This week at Sinclair Range, we reflect on the power of persuasion-based thinking, lessons learned from dealmaking under stress, the realities of rebuilding momentum, and why admitting trouble is the first step to any real turnaround.

• Tribute & Lessons from Scott Adams

Why persuasion-based framing explains behavior better than surface facts, how incentives and framing make seemingly irrational decisions predictable, and why this skill is critical in business, leadership, and negotiations.

• Persuasion as a Business Skill

Key persuasion concepts including framing, attention, repetition, visualization, and reciprocity, and how understanding persuasion improves sales, dealmaking, and decision-making in complex environments.

• Momentum Requires Work

A look at the physical and mental grind behind rebuilding a business, why changing momentum is not passive, and how discipline, hustle, positivity, and integrity form a simple but effective operating formula.

• Interesting Deal / File of the Week

Overview of a new going-concern sale or financing mandate for a precision machining and plastic injection mold tooling company in Ontario, including sector exposure, recent operational challenges, improving cash flow, and growth momentum in aerospace.

• Lesson Learned: Deals That Die at the NDA

Why prolonged negotiations over standard agreements are a leading indicator of deal failure, how decision paralysis kills distressed companies, and why availability of capital matters more than cost when survival is at stake.

• Admitting Trouble as a Turning Point

Why true turnaround begins with honestly admitting the severity of a problem, how denial slows decision-making, and why acknowledging rock bottom frees leaders to act decisively.

• Struggle of the Week

Progress update on completing the Pathway to Profit Academy, why it exists for founders not yet ready to hire Sinclair Range, and how finishing long-delayed projects is part of restoring momentum.

• What I’m Thinking About: Momentum and Defense

A personal reflection on illness, loss of momentum, rebuilding from defense, and why stabilizing first creates the foundation for growth, expansion, acquisitions, and private credit deployment in 2026.

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