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Friday Five — Thinking Small Strategy, Simplicity, and Why Speed Wins

No. 328 | April 17, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five, a short dose of ideas to start the weekend with clarity. Keep things simple. Think small. Move fast. Take risks. Experiment. Define success on your own terms. That’s this week’s theme. If this resonates, forward it to someone who’d enjoy it. Most readers discover Friday […]

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Friday Five — Knowing You Know Nothing, Ownership Culture, and Why Speed Wins

No. 327 | April 10, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five, a short dose of ideas to start the weekend with clarity. Question what you stand for. Build a culture people buy into. Take risks. Help others. That’s the thread this week. If this issue resonates, forward it to someone who enjoys ideas like this. Most readers find Friday

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Friday Five — Believe You Can, Customer-First Thinking, and Why Quality Wins

No. 326 | April 3, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five, a short dose of ideas to start the weekend with clarity. Choosing a positive headspace is hard when building anything of value. But focusing on your customer puts everything into perspective. In the end, creating quality products and offering unparalleled service is what matters. That’s

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Friday Five — Reputation, Character, and the Power of Choice

Read or subscribe: michaelwmchugh.com No. 325 | March 27, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five, a short dose of ideas to start the weekend with clarity. Most success looks like talent. Up close, it’s usually a set of decisions made earlier than everyone realized mattered. That’s the thread running through this week’s Friday Five: true success,

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Friday Five — The Right Thing, The Person You Decide to Be, and Human Choice

Read or subscribe: michaelwmchugh.com No. 324 | March 20, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five—a short dose of insights to start the weekend with clarity. This week’s theme: the power of choice. From Ray Kroc’s strategy to Roger Federer mastering his craft, the biggest returns come from choosing what fits you best. If this issue resonates,

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Friday Five — Trust the Process, Patience and Time, and the Pace of Nature

No. 323 | March 13, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five, a short dose of insights to start the weekend with clarity. This week’s theme: trust the process. From Ray Kroc’s work ethic to the Japanese idea of ikigai, the biggest results come from patience and consistent effort. This Week in Friday Five 🎸 Luke Combs

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Friday Five — Courage of Your Convictions, Never Giving Up, and What Convinces

Read or subscribe at → michaelwmchugh.com No. 322 | March 6, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five, a short dose of insights to start the weekend with clarity and focus. This Week in Friday Five 🎺 Miles Davis and three songs to start with☕ The conviction that built Starbucks📚 Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s early lessons🎙️ Instagram

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Friday Five — Emotional Control, Freedom to Choose, and Pricing Power

Read or subscribe at → michaelwmchugh.com No. 321 | February 27, 2026 Welcome to Friday Five, a short dose of insights and inspiration to start your weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week The Beatles were an English rock band formed in the early 1960s. Their sound pulled from classical music, pop, folk,

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Friday Five — Take Up One Idea, Laser-Like Focus, and Saying No

Read or subscribe at michaelwmchugh.com No. 320 | February 20, 2026 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Galactic is a New Orleans funk band formed in the mid-1990s, anchored by Robert Mercurio, Stanton Moore, Ben Ellman,

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Friday Five — Conquering Himself, Discipline Equals Freedom, and a Calm Mind

Read or subscribe to the Friday Five at michaelwmchugh.com No. 319 | February 13, 2026 Welcome to this week’s Friday Five—a short dose of insights, inspiration, and favorites to start your weekend with clarity and focus. Music of the Week Hermanos Gutiérrez was formed in Zürich a decade ago by two Ecuadorian-Swiss brothers, Alejandro (guitar,

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