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Hey everybody and welcome to the Friday wrap-up on Streamline Solopreneur. A short episode where I talk about three things.

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What's on My Mind,

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Recommended Reading,

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and Recommended Media.

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This is the show that helps you automate your business so you can take time off worry-free,

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and hopefully this curation will help you think more about your systems.

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I'm your host Joe Casabona,

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and here's what's on my mind for May 22,

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2026.

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I spent most of this week.

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in Baltimore

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with some friends discussing our business's mastermind retreat style.

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As is often the case, I came away excited and energized.

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And unlike a conference, I had a very specific set of actions

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I need to take for my business.

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It was much needed.

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I was in, uh,

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I was a, I was a little down about my business earlier.

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in the week,

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and this retreat helped me realize that most of it was unfounded. I didn't need to be

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as down as I thought I was, which is, as you probably know, the ups and downs of running your own

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business. But that's not actually what's on my mind.

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I drove to Baltimore,

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which is around two hours

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each way,

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meaning I spent four hours in the car by myself. And that's a real treat for me,

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because I

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I love driving with the windows down and my music blasting,

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something I don't really get to do when the kiddos are in the car.

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At least not on the highway,

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where it gets too windy and too loud and we can't hear anything,

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and we end up having to roll up and roll down the windows when the kids need something.

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Part of me wanted to spend that time thinking about my business.

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It was four hours in the car.

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I couldn't, you know, respond to email.

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I would strongly recommend don't check your email while you're driving.

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It's stupid.

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Don't at me.

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I could think about what I wanted to discuss on the way there.

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Why was I so down about my business?

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I could think about my action plan on the way back

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and how I would implement these new ideas and important actions I need to take to improve my business.

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But really, it was a tiny part of me that wanted to do that.

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I usually view traveling as forced downtime.

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In oasis where very few people can get a hold of me and I can't do much of anything anyway.

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Like I said, I'm not checking my email.

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Don't seriously don't check your email when you're driving.

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It can wait.

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It can wait.

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I promise you.

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Anyway, I decided to turn off for those four hours.

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I didn't think about the business.

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I didn't even listen to podcasts.

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I turned up my music,

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sung as loud as I could, as poorly as I could,

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which is not a hard thing for me to do.

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And I just enjoyed the drive.

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It was an important reminder that we don't need to act like we are being productive all the time.

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And I am really intentional about using the word act there.

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Just because we are doing something doesn't make it productive.

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And if you can steal a few hours to just turn your brain off,

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and enjoy the moment,

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that is as good as working on something in your business. It's actually

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better than doing something poorly because you're tired and not thinking clearly.

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It's important

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to take breaks after all.

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And what I want to know is how do you spend your time driving?

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Reply and let me know, either in the comment section,

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if there's a comment section where you're

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consuming this or over at streamlinedfeedback.com. I'd love to hear what you think.

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But as I said earlier,

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don't at me if you are going to defend checking your email while

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you're driving.

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Okay.

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Speaking of reading,

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here's the recommended reading segment of the show.

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I had a choice to make.

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Between a really cool, wholesome story and

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And some hot nonsense that makes me think the AI apocalypse is coming.

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And I'm choosing the cool,

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wholesome story.

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It's from The Athletic and it's called A Teen Umpire Tost a Baseball Coach in a now viral video.

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Here's his side of the story.

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The gist is that the coach got upset about the music that the other dugout was playing

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and he had a huge hissy fit.

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Those are my words.

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They're not the umpire's words.

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They're not the athletics words.

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But my estimation

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in watching the video is that he was having a hissy fit because he didn't like one of the songs.

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We also know that parents, like sports parents and sports adults in general, um,

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can take the game

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way,

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way too seriously.

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Way too seriously.

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So this kid, a senior

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in high school handled this coach which such poise and grace and patience that it was honestly

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impressive. The coach,

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who eventually got ejected,

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told his whole team to just leave the field,

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which is just super classy.

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Seeing stories like this, though, give me hope that younger generations

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are actually learning the people skills that many adults,

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who are my age or older,

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have lost in the age of social media,

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the pandemic,

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and the age of having keyboard courage,

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where you are willing to be a jerk behind the safety of your keyboard,

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that erodes the way you treat people in real life.

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That's why I've always been a,

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if I'm going to say something online, I will also say it to their face,

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and I expect the same treatment.

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if you're going to criticize me online,

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I expect you to say it to my face.

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So there's a really good story.

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It's from The Athletic.

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I have the gift link article here,

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so I will include that in the show notes.

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And finally,

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recommended media.

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Over on YouTube,

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I feel like I've been talking about SNL a lot,

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and I'm going to continue that.

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Over on YouTube,

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SNL has been doing a series called The Rundown,

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and this is where they're getting cast members,

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and guests to build a show over several weeks, right?

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SNL has a fairly segmented show where they have a very similar format to the show where

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they do the cold open,

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the intro,

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the monologue,

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and then they'll either throw it to

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commercial or have a pre-tap, which is like a fake commercial,

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a few sketches,

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musical guest,

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weekend update,

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maybe another pre-tape.

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And then the weird sketches.

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And then the musical guest again and the outro.

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So it is a well-oiled machine, which is always super interesting to me.

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And I love this series.

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I'm going to link the latest one from Questlove.

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He picks a musical sketch.

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And it's been fascinating seeing them pick sketches from across 50 years to build what they think is the best show.

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S&L is such a force.

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Any insight into their systems and processes is so,

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so interesting to me.

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And this series in particular is a cool mix of history,

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behind the scenes, and just a walk down

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memory lane.

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I strongly recommend the whole series. Like I said, I will link to the latest

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iteration.

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You should probably start at the beginning because you are seeing the entire

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board get built out.

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And I really,

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really hope that they do a super cut of all the chosen

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sketches. Like they make an episode out of those chosen sketches.

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But that's it for the Friday wrap up. If you enjoyed this,

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consider joining my newsletter

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over at streamlined.fm slash wrap.

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You'll get an additional automation of the week,

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as well as regular emails on how to approach building systems that help you take time off

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worry-free.

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Thanks so much for listening.

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And until next time,

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I hope you find some space in your weekend.