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Brand Counsel. Writer. Speaker. Advising on the risk to purpose and values of making the wrong promises. Brand is a store of value created by everything you do. michelhogan.com
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In face of US insanity, this bumper crop of global good news tidbits from Fix the News is timely and welcome. Some things aren't going to hell in a hand basket. In fact people are making new ones ... fixthenews.com/286-iron-win...

Anthem for the times ... Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender Bruce Springsteen

Lots of options - got lucky. Wordle 1,344 3/6* ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. Mary Oliver Pretty sure she wasn't talking about current raft of whatever the hell we call what the two horsemen of the apocalypse are up to.

From my article archive .... www.michelhogan.com/2013/10/14/t...

Boy does this feel relevant to the mess of our making ... Napoleon on speaking up: β€œTen people who yell make more noise than ten thousand who keep silent.” Via FS Brain Food Newsletter

Paywalls urgh - I get it, gotta pay the bills. Here's an idea, allow me to buy one article. Don't force me to subscribe. I'll happily pay $1-2 to read an article that captures my interest. And in a straw survey I'm not alone. Thanks, frustrated reader.

A little boost to my day when wordle says my result is impressive :) Wordle 1,339 3/6* ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Feels like this good news - a 47% jump in renewable energy on previous year, will be a good test of Executive influence ... will it hold up despite efforts to curb enthusiasm for renewables or continue apace ... www.distilled.earth/p/clean-ener...

of course he is ... Wordle 1,337 6/6* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Thinking the rest of the world needs to levy a mental health tax on the US for inflicting Trump on us for 4 years.

Rebecca Solnit nails it @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "It is true that in a wink-wink jokey way DOGE is called the Department of Government Efficiency. It's also true that it's not a department, they demonstrably don't give a damn about efficiency, nor are they competent to produce it or pursuing it."

Middling result. Which feels like my week. Wordle 1,336 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Looking at the comments accompanying posts showing Taylor Swift getting booed I am dismayed by how cruel people are. Sure I get she's maybe not someone's jam. But why does dishing casual cruelty from the cheap seats make people feel better?

Lucky day ahead ... Wordle 1,330 2/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

"When we lock into a particular goal too quickly, we blind ourselves to alternate routes forward that might have been better and easier. If we want to reset the way we work, we need to start asking a new question: What’s the goal of the goal?" Dan Heath from his new book Reset

A good list for navigating what's happening and what's yet to come from Daily Stoic author Ryan Holiday ... ryanholiday.net/heres-how-im...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books πŸ“– #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 9/20:

Your daily antidote. Just breathe ...

I'm already exhausted by the barrage of hideous goings on and news. Yes, that's the point of it all. Shock and awe to normalise atrocity. So for the next 30 days I'm posting a beach photo every day as an antidote to overwhelm. Just breathe for a few seconds.

Scrolling social, esp Instagram I usually have the sound off. Today I realised why. It's a cacophony of people shouting. So I appreciate any posts with no sound, they are a small oasis of calm. I had begun adding music to mine, but going back to silent. Enjoy the image and add your own music.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books πŸ“– #BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookChallenge Day 8/20:

New article. Are you a dabbler or on the path to brand mastery? open.substack.com/pub/michelho...