A super-fun chat about company culture, depth of conversation, and Aaron’s new comprehensive theory of human commerce. Episode Links: ⁠DEFINITION OF COMMERCE⁠ ⁠AARON'S "COMMERCE THEORY"⁠ ⁠5 WAYS TO BECOME A MORE VALUABLE WRITER⁠ ⁠INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGE FAMILY⁠ Recorded 1/12/24, includes: Listening to “Pinnacle of Success” by Airae Aaron’s Business X-Change at the PCBC “It almost sounds like our conversations are negotiations” “Merriam-Webster, I’ve heard of that!” Everything we do is commerce! “There’s an exchange here too” You have relationships with everyone in the world A productive, disruptive confusion I talked about more metaphysics in Commerce Theory than I’ve ever talked about before! Reading Think and Grow Rich for the 4th time with Paul Martinelli There are no new ideas It’s had the same shape since the beginning of humans Ping-pong tables are one of the bright, shiny new objects Signal is not the same as cause Who can guess how many years ago Todd was in college? The yin and yang of vision and culture Now, next, later? Culture is all the time! Culture is based on intention The roots of the word “culture” Culture must be sustained About Aaron’s new Commerce Theory “This is hard to do in 25 words or less!” Maybe you can’t help but to worship “All human behavior follows that basic shape” I’ve got 15,000 questions to ask you and we’ve only got time for 1! Todd’s word for 2024 Psychology dances with what is sacred - humans are theological Whatever you’re doing is what you believe to be the most valuable thing to do with your time and space Todd is an understated genius Where does Aaron’s fascination with words come from? The etymology of “leadership” A meta-etymology That stuff shapes your thinking and you don’t even realize it! Why do people think ping-pong tables will improve their company culture? Taking conversations below the surface - making them meaningful and deep The boat is very special and meaningful, but you can’t start with the boat The length of time to transformation - the actions become more automatic For deep alignment, see your company culture chiropractor They were yelling at me about how much I’ve changed in a year! Do you get into resolutions? Resolutions vs. Habits Outcome goals vs. process goals Learn more about Todd at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://toddkuckkahn.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about Aaron at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronjmarx.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠

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