Antimimeticisomorphism: Sidewalk Water Stencil Marketing

This reminds me of Guerilla Marketing tactics of the 1990s… #Brilliant

Antimimeticisomorphism: Create A Lasting Impression

Exponential Mindset Thinking, including Antimimeticisomorphism will create extra-ordinary results, especially those bold and courageous enough to make it memorable!

Precision Of Language: Tennis Scoring Terminology

Every industry has its own vocabulary. Precision Of Language (POL) for Crystal Clear Communication (CCC) is essential for effective leadership. This is especially important when new innovations come to the forefront. This short video is an entertaining anecdote to explain what at face value makes no sense… but has historical significance and provides you an […]

Exponential Value Creation Tip: Simplifying Something Complex

This explanation is TOTALLY BRILLIANT… I wish we had visuals like this when I was in school. We all have SPECIALIST expertise which is great, but at the same time is IMPOTENT unless it can be effectively leveraged to create value for our ‘audiences’. These can be sales prospects, students, kids, friends, family members, staff, […]

Forced Versus Unforced Errors In Business

The controversy surrounding forced and unforced errors in tennis centers on the subjective, inconsistent, and often arbitrary way these statistics are recorded, as they are determined by human scorers rather than objective data. Unforced errors are typically defined as mistakes made when a player has time to prepare and position themselves, while forced errors occur […]

Training Is Quite Simple But Hard To Do

Training is based on the concept of Operant Conditioning, best demonstrated with this adorable puppy… The HARD part with training people is that they RESIST and RETURN to their DEFAULT modality even when they’re motivated and incentivised to make the chance/shift. This is the perennial problem every leader/manager needs to overcome. If you’re trying to […]

Memorising Metaphors

Right off the bat, you should NOT try to memorise metaphors! If your don’t understand the underlying message, the metaphor has nothing to “attach” to. So the fix is not “remember more metaphors.” It’s to be able to select and retrieve the appropriate ones, in real time, on demand. Metaphors are powerful tools for explaining […]

New Tech = New Vocabulary

Precision Of Language is essential for Crystal Clear Communication especially if you want to leverage Deliberate Practice Principles. With AI now front and center, we need to learn new words like “spinner verbs”…

Corporate Jargon

We are all victims and guilty of corporate jargon. This series of cartoons is a hilarious p*ss take of the phenomenon, pun intended.

Consultant, Advisor, Strategist, Mentor, Motivator: What’s The Diff?

Most business owners don’t fail because they lack effort. They fail because they hire the wrong type of help for the outcome they actually want. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: If you confuse types, you’ll get what you asked for and you might not be happy with the results. Before you spend a dollar, you need […]

How Smart Founders Build Authority Before They Need It

Building authority is something that every business and business owner needs, even if the company itself is fairly small and new to begin with. Smart founders are those who build the authority before they need it. Treating their personal brand as a compounding asset, rather than using it as a marketing tactic, is how they […]

Marketing Definitions

Well all know how important syntax and vocational vocabulary are. These important marketing definitions will help you make sense of the complexity of business.

The AI Business App That Doesn’t Wait for You — It Moves Ahead Of You

Let’s make one thing very clear before we even start… This is NOT: A paid review with an affiliate link. There is no link, you’ll have to go on the Apple App Store and download it from there. An “AI agent” you have to configure A swarm of bots you need to “vibe code” Another […]

Trigger Your Reticular Activations System To Make Sense Of “Everything”

Whether your learning TYPE  is visual, auditory or kinesthetic, visual diagrams like this one are essential to assemble the wealth of data and information you need to process to make sense of any topic, like this synthesis of Agentic AI. Visuals like this trigger your Reticular Activation System (RAS) and enable you to parse, sort […]

Too Many Ideas Can Kill Your Company

I think we can all agree that COMING UP with ideas is fun (and easy). That’s why so many entrepreneurs indulge in the HABIT of coming up with them, but don’t “quite” get around to deploying them — profitably. Jeff Bezos explains this predicament well in this short 3-minute video. So, what should you do […]

It’s Not WHAT You Say; It’s HOW You Say It

We all know the adage: It’s Not WHAT You Say; It’s HOW You Say It. But what does that actually mean in dayto day business activities? Here is an example of DATA presented in 3 different ways and I’m sure you’ll agree each illsutration is more EFFECTIVE than the previous. This challenge is amplified when […]

Beware Of Having Too Many Rules

This is deep. Re-read it a few times. Take the time to let it sink in. You want thinkers, not tickers, taskers or thoughters! To avoid this, you need to TRAIN instead of teach and tell!

Hiring To Add More People? Think Twice Before You Do It

Growing a team is one of the toughest aspects of running a business. Every time you ADD an additional member to your team, the complexity multiplies. This is something to keep in mind when deciding to hire “just one more person”…

The Key To Sticking To Your Goals: Discipline

Every business owner, entrepreneur or manager wants to achieve their goals… These great graphics visually synthesise a core philosophy of peak productivity: Discipline. Simply put, it’s about practicing the DISCIPLINE to align your time and energy (resources) towards the goals you’ve set for yourself and the business. This means avoiding distractions and indulgences that do […]

Confusing Contradictions and (Internal) Conflicts

I see this pattern over and over again when I sit across from founders, CEOs, and senior leaders. They’ll say something like:“I feel pulled in opposite directions.”Or: “I don’t know why this feels so hard—I know what I should do.”Or my personal favourite: “Am I just being inconsistent?” Most of the time, they’re not inconsistent […]