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Ryan Barrington Cox
Ryan makes things in Asheville, NC.
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2017
11/22
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Moved
08/04
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Adapt
07/31
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Things
04/04
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Bandcamp
03/09
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Sketches
03/08
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Birbiglia
03/01
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Speaking
2016
11/12
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Reasons
11/10
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ZigZag
11/09
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Hating
10/28
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Life Lesson
09/28
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Norm
09/27
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Rails
09/23
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Yum
09/21
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Blackbirds
09/12
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Joke
09/11
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911 Jokes
09/09
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Liners
09/07
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Random
09/03
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Soften
09/02
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Radical Acceptance
08/29
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More Lines
08/23
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RSTA
08/16
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Socks
08/15
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Heart
08/12
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BB
08/09
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Lines
08/06
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Pressure
08/02
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Two Years
08/01
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Hecklers
07/25
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The Thirsty Cat
07/23
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Politics
07/22
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Internal
07/19
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Wheel
07/15
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Comedy Heuristics
07/12
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Craft
07/06
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Observations
07/05
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Inflection
06/29
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Toggle
06/27
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When With Others
06/17
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Off
06/16
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Heuristic
06/15
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Yin and Yang
06/14
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Reach
06/09
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Trial by Crowd
06/01
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Deeper Thoughts
05/26
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Self Talk
05/24
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Deliberate
05/19
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Stretch Zone
05/17
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Respect
05/11
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Deep Work
05/10
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Tai Chi
05/06
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Either/Or
05/04
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Social Anxiety
05/03
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Cool
05/02
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Serve
04/27
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Deep Thoughts
04/26
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Love and Logic
04/25
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Marriage
04/22
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Thoughts
04/14
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Do it for Them
04/08
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Busy Playing Guitar
04/07
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Loop
04/06
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Demand
04/05
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Out of the Box
04/01
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Eight One-Liners
03/31
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Key
03/30
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Wise Men
03/29
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Funny
03/28
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Conflict
03/19
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Standing Up
03/17
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School Bus
03/16
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Baby Shake
03/15
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Hey Diddle Diddle
03/14
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Blowing Smoke
03/10
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Jokes
03/09
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Wolf
03/08
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Fish
03/02
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Two Hundred
03/01
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Spring
02/29
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Sustain
02/26
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Feeling
02/23
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Kid Lit
02/22
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Fireflies
02/21
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Epiphany
02/20
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Good Morning
02/19
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Minimal
02/18
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Icicle
02/16
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Wise Words
02/12
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Injury
02/11
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Stress
02/09
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Enjoy
02/08
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Space
02/03
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On Me
02/02
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Listen
01/28
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Empathy
01/27
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Chance
01/25
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Method
01/19
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Future Albums
01/15
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Perfection
01/11
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Know Your Audience
01/08
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Watery Spark
01/07
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Too Much
01/05
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Family Man
01/04
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Health
2015
12/31
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Reflection
12/29
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Debt
12/22
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Ideas-Generator
12/21
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On Comedy
12/17
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Emotional Labor
12/14
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Commit in Advance
12/11
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Anger
12/10
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Tough Crowd
12/09
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Coward
12/07
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Show
12/02
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Comedy
12/01
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Distraction
11/30
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Sessions
11/24
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Cat Step
11/23
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Ego
11/22
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Fights
11/20
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Sensemaking
11/19
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Why?
11/18
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Shit Talk
11/13
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Look Back
11/10
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Testing
11/05
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Bucket
11/04
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Mind Maps
11/02
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Mindless
10/29
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Get Lunch
10/26
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Inverted Thinking
10/23
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Invest in Loss
10/22
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Now Page
10/21
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Models
10/20
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Say Less
10/18
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Stories
10/17
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Present
10/16
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Overwhelmed
10/15
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Momentum
10/14
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Writing is Projecting
10/13
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Vulnerable Confidence
10/05
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Bugs
10/01
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Pulling Weight
09/30
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Plunge in and Quit
09/25
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Neutralize
09/22
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Blind Spots
09/21
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On the Line
09/17
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Showing Up
09/16
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Humiliation
09/14
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Relax
09/10
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New Mistakes
09/03
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Dale Carnegie Revisited
09/02
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Confidence and Ego
09/01
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Noise
08/26
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Causality
08/24
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Book Notes Section
08/20
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Leaps and Underlying Unity
08/19
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Vitality
08/17
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Have a Point
08/14
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Be Able to Explain
08/10
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Ten Posts on Love
08/06
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The Twist
08/05
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Greed
08/04
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The Whole Love
07/30
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Blogging For a Year
07/27
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Work Love
07/22
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Love Your Audience
07/21
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Renewal
07/17
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Parenthood
07/16
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Love
07/14
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Unfinished Business
07/09
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Watching the Storm
07/06
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Transition
07/01
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Smackdown
06/30
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Tension
06/26
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Mental Models
06/25
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Enthusiasm
06/24
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Sing
06/23
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Defensiveness
06/22
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Morale
06/18
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Intimidation
06/16
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Heart
06/12
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Feeling rushed
06/10
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Know Thyself
06/09
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Rapid Research
06/08
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50 Videos
06/05
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Control
06/03
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Metacognition
06/02
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The Path of Most Resistance
06/01
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People Who Aren't Like Me
05/29
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Beyond the Sky
05/27
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Meta learning
05/26
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Ideas Man
05/22
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Alternating Current
05/21
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People Who Challenge Us
05/20
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Awareness is a Vessel
05/19
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Confusion Confidence
05/18
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Four Levels of Learning
05/15
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A Friendly Reminder
05/14
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Change
05/12
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Lateral Thinking
05/11
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Carving the Block
05/07
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It's Not Mandatory.
05/06
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Your Evolving Inner Critic.
05/05
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How to Think.
05/04
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What They Want
05/01
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Panic
04/30
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Get Some Sun
04/29
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How Will You Feel Afterwards?
04/28
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Introduce Yourself First
04/27
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Have a Plan (that will change)
04/26
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Going Viral?
04/24
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Time Tracking
04/23
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Return on Investment (ROI)
04/22
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Fear-Based Thinking
04/21
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1,000 People Who Aren't Laughing
04/20
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Stability
04/17
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HandleBar Haunt
04/16
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Hang Loose (while learning)
04/15
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Blogging Daily
04/14
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Threat
04/13
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Humor
04/12
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The case for inefficiency
04/11
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Gratitude
04/10
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While Watching Breath
04/09
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A Crack in the Wood
04/08
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Beginning, Middle and End
04/07
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Mantras
04/06
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Rituals
04/05
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Watch the Breath
04/04
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Tracking Good Habits
04/03
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Tracking Bad Habits
04/02
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Kid Energy
04/01
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Religious Decline
03/31
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Farewell Sadie
03/30
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Fear of Disapproval
03/29
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Back Talk Back
03/28
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Taking Steps
03/27
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Working in Bursts
03/26
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Smartphones
03/25
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Sitting Still
03/24
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More Doesn't Always Mean More
03/23
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Writing vs Performing.
03/22
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Think Big and Take Chances
03/21
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Pause
03/20
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Slow Steady Growth
03/19
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Failure
03/16
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Thoughts on Meditation
02/27
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Risking Embarrassment
02/12
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A Musician's Approach to Speech Writing
02/03
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Shaking the Hipster
01/27
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The Art of Response
01/14
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Sleep Nutrition Exercise
01/12
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Just Learn It
01/10
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Keeping it DRY
01/06
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Focus.
01/02
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Frustration
2014
12/30
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Meta Blog
12/23
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Public speaking and living With fear
12/21
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Intent
12/17
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Zoom in. Zoom out.
12/09
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Emotional Awareness
12/06
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Simplicity
12/03
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A Self-Awareness Hack
11/30
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I Don't Know What I'm Doing.
11/21
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The Art of Reaction
11/17
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Do One Thing
11/11
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Innocence, Bullies and Pecking Order
11/05
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Clutter
10/28
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Shifting Intent
10/09
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The Covers Experiment
09/23
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Flow Breaker
09/04
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What's Your Recording Setup?
08/26
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The Airforce Proximity Effect
08/20
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Question Yourself
08/12
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Hack Your Enthusiasm with Questions.
08/07
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Plan Fail Reflect
07/30
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Saturate the Voids