Inventing The G Chord

Guitars and G chords weren’t invented in the 1960s…that’s just when they got popular.

Six string guitars with standard tuning go back hundreds of years. They predate even the notion of pop music (and fame).

So the inventors and innovators weren’t trying to come up with something to get famous…they were coming up with things that were helpful and could spread. If we all have a guitar that kinda looks like this and has about six strings and they’re tuned like this…it’ll be more fun when we get together. And we can start our own musical language that’s easy to learn.

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James Brown Jacket

After walking on stage, James Brown would take off his jacket before even getting to the mic stand.

Was he cold and then got too hot?

Did he suddenly decide he didn’t like it?

Maybe he just forget to take it off in the green room?

No.

If he didn’t start with the jacket on, then the people wouldn’t be able to see him take it off. And what does taking off a jacket signal?

It’s time to go to work.

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Winning Over Reception

The CEO gives high value to the Director’s opinion.

The Director to the Department Heads.

The Department Heads to the Managers.

The Managers to the Supervisors.

The Supervisors to the Workers.

And the workers are trying to impress whoever is at reception.

If the receptionist doesn’t like your music it’s a lot less likely the CEO will.

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Beatles Or Stones

The only reason to get into this argument isn’t to reach a conclusion…it’s to have fun and get to know the other person.

Who should the Timberwolves draft in 2026? Same thing

When was the best sitcom era? Same thing

It helps to know why you’re having the conversation.

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Open Till 4am

When you advertise that your restaurant is open till 4am, it’s gonna shape the type of customer you have at 4pm too.

The new expensive fine dining place is super busy for dinner…so it would be easy to think ‘let’s keep this thing going and stay open all night’. But the instant that decision is made the whole thing changes.

If your advertising works, what does it say about the group of people who respond to it?

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Distracted By The Question

Politicians don’t get distracted by the question. Their scripts are locked in. They know the messages they want to get out there and they’re certainly not going to let an interviewer get in the way.

A politician’s repertoire of responses goes way beyond answering the question. They’re able to hear the question and take the answer wherever they want to go.

It’s annoying.

But most of us who aren’t politicians could stand to get a little better at this idea.

‘What COULD my answer to the question be?’ Rather than simply answering the question.

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