Marketing guy by day. Improv director and performer by night. Love the One Minute Briefs Contest. So, so much fun. 11 OMB wins. @OneMinuteBriefs and #OMBLE😎
Oakland, CA or Tokyo, Japan
Joined April 2013
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My new goal in life is to be last.
There is surprisingly little competition.
I have been successful several times already.
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Do you need an executive coach? "No, I'm fine," you might say. But being "fine" prevents you from reaching your next level of performance.
#executivecoaching #leadershipdevelopment #businessisasport
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I'm Japanese.
I started talking to Americans on X about a year ago.
I didn't expect it to change me.
But it did.
I say "no worries" at work now.
I say it to my boss.
I smile at strangers on the train.
Some of them smile back.
It's very confusing.
I ask the convenience store clerk how her day is going.
She always says "Good! Thank you!"
Last week she asked me back.
And when something good happens to a friend,
I don't say "That's nice."
I say "That's awesome!"
And I mean it.
I used to think Japan and America were very far apart.
Now I think we're just a long flight away. 🇯
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Copywriters: What's the most extra thing you've done to get a customer's exact words?
(Mine: Stood outside a major league baseball field and interviewed people going in.)
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Quick Marketing Tip
A silly mistake I see clients make all the time:
• They stop doing what works.
So when you get a new client ask them about what they’ve done in the past that worked for them.
You might find all sorts of ideas you can use again.
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It took me a year to start posting here.
My hands were shaking when I spoke on my first Space.
I didn’t want to record my first video.
But I did.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
It’s the only way you’ll grow.
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Your smartphone just went retro.
The Hullo Handset plugs straight into your phone for old-school calls with a real coiled cord. No charging. No pairing. Just pick it up and talk hands-free.
A conversation starter you’ll actually use >> zuloba.com/the-hullo
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When I first opened brown & browner, I bought large cookies jars with our logo engraved on them, and filled them with espresso brownies and blondies that my wife made, and a note that said "for a free refill schedule a meeting."
I passed out 25, got 14 meetings, and 3 clients.
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Grumpy rant: If you're in advertising, creative or accounts, and you don't know what "Lemon" or "Think Small" is referencing, you need to leave immediately.
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My clients have flown me around in private jets
And buy me thousand dollar suits so that I can look good as part of their entourage while helping them at an event.
But the reason I attract high paying high-net -worth clients is not due to special connections.
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今週のワンポイントレッスンはコチラです★
What did you eat for lunch today?
今日のお昼は何を食べましたか？
smithweb.co.jp/2026/09/one-p…
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Check out my latest article on LinkedIn.
People-Pleasing Is Killing Your Executive Leadership.
linkedin.com/pulse/people-pl… via @LinkedIn
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😵💫 So many executive leaders push through the stress, the deadlines, the dysfunction. But what if they just admitted that performing in that kind of environment is not sustainable?
#executivecoaching #leadership #burnout
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The loser has more in common with the winner than with the person sitting on the sidelines.
The winner and the loser each had the courage to try. Both risked embarrassment. Both were willing to face uncertainty. Both were stubborn enough to continue.
Success is endurance in disguise. It belongs to the person who can absorb the losses without absorbing the identity of "loser." It's the courage to start — and to stick with it — that is the real separator. Results tend to find the person who stays in the game.
The sidelines are safe, but sterile. Nothing grows there.
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This Friday & Saturday at Pan: Landry & Summers live from Chicago.
2 nights only — their only Bay Area stop in 2026. Plus Shaun's workshop, The Art of the Improvised Monologue (only 6 spots left). $20 tickets, 30 seconds from BART. Get tickets at:
pantheater.com
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This is a thoroughly annotated list of people you might want to follow to understand aspects of AI. I have not looked at all of these folks, but the folks I know on this list are good. buff.ly/cZw7P7m
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So, not only did I forget that I live 1.5 hours from the nearest airport when I booked a 6am flight, but also found out on my way to the airport that my flight is delayed. Since the 6am flight is delayed, my connecting flight got bumped and I lost my biz class seat for a middle seat at the back of the plane. Thanks a lot @united . Added to that, buried somewhere in the fare details is the juicy tidbit that I can be bumped from biz class into economy for the same fare price, so no refund. Excellent.
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On vacation in Panamá and @united decided not to send my bag along with me, and seems thoroughly unmotivated to try to fix it.
Landed 24 hours ago and just got a message that now it won’t be arriving until tomorrow.
Fuck United Airlines, and avoid if possible. Ridiculous.