Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.
Tell your lizard (brain) to shut up.
Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.
Marketers want to get their messages in front of you. They must get their messages in front of you, just to survive. The only problem is-do you really want more marketing messages?
Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage, and one that takes effort, not money.
All great programmers learn the same way. They poke the box. They code something and see what the computer does. They change it and see what the computer does. They repeat the process again and again until they figure out how the box works.