I need a stunt… I get that text multiple times a week 🙂 You too may be in need of viral power… A marketing driver capable of creating exponential growth for your artist or product. The challenge with this question is that it is tactical in nature. Let me explain… Many people start brainstorming...

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” -John Powell Experience only becomes experience when you learn from it. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Experience is the best teacher, unfortunately, she’s the most expensive. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough...

Think of the best decisions you’ve made over the past few years… {giving you a second to think} 🙂 Seriously… You can stop for one moment to think about it. Do you have them in your head?   Now, think about the results of those decisions. — If you’re like 100% of the population...

Of all the Tool Tuesdays I share, I rarely recommend more emails 😉 However, for the past few years, I’ve been able to stay in touch with emerging trends via the Cassandra Daily. The Cassandra Daily researches the way youth culture engages with brands and reports on their findings by revealing a different trend...

The other day, an artist representative told me they aren’t paid to come up with the artist’s vision for them… “That’s the artist’s job.” I couldn’t agree more… The era we live in requires a bold and authentic first person perspective. At the same time, I’ve become more fascinated by positioning in 2019 than...

Thanks to all of you who joined me in the mourning of Inbox last week 😉 It was a sad day for my fellow productivity nerds who spent every day with the greatest email app ever invented. Your shared condolences and advice were greatly appreciated – Even if I wasn’t able to respond to...

These are the top three fallacies I see from young aspiring leaders… 1. “I don’t believe I can” I don’t have the knowledge or the network… I didn’t go to the right school… I’m not experienced enough… I need to get experience first… I must climb the corporate ladder… It’s the only way. BULLSHIT!...

For those of you who live in LA, did you notice the sudden burst of butterflies seemingly everywhere a couple weeks ago? I didn’t… Until I saw a friend of mine post about it to his instagram story… And then, I noticed them everywhere. What about the Jacaranda trees in full bloom… Did you notice...

When we’re successful, our brains believe we can easily replicate that success because we instinctively view ourselves as the primary factor responsible for creating the original success in the first place. As we increase the value of our own contributions to influence success, we often downplay the plethora of surrounding factors responsible for creating...

Yesterday, my Inbox exploded… Literally. For those of you who have been long time AoaM subscribers, you may be aware of my obsession with Inbox by Google for the iPhone. Last year, Google announced they would be shutting down the app on March 31, in favor of the regular Gmail app, which is clearly...