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Bravery without boundaries can backfire. Mar 20, 2025

I’ve seen it happen. Someone aspiring to a VP role shares a deeply personal story about being mistreated by a boss or about joining a job that wasn’t what they expected. While the intent might be authentic, what is the result? Crickets from recruiters missed opportunities or even backlash.

The soluti...

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Chick-fil-A served me a burger. 🍔 Mar 19, 2025

It was one of the best cheeseburgers I've ever had, too. 

“Wait, what?!” you say. I thought this was the company that says, Eat Mor Chikin?!”

Yup. Well, they used to serve burgers, and the one that started it all (in Hapeville, GA) still does. 

What's wild about this to me is that they served burge...

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“If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” Mar 18, 2025

Actually, to “make it anywhere,” it takes solid mentorship…

…and that’s been my secret weapon for years. 

One of my incredible mentors, who has fundamentally changed my life, is  Rob Chenoweth.

Today is his birthday! 🥳

Happy Birthday to one of the wisest men I've ever met. 

It was fun hanging out in ...

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🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day to... Mar 17, 2025

...my favorite Irishman in the world,  Josh Rudegeair. 

He positioned three podcasts that hit #1 in the United States! 

Yup, you read that correctly. Josh Rudegeair is the mastermind behind getting not one but three podcasts to hit #1 on Apple Podcasts! 

When you discover there are 3,000,000 podcasts; ...

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She approached me after my talk. 👇 Mar 14, 2025

She was concerned about her speech impediment. 

What she didn't realize is that sometimes our greatest “weaknesses” can actually be our greatest strengths. 

Because of her condition, she was forced to focus on every interaction she had with people, and this practice paid off in huge dividends. 

One o...

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I've posted on LinkedIn thousands of times. Mar 13, 2025

One thing sticks out more than anything...

To successfully market yourself (or your company), you need...

👉 To have a unique point of view.

And to tell the world about it.

Over and over and over again.

- remix your ideas
- reuse your content
- repeat your core message

It's not complicated.

But you have to ...

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Frustrated that you're not where you want to be in life yet?! Mar 12, 2025

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𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟳 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲...👇

1. 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 didn’t publish her first novel until she was 65 years old. She wrote an additional 12 novels after that. A successful television series was built around her books. 

2. 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁 created the first thes...

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In the last few weeks... Mar 11, 2025

...I’ve gotten questions on how to utilize storytelling in personal branding. 

The problem is that most people lack strategy regarding the stories they share. 

Since personal branding is incredibly important for business leaders, I did multiple episodes with  MICHELLE B GRIFFIN on this topic. 

You ca...

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Some of you wonder why I respect... Mar 11, 2025

...Dan Mott so much.

Valid thought. 😂

He’s such a systems, structure, and statistics person; he can come off as a bit of a nerd. 🤓

Regardless, you need to understand your targets to tell the right stories. 

I learned the most effective LinkedIn framework from  Dan Mott.

This quarter, I hit a huge busin...

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One of my mentors shared something with me that fundamentally changed my life. Mar 11, 2025

It took me a while to truly grasp the magnitude of these words, but here they are...

“𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.”

👆 Read that again. 

No wonder you're so stressed. 

In business, we often place unrealistic expectations on everyone and everything. 

Stop doing that. ✋

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When Tami Cole looked into her daughter’s eyes... Mar 07, 2025

...she made a decision that would change everything: The cycle stops with me.

Growing up in a dysfunctional home, Tami knew struggle intimately. 

As a teen mom, she faced relentless adversity, navigating life with limited resources and overwhelming uncertainty.

But she refused to let her daughter exper...

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Imagine this: a reporter walks into your office with a smile and a notepad. Mar 06, 2025

Why? 

Because you achieved all of your 2025 business goals, and it’s worth people hearing about.

The reporter asks you all you’ve achieved…

…and just like that, the floodgates open. 

With each word, each milestone recounted, it’s as if you’re painting a picture of incredible triumph. 

The challenges you ...

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Imagine staring at your bank account and seeing $6... Mar 04, 2025

...knowing you still had a week until payday.

Now, imagine being in a new state with no support system, a newborn baby, and a husband deployed in the Air Force.

For  Tami M. Cole, this wasn’t just a rough patch. It was her reality.

💬 “That's fear. That's terror. At times, I would ask myself, ‘How did I...

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“Are you an introvert or an extrovert, ” she asked. Mar 03, 2025

My response was, “I’m vanilla ice cream.” 🍨

“Huh?”

“Vanilla ice cream goes with peach cobbler or chocolate drizzle. I'm an extrovert when I need to be an extrovert, and I’m an introvert when I need to be an introvert. 

I'm an ambivert. 

I'm vanilla ice cream.” 😎

Stop boxing people into one of two camps; ...

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In the last few weeks, I’ve seen many posts about people wanting to use LinkedIn to achieve business results. Mar 02, 2025

The problem is a lack of strategy. 

Since LinkedIn is such a powerful platform, I did a series regarding LI with  RACHEL SIMON.

She shared many insights in these episodes to help you up your LI game.

*Check out all of the links below.

Also, it was awesome to meet Rachel in person while I was speaking ...

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John Wayne had such a powerful personal brand that Joseph Stalin wanted to assassinate him. Mar 01, 2025

No joke.

Stalin thought Wayne’s brand was too powerful and was influencing too many Americans that he wanted him dead.

People often wonder how powerful a brand can be—case in point. 

It was cool seeing John Wayne’s Academy Award up close. 


Who are you influencing through your brand?

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We often spend a tremendous amount of time... Feb 28, 2025

...thinking about our comfort when, in reality, we should be thinking about others' pain. 

Having an impact on this world is impossible unless we get out of our comfort zones to help others. 

Many people tout their number of followers, but I rarely see them passionately express why they want those fol...

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Breaking Barriers: A Journey of Grit, Growth & Leadership Feb 28, 2025

SHOW NOTES:

SUMMARY: From overcoming personal struggles as a teen mom to leading a successful business, Tami Cole has built a career defined by resilience, determination, and leadership.
In this episode, Tami shares her inspiring journey from adversity to entrepreneurship, offering powerful lesson...

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Exactly 22 years ago today, Mr. Rogers died. Feb 27, 2025

The documentary celebrating his life was one of the few movies I cried through. 

During his 35+ year run, Mr. Rogers taught millions of children (and adults!) about what it meant to be a good neighbor. 

He held our hands through some of the darkest times in U.S. history, telling us to “look for the ...

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I'll be dead soon. 👇 Feb 26, 2025

We all will, actually. Life is quick. 

This is the first thing my kids are to do once I'm gone…

…whether I pass away in 5 years or 50. 

They are supposed to listen to my podcast, Stories With Traction.

The content is built for leaders, and they are being raised to lead. 

Every time I produce an episode, ...

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“I'm a numbers person, so I don't tell stories.” 👇 Feb 25, 2025

If you were actually a numbers person like you claim, you'd obsess over how to tell better stories, knowing that doing so would boost your numbers.

Powerful stories boost your numbers in:

Sales
Marketing 
Employee Retention 

I'm a “numbers person," too; that's exactly why I share stories!

😎

—-

If you want...

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Who is that?! Feb 24, 2025

15 years ago, I was at an event where I met  Terence Farrell for the first time. 

I saw people circling around him, shaking his hand, laughing, and sharing stories.

Naturally, my immediate thought was, "who is that?!"

I watched in amazement as I saw Terence "work the room" and shake every single hand i...

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A couple of years ago, I made a goal of going to every presidential museum. Feb 22, 2025

So far, I've been to:

-George Washington 
-Thomas Jefferson
-James Buchanan
-Abraham Lincoln 
-Rutherford B. Hayes
-Grover Cleveland
-Woodrow Wilson
-Warren G. Harding
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Richard Nixon
-Jimmy Carter
-Ronald Reagan
-George H. W. Bush
-George W. Bush

Each one fascinates me ...

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It can be effective to indirectly tell your customers something through a story. Feb 21, 2025

A perfect example of that was when 3M decided to place money inside the advertising casing at a bus stop in Vancouver.

The case was covered at the edges with a 3M product, Scotchshield.

“If you break it, you can keep it!”

Hundreds of people attempted to break the glass, and none were successful. 

Five...

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