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Facebook memories tell me that 9 years ago today I asked the question, is K-Swiss in style again. 11 years later, the answer is convincingly yes. But what does that mean for you and me?  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Once heard a quote that history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. How can we take a lesson from history in order to take advantage of the time we are living in right now.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

We don't know what the economy is going to look like when we come out of quarantine. Some industries are being hit harder than others and many will be looking for new lines of work. Your job title and previous training isn't the only thing you are qualified to do.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Phil Knight failed at selling encyclopedias but turned Nike into a billion dollar company selling shoes. What made him really good at selling shoes when he couldn't sell books? And just because you are good at something, doesn't mean that is what you should be doing.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Collaborations are as popular today as ever before and as we come out of a global crisis, they might be more important than anytime before. But don't simply think about the easy and predictable partnerships, look for ones that might make you nervous.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

What if Kobe stopped shooting, JK stopped writing, Ed stopped singing, and Elon stopped launching. People don't remember the misses, so keep shooting. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Here I discuss three things I have learned from downloading, consuming, and creating on the social media platform TikTok. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

In this episode, I share three observations I made about the lessons learned from buying and selling basketball cards. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

We are often told to think outside the box, but sometimes the box is exactly what we need. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Story of the time I made a life defining decision by flipping a coin. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

People don't remember when you do what is expected of you, but they will remember when you do the unexpected. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Giving away your best work for free might seem like a bad idea, but there is plenty of examples how that is exactly the best way to reach more people. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Some thoughts and take-aways from watching part 1 of the Netflix documentary on Bill Gates. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Yes, you need to stop the other team from scoring, but you only win by putting points on the board. Now apply that to all other areas of life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Brand awareness is more important now than ever before. This means that being well known, being famous, --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Influencers have always been around, we just didn't call them that. Even Babe Ruth was paid to chew a certain brand of tobacco. More and more young people want to be social media influencers when they grow up. So what do we do with this? Good thing? Bad thing? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

Desperation can lead to innovation, but also can lead to doubling down on the status quo. What are you going to choose. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

How did one man unite nomadic tribes in north east Asia and take over the world. More importantly, what can we learn and implement from history? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

When it comes down to the best movies, the best burger, the best insurance broker..who gets to decide? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message

We often think we make decisions based on logic and mistakenly think others do as well. Instead, we need to realize our decisions are based on emotion more than the facts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rob-clark6/message