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Everybody Knows Something You Don’t

On October 4, 2026October 4, 2026 By Steve SampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

Never forget that expertise is a mile deep and an inch wide. You can know almost everything about one subject and still know almost nothing about something else. And everybody you will ever meet knows something you don’t.

If You Want to Be a Hero, Just Try

On May 13, 2017September 16, 2017 By Steve SampsonIn Fatherly Advice1 Comment

It's a simple lesson, really, taught by parents, teachers, coaches, and the history of western literature alike.

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