Conference Week

Written by: Jonathan
Yesterday I got up at an unreasonable hour to fly out to Denver, then drive up to Cheyenne Wyoming. I'm speaking at a conference this week, and I'm really excited about it. All the other speakers are friends of mine I've made over the years working with a project you might have heard me talk […]
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Do You Recognize Your Own Genius

Written by: Jonathan
Nothing better than a good Venn Diagram and this is one of the best I've ever seen. It's pretty self-explanatory, but I might do a video that goes into more depth. The basic idea is that these are the 4 major considerations about your life & how they each overlap. Most people tend to have […]
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The Big World Of Small Talk

Written by: Jonathan
You ever find yourself on the precipice of a conversation, feeling that deep sense of dread? That anticipatory silence, pregnant with unease, just before you muster the will to strike up a conversation? That, dear readers, is the foreboding realm of small talk. And it's an art I've come to not only respect but master. […]
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Running 36 Miles & Writing A Book

Written by: Jonathan
They're the same thing. Ask me how I know. *Jonathan whispers "ask me how I know" in a weird voice* Glad you asked! This was yeaaaaaaars ago. My best friend Ben & I were exactly the same height, same weight, and build. And we ran everywhere. (Neither of us had car.) One day he says, […]
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Close Any Sale Cohort

Written by: Jonathan
You might know that I work at one of the country's #1 digital marketing agencies. On the Inc. 5,000 fastest growing for 5 or 6 years in a row. My job? Architect the sales process to help the sales team to close bigger opportunities with awesome clients more easily. It's high stake selling in a […]
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The Big World Of Small Talk Secret List

Written by: Jonathan
Yesterday morning I intended to record a short "how to" video about small talk for today. Then I asked you what you wanted to know about it. And boy did you deliver. I got messages on Facebook, replies to the email, Twitter DMs, LinkedIn messages, and I think that's about it. Point is; looks like […]
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The Art Of Meeting People

Written by: Jonathan
I worked at a magic shop inside Universal Studios where I performed 10,000+ shows for tourists all over the world. I started touring in 2008 so I've been meeting "single serving friends" for 15 years now. I've brought hundreds (if not thousands) of participants on stage with me. I've talked with ten's of thousands of […]
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Frivolous Friday: Mike Rowe

Written by: Jonathan
Do you know who Mike Rowe is? From Dirty Jobs? Did you know that he was on QVC. . . several times? He kept getting let go, but then they'd bring him back again because he's so good at off-the-cuff time-filling. Case in point? This is a video where he puts a cat toy on […]
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Recognized Genius Question

Written by: Jonathan
What's the thing that you are incredibly good at, that could help a lot of people solve valuable problems? Do lots of people know that you can do that? Do they know you can do that for them? I'm asking because it seems like most people I talk to have something like that, but they're […]
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The Internet Is Way Busted

Written by: Jonathan
In today's video, we're diving deep down the rabbit hole of the net's intrinsic problems and the ambitious project that promises to fix them all - Urbit. Now, before you hit that 'x' button, let me tell you why this is so important. Remember how Twitter did that rebranding to X and, in an instant, […]
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