A lot of times, especially this week, it’s hard to not be depressed. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the bad and feel helpless in that moment. What difference can you make?

You don’t need a specific turn of the calendar or time of day to start over. You can do it whenever you want.

Slowing down up top to think feels like a waste of time when you have so many tasks ahead of you. But I promise, focusing on the marketing basics will save you a lot of time and money in the long run.

Getting a new martech product stood up takes a highly specialized skill set to get it right. What’s overlooked, too often in my opinion, are the people.

We all should have to realize that the stakes of our behavior are often higher than we’d like to admit. Corey Smale is self-aware enough to realize it. We’d be good to realize it too.

There’s a balance between being efficient without being fast for speed’s sake is the sweet spot. That’s where flow is. And it’s a lot of fun when you can find it.

Engaging with people takes work. Humans are messy and complicated creatures. We’d all be good to remember that.

Without trust, we are our own worst enemy.

I was 2 for 4 on goals for the year. Not bad.

I created this weekly newsletter edition, exclusive to email subscribers, to share interesting things I’ve read that week. Makes me less dependent on social. And hopefully forces me to be more thoughtful about what I share.