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How to Be a Leader: Timeless Lessons from Major C.A. Bach's 1917 Speech
Called the Best Speech on Leadership Ever Recorded, and a Model Today for Effective Leadership in Any Industry and Profession
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Justin Mikolay
26 of the Most Important Things I've Learned (About Life, Career, and Relationships)
Dear Friends, A mentor once said, “A word of advice, don't give it.” He meant there's no such thing as advice: it's only possible to share what you've…
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Justin Mikolay
Building a Lion: Making The Writing Process Enjoyable
Dear Friends, Yesterday my son made a lion out of LEGOs. He loves building things, and because of that, I love watching him build things. LEGOs are the…
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Justin Mikolay
The Craft of Writing Effectively: A Distillation of The Internet's Best Lecture About Writing
Dear Friends, The internet’s best lecture about writing is “The Craft of Writing Effectively,” a talk delivered by Larry McEnerney, former Director of…
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Justin Mikolay
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Inventing on Principle: A Distillation of Bret Victor's Extraordinary Talk About How To Live Your Life
Dear Friends, Ten years ago this week, Bret Victor spoke at a software engineering conference in Canada. Bret’s a technologist — and his talk of one of…
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Justin Mikolay
Paint Your Life: A Metaphor For Creating From Your Own Life Experiences
Dear Friends, Undeniably, today’s web platforms impoverish the way we “experience” life. They render people catatonic and passive. They make readers…
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Justin Mikolay
How to Write and Be More Creative: Nine Lessons From Ray Bradbury
Dear Friends, In 2001, the American author and screenwriter, Ray Bradbury, delivered the keynote address at the Sixth Annual Writer's Symposium by the…
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Justin Mikolay
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