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Buy your envelopes in person_

And buy them one at a time_

November 12, 2025
By _iain.

Welcome back,

3 things today.

Something I wrote,
something I found,
and something else.

All to help you work on your business.

Let's go.

_iain.

Something I wrote_

Why it needs to hurt a little.

(Or a lot!)

Something I found_

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope_

Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is - we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.

Something else_

Music Belongs To Us. A Manifesto.

Spotify is killing music. Artists are being crushed. Machines are deciding what you hear. You deserve better.

(And I do love a good manifesto.)

That's it for this issue.

See you in 3 days_

_iain.

ps_

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Something I wrote.
Something I found.
Something else.

All of it to help you build a business that actually works.

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