Curt MercadanteJan 191 minHave more conversations with potential clientsBusiness owners, do you spend your day doing everything but having conversations with potential clients? I'm sure you have good "reasons"...
Curt MercadanteJan 141 minYou are creativeThe greatest power each of his possesses... Is that of our creative flow... It certainly ain't our "brawn"... That's led us to survive...
Curt MercadanteOct 15, 20219 minThe Wrong Way to Deal with UncertaintyYou can listen to this episode on Apple, Spotify, or the following audio player: Today's episode is a follow up to Curt's recent...
Curt MercadanteSep 3, 20212 minApply Your Greatest Weapon — Creative ThinkingI was honored to be on the "My Worst Investment Ever" podcast with host Andrew Stotz. We discuss why buying homes has been "my worst...
Curt MercadanteJun 27, 20211 minAre you programmed for scarcity or abundance?Are you programmed for scarcity, or programmed for abundance? Each of us is programmed in some way. It's starts when we're young...
Curt MercadanteJun 18, 20211 minFear, Love, & CreativityDo you best unleash your creative flow from a place of fear — or love? Follow our new podcast series — Fear, Love, & Creativity — in...
Curt MercadanteJun 13, 20211 minBack Porch Session LIVE — 6.13.21Check out the replay of my Back Porch Session LIVE from earlier today. In this session, we discuss: The Tao of Abundance How to avoid...
Curt MercadanteMay 31, 20212 minEmbrace the ChaosCold showers have become a part of my days during the past few years. There are a variety of physical, mental, and spiritual reasons why...
Curt MercadanteApr 27, 20211 minFight Conformity with Compassion"When you show that you're not a conformist, that you're an individual, and other people see that and say... "'Wait, there's nothing...
Curt MercadanteApr 19, 20212 minEmotion vs. FactsI've been posting a lot here lately about making decisions based on fear vs. making them based on love. But here's the deal: They both...
Curt MercadanteApr 12, 20212 minShow your children loveMany assholes are assholes because they were raised by assholes. Of course, this is just my theory, but it has seemed to hold up over...
Curt MercadanteApr 11, 20211 minFear and Expanding Your Comfort ZoneIn May of 2018, my wife and kids were vacationing in Italy and visited the Isle of Capri. High up on the Isle is the village of Anacapri,...
Curt MercadanteApr 8, 20212 minA work culture based on fear“This is an unmitigated disaster!” That exclamation was a common one from the head of an organization I served through my former agency....
Curt MercadanteApr 6, 20213 minHow fear zaps your creativityYou're all alone, walking down a dark alley. Suddenly, a masked person jumps out from behind a garbage dumpster. Do you take time to...
Curt MercadanteApr 5, 20213 minOur goal? FUN.Some people understandably can't grasp why my wife and I decided last year to sell our home and most of our possessions and take our four...
Curt MercadanteApr 4, 20211 minMaking Decisions from a State of Fear vs. a State of Love"If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." — Jesus of Nazareth "Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will...
Curt MercadanteApr 3, 20212 minWhen we dam the flow of creative energySometimes it feels like the noise in my head is overwhelming. Thoughts coming at a thousand miles per hour. When I try to read a book,...
Curt MercadanteApr 1, 20211 minWhat did one rock say to the other rock?The punchline... Wait for it... "I want to go on the ROCKing chair with you." My seven-year-old son tonight made up that joke on the fly...
Curt MercadanteMar 29, 20213 minA scarcity mindset is the enemy of creativityHave you heard the old Soviet-era joke about the two neighboring farmers? Both farmers were of the same age. Their land was similar in...
Curt MercadanteMar 24, 20215 minThe creative power of "Yes, and..."This morning, my three sons came downstairs, sat on the couch, and engaged in their commonplace routine of telling absurd stories. It's...