The Causey Consulting Podcast

Or do you want a "yes man" to tell you that everything you do is perfect? If you're not improving, you're sliding backwards, especially in this economy.

Links:

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/make-money-in-business.asp

Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/

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"They took our jobs!" -South Park

According to the IMF, 40 to 60% of jobs could disappear globally due to the influx of AI. But hey - I'm sure that's nothing to worry about. *sarcasm*

Links:

https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2024/01/16/ai-to-hit-almost-40-of-jobs-worldwide/

https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/01/14/ai-will-transform-the-global-economy-lets-make-sure-it-benefits-humanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7km4EHgkQiw

https://consaracytheories.com/f/a-new-super-cycle

https://youtu.be/vz3HKkVrJE4


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Making the decision to sell or close a business is a big one. Likewise, if you've been freelancing professionally, it's a big decision to close the operation and go back to a full-time 8 to 5 job.

➡️ Is the whole business in shambles? Or are there particular aspects that can be changed in order to make things better?

➡️ Are you relying on freelancing websites and, by extension, nightmare clients?

➡️ We live in an age of constant screens and distractions. Take the time to get still and quiet and figure out what you really want.

Links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/freelance/comments/kmm92c/freelance_websites_suck/

https://medium.com/swlh/freelancing-websites-to-avoid-like-the-plague-7db694ed7293

Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/

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Crossover Episode for both The Causey Consulting Podcast and con-sara-cy theories.

I recently read Why England Slept  and it sounds like it could be a playbook for how the public is led into conflicts, changes, social engineering, etc.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_England_Slept

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/justin-trudeau-s-foolish-china-remarks-spark-anger-1.2421351

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There are plenty of articles about backstabbing coworkers, office gossips, and nightmare bosses. But what happens if we as business owners or professional freelancers onboard a client  who turns out to be a backstabber or a giant gossip? What then?

My experience with "Billy" the Backstabber taught me some important lessons.

Links:

https://spp.co/blog/bad-clients/

https://mattolpinski.com/articles/avoiding-difficult-freelance-clients/


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What's your why? Why are you doing what you are doing? If you are thinking about starting a business - or you already have - why? Why did you choose that specific line of work? If you don't have the answers, you may not make it.

Links:

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/archdevops/episodes/Sara-Causey---Embrace-the-Splat-eb9itk


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Some commentators and fat cats have admitted that inflation is permanent. So if you are counting on a magical politician to save the day and bring back 2018-2019 prices... you're probably not gonna make it.

Links:

https://thejobmarketjournal.com/f/do-you-feel-overpaid

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyu89gjMhec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYI9rnCGxpE

https://thebostoncourier.com/new-year-new-job-market/

https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/12/17/i-woke-up-and-it-was-no-longer-a-company/

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/12468460

Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/

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One common question I receive from coaching or advisory clients is: how do you know a business is doomed to fail?

Key topics:

✔️ Ownership sets the tone. If you are lazy yet you expect your employees to work hard, you are: a) a terrible boss and b) probably not gonna make it.
✔️ Does rejection crush your entire soul? Do you fly off the handle in a rage or burst into tears at the slightest rebuff?
✔️ Do you need the money or are you a spoiled housecat who won't even bother to catch a mouse?
 ✔️ If you don't believe in yourself and believe in what you're doing, no one else will either.


Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/

Need more? Email me: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/contact-causey/ 

I am in the process of launching a new podcast called con-sara-cy theories  to serve as an after-hours spot to ask the questions and find the information we shouldn't. The Causey Consulting Podcast  will remain a daytime broadcast to cover the economy, the job market, business issues, etc.

Enjoy your holiday time! ❄️

You'll be able to find the spin-off podcast here: https://consaracytheories.com/ or https://consaracytheories.buzzsprout.com/


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Or in this case: multiple  wrongs do not make something right.

"Rethinking Camelot is a thorough analysis of John F. Kennedy's role in the U.S. invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold War. In it, Chomsky dismisses effort to resurrect Camelot—an attractive American myth portraying JFK as a shining knight promising peace, fooled only by assassins bent on stopping this lone hero who would have unilaterally withdrawn from Vietnam had he lived. Chomsky argues that U.S. institutions and political culture, not individual presidents, are the key to understanding U.S. behavior during [the] Vietnam [War]."
-https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/629-rethinking-camelot

Let's assume Chomsky's analysis is correct and that he has no agenda of his own in writing this book. What justifies these intell!gence agencies operating with no oversight, no accountability, and no mercy? Even if we assume JFK was as much a warhawk as those before and after, which is possible, how does that absolve these agencies from their sins? Also, how does it change the litany of people who did not like Kennedy and benefited from his absence?

NOTE: After this episode, content like this will live on my new, upcoming podcast, the con-sara-cy theories.

Links:

https://www.amazon.com/Crossfire-Plot-That-Killed-Kennedy/dp/0465031803

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/13979216

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jamiekirchick/seymour-hersh-assassination-of-jfk-was-form-of-l-55m2

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/30/reviews/971130.30powerst.html?module=inline

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/galbraith-exit-strategy-vietnam/

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/chomsky-galbraith-letters-vietnam-jfk-kennedy/

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