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Stop Hiding Behind Your Logo
Stop Hiding Behind Your Logo
Welcome everybody to another Strategy for Saturday blog, I am Carl J. Cox, and we are driving strategy home for small…
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Shameless Audacity
Shameless Audacity
Happy Fourth of July! Or, more accurately, Happy Independence Day. This is one of the most important dates in American…
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Amazeballs! Minimum Viable Product. Maximum Wow.
Amazeballs! Minimum Viable Product. Maximum Wow.
Amazeballs! I have never heard this slang term before until yesterday. Context: 40 Accounting Zach, wrote a song about…
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Who Would’ve Thought?
Who Would’ve Thought?
Who would’ve thought? Surely not us. Sarah and I came from different backgrounds, different friend groups, different…
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Ready to Be CEO?
Ready to Be CEO?
Most business owners spend years building the skills needed to run a business. Far fewer spend time preparing to lead…
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The Three-Year Plan That Became a Right-Now Plan
The Three-Year Plan That Became a Right-Now Plan
Have you ever spent weeks building a plan only to have reality rewrite it a few months later? If you've owned a…
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It’s Halftime: Are You Winning or Trailing?
It’s Halftime: Are You Winning or Trailing?
For many, Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer. Here in NW Oregon, we joke that the official start of…
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Three Years Later: What Writing Lost at CEO Taught Me
Three Years Later: What Writing Lost at CEO Taught Me
This past month marked the third anniversary of the release of Lost at CEO, An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Strategy. I…
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From Overworked Owner to Strategic Leader
From Overworked Owner to Strategic Leader
A Heavy Heart Two Sundays ago hit me like a ton of bricks. Well, like 2 tons of bricks.
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The Cost of Decision Paralysis: When You Know It’s Time to Act
The Cost of Decision Paralysis: When You Know It’s Time to Act
When do you know it’s time? On Thursday, I was a guest speaker with Mark Grubbs and Nick Mesirow at a local Chamber of…
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Carl J. Cox shared thisWhat is the impact you want to have? Tyson Ray, CFP®, CEPA®, CIMA®
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Carl J. Cox shared thisSuccess isn't measured by the size of your portfolio. In this episode of the Measure Success Podcast, I sit down with Tyson Ray, CFP®, CEPA®, CIMA® to discuss what wealth is really for. Tyson is a wealth advisor, author, and business leader who has spent more than 25 years helping business owners and families preserve, grow, and transition wealth. But this conversation goes far beyond investing. We discuss how a life-changing experience in Israel reshaped Tyson's perspective, why too many people spend their lives accumulating wealth they never enjoy, and how the best financial plans start with purpose, not numbers. If you're a business owner, entrepreneur, executive, or anyone thinking about legacy and what really matters, I think you'll appreciate this conversation.
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Carl J. Cox shared thisMarketing is what you say about yourself. Branding is what other people say about you when you leave the room. Reputation is whether the market believes the promise. Dave Fulk 💎
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Carl J. Cox shared thisSuccess isn't just about making more money. In this episode of the Measure Success Podcast, I sit down with Mark Podolsky, better known as The Land Geek, to discuss what happens after you achieve financial freedom. We explore how passive income creates options, why AI should become part of your operating system instead of just another tool, and how entrepreneurs can build systems that create both time and opportunity. Mark shares his journey from investment banking to building a business around land investing, along with lessons he's learned about leadership, purpose, and what he calls the "second mountain" of success. If you're building a business, leading a team, or looking for ways to create more freedom without losing sight of what matters, I think you'll enjoy this conversation.
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Carl J. Cox shared thisMy Best Lessons Came from Failure - with Scott Ballard
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Carl J. Cox shared thisWhat is the MIndset of the Entrepreneur Right Now? With Scott Ballard
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Carl J. Cox liked thisSuccess isn't measured by the size of your portfolio. In this episode of the Measure Success Podcast, I sit down with Tyson Ray, CFP®, CEPA®, CIMA® to discuss what wealth is really for. Tyson is a wealth advisor, author, and business leader who has spent more than 25 years helping business owners and families preserve, grow, and transition wealth. But this conversation goes far beyond investing. We discuss how a life-changing experience in Israel reshaped Tyson's perspective, why too many people spend their lives accumulating wealth they never enjoy, and how the best financial plans start with purpose, not numbers. If you're a business owner, entrepreneur, executive, or anyone thinking about legacy and what really matters, I think you'll appreciate this conversation.
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Carl J. Cox liked thisOur daily.Carl J. Cox liked this120°F. A spray-foamed attic in Shirley, NY. Three hours on your back in the heat. That was yesterday's job. The result: three separate faults identified and corrected, and a fully restored system. The customer was thrilled — and they should be. But here's what I want to highlight. The customer experiences the outcome: a comfortable home, a system that works. What they don't see is the environment the work happens in. Attics like this hit 120°F in summer. There's no shortcut, no remote fix. Someone has to climb up there, stay focused under real physical stress, and methodically work the problem until it's solved. That's the part of this trade that doesn't show up in the invoice — the discipline to do careful diagnostic work in conditions most people would last ten minutes in. To every technician who does this work: respect. And to our clients: this is what "we'll take care of it" actually looks like.
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Publications
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Lost at CEO, An Entrepreneur's Guide to Strategy
Game Changer Publishing
See publication"Cox offers transformative strategies for all business leaders through a captivating story rich with practical wisdom.”
- Mike Michalowicz, best-selling author of Profit First and Get Different
“This is for any high achiever who is seeking clarity and highly executable strategies on being more productive, effective, and profitable as a company and as a leader.”
- Tommy Breedlove, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Selling author of the book “Legendary” and Founder of the…"Cox offers transformative strategies for all business leaders through a captivating story rich with practical wisdom.”
- Mike Michalowicz, best-selling author of Profit First and Get Different
“This is for any high achiever who is seeking clarity and highly executable strategies on being more productive, effective, and profitable as a company and as a leader.”
- Tommy Breedlove, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Selling author of the book “Legendary” and Founder of the Legendary Life Movement
“Jack is a stressed out CEO of a once-great business, Stackflow. But after a pandemic, supply chain chaos, labor market fluctuations, and his own failed strategic initiatives, Jack is struggling to keep his head above water — and the company’s. Like nearly every other CEO in history, Jack is working endless hours (away from his family, who is quickly losing patience). During those long days, he’s cobbling together ideas and goals — and still not seeing meaningful results.
But if Jack can’t figure out how to make the company profitable again, Stackflow’s days are limited. Or at least Jack’s days are limited as CEO.
It’s in the midst of this struggle that Jack has a chance encounter that will change the course of his life and business. Charlie Joseph is a strategic consultant who’s led transformations at hundreds of other businesses similar to Stackflow. It’s this coincidental meeting that will help Jack reimagine everything he’s been doing as a leader, design a strategy for success that actually works, navigate through the storms of high-level business in the 2020s, and finally right the ship.
Jack’s journey is one that any CEO can learn from. And Charlie’s approach to strategy has the power to transform any business that has struggled with stale strategic retreats, failed initiatives, and stalled-out growth. (That is to say, nearly all of them.)”
Honors & Awards
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Growth Strategy CEO of the Year USA
Business Worldwide Magazine
News release
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Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach
Gallup
A Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach uses a strengths-based approach to improve employee engagement and performance and transform workplace culture.
Organizations
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Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP)
Board Member
-http://www.omep.org/
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Glencoe Basketball - 7th/8th Grade
Head Coach
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Glencoe Community Football
Head Coach - 3rd-8th Grade
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Glencoe Community Football
Board Member
-http://www.glencoecrimsontide.com/
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HBBA - Youth Baseball
Head Coach - Assistant Coach
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