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Read time: 1 minute, 348 words. One man feels a trunk and says, "It's a snake." They all touched the same elephant. The parable of the blind men and the elephant shows this: Research shows we spend 2.8 hours a week in conflict mostly because we see the same thing differently. ππ½ Here's a 4-step framework to help you pause, listen, and see more clearly. πΌ Portfolio Career Meet Matt Levy. Teacher, engineer, composer. Learn how he overcame illness and stepped away from music. He had to "accept a different way of hearing." β βDecline meetings with no purpose. Meetings are a place to brainstorm and encourage people to expand past their tunnel view and contribute to a foreign subject. But if a meeting is only about project updates, this can be handled far more efficiently. β π° Wealth βKey investment themes for 2026β β π΅ Music ββHeart Like a Wheel by Linda Ronstadt. Effortless vocals and warm arrangements. Sunday soundtrack thatβs equal parts comfort and momentum. Listen to Holidaze by John Beasley. Festive & fun reimaginations tunes like "Away In A Manger" & "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." π Books Read The Genius Habit by Laura Garnett. Try not to equate achievements with happiness. You don't need a mentor to be successful. The difference between passion and purpose. A compelling read. β π AI Prompt β π₯£ Gravy βShhhβ¦ You learn more when you observeβ β β β
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Seven Point Sundayπ‘by Kabir Sehgal
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Read time: 1 minute, 367 words. A man is brought into the emergency room after an accident. He is bleeding badly. A doctor rushes over and prepares to treat him. Before the doctor can begin, the man interrupts. "Wait," he says."How did this happen exactly?Who was responsible?Could this have been prevented?What kind of mistake led to this?" The doctor tries to stop the bleeding, but the man keeps talking.He wants answers.He wants certainty. By the time the questions end, it is too late. I...
Read time: 1 minute, 377 words. For most of my career, I rarely posted on social media. When I worked in finance, my employer discouraged it. That changed in June 2024, after I attended the Kit.com conference in Boise (and I no longer worked in banking). I learned that growth comes from sharing knowledge and being useful.(Unless you're BeyoncΓ© or Stef Curry who can post whatever they want...) In 2025, I showed up: LinkedIn = 365 posts Facebook > 400 posts Threads > 700 posts Total: >2k posts...
Read time: 1 minute, 346 words. A veteran editor was finishing his final week at a newspaper. Decades of deadlines were behind him. When the editor-in-chief asked him to oversee one last issue, he agreed, already half checked out. He skimmed instead of reading closely.Let small errors slide.Chose speed over care. After it went to print, the editor-in-chief handed him a copy. "This is the last issue with your name on it," she said. Only then did he notice the typos.The weak headlines.The...