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It Just Doesn’t Matter
After 25 years telling students I don’t care about grades, and I mean it every single time. What…
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Close to Fifty Years of Practicing Something I Still Can’t Name
A Psychology Today article at 15 started a 45-year practice — from a lit cigarette on the back…
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Playing With Purpose: The Five-Year Letter from the Future
Exercise 16 of 20 from the Playing With Purpose Student Edition. From Book 8: The Leap (Exercises in…
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If It Wasn’t an A, I Didn’t Turn It In (And What That Cost Me)
If it wasn’t an A, I didn’t turn it in. That perfectionism cost me more than I realized…
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Lost in Translation
I’ll never forget when a bad translation turned me from a faceless salesman into someone real. Authenticity, even…
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The Cranes in the Drought
This one isn’t about a system or a framework, this is just something I watched unfold in my…
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Why Gas Goes Up Fast and Comes Down Slow (And What That Tells You About Everything)
Gas prices jump in hours and drop over months. The asymmetry isn’t accidental — it’s a pricing mechanism…
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Playing With Purpose: The Failure Resume
Exercise 15 of 20 from the Playing With Purpose Student Edition. From Book 8: The Leap (Exercises in…
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Every Time We Lower Income Taxes, You Pay More for Everything Else
Income tax cuts put money in your pocket. Then fees, tolls, property taxes, and tuition increases take it…
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How I Treat People. That’s It. That’s the Whole Thing.
After 25 years of teaching, building, and publishing, Greg Williams was asked about his legacy. The answer had…