Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie

Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie-A Proverb Per Day Keeps Stinking Thinking At Bay · Feb 6, 2026 · 11m

Let’s be frank—there’s a whole lot of slick talk in the marketplace. We’ve all seen it. People who look the part, say the right things, even “wink and nod” their way through transactions. But behind the scenes? Fingers crossed. Corners cut. Truth twisted. Their success is smoke and mirrors, and Proverbs 6 tells us exactly where that path leads: catastrophe. We live in a culture that often praises quantity over quality. More followers. More clients. More transactions, or what some call deals. But “more” without substance quickly turns into a mess. Just ask the riffraff and rascals mentioned in…