by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 21, 2025 | Blog
The other day I watched a video that talked about the change of the voice of Marge Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner) on “The Simpsons” since the show’s debut back in 1989. She was 39 when the show started, and she’s now 75, so it shouldn’t...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 20, 2025 | Blog
Last week I was interviewed on a podcast, and during it I talked about the need for entrepreneurs to mix things up. I don’t mean changing course every week, but if your business is exactly the same now as it was five or ten years ago then it can feel stale...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 20, 2025 | Blog
Here’s something that I pulled from Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter”, when he recounted something that T.D. Jakes once said on Oprah: “A lion raised in captivity has never been in the wild … all of his experiences have been in...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 19, 2025 | Blog
Over the last few days I’ve been sharing lessons from Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter” And here’s one from when he was fired by ESPN in 2009 … After that he bumped into Pat Riley, the legendary coach and executive in the hallway...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 18, 2025 | Blog
Yesterday I shared something I got from Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter”, and here’s another lesson from it: Being on a sports debate show called “First Take” every day gave him lots of opportunities to have a bad take,...
by Marc Mawhinney | Oct 17, 2025 | Blog
I recently finished reading Stephen A. Smith’s book “Straight Shooter” … In it he wrote about being too modest when he was playing high school basketball, and how he got cut on the first day of tryouts: “I was heartbroken. But I also learned a...
