. Personal Brand
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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A Healthy Approach To Changing Seasons
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Welcoming Meaningful Conflict
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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The Hard Work of Meaningful Change
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Leaving It All On The Field
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Taking Big Swings
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Creating the VeeCruiser
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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New Office Swagger
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Is 'Community' The Next Buzzword
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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What gets measured, gets improved.
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Which do you think hurts worse?
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Getting the Groundwork Right
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Click Bait and Taking Risks
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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How To Move Forward In The Rain
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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AMA w/ MyOldest Kid
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Getting Your Lanes Moving In One Direction
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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No One Is Going To Do It For You
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Just Don't Quit
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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How To Care For Everyone All The Time
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Being Spoiled vs Acting Spoiled
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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20 Years of Marriage
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May 31, 2022 |
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Brand Signal Fires
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May 24, 2022 |
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Fast is a Feeling
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May 17, 2022 |
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When Your Voice Doesn’t Work
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May 12, 2022 |
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When Things DON'T Go Your Way
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May 03, 2022 |
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Why Gratitude Is The Grease
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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That's Not Fair
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Movement
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Taking it out...of context
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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You Reap What You Sow
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Listening vs. Hearing
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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When You Just Want To Be Home
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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How To Get Everything DONE
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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From Waco with Love
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Two Years And Counting
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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The Difference Between Winning and Losing
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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4 Years Down. Just Getting Started.
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Rejecting "How to Think" Content
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Making The Most Of Every Opportunity
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Jocko Willink
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Because That’s What Successful People Do
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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The Real Definition of ‘Tolerance’
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Getting Better By Messing Things Up
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Starting from the server room
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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200! Taking a Moment To Celebrate the Wins
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Magic Moments from Crying Kids
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Paul Daly…Goes BANANAS!!!!!
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Your Natural Negativity Bias
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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One for the Critics
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Mastering the Phrase "I See You."
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Change of Plans
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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The ROI of a Single Post
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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How To Make (Good) Trouble
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Being Ready vs. Being Certain
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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A Podcast About Podcasts…But Really More About Life
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Business Mindset Master David Meltzer
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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How To Do What You CAN Do
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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The Transaction of Growth in 2021
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Attraction 101
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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How To Make Yourself MORE Valuable
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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How Your Mouth Gets You Into Trouble
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Meet the Human Calculator, Scott Flansburg
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Why You Go Wherever You’re Looking
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Career Vs. Calling
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Is Your Why a Lie with Dan Moore
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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The Responsibility of Impact
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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That Day Before Vacation
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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How To Lean Into Your Style
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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The Audacity of Innovation
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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This Boring Book Changed My Life
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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What My First Live 2021 Event Taught Me
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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4 Lessons From 19 Years of Marriage
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Shay Rowbottom Schools On LinkedIn
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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How to Make Business More Meaningful
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May 25, 2021 |
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What You Don't Know Could Make You Better
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May 18, 2021 |
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Pushing Back on Lies of the Day
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May 11, 2021 |
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Only Doctors and Lawyers Can “Practice”?
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May 04, 2021 |
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How to Appreciate a Loss
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Why Looks Aren't Everything
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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How Reductionism Kills Us
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Head UP vs Head DOWN Leadership
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Why Real Leaders Do MORE, Not Less
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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What's Better: BTS or the Actual Show?
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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How It’s Been…How It’s Going
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Having More ‘Agency’ Than We Realize
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Longer Legacy Than You Realize
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Where Do You Put the “Tired”?
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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The Frustration of Never Finishing
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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THREE YEARS of Clarity Compressed (and a long trudge though the snow)
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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How Elon Musk's Kids Learn on the SpaceX Campus w/ synthesis.is Co-Founder, Chrisman Frank
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Super Bowl Commercials and Auto Disruptors
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Blackhawk Pilot and Army Commander: Adam Jones
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Is Clubhouse the New Podcasting?
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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Doing Things Differently (Beats are Mandatory)
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Six Experts Give Us Clarity on 2021
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Leading Through Crisis with David Long
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Story Doing With Ty Montague
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Why Balance is So Elusive
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Beating the Worst Type of Momentum
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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The Stories (AKA Lies) We Tell Ourselves
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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Rise & Grind with Glenn Lundy
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Jasmine Star on Entrepreneurial Disciplines to Win in 2021
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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What If vs. What Is
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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High Risk Vs. High Reward
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until it’s Gone
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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How to Survive Election Season at Work
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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The Basics of Choosing Your Team
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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How Sales vs. Religion Matters To You
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Start.
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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The Real ROI of Relationships
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Measure What Matters
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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How to Accept and Embrace Business Pivots with Brian Kramer and a Little Help from Disney
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Being Kindergarten-Kind
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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How to Solve Problems, NOT Symptoms
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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Making "Good or Bad" Irrelevant With Aaron McCormick
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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How Important is Honesty, Really?
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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The Difference Between GET To, HAVE To, and CHOOSE To
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Everyone at Their Worst
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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CHRIS DO Talks Brand, COVID, and Flat Brim Hats
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Living in a Stockdale Paradox
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Out of Office - Vacation and Inspiration
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Talking Shop for Once with CEO John Lincoln of Ignite Visibility
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Who is Stressed Out?
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Racism and Me
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Defining the New “Important” for Your Team With Amber Hurdle
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Sleepless Nights and the Parallel Rails of Life
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May 26, 2020 |
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If I Have to Be on ONE MORE Zoom Call
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May 19, 2020 |
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A Very Important Survival Pyramid
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May 12, 2020 |
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Who’s Fans Are the Most Psycho?
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May 05, 2020 |
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NYT Best Seller Donald Miller on Brand, Business, and Building the Middle Class
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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The "Never Going Back" Planning Process
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Darren Doane: Rebel WITH a Cause
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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The Optimist vs. the Realist
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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You Don't Realize You Live In a Straw House Until the World's On Fire
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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Everyone is Freaking Out. Stop it.
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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Calm Minds Prevail
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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The Secret to Convincing Unconvincible People
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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A Guide to Blame, Sarcasm, and the Cure
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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How To See the Meaning Through the Fog of Life
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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The Leadership Episode
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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Just Don't Quit
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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How Do You Know If You’re “Being Sold?”
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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Stop Doing What You’re Supposed To Do
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Talking Roots, Adaptability and Culture With Alex Vetter, CEO of CARS.com and CARS Inc.
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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Celebrating Our 100th Episode With Some of Our Favorite Guests
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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The Big Rocks First
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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2020 Clarity in 2020
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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Give > Receive and #ComplimentACompetitor
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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The Difference Between Knowledge, Wisdom, and Insight and Why You Should Care
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Crafting A SELL-OUT Experience with Jesse Cole, Owner of the Savannah Bananas
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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The Transaction of Growth
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Where Do You Put the Fear?
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Alex SanFilippo
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Marketing to the Human Being with Paxton Gray of the Agency, 97th Floor
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Talking w/ Guy Kawasaki about Apple, Personal Brands, and Celebrating Remarkable Humans
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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A Surefire Way to Break the Mundane
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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How to Bring People Closer
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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Why All Relationships Eventually Break
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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The Game is Won in the Brutality of the 99%
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Death of the Brand Era??
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Looking My 2-Star Review Straight in the Eye
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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How to Get Yourself UNstuck
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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A Marketing Approach That Will Change Your Organization
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Why Modern Marketing Metrics are Broken
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Why the Ad-Spend Markup Agency Model is Broken and What to Do About It.
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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Starting a Business: Things I Wish I Knew
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Fitting in Won’t Authenticate Your Brand
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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Is Your Business As Agile As Your Mind? (Guest: Dr. Nicole Lipkin)
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Yes, It Matters.
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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Leadership: The Visionary vs the Arsonist
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Pivoting Plans When Your Business Gets Punched in the Face
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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Just Keep Swinging
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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The "Pills" of Business: Short-Term Marketing Tactics
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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A Millennial's Experience Proves Brand Connection Wins
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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The Birth of Carvana (Guest: CEO, Ernie Garcia)
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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A Few Moments of Clarity
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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Leadership is Leadership is Leadership (Guest: Kevin Frye)
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May 28, 2019 |
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A Follow-Up of ClarityCon: Automotive
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May 21, 2019 |
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Achieving Alignment... What Should You Do FIRST?
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May 14, 2019 |
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When It's Not Easy... Keep Going
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May 07, 2019 |
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17 Years of Experience in 64 Pages
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Innovation is a Choice
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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A Conventional Reunion with My Friends, Reunion Marketing
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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Bring Your Therapist To Work Day
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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It's OK to Take a Break!
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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Business Doesn't Suck... with Carvana CEO, Ernie Garcia
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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A Dealership for The People
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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A BowTie and a Personal Brand
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Avoid Paying the Brand-Tax
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Cultivating People Business (Guest: VaynerMedia's Chief Heart Officer, Claude Silver)
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Making Excuses Makes Bad Business
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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One Year of Clarity
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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Your Brand is NOT About You
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Denial. Anger. Acceptance. | My Experience at NADA Show 2019
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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2021 Reasons Branding Might Just Be the Death of You
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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Giving Back After Your Successes (Guest: CBT News CEO, Jim Fitzpatrick)
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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You Can Regain Control. You Get to CHOOSE.
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Here's To A Year of Clarity
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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All I Want For Christmas is CLARITY
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Dec 25, 2018 |
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Realistically Navigating Relationships (Guest: AJ Amyx)
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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Brand Value In Tough Times
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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New Vayner Friends, Same Message of Clarity
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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Thankful For Growth
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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Navigating Urgency and Importance
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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An Open Letter to Mark Wahlberg
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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vAuto’s Big Secret is About to Be Revealed
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Messaging Clear as Mud | DrivingSales Executive Summit 2018 (Guest: Unbounce CEO, Oli Gardner)
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Meet My Mentor: The COO of the Agency Gary Vaynerchuk Built (Guest: James Orsini)
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Go. Do.
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Proving Every "Boss's Kid" Stigma Wrong (Guest: Gregg Ciocca Jr.)
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Commit to the Process
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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You Reap What You Sow
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Remembering Business During 2008's Recession
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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The Ebbs and Flows of Seasons in Business
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Inventory Acquisition Through Military Grade Auction Equipment (Guest: Jonathan Hakes)
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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Setting Up Your Team for Success (Guest: Brandin Wilkinson)
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Aug 28, 2018 |
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Connection.
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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The Holy Grail of Communication
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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A New Perspective from THE Industry Innovator (Guest: Dale Pollak)
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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Anything Worthwhile Will Be a Process
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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Learn From #Losers; Don't Follow Them Into the Flames
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Jul 24, 2018 |
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Do You Even Care About Your Bad Repuation?
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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Why Better Digital Retail is the ONLY Way Forward?
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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Practicing Gratitude of the 4th of July
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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IGTV: Same Old Thing, More New Stuff
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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Family Business and Auto Dealers
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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The Problem with Wine and Marketing
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Coffee Is For Closers: The Problem with Stereotypical Sales
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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The Cost of ReInvention (Guest: Gary Vaynerchuk, Founder/CEO of VaynerMedia)
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May 29, 2018 |
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Why Customers Don't Like Dealers (Guest: Drive Motors SVP of Customer Experience, Matt Weinberg)
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May 22, 2018 |
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What's YOUR Brand?
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May 15, 2018 |
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Leaving A Legacy (An interview with vAuto founder, Dale Pollak)
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May 08, 2018 |
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A Kodak Moment for the Automotive Industry | Dealers Compressed Episode ELEVEN
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May 01, 2018 |
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Operational Efficiency Imperative For Dealers | Dealers Compressed Episode TEN
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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Uncontrollable Factors Affecting Dealerships | Dealers Compressed Episode NINE
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Investment Minded Inventory Management | Dealers Compressed Episode EIGHT
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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The Future of Car Sales | Dealers Compressed Episode SEVEN
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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The Greatest Inefficiency of the Car Business Today | Dealers Compressed Episode SIX
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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Taxing Problems In Used Car Sales | Dealers Compressed Episode FIVE
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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Is The Juice Worth the Squeeze? | Dealers Compressed Episode FOUR
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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Customers EXPECT a Hassle?! | Dealers Compressed Episode THREE
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Fighting Margin Compression | Dealers Compressed Episode TWO
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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Margin Compression in the Automotive Industry | Dealers Compressed Episode ONE
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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Why We Made Compressed | Dealers Compressed Episode ZERO
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Feb 20, 2018 |