The power of a pause

The single-most effective way to invest 90 seconds a day is simple (and difficult). 18 times a day, when you’re about to offer advice, ask a question or blurt out a response, wait five seconds. That pause shifts the way what you say next will be perceived. It also opens the door for you to…

44 AI Marketing Statistics for 2025

Article Performance Data from Ahrefs The number of websites linking to this post. Get the week’s best marketing content From how content is created to how brands are appearing in search, AI is transforming modern marketing. Staying ahead and making great decisions on what to do next means understanding the data. We’ve run dozens of…

Status (and the grass tax)

Status shows up whenever humans do, and it is the invisible underpinning of our culture. The front lawn was only invented around the time of Columbus. The idea was to demonstrate that you had time and money to waste. You could take useful land and make it non-productive. You could take labor and put it…