Caracal Daily | Feb. 22

WATCHING TODAY:

1. France will not vacate the Indo-Pacific anytime soon: Philippe Le Corre writes Emmanuel Macron keen to use EU presidency to move past AUKUS quarrel.

2. How Telegram became the anti-Facebook: Darren Loucaides writes hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for.

3. Innovate or die: Korea Inc. faces harsh choice as election looms: Nikkei reports the nation's next president tasked with reshaping the export-oriented economy.

4. Why did we stop building beautiful neighborhoods? FT reports governments lack the incentive, businesses usually lack the power and almost everyone seems to lack the skill.

5. In an Arctic outpost, Friday nights are for curling: NYT reports in a town with one stoplight, 120 miles above the Arctic Circle, curling provides women with a reason to leave their houses. And that is no small thing.

The world's best-known professor

Scott Galloway is the world's best-known professor.

Full stop.

Sure, you might recall a college professor that made a dent in your life, or maybe your MBA program had a top-flight professor.

But these professors are only known to you.

Galloway is known to the world.

Besides his unique insights and bold statements, the main reason Galloway is the world's best-known professor, one word, consistency.

He is consistently producing content and sharing content.

Consistently.

A consistent schedule (use an editorial calendar and specific days for specific content) helps his audience and team.

Plus, consistent use of different platforms and tools (he is on LinkedIn, pods, emails, writes books, and does interviews).

I suspect Galloway's focus comes from being a college athlete (thinking in seasons) and working in an environment of classes and semesters (academia).

There is an ebb and flow in how humans process and create stories.

There is a high-low of how humans process and create stories.

There is some short and some long of how humans process and create stories.

There is some deep and some low of how humans process and create stories.

Galloway excels at understanding how humans process and create stories, probably better than anyone.

And what happens when processing and creating stories is done consistently?

Boom.

World-known.

Galloway is an exceptional talent for sure, but being consistent can be executed by any willing and committed thought leader.

Are you a willing and committed thought leader?

If so, I would love to work with you.

-Marc

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Caracal Daily | Feb. 18

WATCHING TODAY:

1. How China beat out the US to dominate South America: Bloomberg reports no province is too small or remote for Beijing’s careful attention.

2. Life on ‘Mars’: The strangers pretending to colonize the planet – in Utah: Guardian reports to study life on the red planet, people from around the world volunteer to live with strangers in the middle of nowhere.

3. French Socialist Anne Hidalgo urged to quit presidential race: The Times reports Hidalgo urged step aside to spare the left’s blushes, grandee tells Paris mayor.

4. Do something you suck at: Michael Easter writes trying new things is the antidote to your pandemic malaise.

5. China loves Eileen Gu. But it’s getting complicated. WSJ reports the San Francisco-born free skiing star is widely adored in her adopted home country, but more critical voices have emerged—and vanished.