Morning coffee. Honest conversations. No filtered bullshit. Marketing consultant Dan processes the hard truths about building a sustainable business after everything falls apart. Tactical marketing and AI implementation advice meets vulnerable storytelling about transformation, identity debt, and the peace you have to protect to do work that matters. This isn't "hustle harder." It's for builders who've learned that peace isn't the reward - it's the foundation. Grace over guilt. Always. https://news.thedankaufman.com/ en 2026 Dan's Newsletter https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/podcasts/cover_images/60b8d390-8495-4c58-a539-63c279246557/standard_grace_over_guilt_podcast_cover.png https://news.thedankaufman.com/ true episodic Dan Kaufman Morning coffee. Honest conversations. No filtered bullshit. Marketing consultant Dan processes the hard truths about building a sustainable business after everything falls apart. Tactical marketing and AI implementation advice meets vulnerable storytelling about transformation, identity debt, and the peace you have to protect to do work that matters. This isn't "hustle harder." It's for builders who've learned that peace isn't the reward - it's the foundation. Grace over guilt. Always.

]]> Dan Kaufman dan@pinnaclemasters.com Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:05:00 +0000 Thu, 28 May 2026 00:30:04 +0000 beehiiv Every Sunday, I take inventory. What worked. What did not. What I am adjusting for the week ahead. This is not performance. This is not content creation dressed up as reflection. This is processing. A way to close the loop on one week before starting another. 29b6cff4-23d0-4c0e-b2d0-fd869b60bf90 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:05:00 +0000 Dan Kaufman 879 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-3-things-i-learned-this-week-december-21st-2025-edition full 26 Every Sunday, I take inventory. What worked. What did not. What I am adjusting for the week ahead. This is not performance. This is not content creation dressed up as reflection. This is processing. A way to close the loop on one week before starting another.

]]> Saturday morning. Coffee is hot. The house is quiet. The week is behind me, and the next one has not started yet. 5a99170f-1768-4764-9911-4820b4c91af6 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:27:10 +0000 Dan Kaufman 1094 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-things-i-am-thinking-about-december-20th-2025-edition full 25 Saturday morning. Coffee is hot. The house is quiet. The week is behind me, and the next one has not started yet.

]]> The grief nobody talks about: mourning the person you used to be fc057383-3a1c-49d7-bad4-ed2d658fa2bf Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:22:31 +0000 Dan Kaufman 746 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/letting-go-of-who-you-were full 24 The grief nobody talks about: mourning the person you used to be

]]> Rebuilding trust when you have every reason not to trust yourself 4bd31ce4-48b7-46d8-b071-e2caf8e84181 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:10:43 +0000 Dan Kaufman 685 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-first-client-back full 23 Rebuilding trust when you have every reason not to trust yourself

]]> How Decision Fatigue Is Bleeding Your Business Dry (And the Three-Part Framework to Stop It) 84de7dc2-0180-4a0d-8042-ebe4387ffd43 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:18:55 +0000 Dan Kaufman 1459 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-invisible-tax full 22 How Decision Fatigue Is Bleeding Your Business Dry (And the Three-Part Framework to Stop It)

]]> Depression, anxiety, medication, and the slow work of becoming someone new aa699ae8-417f-4c39-a75a-370ae2b4d8ed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:27:28 +0000 Dan Kaufman 808 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-long-wait full 21 Depression, anxiety, medication, and the slow work of becoming someone new

]]> The week is wrapping up. The inbox can wait until Monday. And if you are anything like me, you are looking for something worth your attention that is not another notification demanding a response. This is The Friday Roundup: one book worth reading, a few articles worth your time, something to listen to, something to watch. No fluff, no filler. Just the signal through the noise. 8e52c2f9-39ad-4b72-b283-84552bd9f1c1 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:55:13 +0000 Dan Kaufman 554 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/friday-roundup-december-19th-2025-edition full 20 The week is wrapping up. The inbox can wait until Monday. And if you are anything like me, you are looking for something worth your attention that is not another notification demanding a response. This is The Friday Roundup: one book worth reading, a few articles worth your time, something to listen to, something to watch. No fluff, no filler. Just the signal through the noise.

]]> Broken sinks, missing soap, and the uncomfortable truth about personal responsibility in a world that won't hold itself accountable. baddb545-9f4f-475f-816e-af655d98647f Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:19:13 +0000 Dan Kaufman 875 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-hand-washing-policy full 19 Broken sinks, missing soap, and the uncomfortable truth about personal responsibility in a world that won't hold itself accountable.

]]> Why One Rebuilds You and the Other Burns You Down d5d4c8ae-233b-47c7-8d3a-ad0b6685a91a Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:43:48 +0000 Dan Kaufman 582 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/shame-vs-guilt full 18 Why One Rebuilds You and the Other Burns You Down

]]> Sunday mornings always feel like the universe is giving you a quiet audit. No scoreboard. No notifications. Just you, your thoughts, and whatever truth you have been avoiding. 70d4b684-e304-416c-9f03-5e7b22b6a8ff Tue, 09 Dec 2025 03:09:20 +0000 Dan Kaufman 922 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-things-i-learned-this-week-sunday-december-14th-2025-edition full 17 Sunday mornings always feel like the universe is giving you a quiet audit. No scoreboard. No notifications. Just you, your thoughts, and whatever truth you have been avoiding.

]]> If your goal is leverage, clarity, and forward momentum, then Saturday is sacred. 8b5486a2-3276-435f-83a7-9e2b3b63d9c9 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:59:45 +0000 Dan Kaufman 295 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-things-that-i-am-thinking-about-december-13th-2025-edition full 16 If your goal is leverage, clarity, and forward momentum, then Saturday is sacred.

]]> This is The Friday Roundup. One book worth reading. A few articles worth your time. Something to listen to. Something to watch. No fluff, no filler. Just the signal through the noise.
 c1610816-aa61-4166-90e5-01cee81bfbb6 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:41:40 +0000 Dan Kaufman 435 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/friday-roundup-december-12th-2025-edition full 15 This is The Friday Roundup. One book worth reading. A few articles worth your time. Something to listen to. Something to watch. No fluff, no filler. Just the signal through the noise.


]]> The Habit Of Subtraction 276d0062-4f59-4210-81d9-a6700f0b594b Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:38:33 +0000 Dan Kaufman 332 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-habit-of-subtraction full 14 The Habit Of Subtraction

]]> Last Monday, I told you about who I was before the fall; the life I'd built, the identity I'd constructed, the comfortable lies I was telling myself. Today, I'm going to tell you about the moment everything collapsed. This is the hard part. This is 2022. This is the arrest that changed everything. 6d479b2c-4989-4acf-af91-e997abda6018 Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:05:19 +0000 Dan Kaufman 360 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-arrest-that-changed-everything full 13 Last Monday, I told you about who I was before the fall; the life I'd built, the identity I'd constructed, the comfortable lies I was telling myself. Today, I'm going to tell you about the moment everything collapsed. This is the hard part. This is 2022. This is the arrest that changed everything.

]]> Welcome to Grace Over Guilt. I'm Dan Kaufman. Fridays are my "Moment" episodes.Today's story is about a hairnet. And a beard guard. And how sometimes the smallest things reveal the biggest truths about who we are. 685474e6-b43b-4d48-8d16-e9b3b6df27a1 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:40:09 +0000 Dan Kaufman 228 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-hairnet-rebellion full 8 Welcome to Grace Over Guilt. I'm Dan Kaufman. Fridays are my "Moment" episodes.Today's story is about a hairnet. And a beard guard. And how sometimes the smallest things reveal the biggest truths about who we are.

]]> The Things That I Am Thinking About - November 29, 2025 0b293d43-fa58-4bce-9f40-37a39fc0ccf4 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:02:55 +0000 Dan Kaufman 0 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-things-that-i-am-thinking-about-november-29-2025 full 12 The Things That I Am Thinking About - November 29, 2025

]]> Sunday Morning Reflections - Week of December 1, 2025. Every week teaches something. Sometimes the lessons are subtle. Sometimes they hit you in the face. Either way, the only way to waste a week is to not learn from it. c505dc65-c857-416f-8a7a-285f5ee5b92b Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:28:30 +0000 Dan Kaufman 280 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-things-that-i-have-learned-this-past-week-december-7th-2025 full 11 Sunday Morning Reflections - Week of December 1, 2025. Every week teaches something. Sometimes the lessons are subtle. Sometimes they hit you in the face. Either way, the only way to waste a week is to not learn from it.

]]> Saturday morning reflections.... 90a3528b-574f-423f-9374-ee4ac8d80f39 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:15:28 +0000 Dan Kaufman 236 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-things-that-i-am-thinking-about-saturday-december-6th-2025-edition full 10 Saturday morning reflections....

]]> This is The Friday Roundup. One book worth reading. A few articles worth your time. Something to listen to. Something to watch. No fluff, no filler. Just the signal through the noise. faac3bf6-09ab-40eb-af03-274637282493 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:44:55 +0000 Dan Kaufman 667 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-friday-roundup-december-5th-2025-edition full 9 This is The Friday Roundup. One book worth reading. A few articles worth your time. Something to listen to. Something to watch. No fluff, no filler. Just the signal through the noise.

]]> Welcome back to Grace Over Guilt. I'm Dan Kaufman. On Mondays, I tell you my story. On Wednesdays, we dig into the lessons, the things I've learned that I think might help you, too. 5f098983-27de-41d6-b15c-b182ff149166 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:46:36 +0000 Dan Kaufman 390 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-lies-we-tell-ourselves full 7 Welcome back to Grace Over Guilt. I'm Dan Kaufman. On Mondays, I tell you my story. On Wednesdays, we dig into the lessons, the things I've learned that I think might help you, too.

]]> Welcome to Grace Over Guilt. I'm Dan Kaufman, and this is where I share my story of becoming undone to become whole. 75dded2b-f6b1-47bf-b21f-f96f5320e004 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:47:33 +0000 Dan Kaufman 433 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/before-the-fall-the-story full 6 Welcome to Grace Over Guilt. I'm Dan Kaufman, and this is where I share my story of becoming undone to become whole.

]]> Sunday. Week’s end. Time to extract the lessons. Every Sunday, I sit down and ask: What did I learn this week? What worked? What didn’t? What am I taking forward? 9e03e03a-c6c2-41c0-80e7-2866d07b4bf0 Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:46:34 +0000 Dan Kaufman 428 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-3-things-i-have-learned-this-week-november-30-2025 full 5 Sunday. Week’s end. Time to extract the lessons. Every Sunday, I sit down and ask: What did I learn this week? What worked? What didn’t? What am I taking forward?

]]> Welcome to The Friday Roundup, where I share what I'm reading, what I'm watching, what I'm listening to, and what's worth your time this week. This week's theme: Decisions over resolutions. Identity over activity. b3b16850-131c-4010-ab67-0fa6e25b3320 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:07:07 +0000 Dan Kaufman 429 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-friday-roundup-november-28-2025 full 4 Welcome to The Friday Roundup, where I share what I'm reading, what I'm watching, what I'm listening to, and what's worth your time this week. This week's theme: Decisions over resolutions. Identity over activity.

]]> The AI-Assisted Marketing Stack I Use to Run Lean and Scale Clean ee7c9247-0e72-4a1d-aab2-c24ed499da80 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:40:10 +0000 Dan Kaufman 558 true https://news.thedankaufman.com/p/the-ai-assisted-marketing-stack-i-use-to-run-lean-and-scale-clean full 3 The AI-Assisted Marketing Stack I Use to Run Lean and Scale Clean

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