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#125 The frustration formula
Happy Monday, everyone.
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Archives, Notes, etc.
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✦ June
#124 The similar ones
Happy Sunday, everyone.
I shared this with the LOFT [https://poweredbyloft.com] team earlier and thought
it was worth including
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✦ June
#123 The accountability pursuit
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Happy
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✦ June
#122 The perishable skill
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Happy
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✦ May
#121 The podcast tour
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Quick Note: Hope you’re cool with trying something new. Over the next 4-6 weeks
I’m
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✦ May
#120 The hardest gift
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Before I jump into my “learning” I wanted to share more about the acquisition
Calm Capital was
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✦ May
Calm Capital bought Wavve
If you subscribe to Notes from the Field,
[https://notesfromthefield.substack.com] you’ve heard about a recent unnamed
acquisition
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✦ May
#119 The new CEOs
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In early April we hired a CEO for the company Calm Capital acquired in March.
Last week
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✦ April
#118 The three "be's"
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One aspect of business we’re working on across the portfolio is branding. It’s
important for
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✦ April
#117 The top priority
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One thing I've been working on for myself and with the leaders of Calm'
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✦ March
#116 The lock approach
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Over the last couple months, Marty and I have been working on Calm Capital’s
next acquisition.
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✦ March
#115 The trusty knower
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My dad and grandad used to have a saying for how to handle off-book decisions.
They’d
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✦ February
#114 The running clock
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My kids hit the age where they love playing video games. Both of them received
iPods in
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✦ February
#113 The super one
Happy Sunday, everyone.
Interestingly, NFTF has been published on several Super Bowl Sundays. And it is
again this year.
So
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✦ January
#112 The coming set
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Growing up on the coast, I didn’t surf as much as most of my friends did.
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✦ January
#111 The good strategist
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In creative businesses like Honestly, a strategist is a key role. And like
design, writing, or project
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✦ December
#110 The action trigger
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Can you hang in there with me for one more issue of Notes from the Field for
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✦ December
Over communication
If you don’t tell the story, customers derive their own opinions and
conclusions.
And more often than not, they’
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✦ December
Criticism
I was criticized recently by someone whose opinion I could care less about.
The initial reaction I guard against when
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✦ December
#109 The albatross customer
Happy Sunday, everyone.
Life is too short to deal with bad customers. Sometimes it escapes me that we
get to
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✦ December
Execute and learn
Thoughts and quotes on executing ideas.
> Execution is the carrying out or putting into effect of a plan, order,
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✦ November
Give thanks
> In everything give thanks…
Sometimes this is a hard command to follow. It’s so absolute — so encompassing.
“Everything”
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✦ November
#108 The request triage
Happy Sunday, everyone.
Across the companies, we have a lot of strategic initiatives in the works or
rolling out over
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✦ November
#107 The two exponents
Happy Monday.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about logic and enthusiasm.
Combined, this pair provides the best opportunity
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✦ October
Best and worst
Was going through some old notes this week from a few sessions I had last year
with a college golf
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✦ October
#106 The ad hoc
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I’ve written previously about my ongoing efforts to be more efficient and
intentional with my time.
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✦ October
Just think
I’d like to propose something. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say, please give
this a
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✦ September
Unity, liberty, and charity
I heard this not too long ago and it’s stuck with me (especially relevant right
now). I believe it’
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✦ September
#105 The sustainable way
Happy Sunday, everyone.
Before I jump into this week’s NFTF, I’d like to say thanks again for showing
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✦ September
More and better
I was moving some books around in the office and stumbled across a book my mom gave me when I
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✦ September
#104 The new season
Hello, friends.
Happy Sunday, everyone.
What I’m Learning/Doing
I’m interrupting this regularly scheduled program to make a
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✦ August
#103 The century mark
Hello, friends.
Happy Sunday, everyone.
Welcome to the 103rd issue of Notes from the Field! If you’re new or