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Alone, Together

The Paradox of Connection and Community

So there’s this thing that happens, as you get wiser and deeper and more and more awesome…

You become more capable of CONNECTING.

You explore. You grow. You change. And all of those things create layers of complexity and depth… Layers that you can share with other people.

But… And here’s the shitty part… All that awesomeness also makes you DIFFERENT. And so it gets harder and harder to find people to connect WITH.

Because we all get deeper in our own unique way.

And that creates a frustrating dilemma…

As YOU get deeper—your circle of friends gets smaller…

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Finding Your True Voice

An angle on authenticity you’ve probably never considered…

So I ran into a fascinating idea recently… About finding your true voice… And learning to express yourself in an authentic way.

Now, I’ve written before on authenticity… About finding and expressing who you really are.

But this is something different…

Because this time, when I say “finding your true voice,” I don’t mean it metaphorically…

I mean your actual voice!

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The Shallow Side of Freedom

Or, Math and the Dating Apocalypse!

We usually think of freedom as being a good thing… And it is!

But there’s a downside to it too…

And if you don’t recognize it, it can keep you forever stranded in the shallow end of the pool.

But in order to understand why, let’s take a quick detour into two unlikely topics…

Math and the Dating Apocalypse!

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