Paul Worthington

It’s a nostalgia play…

I can’t remember the source right now, but I read a pretty compelling piece of analysis a while back arguing that low spend is artificially constraining growth. Since markets are competitive, such constraints become another co’s opportunity.

This is a very smart company seeing the opportunity to exploit competitive weakness. When others cut, they spend. Managing marketing for efficiency rather than growth is not going to age well.

This book really helped me after I completely fried a disk in my early 30s: a.co/d/8rXKDsk If it doesn’t heal in a few days, you might try Pilates on the reformer machine. It was an absolute game changer for me.

If it’s a slightly bulging disk it’ll typically hurt for a few days and then tamp down. In the meantime, don’t do any twisting motions. Acupuncture can be useful for loosening muscles and might be all you need. Try alternating heat & cold. Whatever you do, do not go to a chiropractor.

I suppose I get to crow a bit since I predicted PE firms would be picking over the holdco’s looking for bargains. I’d expect we’ll see more of this.

Depends which business you’re in. For advertising, yes. But if you’re in design, branding, etc it’s primarily a project management role.

If memory serves, Maserati is the fastest depreciating luxury marque. Historically, some had Ferrari engines and engineering. Since owners don’t seem to drive them much, low mile bargains are relatively common. Cost of maintenance, however, is another story…

Poor flywheel. Everyone is talking about it.

Is “Business Secrets of a Stapler” the sequel to “The Secret Life of a Hole Punch?” I liked that one.

Deactivated my Twitter account. Hoping things are a little less angry over here.