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Own your observations

You’re socially out of shape

Go find a real coach

Forget AI coming for your job, it’s coming for your friends

The best and worst sparring partners I’ve ever had

You need another head, to get out of yours

Parents know better

Why I’m building iPhones, not iPads

Your course needs a culture

You should lie more

Not all questions need answers

You’re not bad at people, just untrained

You’re teaching heroes

The anxious middle

The art of understanding, part III: When to speak

The art of understanding, part II: Listening with your hands

The art of understanding, part I: How to understand everything about a person

You are what you repeat

ChatGPT is only as human as you are

Why nobody reads your writing

The secret society of great writing partners

You can’t polish a turd

Why I broke up with Marcus Aurelius

All parents are secret agents

Conversations are like sex

Do you have real friends?

Socrates is my homie

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