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Curt Mercadante
- May 31
- 2 min
Embrace the Chaos
Cold showers have become a part of my days during the past few years. There are a variety of physical, mental, and spiritual reasons why...
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Curt Mercadante
- Apr 27
- 1 min
Fight 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...
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Curt Mercadante
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Pay-to-Stay is a Toxic Culture
Retaining your management employees by paying them off, because you know they would otherwise quit. I call it a "Pay-to-Stay Culture."...
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Curt Mercadante
- Apr 12
- 2 min
Show your children love
Many assholes are assholes because they were raised by assholes. Of course, this is just my theory, but it has seemed to hold up over...
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Curt Mercadante
- Apr 8
- 2 min
A 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....
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Curt Mercadante
- Apr 6
- 3 min
How fear zaps your creativity
You're all alone, walking down a dark alley. Suddenly, a masked person jumps out from behind a garbage dumpster. Do you take time to...
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Curt Mercadante
- Mar 29
- 3 min
A scarcity mindset is the enemy of creativity
Have you heard the old Soviet-era joke about the two neighboring farmers? Both farmers were of the same age. Their land was similar in...
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