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On the price of a smile and a wave
How a man on the side of the road adds value to the world every morning
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Jason Shah

November 2020

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September 2020

On imposter syndrome and Jack London
Every great thinker was once just a regular person like you and me
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On the myth of inevitable progress
We tend to assume progress is inevitable but risk complacency and inaction in belief
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Jason Shah
On zebra cakes and bringing your whole self to work
Do you remember Zebra Cakes? These were treasured children’s snacks in the 1990s along with Gushers and Dunkaroos. I hope a number of readers are…
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Jason Shah
On nature and the end of a summer
When I was a boy, nature afforded me endless possibility. We built a treehouse in the woods adjacent our home in New Jersey; it really was just a floor…
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Jason Shah
On the utility of being radically non-naïve
At the intersection of optimism and pessimism is a realism that helps one pursue creative ambitions, build successful organizations, and face calamity…
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Jason Shah

August 2020

On self-imposed repetition and accepting systems that control us but grant us perception of free will
Increasingly we are layering systems into our lives that we chose and controlled, that come to control us should we choose to not live actively and…
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Jason Shah
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