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Playing With Purpose: The Absurd Connection
Exercise 3 of 20 from the Playing With Purpose Student Edition. From Book 2: The Spark (Exercises in…
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Somewhere Between Mile Three and Mile Six
I’ve been practicing self-hypnosis since high school, and the treadmill is where it all comes together now. Ninety…
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The God I Went Looking For
I call myself a Christian, but I didn’t get there by default. I had to explore every possibility…
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The Place That Broke and Built Me
Military school gave me my teaching model, my honor code, and my understanding that caring about the whole…
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What Was Driving You Before
I spent the first half of my life chasing what everyone said success looked like, and the second…
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The Doodler
I spent most of my childhood being told to stop doing the one thing that actually helped me…
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Playing With Purpose: The Letter to Your Younger Creative Self
Exercise 2 of 20 from the Playing With Purpose Student Edition. From Book 1: The Door (Exercises in…
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Playing With Purpose: Audit the Scaffolding
Playing With Purpose Exercise 2: Audit the scaffolding in your creative process — identify which steps still serve…
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The Person in the Mirror
I’ve spent a lot of years trying to outrun versions of myself I didn’t want to look at,…
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You’re Gary’s Little Brother
Growing up one year behind a brother who scored 1480 on the SATs without trying teaches you something…