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Red Mike Messages
by Patrick Fortner
Red Mike Messages are Leadership and life lessons I've picked up from 25 years as a public servant, 16 years as a youth sports coach and Scouting volunteer, and 10 years as a mediocre athlete with far more heart than actual physical ability.Life is Short.Drink the Bourbon.No Politics.The Red Microphone is literally red.
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Guardrail Damage Ahead
Red Mike Messages: Guardrail Damage AheadWhen Systems Create Noise Instead of Clarity#tesla #signs #DrinkTheBourbon
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Just the Facts, Ma'am
Red Mike Messages: Just the Facts, Ma'amWhen Journalism Became Activism #bias #DrinkTheBourbon
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Delay Tactic
Red Mike Messages: Delay TacticThey want you on that page. They need you on that page.#Metrics #DrinkTheBourbon
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Free Speech Got Unalived
Red Mike Messages: Free Speech Got UnalivedAlgorithms, advertisers, and the slow rewriting of human language.#murder #DrinkTheBourbon
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Different Stakes, Same Job
Red Mike Messages: Different Stakes, Same JobThe Court Gets Bigger. The Fundamentals Don’t.#hoosiers #DrinkTheBourbon
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The One Who Knows Too Much
Red Mike Messages: The One Who Knows Too Much“We can’t lose you” is not always a promotion speech.#CareerGrowth #DrinkTheBourbon
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Spinning Plates Eventually Crash
Red Mike Messages: Spinning Plates Eventually Crash Burnout does not always come from doing too much. Sometimes it comes from doing too many things at once. #reset #DrinkTheBourbon
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Why Do You Even Post?
Red Mike Messages: Why Do You Even Post?When the scoreboard doesn’t look like you think it should…#storytime #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Turnback Moment
Red Mike Messages: The Turnback MomentWhen the Dream Has to Be Bigger Than the Fear#steveharvey #DrinkTheBourbon
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Same Edge. New Game.
Red Mike Messages: Same Edge. New Game.Winning got you here. Knowing when not to win is what keeps everything that matters.#Partnership #DrinkTheBourbon
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Watch Me
Red Mike Messages: Watch MeSay I can't. I'll prove you wrong.#RyanExpress #DrinkTheBourbon
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The $5 Birthday
Red Mike Messages: The $5 BirthdayPerceived generosity vs. actual intent#jefffoxworthy #DrinkTheBourbon
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Pennies on the Table
Red Mike Messages: Pennies on the TableMalicious compliance makes a point. Ownership changes the narrative.#DrinkTheBourbon #Nice
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The Second Moment
Red Mike Messages: The Second MomentWhat you do after the loss is who you are.#ownit #DrinkTheBourbon
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A Target Run, CVS Receipt, and the Weekend Gauntlet
Red Mike Message: A Target Run, CVS Receipt, and the Weekend GauntletYou went in for one thing… and somehow ran an obstacle course to justify everything else.#funfriday #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Door That Never Opens
Red Mike Message: The Door That Never Opens Some opportunities aren’t closed… they’re just never real. #talkischeap #DrinkTheBourbon
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Win the War First
Red Mike Message: Win the War FirstSan Jacinto didn’t just end a war—it proved the kind of leadership that holds up under pressure. #Texas
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Crabs in a Bucket
Red Mike Message: Crabs in a BucketThe bucket pulls. A team climbs.#kickthebucket #DrinkTheBourbon
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One Thing
Red Mike Messages: One ThingClarity Isn’t Complicated—It’s Chosen#BillyCrystal #DrinkTheBourbon
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Old Guy Crap (and the Guys Who Pretend It Isn’t)
Red Mike Messages: Old Guy Crap (and the Guys Who Pretend It Isn’t)You don’t pull a hamstring tying your shoes by accident.#plethora #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Look
Red Mike Messages: The LookADHD means we are not nearly as good at listening as we look like we are.#listening #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Boy Who Cried Internet
Red Mike Messages: The Boy Who Cried InternetBe skeptical, not cynical.#TedLasso #DrinkTheBourbon
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Sizzle or Steak?
Red Mike Messages: Sizzle or Steak?“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”#truth #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Line
Red Mike Messages: The LineJust because you’re right doesn’t mean you get to lose control.#breathe #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Signs After the Storm
Red Mike Messages: The Signs After the StormFind a reason to smile.#faith #DrinkTheBourbon
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Same Facts. Different Conclusions.
Red Mike Messages: Same Facts. Different Conclusions. You don’t see what is—you see what you expect.#ScottAdams #DrinkTheBourbon
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Build Your Bench
Red Mike Messages: Build Your BenchFind your Brady before you need him.#Succession #DrinkTheBourbon
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The People Who Show Up
Red Mike Messages: The People Who Show UpBe worthy.#Impact #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Fuse
Red Mike Messages: The Fuse Close your fist—and watch it all fall away #revolution #DrinkTheBourbon
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Three Crosses, Two Choices
Red Mike Messages: Three Crosses, Two ChoicesMake the right one.#goodfriday #DrinkTheBourbon
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Where Do You Need Me, Coach?
Red Mike Messages: The Plug-InWhere Do You Need Me, coach?#reliable #DrinkTheBourbon
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April Fools!
Red Mike Messages: April FoolsDon’t Believe Everything#DrinkTheBourbon#trust
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Earned, Not Given
Red Mike Messages: Earned, Not GivenEqual Opportunity. The Result is Up to You.#earn #DrinkTheBourbon
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When Belief Shows Up Loud
Red Mike Messages: When Belief Shows Up Loud Sometimes belief doesn’t whisper—it yells in your face.#believe #DrinkTheBourbon
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Leaf on the Wind
Red Mike Messages: Leaf on the WindWatch me soar.#firefly #DrinkTheBourbon #funfriday
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The Sentence That Opened the Gate
Red Mike Messages: The Sentence That Opened the GateA Crisis Exposes What's There#berlinwall #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Power of a Little More Honesty
Red Mike Messages: The Power of a Little More HonestyWalking the fine line between cold and too much.#Judgment #Drinkthebourbon
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Don’t Confuse a Crack with a Collapse
Red Mike Messages: Don’t Confuse a Crack with a CollapseCalm down, Francis. #kneejerk #DrinkTheBourbon
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Good Enough to Move
Red Mike Messages: Good Enough to MoveMomentum Matters More Than Being 100% Right#justdoit #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Grudge Chair
Red Mike Messages: The Grudge ChairSit Somewhere Else.#FunFriday #DrinkTheBourbon
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No Coattails. No Excuses.
Red Mike Messages: No Coattails. No Excuses.When nobody’s coming to save you, you have to do it.#NoExcuses #Drinkthebourbon
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Do Your Homework First
Red Mike Messages: Do Your Homework FirstThe scoreboard on Friday is decided by what you did on Tuesday.#BePrepared #DrinktheBourbon
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Be a Duck
Red Mike Messages: Be a DuckCalm on the surface. Working like crazy underneath.#TedLasso #Goldfish #DrinkTheBourbon
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Foundations
Red Mike Messages: FoundationsThe things that quietly shape who you become.#whoami #DrinkTheBourbon
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Same Tune, Different Lyrics
Red Mike Messages: Same Tune, Different LyricsTwo years of stories later, the melody keeps resolving the same way — encouragement, warning, and perspective.#DrinkTheBourbon #leadershiplessons #funfriday
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The Trust Pyramid
Red Mike Messages: The Trust PyramidThree Layers Build Trust.#leadership #DrinkTheBourbon
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The Fear of the Stallion
Red Mike Messages: The Fear of the StallionLet em Run#Fear #DrinkTheBourbon
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Cancel Culture Is Timeless
Red Mike Messages: Cancel Culture Is TimelessA senator warned about it in 1950. Most people have never heard the speech. #standup #DrinkTheBourbon
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Lou Holtz Said Leadership Comes Down to Four Questions
Red Mike Messages: Lou Holtz Said Leadership Comes Down to Four QuestionsAre you confident enough to answer truthfully?#Holtz #NotreDame #DrinkTheBourbon
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Canceled for Good
Red Mike Messages: Canceled for GoodWhy getting canceled is sometimes the best career move you never made.#Dallas #FunFriday #DrinktheBourbon
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Red Mike Messages are Leadership and life lessons I've picked up from 25 years as a public servant, 16 years as a youth sports coach and Scouting volunteer, and 10 years as a mediocre athlete with far more heart than actual physical ability.Life is Short.Drink the Bourbon.No Politics.The Red Microphone is literally red.
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