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The Two Crowds That Show Up When You Grow Here is something almost nobody tells you about growth. The moment you start to actually become someone—the moment you take on new things, build something that did not exist before, create accomplishments that stretch beyond who you have been—three distinct groups of people emerge around you, […]
Last night I was at a birthday dinner for a close friend. Sitting across from me was someone I have known casually for a while, an acquaintance of mine and a close friend of the birthday guy. Smart guy. Well-read. The kind of person you actually want at the table because he sharpens your thinking […]
Thirteen models that survived testing—and why reductionism keeps breaking complex systems Most bad ideas don’t survive because they’re correct.They survive because questioning them is socially expensive. Most good ideas don’t spread because they’re complex.They spread when they explain more with less. This article is about models. When a model stops predicting reality, it doesn’t matter […]
If there’s one thing that disqualifies someone from ever being in a leadership role under me, it’s this: 👉 They blame others when things go wrong. I once worked with someone who, the moment something in the project got messy, immediately started pointing fingers. He couldn’t take radical responsibility. And that told me everything I […]
On the Collapse of Backbone Culture and the Rise of Fragility In a recent video, performance strategist and cultural critic Eric Schleien poses a blunt challenge: “Has society lost its backbone?” More and more, we see leadership, truth, and artistic expression bow to the whims of the most emotionally fragile.Not the wisest. Not the strongest.The […]
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