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Transform your mission into a movement Your Community is a Garden, Not a Building Hi Reader, I've become a little obsessed with summer dahlias here in the mountains. So earlier this spring, I decided to try growing my own. I picked out my first dahlia tubers (more than I needed—just in case!), took a deep breath, and hoped for the best. To my delight, they're coming up. This weekend I spent time repotting them into bigger containers, adding fresh soil, giving them water and nutrients, and...
Transform your mission into a movement The Analog Advantage: Why Human Connection Wins in an AI World Hi Reader, If there's one word I didn't expect to carry home from an online creator conference, it might be this: analog. Analog (adj.): not digital or computerized. Think vinyl over streaming. Board games over Xbox. Farmers markets over automated Amazon deliveries. A little slower, a little more tactile, and charmingly human. My messy analog draft of this newsletter from my seat in 14F. Oh,...
Transform your mission into a movement You're Not Behind—You're in the Blade Years Hi Reader, There's a moment in every meaningful project where the pace slows, the outcomes blur, and the growth curve feels painfully flat. You're showing up, doing the work, adjusting the sails—and still wondering: Is this even working? That stretch has a name: The Blade Years. My friend Bobby Martin studied 172 startups for his book The Hockey Stick Principles and found that nearly all successful companies...