Life on the YouTube Plantation
Suppression Algorithm
Questioning how we got here…
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Passion is a Privilege
It’s easy to talk about “passion” when the bills are paid…
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Danger of Disenfranchisement
When you just don’t wanna…
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X Factor in Business
Sometimes 2 plus 2 doesn’t equal what you want…
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Don’t Buy Liabilities
Value can be in the negative…
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Where Ideas Come From
Pulling screaming robots out of your butt…
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Self Promotion and Inbound Sales
How will the world know how cool your are if you never open your mouth..?
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Forcing Customers to Buy
Twisting your customers arm to buy…
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Death Through Negative Iteration
X– comes for us all….
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Stealing Candy from Babies
Stealing young people’s ideas and using your years of experience can be a winning combination for older folks…
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Digital Depreciation
Are you investing in digital assets that are falling in value..?
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Eat Your Own Dog Food
Would you be happy if you were your own customer?
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Lie Detectors for Startups
How to tell when your mom is lying…
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Saying “Enough”
Sometimes you just know it’s time to stop…
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PayPal and the Value of Central Authorities
Paying for someone else to deal with the stress…
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Investment Addiction
Put the gadget down…
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Hunting Ducks
The ducks are our salvation..!
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End of the New Beginning
The end of the pivots…
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Startup Founder Manic Depression
Riding the highs, and the lows…
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Back to the Server Room
Communication is overrated…
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Retreating to My Safe Space
I’ll be in my room…
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Can You Handle the Answer
If you don’t want the answer you probably shouldn’t ask…
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Market Timing for Tech Business
You can always have a happy ending… so long as you stop telling the story at the right point.
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RGB is Killing IT
RGB and Bezels are not on resumes…
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Long Tail Economics for Content Creators
It’s surprising how few people you need as customers to be successful…
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Misplaced Jealousy
Why are people jealous of a new forklift…
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Making Rules
Where do rules come from..?
Life on the YouTube Plantation
YouTube Cargo Cult
What happens when society starts praying to the AI?
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Democratizing Wealth
Is it a wise idea to offer a buffet, but then have customers only pay for what they appreciate?
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Constant Complaining
Complaining about everything has become a hobby for too many people.
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Defending the A+
All questions are stupid questions…
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Private Conversations
There are a thousand private conversations that happen before a decision is made.
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Professional Consideration
Bad mouthing peers and competitors actually damages you.
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Listening to Consumers
There’s a difference between listening and taking action.
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Exploiting Logan Paul
When does condemnation turn into tacit support?
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Question of Morality
Does your business conform with your morals?
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Worthless Work
Why work for people who think your output is worthless?
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Boiling Frogs
Sometimes the frustrations build ever so slowly…
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Migrations Suck
Migrations are a huge pain in the butt, and can end up taking more time and resources than you have.
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One Question at a Time
Focus on answering your questions one at a time. Too many people become overwhelmed with the number of questions and then don’t end up really understanding whether or not what […]
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Product Packaging
How you package your product is as important as the product itself.
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Scaling with Credit Cards
Scaling your business resources has never been easier, but it requires a different way of thinking.
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Becoming a Curmudgeon
There’s a reason decision makers and owners get grumpy.
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Self Importance Problems
When talking with other people it’s vital to understand that they do not see the world from the same perspective that you do.
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Restarting as a Skill
People focus to much on trying to study 15 hours a day, but do a bad job at simply restarting their training when they have to temporarily stop.
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Predicting the Future
Prediction is a skill like any other. The more comfortable you become with it the better your career will go.
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Time Allocation
Are you “working” 5 hour a day on your social media marketing, or are you just watching a lot of cat videos?
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Can You Afford to Get Sick?
Have you setup you business model to allow for you getting the flu?
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Wanting the Actual Job
You may want the title, but do you actually want to do the work?
Social Issues
Social Fear and Courage
Social courage is many time far more difficult than physical courage.
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Don’t Expect Support
Expecting and depending on support from others can be a fatal flaw.
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Embracing Insanity
It’s not about finding sanity. It’s finding the insanity that suits you.
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Limited Turns at Bat
Time moves ever onward towards old age and death. Don’t imagine you have more time than you do.
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The Door Metaphor
The door always exists even if you can’t see it.
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Judging Motivation
People are motivated by different things.
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Failing by Overextending
One way many businesses end up failing is by overextending themselves, and then not being able to pay the bills.
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Working Through the Blahs
The blahs hit us all. Working through them is vital for success.
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Not Talking About Plans
There are times to tell everyone about your plans, and others when you should stay silent.
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Consequences for Words
Everyone deals with consequences for what they say and do. The question is whether you’re moving towards your goal, or simply padding your ego.
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Tone of Messaging
How you present your message is as important as what you actually say.
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Failing into Success
Failing may be the beginning of your success. It sounds odd, but in my life has been true.
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Elliptical Machines for Aspie Hamsters
The thing with now being 41 is that over the years I’ve gotten into shape, and then back out of it many times. At certain points my life was physically […]
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Talking About Money is Not Evil
One of the things viewers tried to gig me on most while on YouTube was the fact I talk about money in almost all of my videos. There is this […]
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Constant Worry as a Founder
“Aren’t you worried that…?” Let me stop you right there. Before you, my wife, or any other reader goes any further. The answer is, “Yes”. I’m absolutely worried. I’m utterly […]