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If you’re reading this from the toilet…stop bringing your phone into the bathroom!

I can’t believe this is real…

Dr. Trisha Pasricha, a Harvard Medical School physician-scientist and gastroenterologist, found that people who take their smartphones into the bathroom are 5x more likely to sit longer than 5 minutes.

And they had a 46% increased risk of hemorrhoids.

Why? When you sit on the toilet, there’s no pelvic floor support (which increases your risk of hemorrhoids).

The longer you scroll, the longer you sit. And that pressure builds over time.

Here’s the rule: If it doesn’t happen in 5 minutes - get up, walk around, and try again later.

This episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast with Dr. Pasricha is the ultimate no shame conversation that will help you finally understand how to listen to your gut.

Dr. Pasricha will change the way you think about your digestion, your gut health, and yes, even your poop.

🎧 “The Gut Health Episode: Harvard Doctor Reveals What’s Normal (and What’s Not)” - tune in on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e2BJ4BhN

You can also listen on Apple Podcasts, or YouTube - search “The Mel Robbins Podcast Gut Health.”

Most people fight seeing what’s true when it’s not what they want it to be. That’s bad, because it is more important to understand and deal with the bad stuff since the good stuff will take care of itself. #principleoftheday

I made this one golden rule when I was 25.
And it paid off.

Have the most fun. Period.

This means you HAVE to find joy in what you do every single day.
It has to feel:
↳ natural
↳ easy
↳ like flow

Otherwise… what’s the point of building anything at all?

When I look back at my 25-year-old self...
I was doing everything to impress other people.
Never focusing on what actually lit me up inside.

So I made a promise to myself:
If it doesn’t bring me some level of joy or excitement, I’m not doing it.

Why does this matter so much?

Because when work feels like constant struggle without purpose... burnout isn’t far behind.

And when you’re building a career...
starting companies...
leading teams...

your relationship with the work itself determines everything.

How creative you get.
How long you sustain momentum.
And ultimately how effective you become.

Now most of my work feels like play:
↳ Energizes me instead of draining me
↳ Makes me excited to wake up
↳ Feels aligned w/ who I actually am
↳ Brings out my best thinking
↳ Doesn’t feel like “work” most days

Here’s how to keep the fun alive:

1️⃣ Choose projects that spark curiosity
↳ If you’re not genuinely curious, you’ll get bored fast.

2️⃣ Work w/ people who make you laugh
↳ Life’s too short for boring convos and stiff meetings.

3️⃣ Celebrate small wins along the way
↳ Building anything takes forever... so find reasons to smile during the process.

4️⃣ Give yourself permission to pivot
↳ Just b/c you started something doesn’t mean you’re stuck w/ it forever.

But here’s the thing...
Having fun doesn’t mean everything’s easy.
It just means you’ve found something worth struggling for.

👊

What work actually lights you up right now?

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♻️ Repost to remind someone work should feel alive

✚ Follow Cory Blumenfeld for more entrepreneurial insights and motivation.

I’m on a mission to inspire 1M everyday people to start their own business and find their voice.

The gap between beginner and expert is not talent.

It is time, repetition, and the decision not to stop.

You accepted the role thinking everyone
agreed on what you were hired to do.

They didn't.

This is one of the most common - and most dangerous - traps in executive transitions.

Most mandates are vague from the start.

When you dig deeper, stakeholder priorities don’t just differ.

They flat-out contradict each other.

You find this out after you've already started.

One director I spoke with said she went into her new role with a clear goal.

Then she started talking to her leadership team, her peers, and her direct reports.

She got a different answer from every single one about what her priorities should be.

She didn't panic.

She mapped what she was hearing.

Then she went back to her hiring manager - not to complain, but to realign.

Calmly. Directly.

That conversation saved her transition.

Here's what most executives miss:

Stated priorities aren't real until resources are attached to them.

So don't just ask what matters.

Ask what's funded, what's protected, and what's untouchable.

That's where the real mandate lives.

📌 Save this. You’ll need it sooner than you think.

➕ Follow Dora Vanourek for more on executive transitions

Most folks type job titles into Google Search and cross their fingers, with no idea of the powerful search tools they have access to.

Google (and maybe Perplexity by extension) is the most powerful job search engine in the world.

Why?

Becasue it can pull jobs from anywhere on the internet. Any page, any website, any company...

It has a built-in job search engine: Google Jobs

And it responds to search operators the same way Google search does. That means you can filter by company, platform, title variation, location, and even file type.

Here's what that actually looks like in practice.

If you're searching for VP or Director-level roles and you want to skip the noise:

Type something like:

"VP of Product" OR "Vice President of Product" jobs remote -coordinator -entry -junior

That single string catches both title formats, filters for remote, and removes every lower-level posting that would otherwise flood your results.

If you want to go straight to the source and bypass job aggregators entirely, you can search directly inside the applicant tracking systems companies use.

- Greenhouse
- Lever
- Workday
- Ashby

They all have public-facing job pages with searchable URLs. For Example:

"Director of Revenue Operations" site:boards.greenhouse.io

That pulls listings directly from the ATS.
They're often more current than what shows up on Indeed or LinkedIn.

And that's just one of many capabilities.
For anyone new to Google Jobs, run a simple search for "Director of Operations"

Look at the difference in what returns when compared to Director of Operations without quotes.

Big difference.

Use the cheat sheet to start working with setup, basic syntax, advanced operators, and ready-to-use search strings you can copy directly.

🔥 PRO TIP: Use the bell icon on Google Jobs. You'll get email alerts when new matching roles are posted. This will save manual search time.

Share this with someone who needs to know about Google Jobs. Happy Monday!

Silence speaks volumes in leadership.

After 5 years of hard graft, my resignation letter was met with... nothing.

No acknowledgment.
No "sorry to see you go."
Not even a quick "good luck."

Just deafening silence from the marketing leadership team I'd given my all to.

But here's what hit differently:

Two senior leaders from adjacent teams took me for coffee when they heard.

They listened.
They understood.
They cared.

And I couldn't help but wonder:
What if I'd worked for them instead?

Here's the truth about great leadership:
✅ It shows up (even when it's uncomfortable)
✅ It acknowledges peoples' worth (especially when they're leaving)
✅ It treats people like humans (not just resources)

The best talent doesn't leave companies.
They leave leaders who make them feel invisible.

Has silence ever told you everything you needed to know about leadership? 👇🏼

🚨 Stuck under poor leadership that doesn’t see you, hear you, or value you? That’s not a career, that’s slow burnout. DM me if you're ready for something better.

How to profit from the AI boom without writing a single line of code:

1. Get into a trade or service-based business

-HVAC
-Plumbing
-Electrical
-Pest control
-Window cleaning

These need a licensed body on-site. Nobody has figured out how to automate a clogged drain at 11pm on a Tuesday.

2. Become the person who services AI's dirty work

$455 billion was invested in data centers in 2024. Those buildings get dirty. HEPA filters clog. Cables disconnect. Fire hazards go undetected.

Those are all real (expensive) problems that require trained electricians, plumbers, HVAC technician.

3. Use AI to become the smartest person in your current job

Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, told me about a guy at a skincare company who needed to automate 30-40 hours of weekly ops work.

He was quoted $150,000 by a software vendor, so he spent $400 on Replit and built it himself in two weeks.

His boss now pays him $30,000 a year for the software. He never quit his job, he just became indispensable.

4. Buy a cash-flowing boring business instead of building from scratch

Two Contrarian Academy members, Anthony and Alex, just bought a 45-year-old window distribution company in San Diego.

-High single-digit millions in revenue
-Virtually no inventory
-15-20% margins
-4 employees

That business has been running since before most AI companies existed. It'll still be running when the next model drops.

5. Do the unscalable human thing everyone else is automating away

Every competitor you have is about to flood every scalable channel with 700 automated messages a day that nobody reads.

The bar for standing out is getting embarrassingly low.

A business that shows up, remembers names, and sends the handwritten note will out-loyalty every automated competitor in its zip code.

6. Get into the right rooms

Anthony and Alex met in a mastermind. That one relationship led to a hotel, a hard lesson on cash flow, and eventually a business that replaced both their W-2 incomes…

Every single thing on this list is easier when you're around people who are actually doing it rather than just talking about it.

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I'm putting on a live event in June for people who want to own something. I will you teach you how to find a trade business, how to buy it, and how to run it with AI

I couldn't be more excited for this. Hope to see you there: https://lnkd.in/gubmPaBM