{"id":2208,"date":"2021-01-14T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2021-01-14T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:30:49","slug":"magic-magic-out-of-tragic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/magic-magic-out-of-tragic\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Magic out of Tragic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SgqxiE7A4yY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Gutenplan turned a stageless year into hundreds of performance opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Gutenplan turned a stageless year into hundreds of performance opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/guten-thumb.jpg?fit=2540%2C1422&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-zC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3228,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/magic-pills\/","url_meta":{"origin":2208,"position":0},"title":"Magic Pills","author":"scot","date":"December 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Like I wrote about yesterday, we often don't want to build a relationship with a customer or a fan. 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