Monday Mash-Up
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…
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…
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…
Recommended Reading 🔥 52 fascinating people reveal the tiny habits that changed their lives Thanks to Austin Kleon for pointing me to this article which I found entertaining, head-scratching, and useful. My favorite on the list: #26. Recommended Tool 🎥 PromptSmart This is my favorite teleprompter app for shooting video with notes or scripts. The…
Recommended Event 🔥 Vision 2 Reality Is an Internal OS Upgrade For over 15 years, Dixie Gillaspie and I have met weekly to co-create, challenge each other, and sharpen our work. If you’ve benefited from Story Power Marketing, you’ve already felt some of that influence. One thing we’ve seen consistently: High performers don’t stall because they…
Recommended Reading 💡 Beware of “thoughtstipation,” Thanks to Tom Fishburne (a.k.a. The Marketoonist) for telling me about this LinkedIn post from Ann Handley who nails one of the problems with AI: “Thoughtstipation happens when we skip the messy, human part of creativity—the part where we meander, doodle, ramble, reflect…” ✒️ Why Great Creators Noodle, Doodle, and Jot…
Recommended Reading 🍏 Steve Jobs’s 6-Step Rehearsal Process He Used for Every Presentation Thanks to Dave Dee for telling me about this article. A longtime Apple designer breaks down the exact 6-step rehearsal process Steve Jobs used before every big presentation. You’ll get a peek behind the curtain at how he started early, rehearsed like a…
️Recommended Video ⛔ 404, the story of a page not found Two reasons I love this video: 1) It’s a TED talk that lasts less than 5 minutes. Not the typical 18-minute journey 2) It offers some funny, yet valuable advice. We all hate 404 pages, but Renny Gleeson shows why that moment of frustration is…
Holiday History 🎅🏻 Shopping for Santa Claus: Origins of Macy’s and the Holiday Icon Macy’s introduced the department store Santa more than 150 years ago. It was not the only innovation the store introduced to attract parents and children during the holiday season. This article tells the story. It is loaded with business lessons. Holiday Humor 🎅🏻 “Santa is…
Recommended Tools 📈 Sales Ready Organization (SRO) Assessment If you’re thinking about how to bring more predictability and profit into your business, my friend Christopher Filipiak has a smart tool called the Sales Ready Organization (SRO) Assessment. I took it myself and I’m already using what it revealed to guide my 2026 planning. In just a…