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You’re socially out of shape
Why aren’t you training your social muscles?
Jun 25
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Go find a real coach
It’s not support if it doesn’t feel like it
Jun 18
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Forget AI coming for your job, it’s coming for your friends
In the age of AI companionship, listening is the skill that keeps you indispensable
Jun 11
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The best and worst sparring partners I’ve ever had
How to be actually helpful in a creative conversation
Jun 4
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May 2025
You need another head, to get out of yours
Why writing is a team sport
May 28
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Parents know better
Raising kids with authority
May 21
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Why I’m building iPhones, not iPads
The problem with big dreams
May 14
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Your course needs a culture
A letter to course creators facing quiet rooms and blank forums
May 7
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April 2025
You should lie more
Finding the truth by bending it
Apr 30
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Not all questions need answers
Especially when you’re raising a person
Apr 23
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You’re not bad at people, just untrained
How I accidentally became a people person
Apr 16
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You’re teaching heroes
How overdoing it kills your students’ learning
Apr 9
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