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Monday Mash-Up ~ Vol. 2, Ep. 7

By Tom Ruwitch

Michael DeLon and Me + The Lost History of Yellowstone + Jane Fonda on Storytelling and Empathy + Free Training to Harness the Magnetic Power of Stories

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Which of These Are You?

By Tom Ruwitch

In yesterday’s Monday Mash-Up, I shared this this article about the director ChloĂ© Zhao.  Her new movie, Nomadland, is getting a lot of Oscar buzz. And she’s getting lots of attention.  Well deserved, I believe.   The article has several great business lessons. Here’s one… Zhao met her husband, cinematographer Joshua James Richards, when they were film students at…

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Monday Mash-Up ~ Vol. 2, Ep. 6

By Tom Ruwitch

Let’s Work on Our Connections + Nomadland is a Haunting, Powerful Movie + The Story Behind ChloĂ© Zhao’s Storytelling

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Monday Mash-Up ~ Vol. 2, Ep. 5

By Tom Ruwitch

Tips for Producing Better Content + Valentine’s Song List + Dr. Pele “Combining Your Business And Passion To Create Profitable Happiness” + Books and Emails by James Clear + A Movie about the Great Quincy Jones + Wise words from James Clear

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Monday Mash-Up ~ Vol. 2, Ep. 4

By Tom Ruwitch

Marian Brickner’s 100-Page Book + Ted Prodromou’s Secret to Success + Due Tramonti (Two Sunsets) by Ludovico Einaudi + Powerful Words from Alice Walker

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How Eddie Murphy’s Fear Can Make You Better

By Tom Ruwitch

I used to think Eddie Murphy was fearless.  I mean think of him at his peak… He was a badass. A comedy legend. Full of bluster. The coolest cat in town.  This guy:  Fearful? No way!  Then, I saw him on a 2019 episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and… Eddie said…

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Monday Mash-Up, Vol. 2, Ep. 3

By Tom Ruwitch

Dr. Pelè aThe Profitable Happiness™ Podcast + The Tim Ferriss Show + Downton Abbey The English Game + Taylor Swift

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The Return of the Monday Mash-Up, Vol. 2, Ep. 1

By Tom Ruwitch

Ted Prodromou Ginger or Mary Ann? + Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson + Free Photos + Music to Write By + Words to Live By

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A Less Complicated Way to Power up Business Growth

By Tom Ruwitch

Happy National Screenwriters Day.  (Yeah, that’s a thing).  Last night, to get into the holiday spirit, I picked up my copy of “Story – Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting” by Robert McKee.  Great book — especially if you want to be a screenwriter.  Marketers swear by it, too… …especially ones who understand…

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Recommended Reading…

By Tom Ruwitch

During my down time last week, I read this essay by Ann Patchett, published in the January 2021 issue of Harper’s Magazine.  Ann Patchett is a writer whose books I like.  And she’s a business owner whose bookstore I love.  She opened Parnassus Books on the south side of Nashville in 2011… …because the city’s…

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