Clarity Compressed with Paul J. Daly

It’s a great week to be Thankful! This week I’m extra thankful for my friend, David Long for inadvertently giving me the topic for this week’s podcast. We were together for the Live Event in Philly I put on a couple of weeks ago. After a VERY long and engaging day at the event, I was completely drained.  I always leave everything on the field on days like this and as I was stepping into the hotel...

I hope every single one of you is doing well today…really! I’m about to share something that is sure to make your day even better. I’m about to share the conversation I had with the insightful and inspirational, Glenn Lundy . (You really should check out his social media and especially his daily morning show, Rise and Grind. This interview happened last Thursday in Philly after a REALLY long day p...

This is one of those weeks where I get to introduce you to another one of my friends, the one and only Jasmine Star. Jasmine is the founder of the exploding platform, Social Curator and before that a very successful photographer. She’s got hundreds of thousands of devoted followers, been featured on Forbes, MSNBC, Entrepreneur, The Huff Post and more because of her own energy and entrepreneurial e...

Before I start: I’m doing a thing , Live in Philly next Thursday…for real NOW, I was on a date with my wife this past week when she blew my mind and said “I don’t want to live in the “what if”, I want to live in the “what is”. WOW! I immediately told her I was stealing that for this week's podcast, LOL So many people spend their lives thinking about what “could be” and never find contentment...

So I decided to do it. Take a big swing in a time when most people are protecting the plate. (In baseball, ‘protecting the plate’ is basically a half-swing that’s primary purpose is to NOT get a strike). I decided to host a live, in-person event in Philly in a time when all the other events in the Automotive Industry have been cancelled. (P.S. You should come and hang out 🤣) I believe that this c...

I’m too excited not to tell you this first…I’m hosting an IN-PERSON event in Philly in early November. This one is geared toward retail automotive and capacity is very limited. Registration is opening this week. If you want to be first to know, register here . Now on to our regular programming…I changed my mind literally moments before I hit record on this week's episode. I was going to talk...

Are you done with election season yet? I mean, it’s usually pretty sporty, but this year is in a league of its own. The venom, the volume, and soon to be rendered…the VOTE! I’m blessed to work with brilliant, talented, and kind people who will most certainly vote for different candidates come November 3rd…AND I LOVE IT! Since navigating the social/political environment at work can get tricky at ti...

It’s Fall time friends, and there’s just something about this season that motivates me to make meaningful change. In my career, there has been nothing more influential than the ability (or inability) to make meaningful change to the team that I surround myself with. Over the course of the last two decades I have worked with countless teams. Mainly, teams on which I had significant say or influence...

I don’t know about you, but dare I say the world is starting to feel a little more connected again. Not “zoom life” but in real life. Regardless of where you live, people are starting to “move about the cabin” more and that is leading to more connection on a human level. This week I’m talking to those of you who run a business, freelance, or maybe are trying to find a new job or career. Basically,...

If you know what the word “palmcorder” means, then you will have some idea of how long ago I “started” making content. In this week’s episode, I have the very first video camera I bought to start making content with and I try to shoot on it again (you’ll have to watch to see how THAT worked out)! Getting right to the punchline; I started. I’m the type of person that likes to wait until all the fin...

I’m willing to bet that most of you would agree that throughout our journey in life and business, the impact and benefits of our relationships FAR exceed any financial investment, product knowledge, or strategy. I received some serious clarity on this while filming an Instagram Story with NYT Bestseller and Storybrand, CEO Donald Miller back in February. (Remember when we could travel 🙂) I includ...

I didn’t take a lot of math courses in college, but one of the most memorable courses I took was a math course. Introduction to Statistics. I can’t remember a single calculation but I learned a VERY valuable lesson: Data doesn’t lie, but statisticians can pretty much make it say anything they want. This week, we are talking about measuring what matters. In business, numerical measurements serve as...

It’s September…wait…what???? Yeah, we all feel the same way about the strangest collective summer we’ve ever had. But I hope that it wasn’t all lost for you. It certainly wasn’t for me. Sure, there was challenge after challenge. Exhaustion after exhaustion. However, even in the most challenging times, there can be good, solid innovation and growth. This week I have a great conversation with Brian...

Can you imagine a kindergarten class where we allowed and even encouraged children to treat one another like we commonly observe today…and maybe even participate ourselves? If I try, I can imagine such a situation, and it’s all wrong. Election seasons are always full of escalated emotions and extreme levels of venom and division that is always somehow justified by politicians, the media, and unfor...

Congrats, you left Monday in the dust! If you are like so many of us, Mondays often leave you staring face to face with a slew of problems. Some big, some small, but all of them requiring some sort of action to address it. Sometimes the problems are new, and sometimes it’s the same problem that keeps surfacing over and over again. Why is that? I recently dug into the book “Upstream” by NYT Bestsel...

My guest this week broke through walls like a wrecking ball. Aaron McCormick was raised in poverty by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago and was raised by a family who held him back from pursuing college. That didn’t stop him from becoming hugely successful in the corporate world, being considered in the top 1% of IBM . We discuss what separates those who set their own expectations and t...

Today I’m opening up the vault to a segment from the Brand Is Gravity workshop I released for sale, last year. It is the section on ‘honesty.’ When building a brand, the concept of ‘honesty’ is the foundation of any authentic brand. Make no mistake, the truth always comes out. Honesty in relationships is about being straightforward with the other person about what you think, believe, and intend. I...

Lately, it’s been really easy to think about things we HAVE to do; like wearing a mask, working remotely, eating at home, educating our kids, staying up to date on every piece of new news… Feeling stressed yet? No wonder the United States is facing some of the highest levels of stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, obesity, divorce, heart disease, suicide, and consumer debt in the world. Why doe...

We seem to live in a world where everyone is imagining everyone else at their worst. So many are now conditioned to assume that every news story, every tweet, and every word choice is meant to be an all out aggression. Guess what, although we are in the midst of a major flare-up, this isn’t new to human nature. It’s been happening in our relationships for a long, long time. It happens when we are...

There are thought leaders, and then there are thoughtFULL leaders. This week's guest: the one and only Chris Do . If you are a creative or in the agency business, you already know who he is. If you are just hearing about him, he is the founder of the design agency Blind and also the game-changing educational ecosystem The Futur which has a mission to educate 1 BILLION creatives (yes, you read...

Ok, so I have a bit of a nerdy man-crush on the author of the most influential business book I’ve ever read. Jim Collins wrote “ Good to Great ” which was published way back in 2001. (Yes, that is almost 20 years ago and YES, you are old) . I started my first business in 2003 and latched onto this book a couple of years in. In those days, I spent hours on the road every day, driving from dealershi...

I’m not here. I’m on vacation. And a big part of taking a break is refreshing and finding inspiration to keep running the race in a manner worth running. That’s why my team has helped me by putting together some great clips from my last live stream event. You’re going to get a quick burst of inspiration and energy from some guests and friends… many of whom you will recognize like VaynerX Chief Hea...

We’ve been pretty serious on the show lately. Why wouldn’t we be, life is heavy these days! That’s why I thought it would be great to get back to talking a little “shop” with the CEO of the very well respected agency, Ignite Visibility, John Lincoln. If you have a business or are a marketer, I know you’ll get some great insights from this conversation where we start at company culture in remote wo...

Easy answer here; EVERYONE is stressed out. Our routines have changed. Our plans have changed. Our sense of security has changed. Our parenting responsibilities have changed. Our work situation has changed. Our LIVES have changed. So what are WE going to do about it? The way I see it, we have two options: Choose to be a victim to our circumstances OR choose to take control back. You probably know...

Like many of you, I’ve been reeling. So many emotions have surfaced in response to the recent events surrounding the murder of George Floyd and ensuing social unrest. I’ve been pensive to talk about these things publicly because of fear that I might say something unintentionally offensive to my African American friends. But greater than that fear is my belief that my true intent is to love my neig...