Content marketer Brooklin Nash’s early career in a Guatamalan non-profit led him to a “fight or flight” situation with a stubborn, insecure director who gaslit him.
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Marc Maxhimer, a former middle school teacher, talks about the time he tried to help his new principal — only to get the door slammed in his face.
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Graphic designer Charlotte McBride talks about how her greatest strength turned into a weakness so big, she delivered 6 months’ worth of bad projects.
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“The Godfather of Content Marketing” Joe Pulizzi describes how his first business flopped by selling the wrong service to the wrong audience.
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Content marketing champion and Fortune 100 consultant Robert Rose reveals how his private insecurities kept him chained to the wrong job for 3 years.
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Serial entrepreneur Steve Teare’s core mistake led him to embezzle computer parts and plunged him into homelessness before he could pick up the pieces.
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Global sales manager Rob Finn introduces us to his younger self: A first-time closer with a chip on his shoulder so big, he lost a quota-doubling account.
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Social media branding consultant Mark Schaefer explains how his sales team almost lost $1.5 billion in revenue from a profitable (if problematic) client — and how he managed to recover the account.
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Content marketer Ashley Stryker remembers the “feedback” meeting that nearly got her fired through her own self-righteous arrogance.
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Entrepreneur and keynote speaker Scott Stratten of UnMarketing shares how his biggest professional mistake bankrupted his wildly successful viral video company before he realized how to fix his fatal flaw.
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