Life is busy and there's just so many things to remember. What tools do you use to help you keep on top of ALL the things?

It's easy to react or respond quickly to messages and the like. It's better to do that mindfully. That's why I try to Practice The Pause.

Boundaries are important in life. Today we look at what that means in business.

Passkeys are being promoted as the future of secure authentication, with Apple, Google, and Microsoft pushing them as superior replacements for passwords. While passkeys do eliminate many security vulnerabilities like phishing and password reuse, they introduce new risks that are rarely discussed openly. Business owners need to understand that increased security comes with reduced control, vendor lock-in, and dangerous single points of failure. If your cloud account gets suspended, you could lose access to every system you've secured with passkeys, creating a catastrophic business continuity problem.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ What passkeys actually are and how they differ fundamentally from traditional passwords
📌 Why tech companies are aggressively pushing passkeys beyond just security concerns
🔗 The critical trade-off between security and control that nobody talks about
🛡️ How account suspension by Apple, Google, or Microsoft can lock you out of everything
✅ Why passkeys create dangerous ...

December brings a rush to finish work before the holiday break, and in the chaos, critical technology tasks often get forgotten until something breaks. Every year, business owners make predictable mistakes that could easily be prevented with proper preparation. From untested backups to expired credit cards on subscriptions, these oversights can leave businesses offline, unable to process payments, or dealing with angry customers who found conflicting information about opening hours. Understanding these common pitfalls and addressing them early ensures your business runs smoothly through the holidays and into the new year.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ Why testing your backups before December is essential and how to verify they actually work
📌 The critical platforms where you must update holiday hours to avoid customer confusion
🔗 How expired credit cards on subscriptions can take your business offline during the break
🛡️ Why documenting passwords and system access before staff leave prevents ...

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT are becoming less reliable despite continued updates, with users reporting increasingly inaccurate responses delivered with complete confidence. The latest ChatGPT updates have left many users frustrated as the system provides definitively wrong answers without any indication of uncertainty or qualification. Understanding the limitations of AI tools and learning to verify their outputs is essential for anyone relying on these systems for business decisions, research, or creative work.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ Real examples of ChatGPT confidently providing incorrect information that required extensive fact-checking
📌 Why AI systems don't indicate when they're uncertain about their answers
🔗 The difference between using AI as a search engine versus understanding its actual capabilities
🛡️ How to effectively challenge and verify AI responses to get more accurate results
✅ Which AI platforms perform better for specific tasks like writing, research, ...