The Brand You Podcast · Episode 59

We Live in the Preachiest Time in History (Ugh)

14 minutesNovember 3, 2026
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I've sat through more than 3,000 church services, and I thought my days of being preached at were long gone. I was wrong.

We live in the preachiest time in history. Open any app and everyone, human or AI-made, is telling you how to live. When to wake up. What to invest in. How to bake a cake. Why cake is bad for you.

In this episode I read this week's Letter: what my church years taught me about the two kinds of messages out there. Some close the gap between you and where you want to be. Others widen it on purpose, because the business depends on you never quite arriving.

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