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Write It Down

On October 20, 2025 By Steve SampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

The things you write down, using your own words, begin to become the meaning you create for yourself, if for no other reason than because you wrote them down. And creating meaning is not a task any of us can afford to outsource. 

Read Closely, Listen Actively, Lead Wisely

On March 2, 2025 By Steve SampsonIn Words, Words, WordsLeave a comment

Do whatever it takes to let yourself fully engage—to read and think and write back. The right people will love you for it.

Beware the Curse of Knowledge

On January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 By Steve SampsonIn Words, Words, WordsLeave a comment

Expertise can be its own worst enemy.

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