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Episode 222: Create Joy

August 5, 2025

Remind yourself why you do what you do. You create joy and you do it with intention. When things go awry it is all too often because the singular purpose has been misformed by ego, by manipulation and by a loss of connection. Finding your way back means two things: tantrums and foundation. Listen in…

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Episode 221: Tomorrow Is Another Day

July 29, 2025

Unless you are committed to making it look like yesterday. Evolution requires letting go to embrace what could be. It means knowing when you speak of something new, it has to be with a different mindset. Let’s talk about the Phoenix once more.

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Episode 220: Make Change A Choice

July 22, 2025

Change sucks. It is hard, really hard and the inertia to change is a powerful mistress. The decision to change has to be with intention and an ultimate endeavor to reset your foundation without regard to result. Let’s talk The Dip.

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Episode 219: Value Delivery, The Journey Is The Destination And Pricing From The Top Down

July 15, 2025

Every creative business takes a journey with and for its clients. The points along the way are its value. No doubt, the goal is inevitable if the journey is profound. In this episode, will will talk about the importance of value delivery, subjective and objective and getting paid what you need. The implications will result in the 3W’s — where were you, where are you and where are you going. Of course, there is a story to help. Let us talk about Sandals Resorts and Wonder Woman. Listen in…

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Episode 218: What Is Your One Thing?

July 8, 2025

At the end of the day, you need permission to do what you do as you would do it. The one thing you have to have to create. Let’s talk about Sunday dinner.

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Episode 217: Choosing What To Measure

July 1, 2025

Since the dawn of the industrial age, if we can measure it, we will. For creative business, those standards are and will always be amorphous. How do you value an idea? Let’s talk trains and clocks.

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Episode 216: The Intention Reception Paradox

June 24, 2025

Just like governments do not run like businesses, so too does creative businesses not look like other businesses. All too often what would be expected in business, is not true for creative business — say the customer is always right, being hungry and scrappy always works and, of course, price matters above all else. Enter the intention/reception paradox. Listen in…

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Episode 215: Integrity

June 17, 2025

Integrity means getting paid to ask better questions and being willing to live with the answers. Sound cryptic? It is not. Listen in for my explanation.

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Episode 214: Proaction

June 10, 2025

What does it mean to be proactive? How often do you practice being, well, you? Let’s talk brain surgery.

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Episode 213: Gender and Race

June 3, 2025

Art does not see color or sex; clients do though. As with all things creative, how can the business story compel your art to move beyond bias? To do that though you will need to allow conversations to happen as you see them and remove the “get to yes” mentality. Maybe not a solution, but it is a start and definitely worth a conversation. Listen in…

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