The Monday Morning Memo is a weekly post prepared by New York Times bestselling business author, Roy H. Williams, The Wizard of Ads. I'm Indy, your guide in the rabbit hole. Whether advice on advertising or a philosophical muse, you'll never have heard it before. The MMMemo is free and your e-mail address will never| The Monday Morning Memo -
They could see the enormous power of the planet and the virtual irrelevancy of the human lives on its surface. "And yet we're not irrelevant," said Issib. "Because we are the ones who see the changes, and know them, and understand that they are changes, that once things were different. Everything else in the| The Monday Morning Memo
This short video about AI is the coolest thing you will see this week. Johnny Molson is insightful and entertaining. And his perception is profound. Roy H. Williams Bryan Eisenberg is the brother of Jeffrey Eisenberg who was quoted in today's Monday Morning Memo.| The Monday Morning Memo
Peacocks want to be admired. Parrots say only what they have heard others say. Each of us has a little bit of Peacock in us, and a little Parrot too, I think.| The Monday Morning Memo
LORI: I'm Lori Ramsey. My brother Robert and I are the son and daughter of a New Orleans jewelry designer. ROBERT: Looking at the diamond jewelry of Bob Ramsey was like looking at fireworks on the 4th of July. LORI: Our Dad told us, "We create diamond jewelry as a gift of love." ROBERT: "Our| The Monday Morning Memo
Every icon represents an idea bigger than itself. A myth is an iconic story. An archetype is a behavior pattern that is commonly repeated.| The Monday Morning Memo
Old men can remember the past. This gives them a different perspective on current events. History repeats itself because we didn't pay attention the first time.| The Monday Morning Memo
Pearl had the power of 5 different breeds. She was my Megadog. The Mustang was a 1971 convertible. Neither could talk, but speech isn't required to show love.| The Monday Morning Memo
The outliers that matter are those paradigm shifters who change the world. The outliers who don't matter are just contrarians who stand apart from the masses.| The Monday Morning Memo
Evaluate yourself by dollar growth, not percentage growth. Percentages will lead you to believe that you are doing better, or worse, than you really are.| The Monday Morning Memo
Twenty-nine years ago, Carl Sagan wrote a book called The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995). One of the observations Carl shared in that book is particularly troubling: “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re| The Monday Morning Memo
As you increase your words, you decrease their impact. Communicate your thoughts in short sentences. Those thoughts will be remembered, and you will, too. Shorter hits harder. I read a book by a man who is a deep thinker, a great strategist, and a good writer. His strengths are that he can identify, organize, and| The Monday Morning Memo