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My excuse for not using chatbots… "Reading Recession" from Gurwinder’s 30 Useful Principles There is more text than ever, yet people are reading ever less and outsourcing writing to chatbots. This is dangerous because language is the basis of thought, and if you can’t read or write well, you won’t think well. Generation Effect:If you…

The new CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership is going to focus on their Upskill initiative… He was formerly CEO of Kinder Morgan. Houston Chronicle: New Greater Houston Partnership head focused on opportunity, unity, 2023-Dec-4 by Erica Grieder Q. In your career in the private sector, you’ve traveled the nation and the world. Have you…

Buzzfeed: This Quote Has Been Attributed To Frida Kahlo For Years, But It's Actually From A Canadian Teenager, 2021-Nov-3 by Ade Onibada I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels…

At the recent Houston International Quilt Festival, I was mesmerized by this huge (22 ft) quilt by Australian Helen Godden. Read her story at https://helengodden.com/gallery-2/my-australia-the-huge-quilt/ or Facebook. I took iPhone photos of certain details that enchanted me. I hope you enjoy them, too!      

While I understand on a general basis how I can get stuck, it's really helpful to have a procedure for getting UNstuck. Here's a good one. DeProcrastination.co: 3 questions to get unstuck and start making progress by Vita Benes and K. M. Michna the 3 questions that will help you get unstuck and start making…

While I am sensitive to the way my emotions are affected by health and circumstances, this new approach gives me even more influences to consider and control. When my feelings are pushing me around, I can do a little audit: Am I assuming the past will repeat itself? Am I reacting based on being physically…

I'm so glad that Ian Leslie made part of this Substack post open! I've read so many posts which wrestle with WHAT DOES IT MEAN…? It means we can laugh at ourselves and the way we see the world. We can PLAY. The Ruffian: Barbearheimer [excerpt], 2023-Aug-26 by Ian Leslie … Barbie is best enjoyed…

I only scored 4.3 because I find it hard not to show off when I think I know the answer. Illustration: From SaleenArt… A protective Nazar plate: these eyes protect you from being influenced by others. Think for yourself!             Score yourself from 0 (low) to 5 (high). 10 signs that you're way…

To become a good source of ideas, you have to do more than write them down. Greg Satell has done a good job of describing the support system necessary to bring ideas to life. Digital Tonto: 4 Things I've Learned about Ideas, 2023-Jun-18 by Greg Satell …creating, parsing and evaluating ideas is a skill that…