Stories Mean Business - Nick Warren
by Nick Warren
One idea a day from a geek business builder.After 1,000 episodes, the jury is in – this is the world's slackest podcast. 5-minutes a day on story, strategy or whatever's yanked my chain. No guests. No ads. No apologies.This is me thinking out loud, putting things together, going down dead ends and making mistakes.———www.StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast
Episodes
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1453: Go Watch This
Here you go. The story starts 6 mins in: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/matthew-dicks/
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1452: When Cold Coffee is a Good Sign
When I waste a lot of coffee, I know that things are going well.
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1451: Making Things Easy For Ourselves
Don't feel bad, we're designed that way.
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1450: If You're Dancing
Just say "yes."
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1449: The Anger of Strangers
A strange thing to get angry over... until you understand it from another angle.
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1448: Lincoln was onto something
A follow-up to yesterday. Yes, my minimal and mostly useless show notes are alive and well.
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1447: Make It Simple, Stupid
If you want to check out Richer Sounds quirky approach to customer service, here's their site. Highly recommended. https://www.richersounds.com
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1446: Speeeeeeed!
It happppppppeeeeennnnnnnnddddddd!
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1445: I may be about to solve a 25-year problem (or not)
I shouldn't get my hopes up, but the desire to improve our lot is a fundamental human drive.
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1444: The Three Rules That Built the Empire of the Incas
You gotta love the simplicity: 1) Don't lie. 2) Don't steal. 3) Don't be lazy.
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1443: Persuasive (but painful)
This week I got a letter that had me paying online within 10 minutes. Here’s why.
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1442: Going Slow At Christmas
In order to go fast … obviously.
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1441: Don't Put It Down (Until It's Done)
Here's the video: https://youtu.be/Dr67i5SdXiM?si=BdfzwwHZCU_-ko2Q
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1440: One Of My Favourite Movie Scenes
From Crazy Stupid Love.
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1439: Travelling In Transylvania
The Black Churxh, Vlad The Impaler and... Wednesday from Netflix
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1438: The Slug's Journey
I've been meaning to talk about this.
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1437: 4 Years of Thinking
Here we are. The end of one era and the the start of another.
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1437: The Friday List
So far this week, logs and Spotify. That's it.
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1436: Twitter's Storytelling Failure
And how Marathon did it.
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1435: Self-Delegation Strategy
Does anyone read this?
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1434: Rain - It's SO Good
I highly recommend both of Tom Ferriss's podcast episodes with Josh Waitzkin. I've also mentioned Waitzkin's book, The Art of Learning.
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1433: Money-Back Marketing
It's good to do the right thing (for a lot of reasons).
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1432: Open A Window
The book is The Hugh Window by Raymond Chandler.
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1431: Waste or Work?
By which I mean, "necessary" work.
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1430: Oppenheimer
The power of doing something a little different.
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1429: Rescheduling The Podcast
In 9 days time, I'll have been podcasting daily for 4 years. Maybe we both deserve a break.
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1428: Starting From Aggression Is Dumb
Escalation is always possible. Deescalation is almost always impossible.
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1427: Heptabase (and Spatial Thinking)
Here's the link. https://heptabase.com
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1426: Meandering Around The City
And an equally meandering podcast.
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1425: 7-foot Tall Mechanics
This sounds petty, but little things matter.
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1424: Paper Cuts
If you're on a Mac, check it out at www.arc.net.
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1423: Into The Past
Or, more specifically, Hampton Court Palace.
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1422: Wolf Hall, Dogma, and Offers
Belief drives a lot of behaviour.
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1421: That Friday Feeling (Not)
Have a great weekend, everyone.
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1420: The Cop In The Car
The briefest episode ever.
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1419: Work That Doesn’t Feel Like Work
The book: “Is This Anything?” By Jerry Seinfeld.
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1418: New Banking Bonuses
The app, in case you are interested, is Revolut.
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1417: The Geekiest Things Ever
The word I was struggling for was, of course, synaesthesia 🙄
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1416: Where Fear Comes From
More memories from Habits Of as Happy Brain.
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1415: The 4 Happy Chemicals
The book mentioned is Habits of a Happy Brain, by Loretta Graziano Breuning. Recommended.
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1414: Name Your Enemy?
Come on... you know you've got one.
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1413: 47 Pieces of Content
A second strong signal.
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1412: 3 Hours Sleep
But for an interesting reason
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1411: Streamlining Work (in the Real World)
Here's how I set up a template for a client.
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1410: What's The Opposite of a Great Business
Here's the Andrew Stanton talk I mentioned. https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story
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1409: GTA budget 2 Billion Dollars. Why?
Rumoured only, but here's why it makes sense. World-building matters.
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1408: Back to the Detectorists
Apologies for late arrival. Internet issue.
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1407: Monroe's Motivated Sequence
Be careful what you read on the internet.
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1406: The Next 40 Years
Not morbid at all.
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1405: Unintended Consequences (inc. Coffee)
Here's the book, if you are interested: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Between-You-Me-Confessions-Comma/dp/0393352145
About this show
One idea a day from a geek business builder.After 1,000 episodes, the jury is in – this is the world's slackest podcast. 5-minutes a day on story, strategy or whatever's yanked my chain. No guests. No ads. No apologies.This is me thinking out loud, putting things together, going down dead ends and making mistakes.———www.StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast
Hosted by
Nick Warren