We all see what’s going on.
Or at least… what’s being fed to us.
AI, tariffs, ICE raids, Ukraine. Now Iran. Nukes again.
And you know China’s about to re-enter the feed like a heavyweight villain in Act III. It’s a lot. And while all of that plays out, you’re still sitting there, trying to answer one personal but impossible-feeling question:
Where the hell do I fit in?
That’s the real crisis nobody’s naming.
It’s not the geopolitics. It’s not the tech.
It’s the growing tension between who you are and what the world is demanding you become.
And it’s making people numb.
Overstimulated. Screen-stuck. NPC-mode activated.
Not because they’re dumb.
But because they’ve been programmed.
Since you were young, the rules were clear:
- Be a good boy.
- Fit in.
- Don’t rock the boat.
- Do your job.
- Soldier through.
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That worked… for a while. But moments like this?
Moments of global full-scale reinvention?
That programming doesn’t save you.
It buries you. You become a ghost.
And worse ... a ghost other people still depend on.
- Your employees look to you.
- Your family leans on you.
- Even your boss might be silently watching, hoping you’ve got some kind of clarity they don’t.
But you don’t. Not really. Because you were never taught how to lead during reinvention.
You were taught how to endure it.
And now that the script has flipped … the tools you were given don’t just fall short…
They make you disappear.
The Reality?...
When everything is being rewritten…
There’s an opening to rewrite yourself … the right way this time.
That’s the hidden invitation inside the chaos.
While the world trains its attention on war and markets and who said what on X…
You can quietly do the real work:
- Reconnect with who you actually are … not who you were programmed to be.
- Reclaim the parts of you that got buried under performance, survival, and expectation.
- Become the one thing the world doesn’t know how to process anymore:
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A real human.
Not optimized.
Not sanitized.
Not “branded.”
Alive.
Messy.
Unmistakably you.
In a time when people are being steered toward assimilation ... into digital clones, content machines, emotionless avatars ... the most radical move you can make is to stay human.
More than that: to become more human than you’ve ever been.
And do it publicly.
Because that’s the great separator now.
The ones who hide behind screens, filters, and corporate scripts?
They’ll blend in, slowly disappearing into the algorithm.
But the ones who step out?
Who show up as themselves … raw, grounded, imperfect, real?
They’ll be the ones people remember.
They’ll be the ones who create the next map.
Who lead not with noise, but with clarity.
Not with certainty, but with truth.
And that’s what I’ve been building with Influence.VIN behind the curtain ...
not just brands, but identity reclamation systems.
Because I believe the people who know who they are will be the ones who shape what’s next ... for their companies, their communities, and themselves.
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So if you’ve been feeling the pull to do this work … now’s the time.
Before the world finishes its rewrite.
Before you disappear into a version of yourself you never meant to become.
Stay human.
Stay visible.
That’s all for now.
See you next Tuesday.
Stay lit.
— Bob
About Bob Manor
Bob Manor is the founder of South Ontario Auto Remarketing, Can-Am Dealer Services, and co-founder of Auto Auction Review. He’s also the creator of Influence.vin, a branding and communication studio built for the car business.With over 30 years in the automotive world, Bob specializes in wholesale, dealer services, and identity-driven brand strategy. He’s a regular contributor to well-known automotive publications and uses his platforms to help industry pros re-align with who they are, not just what they do.
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