Clarity Compressed: Build a Better Business Through Better Brand Development

Clarity Fam,

As we roll into March, I start getting very excited about the changing of the seasons. Sure, in Upstate NY we likely have at least another 4-6 weeks where it could snow, however, I know that we are close to the nicer weather!

All of this has me in the 'spring cleaning' mentality when it comes to making changes for the better and it has me thinking about how much progress is good enough.

Often it is eas...

Clarity Fam,

Aside from my Eagles losing a heartbreaker last week, it's been a really great week. Mainly due to the fact that I was disconnected.

I took my family on our first intentionally disconnected vacation in quite a while. I spent 6 days unplugging from my hectic regular life and making new connections with my family.

I talk about it and share some of the things I learned in this week's episode.

Dis...

Clarity Fam,

I do some of my best thinking on planes. Although I’m not built for commercial flight, (long legs, a head that wants to constantly fall forward when I fall asleep, and shoulders that constantly get bumped by the aisle walkers), it is a place where I tend to reconnect with myself.

This is probably the result of being strapped down for several hours, unable to bounce around talking to people and looking for the n...

Clarity Fam,

I'm about to embark on a 5 day journey with my company ASOTU to cover the largest show for Retail Auto Dealers, the NADA Show. 30k people will converge on Dallas to show and tell everything that is on the cusp of the future of automotive. But guess what...

There are millions of folks who are in the industry and won't get to go and I think it's the leader's job to bring as much back as possib...

Carity Fam,

As I’m rolling into the second half of the month it’s busier than ever, but I’m more focused than ever on doing meaningful things. And I better be!

Between my work with Congruent, ASOTU, and beyond there are more and more things that demand my time, contribute to my emotional state, and require me to focus.

Today I give some thoughts on why it can be good to remind yourself and your team about...

Clarity Fam,

I hope your first few steps into the new year were great ones! Today I’m going to read and react to a post made by the insidehistory Instagram account that dropped a perspective bomb right on my head.

In short, it tracked someone born in 1900 through all the wars, pandemics, conflicts, and crisis they would have experienced. It blew my mind.

Most pertinently, it reminded me that evaluating my current situation in a m...

Clarity Fam,

It's great to see you in 2023! There is so much great energy around the new year. A fresh start. A chance to cut ties with the challenges and mistakes and get moving on those things you really wanted to do, uninhibited by the baggage.

I've surely had mixed success with new year's resolutions so I've stopped making them, but I haven't stopped using the turn of the new year as a chance to...

Clarity Fam, 

I’m sitting in Nashville Tennessee preparing for a lifestream. We’ve been working on for months. My voice is just about gone, but I wanted to take a few minutes to share my thinks and my thoughts coming out of 2022 and heading into 2023 for so many of us in this community that is in pursuit of, we’ll you know, clarity. 

Clarity Fam,

Yes. It is more than ok to bring your kids to work with you. ESPECIALLY if you are traveling. This past week I had the privilege to speak to about 150 people in Princeton, NJ about the importance of their role serving people throughout the service lanes and I was able to bring my 11 year old daughter Elyse with me for the day.

Clarity fam,

In 1997, the year I graduated high school, a book called "Don't sweat the small stuff" was released. And while I know the premise to not get bogged down in life with all the demanding details, I happen to think that giving more intentionality to the small stuff will yield you the best results long term.

Clarity Fam,

Today I take a moment to take a moment with my 16 year old son, Myles. Having teenaged kids is fun. It helps keep me in the loop with how the minds of the next generation are shaping up. It is also rewarding to be able to have a conversation with an almost young-adult that I had a hand in raising. (Credit my wife for most of his good tra...

Clarity Fam,

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a conversation where you were talking to someone when all of a sudden you realized they weren't really paying attention and you were even a little bored with what you were saying?  I certainly have.

This week I talk about the importance and discip...

Clarity Fam, 

I’m here in Palm Beach teaching a Creative Track and the main theme is Content Communication. That is, actually saying something that matters through your content. 

This doesn’t mean it can’t be fun or light, but it does mean it needs to be intentional. I get into a few different types of content...

Clarity Fam,

We've had one of the warmest Springs on record where I live in Syracuse, NY. It's certainly the warmest I remember in the last 20 years of living up here. There is a buzz about it. People are out more with lots of smiles and comments on how nice it is. I'm sure you can imagine. I'm pretty certain my friends who live i...

Clarity Fam,

Today I’m going to share some of the routines I’ve fallen into and why they are working. I’ve read about some people who simplify basic things in their lives to free up mental space for more the more complex things.

Our headspace is a deplete-able asset. Every day, we only get so much. Efficiency studies show this over and over. Even our will power gets weaker as the day goes on just like a muscle you are working out.

I’m...

Clarity Fam,

This weekend I had an ecstatic moment...for the first time in 13 years, my Phillies made it into the World Series. As I looked deeper into the leadership situation of the team, the reason for their late-season success began to look much more like an episode of Ted Lasso than they typical Philly-grit story (although it has that too).

Clarity Fam,

I've been seeing a lot of content regarding building a personal brand with the intention of doing business. While I'm certainly not against that, I think there is risk of turning everyone into a walking dollar sign if you aren't careful.

So today I talk about my perspective on perso...