Crisis leadership

YouTube

How to lead your team through a crisis when you don't have the answers

Bill Gallagher March 15, 2020

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Crisis leadership 9

Resilience & grit 7

Cash flow management 5

• You don't need a plan to lead — presence and process are enough.
• Protect cash first; make unreasonable requests before the business breaks.
• Rigorous exercise, nutrition, and sleep are non-negotiable under crisis stress.

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Identity & self-belief

Podcast

Creativity, parenting, and identity: lessons from Austin Kleon

The Daily Stoic March 14, 2020

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Identity & self-belief 9

Productivity & habits 7

Deep work & focus 5

• Writing reveals what you think — it doesn't record what you already know
• Create an environment for kids to learn; don't try to teach them directly
• Forget the label; identity is a trap and the work answers the question

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SEO

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Three reasons SEOs should learn to code

Ahrefs March 11, 2020

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SEO 9

Automation & tools 7

Communication 5

• Automate bulk SEO tasks programmatically in minutes, not months.
• Understanding dev logic stops you making unrealistic feature requests.
• Read source code to catch technical issues crawlers never find.

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Vision & mission

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Building an ironclad brand: strategy as a leadership and growth tool

Bill Gallagher March 11, 2020

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Vision & mission 9

Branding 8

Culture building 6

• Brand is the meaning you own in customers' minds, not your logo.
• Table-stakes claims like 'we relieve pain' cannot differentiate you.
• One governing brand idea aligns culture, recruiting, and customer promise.

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Objection handling

Podcast

How auctioneer Phillip Kingston builds rapport, creates urgency, and wins on auction day

How I Work March 11, 2020

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Objection handling 9

Closing techniques 8

Productivity & habits 6

• Why genuine curiosity beats scripts in every sales conversation
• The FORD framework turns small talk into actionable intelligence
• Theatre, humor, and warmth are the real auction strategy

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Case studies

Podcast

Andy Beal's poker legacy: unconventional genius in high-stakes games

Founders March 9, 2020

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Case studies 9

Resilience & grit 7

Competitive analysis 6

• Billionaire entrepreneur uses mathematical analysis to exploit professional poker players' blind spots in pot odds.
• Loses millions repeatedly, then finds edge through heads-up isolation, randomized decision timing, and extreme bet sizing.
• Discipline collapse and comeback cycles reveal why knowing and doing diverge, mirroring all high-performer struggles.

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