weird and wonderful
Couldn’t be more thankful for these amazing people who joined today’s Monthly Community Hangout on Zoom.
The connections we’re building and the ideas we’re sharing are life giving… and I’m feeling so energized from it all.
Much love.
Interested in joining an upcoming Community Hangout Call?
Send me an email – bradleyspitzer@gmail.com
And 2026 is off to the races!
Love this crew and the conversations we had this morning.
At this rate, I’ll have to setup more calls to handle more interested people who want to connect and support one another. Much love.
Interested in joining an upcoming Community Hangout Call?
Send me an email – bradleyspitzer@gmail.com
I write 500 words and sometimes delete them, just re-write it from scratch. I keep quotes and ideas and tuck them away into WordPress drafts and come back to them later. I write in spurts, between YouTube videos or playing with my cat. I dictate thoughts and ideas and never go back to them, knowing full well its still effective because I had those thoughts and said those ideas out loud – they don’t disappear.
For me, staying in the game is winning, and winning just means I get to play again tomorrow. I just never stopped writing for my little corner of the world. – “How I Write” by Seth W on Indie Thinkers
Most of our wins go unnoticed.
Especially the ones where we’re not in the spotlight, but in someone else’s corner.
This week, two friends – both navigating long, brutal job searches – finally got offers.
Not flashy. Not fast. Just earned.
And somehow, hearing their news filled me with more energy than my own milestones.
Because I got to witness it. Support it. Nudge it forward.
Even if my name’s not on the offer letter, there’s a quiet kind of fulfillment that comes from lifting others.
Turns out, encouragement doesn’t just help them move forward. It reminds you what matters.
Who are you cheering on right now?
Text them. Tell them you see them.
Hey brands. Say “thank you.”
Really and simply, just say thank you.
To your customers. Your teams. Your communities.
Make them feel it – everywhere.
Maybe it’s a “thank you” day, all about them.
But f***ing mean it.
Then – do the hard part:
DON’T SELL. DON’T ASK. DON’T REQUEST.
Just give.
If you’re real about it, you’ll get what you’re after anyway:
A true community. The ones who stay.
I had the opportunity recently to be a sounding board for a good friend preparing for a new client pitch.
Helping him think through the strategy and push the pitch further was so energizing and rewarding. For both of us.
And the result? A strong YES from the client to a monthly retainer!
There’s nothing better than helping people win.
Today, someone said one sentence to me that meant everything and put the wind back in my sails:
“I see, deeply appreciate, and value your contributions.”