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RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.04.06

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Resource The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide for Marketers I recently downloaded the The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide for Marketers from Trust Insights and found it very useful. It cuts through the guru noise and explains how LinkedIn’s AI-driven system actually evaluates your content. Updated through March 2026, it includes three practical checklists — for…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.03.30

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Reading 💡How to Communicate with Humans (by John Carlton) The secret weapon of elite salespeople — and the thing most people completely lack — is empathy. Not sympathy (feeling bad for someone), but true empathy: the ability to intellectually step into someone else’s shoes and understand what’s going on in their head while you’re…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.03.23

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Follow Allan Crockett: Helping You Fill the Void Beyond Business Success If you are a business owner — especially one who recently exited successfully or may be about to — you need to know Allan Crockett. He’s been posting great content on LinkedIn about what happens next after you exit your business. It’s all…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.03.16

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Videos 💡 Jeff Walker: This Skill Will Feed You for Life I love many things about this video. Here’s my favorite: “(Marketing) is nothing more than attracting your ideal people into your world and then being able to make an effective offer in a congruent, gracious way so that they want to step forward…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.03.09

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Book 📚 The 10 Commandments of Con Men… I was already an avid reader of John Bejakovic’s emails when I picked up his book “The 10 Commandments of Con Men, Pickup Artists, Magicians, Door-to-Door Salesmen, Hypnotists, Copywriters, Negotiators, Political Propagandists, Stand Up Comedians, and Oscar-Winning Screenwriters.” I read the book in one-sitting. The next…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.03.02

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Article and Video ️⭐ What Does it Mean to Be Wealthy In a recent session with business owners, I asked attendees to tell me the difference between “prosperity” and “profits.” The consensus: Profit is simply a measure of money; prosperity is about how you experience life. I was thinking about that discussion when I saw…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.02.23

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Video 🥂 The Secret Ingredients of Great Hospitality | Will Guidara A $2 hot dog helped make Eleven Madison Park the #1 restaurant in the world. Not because of the food. Because of what it meant. In this brilliant TED Talk, restaurateur Will Guidara explains the concept of “unreasonable hospitality”—the idea that people don’t remember…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.02.16

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Video 🎩 Leadership Lessons of the Presidents In this TEDx talk, White House reporter and author Paul Brandus looks at five U.S. Presidents and pulls out the traits that made them effective — traits any leader can use. Clear communication. Resilience after setbacks. Steady judgment under pressure. Long-term thinking. Brandus has covered presidents from inside…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.02.09

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Video 🔥 6 Eternal Truths From 6 Dead Mad Men | Brian Kurtz If you care about direct response, human behavior, and marketing that actually works, this is required viewing.Brian Kurtz breaks down 6 eternal truths from 6 legendary marketers—men who built fortunes long before Facebook ads, funnels, or “growth hacks.” Claude Hopkins.David Ogilvy.Robert…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2026.02.02

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Video 🔥How To Fix Your Attention Span (Before It’s Too Late) Your attention is under attack. In this short video, Daniel Pink lays out a simple, science-backed way to get it back before it slips away for good. Five practical steps you can use today to focus longer, think deeper, and actually finish what…