Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie

Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie-A Proverb Per Day Keeps Stinking Thinking At Bay · Jun 17, 2026 · 11m

Have you ever noticed that some of the most valuable moments in business never show up on a spreadsheet? You can’t measure them with a KPI. They don’t appear on a sales report. And they certainly don’t fit neatly into a CRM field. I’m talking about the conversations in the hallway. The coffee is shared between meetings. The laughter at a trade show dinner. The relationship strengthened during a long walk from one convention hall to another. Those moments may not seem productive at the time. But what if they are? What if some of the most productive things we do are the very things that make us…