Monday Mash-Up

Recommended ProgramLearn LinkedIn from the Best Ted Prodromou has released a new-and-improved version of his Linked Accelerator program, and I’ve signed up. If you sign up from the link below, you’ll get an amazing deal.  I enrolled in the previous version of the program and learned a ton. But LinkedIn changes constantly so its time…

Recommended EventRegister, Attend, and Thrive… This one is a no-brainer. A free, interactive event: Thrive in All Economic Times. Details and registration here… This is NOT another one of those sit-and-listen yawn-fests. “Interactive event” means you’ll network with like-minded business people, meet the speakers, and make business-building connections.  If you want to just sit and listen,…

Recommended ReadingWhat Does AI Mean for Writers Here’s a great article from a great writer (Ann Handley) about AI and its limitations.  AI is a tool, she writes. “It’s a power tool, sure—maybe a diamond-toothed chainsaw capable of felling a redwood. But it’s also just a tool.”  And you must understand its limitations. “The one holding the…

Recommended ListeningDerek Sivers with Tim Ferriss Derek Sivers founded the popular compact disc vendor CD Baby, sold it in 2008 for $22 million, and donated the proceeds to charitable trust for music education.  Now, he’s an author, speaker, philosopher, and all-around inspiring guy.  Here’s the 2015 interview I heard that first introduced me to Derek…

Recommended Viewing (and Reading)The Happy Secret to Better Work Many people think business success can lead to happiness. Shawn Anchor has shown it’s the other way around — happiness leads to business success.  I love this TED talk. Funny. Insightful. Inspiring.  Anchor’s book The Happiness Advantage is the April selection for the Mastermind Book Club. If you…

You’re InvitedTwo Great Events on Thursday Join me this Thursday, March 23 for back-to-back, business-building events.  Mastermind Book Club: 2:30 pm ET, 1:30 CT Ted Prodromou and I will lead a conversation about this month’s Book Club selection — “Magic Words” by Jonah Berger. You don’t have to read the book to join the conversation. Join…

Recommended ReadingSeth Godin on the Power of “I Don’t Know”  Another quick read from Seth Godin’s blog. Well worth the <1 minute it will take you to read it. Why it’s OK (or better) to say, “I don’t know.” Recommended ReadingBrian Kurtz: How Life Imitates Direct Marketing Baseball season is here. Spring training is in full…

Recommended ReadingWhy You Shouldn’t Be Swayed by the Popularity of Super Bowl Ads This is a great article from AdWeek about the difference between “popular” ads and profit-generating ads. Valuable lessons here about measuring what matters.  Recommended Listening and ViewingHappy Birthday, Wes Montgomery Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery was born 100 years ago today (March 6). Many call…

Recommended ReadingAnn Handley: The One Email Metric You Need to Track This is a great post from Ann Handley who describes how she began measuring this ONE thing related to her email marketing — and how that one thing is the most important thing she tracks.  I measure it, too. And so should you.  When I launch…

Inspirational ViewingThe Incredible Story of the “3-Foot Giant” Sean Stephenson was born in 1979 with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. On the day he was born, doctors warned his parents he probably wouldn’t survive the night.  He survived — and thrived — for 40 years, before passing away in 2019.  Thanks to…