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This blog post will kill the Covid-19 virus

By James Newcomb | November 3, 2022 | Comments Off on This blog post will kill the Covid-19 virus

Sana and I saw something that made us laugh the other day. Someone was throwing out some cleaning wipes in the trash can, and we happened to notice the side of the box said, “Kills the Covid-19 Virus” or words to that effect. So Covid is now used as a selling point for cleaning products.…

What I learned from my worst interview ever

By James Newcomb | November 1, 2022 | Comments Off on What I learned from my worst interview ever

That headline is not any type of “the worst interview is the one I never did” type of thing. No, this one was a disaster all the way around. Just this past Saturday evening, I had an in-person interview scheduled with a trumpet player who’s from out of town, but was going to be visiting…

Be a thermostat, not a thermometer

By James Newcomb | October 26, 2022 | Comments Off on Be a thermostat, not a thermometer

My son Gabriel and I watched the most recent movie going by the title Journey to the Center of the Earth this past weekend. It was actually really entertaining. I’d never seen any movies based on the novel, nor have I read the novel, but it kind of made me want to do both. The premise basically…

Why we use precious metals to ID our offerings

By James Newcomb | October 25, 2022 | Comments Off on Why we use precious metals to ID our offerings

From James and Sana: We were sitting down one day to begin creating the packages we’re able to offer our clients for podcast production, coaching, social media management, email coaching and what not. Sana suggested we use precious metals to identify each package we offer. It’s typical for businesses such as ours to label each…

A Case Study in DDF

By James Newcomb | October 23, 2022 | Comments Off on A Case Study in DDF

Last night, Sana and I watched The World’s Fastest Indian. It’s a movie starring Anthony Hopkins that tells the story of Bert Munro, who through what I define as DDF, (drive, discipline and focus,) achieved something truly remarkable. The movie itself was kind of antithetical to the typical “hero’s journey”. He’s just an average guy with a…