Matt bought bananas this morning, which got him thinking about 1876. But that’s just the warm-up. This week on Backstage Friday, Matt pulls back the curtain on one of the most consistent patterns he’s seeing with clients: the gap between AI-generated messaging and the real thing — and why the difference is less about the tool and more about what you feed it. Spoiler: deep broth beats instant every time.

Plus, The Bigger Stage is hitting the road. Denver may be the first stop in a new on-location series, and Matt’s scheming a New York City show with a former chef-turned-real-estate-broker who knows where all the colorful skeletons are buried. The theme tying it all together? Stop waiting for the giant leap. Just keep leaping.

Where in your life could slow, steady, relentless progress actually be the move?

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