A Higher Level ⬆️ is all about conversations that help creative, entrepreneurial leaders SEE 👁, THINK 🧠, and ACT 💪 on a higher level. It's full of insights from a purposeful realm that is vast, rich, deep, beautiful, and steeped in the joy and pain of the human condition. It's where leaders come to be refreshed, take refuge from the many frustrations of life, and have their purpose renewed so they can step out and realize their visions.
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Episode 46 - Commerce Theory, Part 7 - SYSTEMS & SIGNALS
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is seventh part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The fifth and final layer of Commerce Theory is SYSTEMS & SIGNALS. Systems & Signals is an investigation of what we BUILD and SHOW to …
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Episode 45 - Commerce Theory, Part 6 - ANTHROPOLOGY
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is sixth part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The fourth layer of Commerce Theory is ANTHROPOLOGY. Anthropology is the study of humans, and specifically the characteristics that dist…
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Episode 44 - Commerce Theory, Part 5 - SOCIOLOGY
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is fifth part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The third layer of Commerce Theory is SOCIOLOGY. Sociology is the study of groups. It derives from a Latin root that can translate to ei…
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Episode 43 - Commerce Theory, Part 4 - THEOLOGY
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is fourth part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The second layer of Commerce Theory is THEOLOGY. While you likely have prior associations with that word, we are going to find hidden m…
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Episode 42 - Commerce Theory, Part 3 - ONTOLOGY
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is third part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The first layer of Commerce Theory is ONTOLOGY. Ontology is the study of being and existence. To understand human interaction we must fi…
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Episode 41 - Commerce Theory, Part 2 - What is Commerce?
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is second part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. What is commerce? Is it simply the buying and selling of goods and services, or does it have a broader relevance that touches on all of…
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Episode 40 - Commerce Theory, Part 1
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is the introduction to the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. We humans engage in commerce at every moment. We're used to thinking of commerce in a specific way, but it actually has a much bro…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you often find yourself battling critical voices in your head? We all receive advice from people who mean well, but sometimes their words can chip away at our self-esteem. Here’s how you can tackle this common and challenging issue… Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/eve…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you often find yourself battling critical voices in your head? We all receive advice from people who mean well, but sometimes their words can chip away at our self-esteem. Here’s how you can tackle this common and challenging issue… Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/voi…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Every organization has just 3 basic ingredients. These, and only these, are what you must focus on to improve your results. And they are all different versions of the same fundamental social force. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/improve-any-organization-remember-to-go-f…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! I was recently treated to an unexpected but very effective lesson in having fun at work. Learn more about friendship here and here. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/more-fun-at-work Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/9KHKLoULYTg Schedule a FREE Discovery Call abou…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! A few weeks ago something miraculous happened to me. This is the story, and why it matters to you as well. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/influence-vs-outfluence Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/f4cT6ZzvTSI Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your leadership …
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Essay: Nice to Meet You 🤝
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Every now and then I know it's a good time to reintroduce myself. This is one such time... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/nice-to-meet-you- Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/ibBaQ9W8nKM Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your leadership or organization: https…
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Episode 39 - Preview of Commerce Theory, talking "flows" with Arthur
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Hope you enjoyed the previous series about the 9 facets of my work. The next series, starting in Episode 40, is about Commerce Theory, and here's a brief preview. In the meantime enjoy this conversation with the always delightful and intelligent Arthur as we discuss a concept that has been SUPER helpful fo…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome to the final episode a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creat…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The nin…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The eig…
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Episode 35 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 7
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The sev…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The six…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The fif…
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Episode 32 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 4
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The fou…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The thi…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The sec…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Leadership is simple. Truly! All you need to know is... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/leadership-is-simple Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/7e-kWO-qMTs Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your leadership: https://calendly.com/aaronjmarx/30min Thanks for list…
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Episode 29 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 1
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The fir…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! This is the introduction to the first series of Season 2, which is about the 9 facets that I've identified of my work. Conveying the relevance and applicability has been a worthwhile challenge, and one that likely won't ever end. The fact is I actually never want to be too clear about how I help people bec…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! How do I know that YOU 🫵 have a leadership vision? A few days ago I was listening to an interview with Tom Hanks on a podcast I enjoy, Chinwag with actor Paul Giamatti and philosopher Stephen Asma. Hanks talked about the phenomenon of "cognitive modernity", which is the period in history when our ancestors…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Learn more and register for Leadership Level Up ⬆️ here. Thanks for listening 🎧 On A Higher Level ⬆️ everything is vast, rich, beautiful, and deeply optimistic. Everything we SEE 👁 THINK 🧠 and DO 💪 is about helping leaders reach a higher level of vision, insight, and clarity so they can effectively work an…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Level-Up ⬆️ Your Life A 4-day virtual leadership workshop for ambitious professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, public servants, and more. Become MUCH clearer on the work you are here to do, plan your highest-impact next steps, and develop a personalized plan for growth with other like-minded individuals…
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Episode 27 - Welcome to Season 2
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome to Season 2 of A Higher Level ⬆️ This season will consist of 3 series: 1️⃣ The 9 Facets of My Work - People tell me that I am categorically different from most coaches, consultants, and advisors that they know, and this creates a persistent marketing challenge for me. This series explores the 9 way…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! You're heard of leaving your comfort zone? Comfort zones are none too comfortable, and here's why... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/comfort-zone-of-contradiction Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/dtvIB701i14 Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your leadership:…
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Episode 26 - Special announcement, Introducing Commerce Theory, Season 1 Finale Ultimo!
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! The finale ultimo of Season 1 of A Higher Level ⬆️. Recording from Christmas/New Year limbo, before 2024 gets going. Season 2 will start next year. A taste of my new project, Commerce Theory, and a time-sensitive announcement about an upcoming presentation that you can catch if you happen to be in the Cent…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Not a day goes by that I don't hear some kind of injunction against the dangers of overthinking. But...what if I told you underthinking is just as harmful, if not more? Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/overthinking-or-underthinking Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! What would I say to my kids if they asked for advice about their lives? I would offer them 3 points. Give a listen. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/the-advice-i-would-give-to-my-kids-if-they-asked-today Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/BlxDwOAaswc Schedule a FR…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! As leaders and creators, we have power. But there is one thing that stands in our way and threatens to rob us of this power. What is it? Watch, listen, and read this post to find out. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/the-one-thing-that-stands-in-your-way Watch this on You…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! I have heard Alan Watts and Carl Sagan, philosopher and cosmologist respectively, and both influential in their own ways, express the sentiment that humans are the universe becoming aware of itself. I would go further. In short, we are the universe becoming aware of its self-awareness. Watch, listen, and r…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! All leaders and creatives experience an endless cycle that I call the Authenticity 🔄 Attraction Loop. Our visions start within, in response to what we see missing in the world. And then we must offer them to our audiences as we enlist people to support our causes, which inevitably changes them, and forces …
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Thank God for...divorce lawyers?! Really? Yes, really. Because even divorce lawyers love their work, and there's an absurdity to that. But perhaps you too have a such a calling. Whatever your calling, it is helpful to someone in need, and it might be a dire situation. Read the blog post I wrote about it at…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you every worry that you are selfish? Many people do, especially those in leadership positions. But I actually don't think it's possible, and here's why... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/reframing-selfishness Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/6vZ9bI2beno Sch…
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Episode 25 - End of Season 1 - Housekeeping, Energy Update, Quantum Leaps
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 25 marks the conclusion of Season 1. I hadn't necessarily intended to release this podcast in seasons, but taking stock of my energy and momentum reveals a clear, new chapter opening up before me, and revealing directions my work will take. This is a housekeeping episode in which I talk about: My n…
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Episode 24 - 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition - Part 5 - The Sublime, Sublimated Absurdity of the Ideal of Imperfectability
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 24 is about the fourth of my 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition, the Sublime, Sublimated Absurdity of the Ideal of Imperfectability. 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition - Part 5 - The Sublime, Sublima…
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Episode 23 - 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition - Part 4 - Combinatorial Explosion
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 23 is about the fourth of my 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition, Combinatorial Explosion. 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition - Part 4 - Combinatorial Explosion Combinatorial Explosion is what we expe…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you suffer from self-doubt? Most worthwhile leaders do. There are three reasons why it's actually a good thing. This is Part 2. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/the-tripartite-goodness-of-self-doubt-part-2 Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/AzNGQMY2jGg Thanks f…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you suffer from self-doubt? Most worthwhile leaders do. There are three reasons why it's actually a good thing. This is Part 1. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/the-tripartite-goodness-of-self-doubt-part-1 Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/BAHQ1wub03E Thanks f…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! A reflection on the counterintuitive importance of negativity in our lives. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/the-power-ofnegativity Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/Tkydu0ytKh4 Thanks for listening 🎧 On A Higher Level ⬆️ everything is vast, rich, beautiful, and …
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! A reflection on the film Oppenheimer and the trailer for The Holdovers. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/when-you-say-it-that-way-and-throw-in-some-pornography Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/Ia46RrRulhU Thanks for listening 🎧 On A Higher Level ⬆️ everything is…
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Episode 22 - 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition - Part 3 - Existential Friction
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome to A Higher Level ⬆️, where everything we SEE 👁 THINK 🧠 and DO 💪 is about helping leaders reach a higher level of vision, insight, and clarity so they can effectively work and build in the world 🌏 with peace ☮️ and satisfaction 😌 Episode 22 is about the third of my 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxic…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Communication is ultimately the only thing that ever makes anything else happen, so why do we tend to avoid it? I think it's because we fear one of these 6 A's. See if you don't agree... Listen to my thoughts, and read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/6-as-the-fundamental-huma…
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Last week I met a friend and fellow entrepreneur for coffee. We each shared a business word we don't like, and the words we prefer to use instead. Listen to my thoughts, and read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/a-word-i-dont-like Thanks for listening 🎧 On A Higher Level ⬆️ ev…
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Episode 21 - 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition - Part 2 - Narrative Trauma
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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 5 Perpetual, Perennial, Paradoxical, Problematic Dysfunctions of the Human Condition - Part 2 - Narrative Trauma Narrative Trauma is about our distinctively human relationship with the past, both individual and collective, and how that shapes our experience of the present and decisions about the future. Al…
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