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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.

Mr. Know-it-All

On March 12, 2017September 18, 2017 By Steve SampsonIn Formative Memories2 Comments

Twenty years ago, I learned how little I really know--through a chance encounter outside a library with perhaps the smartest man I've ever met.

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