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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/acting-with-integrity/">Acting with integrity</a>
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        <span class="post-date">September  1, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/on-adjusting-goals/">On adjusting goals</a>
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        <span class="post-date">March 10, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/so-you-want-a-job-at-github/">So you want a job at GitHub…</a>
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        <span class="post-date">March  7, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="4.9">4.9 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/no-right-answer/">No right answer</a>
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        <span class="post-date">March  4, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/where-power-comes-from/">Where power comes from</a>
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        <span class="post-date">March  3, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/interesting-because/">Interesting because</a>
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        <span class="post-date">March  2, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="0.95">0.95 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/there-is-no-shortage/">There is no shortage</a>
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        <span class="post-date">March  1, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="0.635">0.635 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/reflections-on-altmba3/">Reflections on altMBA³</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 28, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="2.7">2.7 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/the-connection-machine/">The connection machine</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 27, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.385">1.385 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/fomo-at-the-buffet/">FOMO at the buffet</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 26, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/dont-sweat-the-technique/">Don’t sweat the technique</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 25, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/obliterate-the-boundary/">Obliterate the boundary</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 24, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.04">1.04 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/make-your-precedents-count/">Make your precedents count</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 23, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.565">1.565 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/movements-in-three-parts/">Movements, in three parts</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 22, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.495">1.495 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/a-failure-a-day/">A failure a day…</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 21, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.725">1.725 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/start-with-empathy/">Start with empathy</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 20, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.3">1.3 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/our-goals-job/">Our goal’s job</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 19, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.185">1.185 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/cut-through-the-chatter/">Cut through the chatter</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 18, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.475">1.475 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/create-drivers-not-cars/">Create drivers, not cars</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 17, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="0.675">0.675 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/ignore-sunk-costs/">Ignore sunk costs</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 16, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.285">1.285 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/return-to-analog/">Return to analog</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 14, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="3.675">3.675 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/writing-to-think/">Writing to think</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 13, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="0.77">0.77 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/help-me-help-you/">Help me help you</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 12, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="2.16">2.16 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/discovery-is-creation/">Discovery is creation</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February 10, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/the-real-enemy/">The real enemy</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February  9, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.56">1.56 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/make-it-your-call/">Make it your call</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February  8, 2016</span>
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        <span class="post-read-time js-readtime" data-readtime-value="1.505">1.505 min read</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/our-adjacent-possible/">Our adjacent possible</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February  7, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/presume-you-are-capable/">Presume you’re capable</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February  6, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/lifes-secret-menu/">Life’s secret menu</a>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/thinking-is-a-skill/">Thinking is a skill</a>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/fear-never-dies/">Fear never dies</a>
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        <span class="post-date">February  3, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/altmba-week-3/">altMBA: Week Three</a>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/on-maintaining-state/">On maintaining state</a>
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        <span class="post-date">January 31, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/learning-how-to-learn/">Learning how to learn</a>
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        <span class="post-date">January 30, 2016</span>
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      <a class="post-link" href="/blog/pay-enough-attention/">Pay enough attention</a>
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        <span class="post-date">January 29, 2016</span>
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