Best Aaron J Marx Podcasts (2025)

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Countability of Options ♾️ 6:55

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! What if the problems that feel infinite are actually countable—waiting quietly to be numbered into clarity? Enter the paradox: where overwhelm masquerades as boundlessness, where anxiety expands to fill every mental horizon, and where the moment we start naming options, the infinite collapses into the mere…

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The Cost of a Good Story 5:52

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! What if the stories that shape us only exist because something was first broken? Enter the paradox: where beauty emerges from pain, where meaning is smelted in the heat of struggle, and where every hard-won insight carries a price. Once you see how suffering deepens the human narrative, you’ll never look a…

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Polylectic 10:51

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! What if knowledge itself isn’t linear—but woven? Discover the Polylectic: the hidden pattern beneath human creativity where ideas, disciplines, and eras cross-fertilize in a living tapestry of thought. Once you see it, you’ll never look at history, philosophy, or your own mind the same way again… Read the …

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A Principle of Behavior 11:05

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! What if human behavior followed laws as fundamental as physics? Discover the Conservation of Behavior Principle — a simple but profound idea that reveals why behavior can never be destroyed, only changed. Once you see it, you’ll understand every social dynamic in a whole new way… Read the blog post I wrote…

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(Avoid 🔄 Generate) 5:40

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! How exactly does reality work, and what is the ultimate motivation behind all of your behaviors? Listen to this to find out... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/generate-avoid Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/gV1UXjSohAw Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your …

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Can you count in a language without numbers? 8:47

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Episode 59 - Leadership & Creation, Part 12, CONCLUSION 7:43

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 59 - Leadership & Creation, Part 12 - CONCLUSION Watch: https://youtu.be/dyTBKzqCXUo This is twelfth and final part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same…

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Episode 58 - Leadership & Creation, Part 11, AGREEMENT 9:17

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 58 - Leadership & Creation, Part 11 - AGREEMENT Watch: https://youtu.be/dyTBKzqCXUo This is eleventh part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general p…

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Episode 57 - Leadership & Creation, Part 10, PERSUASION 6:51

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 57 - Leadership & Creation, Part 10 - PERSUASION Watch: https://youtu.be/Nl_7NLLfTbY This is tenth part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general pro…

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Episode 56 - Leadership & Creation, Part 9, COMMUNICATION 8:37

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 56 - Leadership & Creation, Part 9 Watch: https://youtu.be/PSglfo1aqQ8 This is ninth part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've boi…

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Episode 55 - Leadership & Creation, Part 8, AUDIENCE 7:26

1y ago7:26

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 54 - Leadership & Creation, Part 8 Watch: https://youtu.be/p7Op-IsMCnM This is eighth part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've bo…

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Episode 54 - Leadership & Creation, Part 7, The Realm of STRATEGY 5:55

1y ago5:55

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 54 - Leadership & Creation, Part 7 Watch: https://youtu.be/AV0lX5ZFPJg This is seventh part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've b…

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Essay: I'm a CEO, not a CSBATDTO! 4:27

1y ago4:27

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Many of us look at successful people and see how busy they are. Sometimes we try to imitate them thinking that it is staying busy that will give us the same level of success. But being a CEO is not about staying busy; it's about a very important set of core skills and mindsets. Do you have a CEO mindset, o…

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Episode 53 - Leadership & Creation, Part 6, THINKING 8:32

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 53 - Leadership & Creation, Part 6 Watch: https://youtu.be/Z_MjnylXaD4 This is sixth part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've boi…

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Essay: What Perfectionism Actually Is 7:09

1y ago7:09

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Many of us entrepreneurial and leadership-oriented creatives run into blocks from time to time. It almost always happens when we get stuck in perfectionism. Do you know what perfectionism actually is? It's rational. It's actually...longing for the divine. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aar…

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Episode 52 - Leadership & Creation, Part 5, LEADERSHIP 8:03

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 52 - Leadership & Creation, Part 5 Watch: https://youtu.be/7z7eKqNGFnU This is fifth part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've boi…

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Essay: Results, Causes, Systems 2:53

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Why does your life look the way it does? Why does anything look the way it does? How do we change the way it looks and, more importantly, how do we sustain the change? Here's the answer. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/results-causes-systems Watch this on YouTube at: htt…

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Episode 51 - Leadership & Creation, Part 4, CLARITY 9:05

1y ago9:05

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 51 - Leadership & Creation, Part 4 Watch: https://youtu.be/-oTsndfUVtk This is fourth part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've bo…

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Essay: All careers are made of... 3:55

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! All careers are made of one thing, and of one thing only. Again and again. We succeed by creating more and more of this one thing and eventually systemize it. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/all-careers-are-made-of Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/nndLY2xucPk S…

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Episode 50 - Leadership & Creation, Part 3, VISION 7:33

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Episode 50 - Leadership & Creation, Part 3 Watch: https://youtu.be/nd0TwqmeVM4 This is third part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've boi…

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Essay: Existence is the Problem 8:39

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you have problems? Of course you do. Because we all do. Why is this? Well, it's because there's one foundational problem from which all others spring, and that is the problem of existence itself... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/existence-is-the-problem Watch this on…

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Episode 49 - Leadership & Creation, Part 2, From Purpose to Strategy to Action 6:30

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! This is second part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've boiled it down into 8 basic steps that bridge the gap between conception and exec…

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Episode 48 - Leadership & Creation, Part 1 13:58

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! This is first part of the third series of Season 2, which is about what I call the "Universal Shape of Leadership and Creation". Whenever anything is build or created, I think it always follows the same general process. I've boiled it down into 8 basic steps that bridge the gap between conception and execu…

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Episode 47 - Commerce Theory, Part 8 - WHY COMMERCE THEORY? 12:04

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion": https://aaronjmarx.com/book-1/p/seeking-completion-the-hidden-layers-beneath-all-human-social-interactions 👈 👉 Watch the Commerce Theory presentation: https://aaronjmarx.com/commerce-theory 👈 This is eighth part of the second series of Sea…

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Episode 46 - Commerce Theory, Part 7 - SYSTEMS & SIGNALS 12:51

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is seventh part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The fifth and final layer of Commerce Theory is SYSTEMS & SIGNALS. Systems & Signals is an investigation of what we BUILD and SHOW to …

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Episode 45 - Commerce Theory, Part 6 - ANTHROPOLOGY 15:50

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is sixth part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The fourth layer of Commerce Theory is ANTHROPOLOGY. Anthropology is the study of humans, and specifically the characteristics that dist…

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Episode 44 - Commerce Theory, Part 5 - SOCIOLOGY 17:44

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is fifth part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The third layer of Commerce Theory is SOCIOLOGY. Sociology is the study of groups. It derives from a Latin root that can translate to ei…

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Episode 43 - Commerce Theory, Part 4 - THEOLOGY 15:17

1+ y ago15:17

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is fourth part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The second layer of Commerce Theory is THEOLOGY. While you likely have prior associations with that word, we are going to find hidden m…

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Episode 42 - Commerce Theory, Part 3 - ONTOLOGY 19:29

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is third part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. The first layer of Commerce Theory is ONTOLOGY. Ontology is the study of being and existence. To understand human interaction we must fi…

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Episode 41 - Commerce Theory, Part 2 - What is Commerce? 21:29

1+ y ago21:29

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is second part of the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. What is commerce? Is it simply the buying and selling of goods and services, or does it have a broader relevance that touches on all of…

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Episode 40 - Commerce Theory, Part 1 13:21

1+ y ago13:21

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! 👉 Purchase my new book about Commerce Theory, "Seeking Completion"! 👈 This is the introduction to the second series of Season 2, which is about my new theory of human commerce. We humans engage in commerce at every moment. We're used to thinking of commerce in a specific way, but it actually has a much bro…

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Essay: Everything You Want Is On The Other Side Of... 3:29

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you often find yourself battling critical voices in your head? We all receive advice from people who mean well, but sometimes their words can chip away at our self-esteem. Here’s how you can tackle this common and challenging issue… Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/eve…

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Essay: Voices In Your Head? 🗣️ 5:54

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Do you often find yourself battling critical voices in your head? We all receive advice from people who mean well, but sometimes their words can chip away at our self-esteem. Here’s how you can tackle this common and challenging issue… Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/voi…

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Essay: How to improve ANY organization - remember to “go FAR” ➡️ 5:43

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Every organization has just 3 basic ingredients. These, and only these, are what you must focus on to improve your results. And they are all different versions of the same fundamental social force. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/improve-any-organization-remember-to-go-f…

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Essay: More Fun at Work 6:03

1+ y ago6:03

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! I was recently treated to an unexpected but very effective lesson in having fun at work. Learn more about friendship here and here. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/more-fun-at-work Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/9KHKLoULYTg Schedule a FREE Discovery Call abou…

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Essay: Influence vs. Outfluence 9:23

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! A few weeks ago something miraculous happened to me. This is the story, and why it matters to you as well. Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/influence-vs-outfluence Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/f4cT6ZzvTSI Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your leadership …

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Essay: Nice to Meet You 🤝 11:00

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Every now and then I know it's a good time to reintroduce myself. This is one such time... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/nice-to-meet-you- Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/ibBaQ9W8nKM Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your leadership or organization: https…

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Episode 39 - Preview of Commerce Theory, talking "flows" with Arthur 13:03

1+ y ago13:03

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Hope you enjoyed the previous series about the 9 facets of my work. The next series, starting in Episode 40, is about Commerce Theory, and here's a brief preview. In the meantime enjoy this conversation with the always delightful and intelligent Arthur as we discuss a concept that has been SUPER helpful fo…

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Episode 38 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Conclusion 8:09

1+ y ago8:09

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome to the final episode a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creat…

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Episode 37 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 9 7:12

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The nin…

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Episode 36 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 8 9:26

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The eig…

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Episode 35 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 7 10:39

1+ y ago10:39

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The sev…

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Episode 34 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 6 8:05

1+ y ago8:05

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The six…

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Episode 33 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 5 8:08

1+ y ago8:08

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The fif…

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Episode 32 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 4 13:13

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The fou…

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Episode 31 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 3 8:17

1+ y ago8:17

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The thi…

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Episode 30 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 2 9:46

2y ago9:46

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The sec…

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Blog Post: Leadership is Simple... 1:35

2y ago1:35

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Leadership is simple. Truly! All you need to know is... Read the blog post I wrote about it at: https://aaronjmarx.com/blog/leadership-is-simple Watch this on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/7e-kWO-qMTs Schedule a FREE Discovery Call about your leadership: https://calendly.com/aaronjmarx/30min Thanks for list…

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Episode 29 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Part 1 11:33

2y ago11:33

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! Welcome back to a series about the 9 different facets I've identified in my work. They are wide-ranging and cover a diverse variety of approaches to human cognition, motivation, and valuation, which help to make my zone of conversation useful and helpful for a wide variety of leaders and creatives. The fir…

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Episode 28 - The 9 Facets of My Work, Introduction 7:57

2y ago7:57

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Got you thinking 🤔🧠💭💡? Tell us about it 📝! This is the introduction to the first series of Season 2, which is about the 9 facets that I've identified of my work. Conveying the relevance and applicability has been a worthwhile challenge, and one that likely won't ever end. The fact is I actually never want to be too clear about how I help people bec…