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Impact Travis Shelton Impact Travis Shelton

To What End?

I wrote two other pieces this morning, neither of which may ever see the light of day. Ultimately, they seemed a little too spicy. While I'm not opposed to pushing a little harder and risking a mini wave of unsubscribes, I always try to ask myself an important question: "To what end?"

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Relationships, Budgeting, Spending Travis Shelton Relationships, Budgeting, Spending Travis Shelton

Ridiculous or Not

One of my friends caught wind of something "ridiculous" my wife spent money on. I'm not sure whether he heard it from his wife or from me, but he's right: Sarah's purchase did fall into my definition of "ridiculous." "Why would you let her spend money on x thing that you don't even agree with? I would have just said no."

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Impact, Growth Travis Shelton Impact, Growth Travis Shelton

Don’t Forget to Look Down

I was recently working on a project for a client when one of the senior executives blurted out, "I can't believe you know how to do that. That's insane!"

"Well, I didn't know how to do this a year ago."

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(Un)Limited Digital Footprint

I have old high school friends with ZERO digital footprint. Seriously. I was trying to find a few people recently, and to my shock, they were digital ghosts. How is that even possible?!?!

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Investing Travis Shelton Investing Travis Shelton

Reckless, I Guess

During that nearly 160-year stretch, from the late 1800s until today, the U.S. stock market has NEVER lost money over a 15-year period of time. Ever. Sure, history tells us that we could lose half of our life savings (on paper) over a five-year window.

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Growth, Relationships, Behavioral Science Travis Shelton Growth, Relationships, Behavioral Science Travis Shelton

A Little Accountability Goes a Long Way

One of my clients was having a heck of a time. Over and over and over again, it seemed like circumstances were stackedagainst them. A misfortune here, some bad luck there. As they described it, this was a recurring theme for the entirety oftheir adult lives. Simply put, they were the victims of bad luck and unfortunate circumstances.

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Entrepreneurship, Growth Travis Shelton Entrepreneurship, Growth Travis Shelton

More Doesn’t Mean Growth

After adding new drinks, they now have 26 specialty drink options. Not only that, but these 26 specialty drinks come in three different sizes......and each can be served hot or cold. If you do the math, that means their specialty drink menu has 156 different variations!

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Just Ship It

Wait, what?!?! In total, 37 different blog posts were read on the website yesterday from eight different countries. I can't even begin to describe how weird that feels.

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