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The two best Dilberts ever...

Resistance is not enough... 

I'd never heard of Michael Malice before his appearance on Thaddeus Russell's new podcast... but he made some really interesting points, especially around the religious impulse that underpins progressivism, and almost everything the Left does, as they seek to save others and achieve salvation themselves. 

Big business circa 2016... aka: why the little guys are where the real action is.

Walking my talk.  (On the far right with all the killers who choke me out several times a week.)  http://mumbrella.com.au/why-all-strategists-should-fight-or-lift-weights-to-learn-about-making-shit-happen-124809 

Homo sapiens are more accurately “homo ignis”: Whatever we find, we set on fire... or turn into “electric fire”.  From wood, through coal, through nuclear...  From space the planet looks overrun by fire ants.

The wonderful Esther Perel neatly sums up the conundrums of modern marriage and relationships. "Before you divorce your partner, you might want to divorce your belief system".

Amanda Palmer on the epic power of simplicity and minimalism - something she took years to get to - and how AC/DC are the masters of it. We need the “AC/DC guide to simple strategy”... surely.

A talk I gave at Frost, sharing all my tips and tools for getting better client briefs.

The longer you live, the more you figure this out. And if you work in Adland and don’t know who Dave Trott is, get on fixing that.

Whitney Cummings in conversation with Tim Ferriss (Mr “specialisation is for insects”) gives the best definition of codependency I’ve yet to hear.  A tad confronting... in a good way.

If you ever feel down, listen to Duncan Trussell remind you what you *really* are.

A fantastic short story which captures much of what I think about this mysterious universe in which we find ourselves.

A visualisation of this insightful commentary by Peter Sage.  Definitely worth listening to.

Which is why I argue all self-proclaimed “strategists” need to put their necks on the line...

Sadly very true.