Bertha and a walnut


The dynamic duo don't always work from the home office together, so I dropped Bertha off at her great-grandmother last week before hitting my actual office with the boys.

Huge surprise: she got spoiled.

Scratches, walks, a new toy and she ended the day with trying a new exotic piece of food.

A walnut.

She hadn't tried one before, but she is a golden retriever aka. an absolute eating machine, so it was no problemo for her.

I tried to translate the Danish word “altædende”, Google gave me "omnivorous".

Wtf does that even mean…

“Eating machine” is so much better.

Well, I didn't think much of the walnut until I told my girlfriend.

I’ve only had one girlfriend throughout my 26 year long career here on Earth, but I do believe they all share the same ability of thinking more than 1 step ahead, the straight opposite of men.

So of course, she panicked.

“Can dogs even endure walnuts???”

I rushed to ChatGPT and typed in the question.

The short answer was “yes - just a very small amount”.

Nice, the situation was under control for about 2 seconds, until Ida said: “But she is a puppy, will it make a difference?”

Back to ChatGPT, this time with a full blown crime scene description of Bertha.

Answer came back: "No - puppies cannot endure walnuts."

Back to panic mode.

We called the dog-doctor (Google says "veterinarian"). The sweet lady on the phone told us to pay close attention to Bertha over the next 24 hours.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

I learned that information without context is useless information.

There's a lot of that in my space.

Business gurus handing out shitty ChatGPT-walnut advice

“Yeah bro, you should run ads to get more clients”.

Well, do we know the cash flow? The profit? The capacity? The current acquisition method?

Great advice can only exist in the world of great context.

The main problem is that most business gurus don’t have time for context.

Getting context before the acquisition has taken place is “not scalable.”

It's a lot cooler to have a fully commision paid setup where your 17-year old appointment setter hands off the lead to his big brother, the 20-year old closer, and suddenly, you've gotten yourself a new client without having done anything.

Obviously a joke.

Well, I make a living from giving good advice, and as we know, it can only happen through good context.

I can hardly remember how to onboard a new client, since I've had a waitlist for the last 3 months, but I remember the process includes filling out a comprehensive document before I even offer someone a spot.

Context is king.

It would be pretty unlucky to serve a cappuccino to a lactose-intolerant person.

Hey, don’t worry, The Digital Coffee Shop opens again on the 1st of April (also if you’re lactose intolerant).

I can’t wait to hand out a bunch of generic ChatGPT-walnut advice and double my prices without any reason behind it, other than that guy from my for-you-page who said I was selling myself too cheap.

I think he lives in Bali, he was shirtless on the video.

Don't get fooled people.

All the love

Frederik "Context" Pahuus


Frederik Pahuus

I write about unique mechanisms, my marketing philosophy "Show Don't Tell" and content ecosystems. I send an email every morning on how im going from $513k profit in 2025 to $1m profit in 2026. Check it out!

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