I've been chatting with my friend today about Dan Koe's newsletter and why I no longer read him. (I have nothing against Dan Koe personally. I think he's a legit genius. But his content is too dense for me.) His latest newsletter contains, like, 12 different high level ideas, each of which could (and I argue /should/) be their own newsletters. Now compare that with Jason Feifer's latest newsletter. It's about one thing—how to promote yourself without feeling salesy. "Does self-promotion make you uncomfortable? Or, flip side: Have you put yourself out there, and been criticized for being too self-centered? I’ve experienced both. I used to hate self-promotion, and was overlooked for opportunities. Then I gained more confidence and was accused of being self-obsessed. Like this one time I applied for a big job…" My friend Borris Upton wrote this Substack Note today, and it sums up my thoughts elegantly. "Ogilvy called it the Big Idea. Most copy dies without one. Unless your writing is built on a single powerful idea, it passes like a ship in the night. The reader notices nothing, remembers nothing, does nothing. One idea jolts. A dozen blur." Jason Feifer writes about one big idea, and that works for me every week.

Shipped a post from a transcript - even tho my set up in COEM isn’t all the way set up. Have no expectations as far as reach (um, 50 impressions - baller)….just glad I can take my own words and use them for posts with a few tweaks. Diving into heavy video content next week when I’m back from travel so I can batch create some videos.

Has anyone else encountered an issue where they can only see about 4-5 scheduled posts on LinkedIn? I've scheduled more, but they aren't showing up, and I can't remember which day I had scheduled up to. I also ended up posting two posts this morning simultaneously because I trusted the scheduled post listing. Not sure how to view all my posts. It looks like there is a thread on Reddit, so I know others are experiencing this as well.

I had a new follower today. I wanted to connect and send them my new-follower message, but it asked for an email to confirm I know this person. First time I've encountered this, and I vaguely recall there being a setting for this. Is there a way to engage with the person directly, or is the best approach to reply to one of their posts?

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. Instead, they start to feel the pressure as everything depends on them to keep running smoothly. 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿: ❌ You’re still the one everyone turns to for decisions — even when you’d rather not ❌ When you try to step back, progress slows, so you stay involved longer than you want ❌ Stress turns into tension between partners, leaders, or teams ❌ Things still work — they just feel heavier than before ❌ You spend more time handling daily work than setting direction 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: ✅ Decisions become clearer ✅ Leadership feels calmer, even under pressure ✅ Teams stay aligned and work together ✅ Less escalation, more ownership across the team ✅ Progress happens without extra effort I help founders make the hidden parts of leadership clear — so clarity is shared and progress doesn’t depend on just one person. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄. Let’s talk about how I help founders move out of overload and back into momentum.