Trust is the ultimate business currency. High trust yields a tremendous dividend. Low trust imposes a crippling tax.

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Stop the thinking -> feeling cycle Move to Doing -> Being Your emotions and over-thinking (spinning) are the enemy In ultrarunning we say 'Motion is Medicine'. Stalling/stopping in the think->feel cycle can be crippling Go serve someone with your gifts -> feel great

This post is advise for the 27 year old Mark Brower (20 years ago) You don't "Do" connecting You BE someone worthy connecting with There's a big difference here.

bad marketing is attention theft people will (rightly) despise you for it

Good marketing is your first chance to improve a new relationship's life Don't squander the opportunity with a shallow presentation of features and benefits. Yuck

The possession of small power is correlated with a need to flex it The possession of great power greatly diminishes the need to flex it (From things my new Tesla Plaid is teaching me)

If breakup is off the table all kinds of unhealthy relationship dynamics can develop This applies with every business and life relationship except those with your kids, siblings and parents.

There are only two ingredients for good content: 1. Honesty 2. Speak to one person

Stephen King is right Writing is telepathy

The Tesla Model S Plaid is so violent, stomping on the accelerator from a rolling 80 mph is like rocketing off the line from 0 in any other powerful sports car.

I'm learning that boundaries are the gateway to healthy relationships. I'm the only one who can protect my peace. I have to love myself enough to prioritize doing so. Everything I can contribute to the world flows from here.

Dan Sullivan was right We are looking for relationships that work, not to work on relationships. I can not control whether people are able/willing to respect my boundaries and support/care for me. I have one power in relationships: No

As we age, our contribution becomes more urgent. I started feeling this at 40 and it drove me to run A LOT. Part of that was proving to myself I mattered. That wasn't super healthy but the running adventures it produced and learning was epic.

Young men have been screwed by society. All the world's problems are being laid at their feet. It's messed up. This is why aggressive male personalities like Andrew Tate rose to such significance. Young men, you matter, you are worthy of love.

Gary V thinks live social shopping is going to take over America. Have you heard about this?

60% of searches now end in zero click What are we doing to stay relevant in a new marketing world?

Only 0.5% of searches is currently being done in a LLM but it accounts for 11% of sales. People using ai for search are also doing all their investigation about the company in the ai model then clicking over to the site when ready to make the purchase. This is huge

There are people who love to teach and help others. This resource in business is vast and underutilized. Feel worthy -> Get clear -> Ask If you feel worthy and learn how to ask intelligent questions there's no limit to what you can do.

Dan Sullivan was also right about this: It's WHO not HOW There are unlimited resources in the form of people willing to use their gifts and experience to make our dreams a reality. I'm currently looking for my most significant WHO to date