In business, there’s no way to know everything ahead of time. And while you can’t predict the future, you can influence it by learning the right lessons in the present. Maddy Osman, Founder of The Blogsmith, and author of “Writing for Humans and Robots”, has applied this growth mindset in her own work. Listen to the conversation to hear why it’s good to plan to fail, and how 1 + 1 = 3.

Show Topics

• How to plan for problems in your process
• Build a muscle of helping customers
• Figure out what you're good at, then using it to your advantage
• The human robot-buyer dynamic
• Creative ways to show appreciation
• Solve for robots and humans

Show Links

• Check out The Blogsmith
• Follow Maddy Osman on LinkedIn or Twitter
• Grab her book: Writing for Humans and Robots: The New Rules of Content Style

Past guests on The Long Game podcast include: Morgan Brown (Shopify), Ryan Law (Animalz), Dan Shure (Evolving SEO), Kaleigh Moore (freelancer), Eric Siu (Clickflow), Peep Laja (CXL), Chelsea Castle (Chili Piper), Tracey Wallace (Klaviyo), Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Ryan McReady (Reforge), and many more.

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