Tom Ruwitch
Melissa walked past my desk last week, looked over my shoulder, and saw this: “You have seven thousand and forty-eight emails in your inbox?” she asked. “Yep,” I said. “But zero are marked ‘unread.’” (Which, by the way, is not the same as saying, “I’ve READ all 7,048 emails!”) Welcome to my world of digital…
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever said or thought any of the following… “I’m not sure how to clone myself to grow the business, but I know it’s essential for our success.” “I have so much on my plate, I can never get done what I really want to get done, and it feels overwhelming.”…
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I read yesterday about a business owner with DIY Diz-ease. It’s a dreaded, yet common condition that afflicts many business owners — including little ol’ me. George Sotiropoulos describes one of the afflicted in his book: “Roadblocks You Can’t Ignore:” I have a client who did their own accounts on QuickBooks to save the fee to…
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Recommended Listenting 🎤 James Rhee: The Power of Kindness in Business w/ Guy Kawasaki Guy Kawasaki has a great podcast called “Remarkable People.” I recommend the episode with James Rhee. From the show notes: James Rhee is “a former high school teacher turned private equity investor and author of the book “Red Helicopter.” James shares his…
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My college pal Meredith occasionally posts her “Weekend Plans” on Facebook on Fridays. Funny memes. Weird old photos. Old ads. Like this: Or this… Alas, I don’t have lard in the cupboard… …and decapitation ain’t my thing… …so I have other weekend plans. Melissa, crazy-doodle Moose, and I will head to our country place in…
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Today is “Get to Know Your Customers Day.” My reaction: Bah! Humbug! Don’t get me wrong. I think getting to know your customers is a GREAT idea — if you want to assemble captivating client-attracting content with greater ease. But this is a dumb holiday. Here’s why: **Getting to know your customers (and prospects) should…
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My client Dr. Deb Carlin loves her GoldenDoodle, Lady Hazel, whom she mentions often in her social posts. But some nosy know-it-alls think all that dog-talk is unprofessional. From one of Deb’s Facebook posts this week: “Some… have advised me to tame things a bit and stop overloading my posts with (Lady Hazel)… not good for my…
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I didn’t sleep well on Sunday. The news out of Pennsylvania spooked me. But the thing that spooked me most and left me sleepless: All the social media chatter that followed. I made the mistake of getting sucked in. Speculation piled on top of speculation piled on top of speculation. One uninformed person after another…
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Recommended Resource đź“ąFathom – AI Notetaker I used to use Otter.ai to transcribe and summarize Zoom and other online meetings. No more. Fathom is better! It records the meeting (and saves the video), generates a very accurate transcript, and summarizes the meetings in different ways — depending on the type of meeting it is. I’ve…
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Last week I posted a video on social media about completing the final draft of my upcoming book. In case you missed it, you can see the video here: LinkedIn or Facebook. If you comment and say, “Put me on the list,” I’ll send you a .pdf copy before the book appears on Amazon. My high school pal,…
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