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August 17, 2026

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The Hero’s Journey, Part One: The Trouble With Being an “Idea Person”

Who gets to decide when a gift becomes a liability? We heard you. You want stories, not articles. Your brain is a story machine, seeking patterns and structure. This is a story from inside the world and mind of an origin founder of the GPC Community. Start here and come back twice […]

August 10, 2026

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My Secret for Cutting Through the AI Noise

Two women, brilliant writers, past 50, make the most sense For the past 3,000 years writers have not used AI to get their thoughts and stories in a final form worth putting into the world. I’m one of those writers. I’ve been turning observations and strategies into stories for 50 years, and […]

July 15, 2026

July 15, 2026

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Meetings Are Terrific, If You Know What You’re Doing.

Human Nature, Sex, and Meeting Experiences If you are good at having sex, you’re probably good at conducting meetings or participating in them. If you are an experienced journalist or good at listening instead of talking and getting the story, you’re probably someone I want in a meeting. I came to this […]

June 10, 2026

June 10, 2026

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Your Relationship with AI? Healthy or Toxic?

I did not want to write this because I care about you more than AI ever could. Whether you’re excited, ambivalent, or disgusted by the growing prominence of AI tools and topics, I offer a new perspective on what this relationship means to you. Other humans taught me how healthy or toxic […]

June 1, 2026

June 1, 2026

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Networks We Nurture, Mailing Lists We Delete

A story about people who matter. Somewhere after 45, we want quality relationships instead of acquaintances. We get smarter about our gifts and limitations. There’s an urgency that comes as we move closer to death and notice that time, money, trusted friends, and our usefulness to others shifted. What If That […]

May 22, 2026

May 22, 2026

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You are Gifted, not ADHD. Well, Maybe.

Identical Does Not Mean Same Thing. Ask Any Parent of Identical Twins. Why do we even bother to take up this subject again? Why do we feel like we have to explain everything twice or three times? It’s mentally exhausting to the gifted adult and more than irritating to adults with brains […]

April 9, 2026

April 9, 2026

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Top 10 Substack Writers are Past 80

What can you learn and what do they have in common? Compound money and what do you have? Wealth. Compound creativity and what do you have? SuperAgers with successful Substack publications. Neuroscience research for 30 years confirmed that creative practice isn’t merely protective for the brain, it actively builds cognitive capacity throughout […]

March 29, 2026

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A full-time job you didn’t study for and you can’t quit

What happens to your life and work when you become a caregiver? A fourth and intensely important conversation has invaded our community and it’s time to talk about it and notice it in others, if it is not overwhelming your every thought and action now. For five years we’ve built a community […]

January 22, 2026

January 22, 2026

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They Don’t Know What They Want. And They Won’t Be Happy Until They Get It.

It was the dawn of the internet for consumers. It was 1999. We did our work in person because this was before email, before Zoom, and before cell phones. Well, there was BlackBerry, but only for the wealthy or tech nerds. We traveled to meetings, even if it was a walk down […]