Marketplace Proverbs & Coffee With Ernie

Marketplace Proverbs and Coffee with Ernie-A Proverb Per Day Keeps Stinking Thinking At Bay · Mar 11, 2026 · 12m

When you’re facing a major business decision, who’s speaking into it?

Proverbs 11:14 says, “For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.”

Now, my guest, Neal Pomerantz, Executive VP of George's Music, makes an important distinction — this verse says nation, not company. But the principle still applies.

Isolation weakens leadership. Counsel strengthens it.

And when the stakes are high, wise leaders don’t guess — they gather guidance.

So the question is:

Who’s advising you before you decide?

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