Author: Nathan S. Collier

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Soft Strengths are the Hardest

I have relentlessly pursued mastery of my craft my entire life. My home library has over a thousand books, I have three

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A Voice in the Wilderness: Constructive Foresight or Performative Contrarianism?

The world needs boat rockers, those willing to challenge the status quo and push for change. However, it is not enough to

A person in a suit holds their hands over a row of domino blocks. Some dominoes on the left are falling, but a red domino in the middle stops the chain reaction, leaving the dominoes on the right standing.

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Avoiding Verschlimmbesserung

Verschlimmbesserung literally translates from German as ‘worsening improvement’ and speaks to trying to improve a situation but ending up making it worse.

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Chesterton’s Fence

Chesterton’s Fence refers to a decision principle: “Before removing an existing rule, structure, or practice, you must first understand why it was

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Sliding v. Deciding

Are you paying attention to your life? The difference between sliding v. deciding is usually awareness. Sliding is like being on a

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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life is the title of a 1956 seminal work by sociologist Erving Goffman. His thesis was

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Mind-forg’d Manacles

The phrase ‘mind-forg’d manacles’ comes from the poem ‘London’ by romantic author William Blake, written in 1794. Over 200 years ago, Blake

The image is a flat, vector-style illustration with a soft purple background. In the center, a man in a dark purple suit stands in a thoughtful pose, with one hand on his chin and the other on his hip. Above his head are three interlocking gears, symbolizing thinking or problem-solving. Curved white arrows point from a large question mark on the left toward the gears, and from the gears toward a bright yellow light bulb on the right.

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Sensemaking

We live in an ever more complex, chaotic world where the pace of change seems to be accelerating daily. How to make

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Impact and Philanthropy Draft

Impact & Philanthropy Impact &Philanthropy “I have long believed in the power of education, responsible journalism, public-interest research. It is my belief

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Swimming in a Sea of Serendipity

It has been said that luck lies in the intersection of preparation (hard, smart work) and opportunity (Seneca, 4 BC-65 AD). While

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The Halo Trap: Even Smart People Get Snared

Halo Effect occurs when we equate proficiency in one area with competence in another. Another name for the phenomena is Generalization Bias;