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September 8, 2026

September 8, 2026

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I no longer require my ducks to be in a row.

I would, however, appreciate a reasonably accurate head count. Organizing ourselves and keeping our heads on straight is exhausting. For normal adults this is a daily struggle to referee the many voices that never cease inside our heads with the many voices, sounds, and sensations outside our heads. We want to live […]

August 18, 2026

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The Hero’s Journey, Part Two: When Was the Last Time Your Life Loved You Back?

On grief, achievement, exhaustion, and an unexpected message from Edgar Allan Poe 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. Follow along for the […]

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 […]

April 23, 2026

April 23, 2026

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Intelligence That Cannot Be Automated

I love humans, especially the intelligent The more I see about AI topics, the more I appreciate humans. Even if you know how to use the AI tools and ask the bots to tell you how much noise, news, and analysis there’s been around chatbots or large language models since this all […]

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 […]

February 17, 2026

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Brains at Birth

Giftedness and Starting Gate Advantage As you watched the Winter Olympics this month, did you notice that the gold, silver, and bronze winners may differ only by a fraction of a minute, inches instead of meters, and a total score combination of technical excellence (skill) and style (performance)? What does this have […]

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 […]

January 16, 2026

January 16, 2026

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Do You Need a Break or a Certified Forest Therapy Guide?

Probably both. If you are a highly sensitive idealist, activist, and creative with ambitious goals Warning: Content may cause sudden clarity and extreme joy, awe, and belief in humanity. Meet Lori L. Cangilla, Ph.D., psychologist and founder of the Singularly Sensitive approach to therapy for gifted adults and the Highly Sensitive Person […]

December 31, 2025

December 31, 2025

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2025 Winner of In-Your-Face, Daily Deluge, Confusing Content

It’s Not Trump In 2025, artificial intelligence dominated headlines and articles more significantly than coverage of Trump and his administration. Trump news was noisy and disturbing; yet, the narrative surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) was far more pervasive and multifaceted. The sheer volume and variety of perspectives on AI, spanning existential concerns to […]