Monday StrategyCalm on Paper, Chaos in the Room
No amount of prep stops your nervous system from taking over.
People do not buy goods and services. They buy relations, stories and magic.
The Blue-Collar Revolution Has an AI Upgrade
Forget the corner office. According to one report, 42% of Gen Z now prefer trade careers over desk jobs, and the businesses they’re joining are adopting AI faster than most of corporate America.
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The Design Rule Every Brand Should Steal
At 14, Mike Laut was told he could have a car if he built it himself, so he rebuilt a 1973 Ford Bronco from the ground up. He still drives it, and that same hands-on approach now powers a multimillion-dollar Raleigh design studio behind products for PepsiCo, surgical robotics and more.
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The 3 States of Your Nervous System, Explained
You’ve rehearsed the pitch, polished the deck and told yourself to stay calm, and then your body does its own thing anyway. Polyvagal theory suggests your nervous system switches among three states that shape how you show up in the workplace.
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