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Michael Golden: How to Use The Golden Mean to Make Better Decisions
Have you ever thought about your decision-making process? Do you even have one? Every one of us has a fascinating story made up of many decisions over the course of our lives. It’s the sum of these decisions that dictate the direction of our journey.
We address:
Should you ever rely on your gut when making big decisions?
How do I minimize the amount of decisions I end up regretting?
What is The Golden Mean and how can I use it to make better decisions?
Jon and Paul welcome Michael Golden, social entrepreneur, award-winning journalist, political reformer, and communication specialist. With a successful, multifaceted career under his belt, Michael demonstrates how even someone with varied passions and continuously shifting interests can still adopt a decision-making framework that allows them to lead a purposeful life and career.
3 MAJOR POINTS DISCUSSED
- Pay attention to your gut. While it isn’t wise to rely solely on your gut for every decision you make, it does indicate what’s driving you. Listening to your gut is a great way to remind you why you were brought to your biggest, most life-changing decisions in the first place, along with the smaller decisions downstream of those overarching ones. And, as it happens, there are times when your gut is what makes or breaks certain decisions. Sometimes, it pays off; other times, you make a decision you regret. In any case, you learn a lesson from the experience that informs your next decision.
OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE
- Michael’s decision-making framework [04:22]
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Michael Golden is a strategist and social innovator who excels at launching and accelerating mission-driven enterprises. His expertise stems from a 25-year career as a national award-winning journalist and co-founder of One Million Degrees, Newsbound, Complete the Degree and Golden Mean Strategies.
Michael is also the author of Unlock Congress and serves as a Senior Fellow at the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy.
His commentary has been featured in USA Today, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, FOX News, PBS, NBC, and NPR.
ABOUT OUR HOSTS
JON KRAMER:
Jon Kramer, Managing Director JMK Solutions www.jmk-solutions.com is a marketing services veteran with 35+ years of experience working with leading agencies, and major consumer packaged goods brands.
Most recently, Jon was the Enterprise Sales Marketing lead at WestRock, a $16B packaging and display company, responsible for interfacing with their largest clients. Earlier, he was CMO of the RockTenn Merchandising Division where he created a shopper-marketing team, and go-to-market strategies for the Henkel company. He was also responsible for providing the selling organization with insights into the evolving US retail environment.
Previously, Kramer served for 10 years as CEO of J. Brown, the Shopper Marketing agency of Grey Worldwide. He was responsible for creating the organizational positioning and strategy and led all new-business efforts. During his tenure, J. Brown became the leading U.S. shopper marketing Agency, virtually defining the discipline.
PAUL KRAMER:
Paul Kramer’s distinguished marketing career is characterized by a long track record of building high performance communication organizations. His expertise is a unique blend of creativity, technical marketing analysis, and a keen business sense for strategic positioning. Paul’s earlier career included being the CEO of Catapult Marketing, President and COO of Hyper Marketing Inc and President and COO of D.L. Ryan Companies and has sat on Epsilon’s Strategic Management Team.
Paul is skilled in all areas of marketing. He is especially strong in strategic planning, national brand management, marketing communications, and business development. In addition, he has a solid management foundation with accomplishments in P&L management, intellectual property, forming and maintaining strategic alliances and building business.
Today, Paul is the General Partner of Riverside Consulting, a strategic consulting company working with senior leadership to help guide their business’ success.
RESOURCES
- Visit our website: rearviewinsights.com
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By rearviewinsightsMichael Golden: How to Use The Golden Mean to Make Better Decisions
Have you ever thought about your decision-making process? Do you even have one? Every one of us has a fascinating story made up of many decisions over the course of our lives. It’s the sum of these decisions that dictate the direction of our journey.
We address:
Should you ever rely on your gut when making big decisions?
How do I minimize the amount of decisions I end up regretting?
What is The Golden Mean and how can I use it to make better decisions?
Jon and Paul welcome Michael Golden, social entrepreneur, award-winning journalist, political reformer, and communication specialist. With a successful, multifaceted career under his belt, Michael demonstrates how even someone with varied passions and continuously shifting interests can still adopt a decision-making framework that allows them to lead a purposeful life and career.
3 MAJOR POINTS DISCUSSED
- Pay attention to your gut. While it isn’t wise to rely solely on your gut for every decision you make, it does indicate what’s driving you. Listening to your gut is a great way to remind you why you were brought to your biggest, most life-changing decisions in the first place, along with the smaller decisions downstream of those overarching ones. And, as it happens, there are times when your gut is what makes or breaks certain decisions. Sometimes, it pays off; other times, you make a decision you regret. In any case, you learn a lesson from the experience that informs your next decision.
OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE
- Michael’s decision-making framework [04:22]
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Michael Golden is a strategist and social innovator who excels at launching and accelerating mission-driven enterprises. His expertise stems from a 25-year career as a national award-winning journalist and co-founder of One Million Degrees, Newsbound, Complete the Degree and Golden Mean Strategies.
Michael is also the author of Unlock Congress and serves as a Senior Fellow at the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy.
His commentary has been featured in USA Today, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, FOX News, PBS, NBC, and NPR.
ABOUT OUR HOSTS
JON KRAMER:
Jon Kramer, Managing Director JMK Solutions www.jmk-solutions.com is a marketing services veteran with 35+ years of experience working with leading agencies, and major consumer packaged goods brands.
Most recently, Jon was the Enterprise Sales Marketing lead at WestRock, a $16B packaging and display company, responsible for interfacing with their largest clients. Earlier, he was CMO of the RockTenn Merchandising Division where he created a shopper-marketing team, and go-to-market strategies for the Henkel company. He was also responsible for providing the selling organization with insights into the evolving US retail environment.
Previously, Kramer served for 10 years as CEO of J. Brown, the Shopper Marketing agency of Grey Worldwide. He was responsible for creating the organizational positioning and strategy and led all new-business efforts. During his tenure, J. Brown became the leading U.S. shopper marketing Agency, virtually defining the discipline.
PAUL KRAMER:
Paul Kramer’s distinguished marketing career is characterized by a long track record of building high performance communication organizations. His expertise is a unique blend of creativity, technical marketing analysis, and a keen business sense for strategic positioning. Paul’s earlier career included being the CEO of Catapult Marketing, President and COO of Hyper Marketing Inc and President and COO of D.L. Ryan Companies and has sat on Epsilon’s Strategic Management Team.
Paul is skilled in all areas of marketing. He is especially strong in strategic planning, national brand management, marketing communications, and business development. In addition, he has a solid management foundation with accomplishments in P&L management, intellectual property, forming and maintaining strategic alliances and building business.
Today, Paul is the General Partner of Riverside Consulting, a strategic consulting company working with senior leadership to help guide their business’ success.
RESOURCES
- Visit our website: rearviewinsights.com