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🎙️ Episode 149: Learn to Play the Game

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I hate playing the algorithm game sometimes.

I hate feeling like I have to be curated. I understand why my clients don't always want to look too polished. And I understand the frustration of feeling like there are all these stupid rules we have to follow just to get a seat at the table.

But something I've been learning lately is:

You gotta learn to play the game.

In this episode, I tell you a story about spending four HOURS trying to get my dad a rental car—and the unexpected business lesson it gave me about branding, capitalism, algorithms, resistance, and our ability to adapt.

📌 In this episode, I talk about:

• Why adaptation is a massive business skill, especially when you don't like the rules of the game you're playing.
• The tension between wanting the results of a polished brand while also hating feeling curated or performative.
• Why beauty still sells, storytelling still creates connection, and a powerful online presence can still open massive doors for your business.
• Why sensitive and spiritual entrepreneurs can sometimes resist sharing their stories because they feel sacred—and how that can also keep people from connecting deeply with their work.
• How constantly resisting the algorithm, branding, money, capitalism, or the realities of running a business can keep us stuck in a spiral instead of learning how to work within the system.

🎯 The Bigger Takeaway

You don't have to pretend the game is fair.

You don't have to love every part of social media.

You don't have to suddenly love curated feeds, algorithms, capitalism, or any of the other systems you're operating inside of.

But you do have to learn how to adapt.

Learn the branding game.

Learn the algorithm game.

Learn how money and credit work.

Learn how to share your story in a way that creates connection.

Learn how to make the system work for you without losing yourself inside of it.

Because sometimes our resistance to playing the game becomes the very thing keeping us from getting where we want to go.

Learn to play the game before you say “screw everything” and give up.