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Read time: 1 minute, 319 words. Decision paralysis kills more dreams than bad choices ever will. I've seen it firsthand. Especially with artists. Stuck in their heads, tweaking the same track, debating the next move, waiting for the "right" moment. Clarity doesn't come before action. It comes from action. β Meet Frances Hesselbein. Former CEO of the Girl Scouts and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, she was a leadership visionary who brought business acumen to nonprofit work. β‘οΈ Productivity βWriteseed. Helps you write landing pages, ads, and content with SEO built in. AI-backed and marketing-oriented. β π° Passive βPortfolio Visualizer. Powerful tool for analyzing and backtesting dividend portfolios and retirement income strategies. Great for long-term planners. π΅ Music βOtis Blue by Otis Redding. This 1965 album radiates raw soul. Reddingβs third LP features powerhouse originals like "Respect" and covers that he makes entirely his own, from Sam Cooke to The Rolling Stones. Urgent, tender, and timeless. β π Books βThe Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution by Joyce E. Chaplin. Reveals how Benjamin Franklin's most iconic invention was also his boldest climate intervention. Designed during the Little Ice Age, the Franklin stove was part appliance, part scientific hypothesis. A way to warm homes, save wood, and explore atmospheric changes. A vivid portrait of invention, intention, and unintended impact. β I want to write a piece inspired by Debussyβs use of parallel harmony. Break down how he used planing in "La cathΓ©drale engloutie" and give me an original example. βStill getting this call? You're luckyβ βEver feel a twinge when scrolling past someone else's success story?β βWhy you should return to metal musicβ β
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I help you build your portfolio career. Get 7 actionable ideas on Sundays. From a Multi-Grammy & Multi-Emmy Winner, New York Times bestselling author (19 books), ex-J.P. Morgan banker, Navy Vet. Join 10k readers.
Read time: 1 minute, 315 words. Most wealthy people I know don't talk about their money. They just manage it exceptionally well.They're not chasing flashy wins or obsessing over income.They track what actually matters, make intentional moves, and let time do the rest.I saw these patterns firsthand working on Wall Street with quietly wealthy clients.They play a different game from what most of us are taught.And it's surprisingly simple.ππ½ Here are 7 money habits they follow relentlessly....
Read time: 1 minute, 362 words. Your dream career won't be built on one big break.It'll be built on a thousand quiet choices no one sees.Tiny decisions that compound like interest...until they transform your trajectory. After 15 years watching careers rise and crash on Wall Street, in startups, and around boardroom tables, I noticed a pattern:It's not the loud moves or flashy wins that create extraordinary careers.It's the consistent, strategic decisions made in the background. The people who...
Read time: 1 minute, 330 words. I usually advise artists to think more like business leaders. But lately, I've been seeing the opposite is just as powerful. What if business leaders started thinking more like artists?Not just managing problems, but creatively reimagining them.Not just pushing harder, but shifting perspective. Structure is important...but it's not where breakthroughs happen.Creativity is. ππ½ Check these 7 ways to bring an artist's lens into your business thinking.Because...