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Apply Your Greatest Weapon — Creative Thinking
Curt Mercadante
  • Sep 3, 2021
  • 2 min

Apply Your Greatest Weapon — Creative Thinking

I was honored to be on the "My Worst Investment Ever" podcast with host Andrew Stotz. We discuss why buying homes has been "my worst...
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The Weaponization of Fear with Randy Gage (Fear, Love, & Creativity Series)
Curt Mercadante
  • Jul 8, 2021
  • 1 min

The Weaponization of Fear with Randy Gage (Fear, Love, & Creativity Series)

Curt Mercadante interviews Randy Gage as part of the "Fear, Love, & Creativity" Podcast series. Randy discusses the "weaponization of...
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Genes vs. Memes with Randy Gage
Curt Mercadante
  • Jul 7, 2021
  • 1 min

Genes vs. Memes with Randy Gage

"I've identified what I think is the most shocking development in human history in the last 200, 300, 500 years. It's that the human...
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Let your creativity flow (Episode #1 of the Fear, Love, & Creativity Podcast)
Curt Mercadante
  • Jul 1, 2021
  • 1 min

Let your creativity flow (Episode #1 of the Fear, Love, & Creativity Podcast)

And, we're off! With Episode #1 of our new "Fear, Love, & Creativity" Podcast series. Our creative flow is the most potent superpower of...
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Fear, Love, & Creativity
Curt Mercadante
  • Jun 18, 2021
  • 1 min

Fear, Love, & Creativity

Do you best unleash your creative flow from a place of fear — or love? ​ Follow our new podcast series — Fear, Love, & Creativity — in...
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Embrace the Chaos
Curt Mercadante
  • May 31, 2021
  • 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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Fight Conformity with Compassion
Curt Mercadante
  • Apr 27, 2021
  • 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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Pay-to-Stay is a Toxic Culture
Curt Mercadante
  • Apr 15, 2021
  • 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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Show your children love
Curt Mercadante
  • Apr 12, 2021
  • 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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A work culture based on fear
Curt Mercadante
  • Apr 8, 2021
  • 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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How fear zaps your creativity
Curt Mercadante
  • Apr 6, 2021
  • 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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A scarcity mindset is the enemy of creativity
Curt Mercadante
  • Mar 29, 2021
  • 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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