Sep 18, 2020

Adam's Insiders - Issue #21

By Adam Fairhead • Issue #21 • View online

Thought for the week

We all have weaknesses we know about; we can work on those. Those aren’t the real problem.

The real problem is the weaknesses you don’t even know you have… lack of clarity, focus, process, contracts, mission, varies for us all.

What’s yours?

This week on the Daily Post

Click into any of the posts to read in full on the blog!

Complexity Has Its Place…But Not There

Complexity has its place – if you’re making Adobe Photoshop, complexity has its place. It’s supposed to be complicated, an interface to learn and return to many times…

adamfairhead.com • Share

But Does It Make Sense?

And is it really better? You can make a more generous offer than anyone else in the market, with terms and value far exceeding what anyone would expect. But does it make sense?

adamfairhead.com • Share

Marketing That Doesn’t “Wear Out”

For most marketing tricks, there are a few companies that jump to mind that succeeded with it. Invite-only (scarce) websites? Tools like Dropbox and Dribbble come to mind…

adamfairhead.com • Share

What Makes Your Work Human

The race to automate a business or marketing campaign is both alluring and the path to your demise…

adamfairhead.com • Share

Talking With the Dead

Before Zeno founded Stoicism, he was told that to live a good life he needed to talk with the dead. Books are our way of doing that.

adamfairhead.com • Share

Trading in Enthusiasm or Anxiety

Which do you trade in? Let’s find out. If you work alongside people who get you precisely what you want because they fear the reprimands of getting it wrong, you’re trading in anxiety…

adamfairhead.com • Share

The Problem With Changing The World

Your business or project has a choice to make. Is it going to help make people’s lives better, or is it going to try to “change the world”?

adamfairhead.com • Share

Did you enjoy this issue?

By Adam Fairhead

I write a weekly newsletter called Narrative Weekly where I deliver my daily posts to your inbox, once a week. Featuring short, visual daily posts on listening to the right voices in your head about marketing and business.

Tweet

Share

If you don't want these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.

If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here.

Lytchett House, 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FA. UK.