Klark Brown

I spend a larger amount of my time than I should doing my small part improving this industry. I give people ideas and inspiration. Why? Because the momentum of 12,000 people working towards one thing is stronger than 1 person.

In exchange I ask that if you would like to get experienced and successful help from people who have DONE it, you reach out to us. We love what we do, and you will to.

If you are a Restoprenuer™️ and want a guide (think Yoda to Skywalker) to help, thats what we do. www.restorationadvisers.com or simply reply to this email.

Pinned post from May 26, 2025

41 Markers.Marker 01-Independence

You’re in. Let’s begin. This is Marker 01 of 41. Not a course. Not a funnel. Not hype. Just 41 short, sharp reminders for people building real businesses and trying to stay human while doing it. Each post drops once a day. 3 to 5 minutes. One bold word. One idea that hits a little harder than it should. If you’ve built something—this w...

June 25, 2025

A random list of possibly decent advice

Some Advice. Very unsolicited, but probably useful. 1. Listen to no one, except those that matter and need to be heard. Family, close friends (real ones), customers, employees (good ones). 2. It is not about you. 3. People care about themselves, naturally. I care about me. It's human. That means don't get upset when no one responds or ...

June 23, 2025

The Wrong Questions

“SHARE THIS WITH SOMEONE THAT YOU THINKS LIKE THIS.” -How much do you make? -What’s their revenue? I mingle with this complex, beautiful, envious group of humans called Entrepreneurs. They build (too fast) They watch (too long). They learn (too much) The Information Age has created a scarcity and a comparison phenomenon like what seems...

June 20, 2025

For Our Friends

Sharing A video of my reading and giving you a preview of A Fork In The Road: Chapter One If you have about 14 minutes, enjoy: https://youtu.be/miZsdvUD_X4

June 19, 2025

The Messenger Can’t be Burned.

You 100% do not need to use Xactimate for mitigation or emergency services. People almost internally combust when I say that or things like it. It receives a noticeable visceral reaction. That’s a discussion for another post. What people read into that is I’m judging them. People spend ALOT of time, money and energy investing into thei...

June 19, 2025

Diamonds and pearls

Just returned home from a 3 day trip. Great restorer. Lots of good ingredients. Looking for the recipe. Tough few days as we dig through issues for the best path forward. We had the right shovels. Let’s see if we have the stamina. On the drive home 5 hours, 30 minutes. This time is my debrief snd reflect time. Here is what I recorded. ...

June 15, 2025

Point of No Return

The Point of No Return Isn’t a Threat. It’s a Threshold. A Restoration business (any business) isn’t hard because it’s uncertain. It’s hard because you have too many exits. You start with a dream, a little money, and a long list of backup plans. Then you say you're "all in," but you keep the door cracked. You know, just in case. A side...

June 15, 2025

New Book Published

What happens when people do unexpected things? Many things occur. When an individual strays from their normal activity and actually breaks through to an area others are not familiar with, that is met with a multitude of responses. I have been finding this interesting. Let me explain. June 3, I released what would be my second book. The...

May 28, 2025

Headshot?

News Tip. No one is overly concerned with your headshot. LinkedIn Fakebook Twitter Insta I see people spend a very large amount of energy, time and even money (AI apps) that will take your photo and turn it into a “professional” photo. I don’t think it make a large difference. What I do think it signifies is you may be worried about th...

May 28, 2025

Outsized Ambitions. Undersized Bank Accounts.

Simon Sinek nailed it: small companies are the most innovative by far. Why? Because they have to be. They’re not shackled by the sludge of committees, compliance teams, or C-suite ego wars. They’ve got hunger and fear. Two ignitable ingredients that, when mixed just right, turn into unmatched creativity and insane grit. Especially in r...

May 27, 2025

We’re living in the era of funnelization

Every hello is a setup. Every handshake is bait for automation. I booked a call yesterday with a coach who came highly recommended. Before I could blink, I was getting emails thanking me for meeting at an event I had never stepped foot in. One click. And I’m in the machine. It works. Until it doesn’t. This wasn’t a connection. It was c...

May 27, 2025

Words Matter.

In today’s world, and yesterday’s it seems. I want to share a piece written by Cole Schafer that dropped into my inbox today. After you read it, I will share another piece of long form that also ties in. From Cole: Brevity, bravery and lost battalions. Five hundred troops are getting pummeled with artillery. In Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari...

May 21, 2025

The Canvas, the Chaos, and the Coach

Met a guy at the RIA the other week. Just launched his own business coaching gig. The story was textbook: Built something. Scaled it. Sold it. Now he’s on a mission to help other poor bastards skip the landmines he didn’t. Respect. And like most real coaches, he’s not chasing checks. Because few “get rich” here. He’s chasing meaning. F...

May 13, 2025

Proximity

There’s a quiet force that transforms people faster than any book, podcast, or motivational quote ever could. It’s proximity. Not just being near someone—but really sharing space with someone who’s done the work. Built the thing. Lived the pain. Pushed through the ceiling. And still shows up, open-handed and generous. Let me set the st...

May 1, 2025

The Misleading Fallacy of “Just Live in the Present”

“Depression comes from reliving the past daily, anxiety is worrying about the future. Happiness is being grateful for today.” We’ve all heard the advice: Live in the moment. Be here now. The past is gone, and the future is uncertain. On the surface, it sounds noble—liberating, even. But when taken literally and applied exclusively, thi...

April 21, 2025

You may need to read this

I know I do. This is 100% pulled from Cole Schafer, a writer I relate to. Maybe you would as well. Subscribe here. Bullish on optimism Yet another argument for believing in what's possible It's not particularly vogue to be optimistic. However, your success is heavily determined by what you believe to be possible. You can have more tale...

March 18, 2025

Crafting a Legacy: Greg Maddux

Crafting a Legacy: Lessons from Greg Maddux in Business and Leadership I’ve built my career trying to be like Greg Maddux. For those who know baseball, that name conjures an image of a true craftsman—a pitcher’s pitcher, a coach’s coach. Maddux wasn’t the guy hurling 100-mile-per-hour fastballs or chasing the spotlight with flashy anti...

March 5, 2025

Without the Frills

Have you seen A Complete Unknown? The Bob Dylan movie. It’s only about his life from 1961-1970ish, which is when he changed America and maybe even parts of the world. Bob pulls into NYC looking to meet Woody Guthrie, someone he idolizes. Woody is quite sick and in a hospital. Bob arrives, unannounced to see Pete Siegel (played by Ed No...

February 27, 2025

What launched me into coaching/ educating

I launched my company as a consultant. A consultant is most often hired for a DFY project. Done for you. I launched and worked mostly with one company on an implementation. I was in Alexandria Va filling a role as a Director of OPs for a large service organization. Company-wide there were over 700 technicians. This company invested hea...

February 27, 2025

Be a “NOBODY”

Reading from the great Marcus Aurelius’ book- Meditatons, there is an excerpt “Neither player-king nor prostitute” The way I see this to be interpreted is a call for integrity and balance in one’s role and responsibilities, especially in leadership or personal conduct. • “Player-king” refers to someone who merely plays the role of a ru...

November 29, 2024

Silly Monkeys

Weekly Story About Intentional Businesses. Let me start by saying 2 things: 1. You or anyone can build an operate any business and structure however they want. So if this article doesn’t help you, the next one very well might. 2. I make it a rule to only discuss frameworks that I’ve used or currently do. There is no promise it will hel...

November 21, 2024

Don’t Negotiate with Weakness

There are all kinds of thoughts in your head. Debates going on. Discussions. Rationalizations. Negotiations. “ I worked out hard yesterday.” “Missing one more out won’t matter.” “ I can just do this task later.” “One piece of pizza won’t make a difference. “ “ That article said rest and recovery was more important than work. “ These ar...

November 12, 2024

It’s a cold cold world

My biggest success have come from my biggest failures. Story time for anyone that cares to read. Have you heard that saying. I’ll admit my 29 year old self rolled his eyes at this. It was old people jibberish. I actually have a small sign in my office now that says that. If my grandpa is looking down, he has a shit eating grin. I promi...

November 6, 2024

People around you.

There are only 3 types of people in your life. First, are the Leaf People. These are people that come into your life, just for a season. They are there to take what they need. As soon as it gets cold, or the wind blows in your life, they are gone. Second are the Branch People. They are stronger than leaf’s, but you have to test them ou...

August 6, 2024

Dream Deep

Dreams are a funny thing. Not everyone grew up surrounded by the nature to have big dreams. Too often life, pain and doubt shrouds the imagination and the circles you are in will hold you back and stunt your adventure and passions. I was that person for a very long time. Told what things would be and how it just was. But along the way,...

June 4, 2024

Observations of the Heavy Load-Entrepreneurial Depression

Ive been writing, speaking about and teaching around this topic for not quite a year yet. Entrepreneurial Depression. When I say these words together, I've been shocked at the almost instant recognition in friends eyes. It's been proving over and over to be REAL and RELATABLE. I wrote about it here: https://www.restorationadvisers.com/...

April 23, 2024

Maxwell April 23, 2024

I start each and every day with a little time of reading and writing. Every Single Day One of my automatic references is my Maxwell 365 Book. This is todays APRIL 23 GIVE OTHERS A REPUTATION TO UPHOLD One of the best ways to inspire others and make them feel good about themselves is to show them who they could be. Years ago, a manager ...

March 29, 2024

What do we do with the wrong people?

I’ve been doing a deep dive this week on the idea around key characteristics. These are more about “what kind of people will make my organization or business magical?” The character markers that not only make customers want to camp out with you but make other good people come work there and help you make the campers happy. These are un...

March 8, 2024

Instant Emotions.....

If you want, check out our newly published book: https://www.restorationadvisers.com/41markers_ebook A great place to sit quietly and consume it is in beautiful NW Montana. You could join us here and do that also. The picture you see here may or may not slightly resemble an emotion I felt as soon as we hit PUBLISH on our 41 Markers boo...

February 16, 2024

Not while Nolan was pitching

Maybe you have heard me talk about or write memories about my dad’s father who we called Tractor Brown. You’ll need to dig through old blogs to find out why. It’s worth it. I think of him often. Today was one of those. I got my love of baseball from Tractor. We would sit and listen to the Rangers on his radio. He would chew Redman, sun...

February 6, 2024

Remember the game: Show your work?

I'm spending a few hours this week to get a bigger jump on a course/ program I've been working on for NEW/ first time mangers. There is such a wide open opportunity to elevate some of our emerging leaders. Once they are autonomous, imagine what the owner/ Senior Leaders could achieve I am simply sharing a simple framework for delegatin...

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