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Seize this day, or be seized
~ any perspective is choice, never a reliable forecast ...
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Bottomless bowl, endless priorities...
Jan 15, 2024 • Mark Kolke
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Let's not fight, let's convince someone...
Jan 17, 2024 • Mark Kolke
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Who moved my goalposts?
Jul 8 • Mark Kolke
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Change small things, they grow
~ no reinvention required, just a little pivot, another pivot, you get the picture ...
17 hrs ago • 
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Time has come
~ blink, breathe, pull.
Oct 28 • 
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Slow motion blood letting ...
~ six minutes and revelation of what really matters
Oct 27
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Doesn’t look like a trophy
~ visible success starts as quiet invisible repetition; patterns that don’t break
Oct 26
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Betting on people
~ trust isn’t declared, it’s demonstrated
Oct 25
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Changing direction is easy.
~ changing ourselves is DIY / self-helpless; the best fix may be one we never had to make
Oct 24 • 
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The good news is...
~ good news is an operating system, the mess isn’t the message.
Oct 23
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Forward, today
~ a fore-word for today and tomorrow; repeat daily
Oct 22
Silence votes too
~ too few decide for so many; every skipped ballot is part of the decision
Oct 21 • 
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I try every day, to write better, to give life to ideas and to speak out as I share my thoughts - hopefully stimulating some readers to consider, respond or discuss my point of view and theirs too, as a call to action, a search for consensus.
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