Mark Brickey's Wake Up Call

We look to find people that represent us and help us envision our dreams.

Like you I just want to belong to something and I found it.

My love affair of heavy metal led me to my first concert but would it be everything that I expected?

Finding a message the scared me.

Tattoo culture finds it's way from outlaws and sailors to punk rockers everywhere. What did it mean to personal empowerment to get a tattoo in the early 1990s?​

When you start to realize there's a much larger world than the little one that you live in.

The excitement of finding something that you love in places you never thought you would find it.

When their are two options to tell a story, make the decision to be be bold, to be brave and to be the true you.

I grew up hating team sports, but through the Bones Brigade found the team of brotherhood and belonging.

Learning the art of satirical storytelling from lyrics.

We hit pause on the season two theme to react to the headlines and heartbreak of the last two weeks.

Looking at an advertisement in 1986 teaches a valuable lifelong lesson.

Are you creating content? Or Are you creating culture? Today we look back at the first issue of Thrasher Magazine that I can remember ever seeing. This was the first time in my life when I can remember loving advertising as much as the content that it was there to support. This would create a lifelong goal of being a storyteller in advertising, content creation and media. Through my years as a musician, a designer in the music industry and now as a podcaster the story of a brand is significant to me as I try to tell my own as well as the stories of all of my guests. Every day when I hit record I know that I'm selling you something, my story, my idea, my guest, my sponsor. I hope that I do it in a way where you see real value and that hopefully, that value is our bond! I'm trying to create a community that values the same culture and yes being a consumer is part of it, but it doesn't have to define it.

Looking back on how I was programed to settle for the idea of second best, instead of shooting for the best.

Thanks for listening and taking this journey with me!
You can always find me at AID.network

Looking at each project you create as way to win the emotional lottery and chance to win your dreams. This mindset can help on the long days to give purpose to your work and help you feel closer to winning your goals.

I found myself working harder but getting less work done. I needed to figure out when to quit and to stop working longer hours just for the pride of working harder.

Are you always asking yourself, where is all of this hard work taking you?

And how do we make it come back again?

Keeping make more!

With so much out of your control, shouldn't you put your focus on what you can control?

Fake is the enemy of truth.

Something I think you need to hear.

Creators now have more options than ever to invest in platforms that will reward you for your efforts.

And I Hope I Live It To Tell It

If You Make A Living From Content

Getting to know the people behind the platform.

Taking My Own Advice

When you're so mad that you just want to fight.

The only addiction I have is control.

Taking A Break From Work, To Do More Work

You can want to be just like someone, but also become somebody else.

The loneliest day of my life and how I lived to change it.

Life goes too fast when it becomes a countdown.

Stop hitting the panic button and start hitting pause.

It's business it's not personal, until the business becomes your identity.

Shift your focus to what you wont give up to know what truly means the most to you.

Reflecting back on my week and starting to feel good about letting go of the metrics.

The simple truth is there are no secrets to success.

How to power through when you feel exhausted and uninspired to be productive and creative.

For the month of June, I'm challenging myself and you to do three simple things each morning.

When it's time to shift your focus.

Helpful is helping yourself, be nicer to yourself.

Putting the proper amount of effort into everything that you do, but not killing yourself in the process.

Can you reverse engineer your hero's success and make a template that works for you?