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Seth’s The Practice: “31. Trust, Identity, and Your Practice”

02.01.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

We can earn our own trust.

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Seth’s The Practice: “30. In Defense of Magic”

01.31.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

The trick isn’t a trick.

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Seth’s The Practice: “29. ‘So Far’ and ‘Not Yet'”

01.30.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Working with a growth mindset.

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Categories // Notes and Thoughts, Prattle Tags // carol dweck, fixed mindset, growth mindset, mindsets, notes and thoughts, practice notes, seth godin, the practice

The eclipse (Bacon, Chapter 3: Quine, Sellars, and Davidson)

01.29.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Bridge in lush garden

This chapter was hard to work through, for any number of reasons—mostly, I think, because it wasn’t directly related to my question. It was mostly historical, though the bridge between Peirce and Rorty is relevant and important.

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Categories // Notes and Thoughts, Notes and Thoughts on Pragmatism, Prattle Tags // charles sanders peirce, davidson donaldson, empiricism, interpretive communities, john dewey, john passmore, logical positivism, michael bacon, philosophy, pierre duhem, post-truth, pragmatism, rene descartes, richard rorty, truth, wilfrid sellars, willard quine

Seth’s The Practice: “28. Toward a Daily Practice in Service of Your Identity”

01.28.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

“Writing is a universal solvent for creatives.”

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Seth’s The Practice: “27. Dave Grohl’s Mom”

01.27.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Identity is easier to develop than to change.

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Seth’s The Practice: “26. How Big is the Discard Pile?”

01.26.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

This is one of my favorite of Seth’s discoveries.

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Seth’s The Practice: “25. Who You Are (and What You Do)”

01.25.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Do then be.

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Seth’s The Practice: “24. Start Where You Are”

01.24.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Writers write, etc.

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Seth’s The Practice: “23. Imposter Syndrome is Real”

01.23.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Confidence is imagined control.

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