Frankly Fridays

The place where we answer your real life marketing questions so you can eliminate waste in advertising, grow your business, and achieve the big dream

Playing it Safe Isn’t Humble

You have natural abilities. Those natural abilities gave you an advantage over most people. They got you…

Tell It Where to Go

If you asked the average person why they haven’t conquered their goals, there is a significant chance…

God and Your iPhone

I’d like to find the writers of the iPhone software who automated this video title yesterday, and…

Get Paid to Learn

When I was 17, I wanted to be a music producer.  The path presented to me was…

W.A.I.T.

We are indebted for today’s Frankly Friday to my friend Bill Perkin. With so much banter in…

Feed Your Future

Today, you will encounter someone who: Confuses you Frustrates you Makes you jealous Suggests you’re inadequate Keeps…

It Only Takes a Little Bit

I was a B student. Not because getting an A was hard. But because getting a B……

Bought and Freed

One day in 1791, a man showed up to a Virginia courthouse, proclaimed “I will pay the…

Advice on Advice

My friend Bill is an incredible husband, business leader, mentor, Jesus follower, aviator, and friend. I cherish…

Ridiculous Wishes

I felt all one-thousand, eight hundred seconds tick down on the face of that flimsy clock, on…

Knew It but Didn’t Do It

A couple of months ago I spent a whole week in flight safety school. Specifically, I was…

The Things That Can Get You

Blind spots usually don’t reveal themselves until it’s too late. That’s why it’s a really good idea…

Small Moves > Big Moves

50 Days Ago You made big promises. Ordered salad. Put down a vice. Wrote in your journal….

Giving Is the Only Way

“How to keep employees” It’s a phrase that was searched 1,900% more often in November 2023 versus…

You Are What You Don’t Let Go Of

The need to be liked The belief that something bad is about to happen The expectation for…

You and Your Mirrors

In life you encounter many mirrors.  Mirrors are people and things that give you glimpse of yourself;…

The Hammer or the Nail

In less than 100 years, your life on earth you will be reduced to a portrait on…

10 Years. 10 Lessons.

Monday will mark 3,642 days since we opened the doors at Frank & Maven.  Some people call…

Your POM

A system that is broken. An industry that is boring. A service that lacks authenticity. A group…

Go to the Race

Thirty years ago he peered down two roads. One lead to a professional career in motorsports. One…

Dead Reckoning

Dead Reckoning. If you repeated this year five times again, would you be where you want to…

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