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#23: More reasons don’t give me more reason.
I become wary when I’m using multiple reasons to convince myself, or to be convinced, to do something.
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Tristan Roberts
October 2022
#22: Trying a new way of complimenting people
Complimenting people seems like it’s harder than ever. I’ve been looking for a better way.
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Tristan Roberts
#21: A thank you to my readers. And, our uncertain future together
Running for state-level office has given me a lot to mull over that is critical to Roberts’ Green Letter. As a writer, I want to imagine and write about…
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Tristan Roberts
July 2022
#20: The 10 stages of brokeness in the wokeness conversation
From Stage 1: "We like diversity" through Stage 8: "Bigotry comes out swinging in the comments," and more, we explore how the diversity discussion is…
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Tristan Roberts
#19: “I didn’t do ____ because you never sent me the ____,” and other phrases I avoid
When I hear myself saying the following phrases, I realize I’ve not been clear in my thinking.
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Tristan Roberts
June 2022
#17: Go ahead, drop your Lion King mask onstage
This being COVID times, the breaking of the fourth wall at the Broadway musical involved Shenzi reminding an audience member to mask up during a number.
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Tristan Roberts
#16: The conduit is worth more than the cable
Again and again, we see that the value of the network is longer-lasting than the value of the specific technology or content inside it.
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Tristan Roberts
Tristan to keynote the mindful Materials Impact Summit – Mon. June 13, Chicago
Dear friends and colleagues, Please join me and all the great collaborators coming together for the historic mindful Materials Impact Summit in Chicago…
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Tristan Roberts
#15: Building Schrödinger’s wall
If you can't see the stone wall because it dips underwater, is it really there? What if we all gave ourselves more peace about our “productivity” not…
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Tristan Roberts
May 2022
#14: If you’re not breaking glass, you’re not making glass.
How to welcome the "vulnerability hangover." It's a sign that you're doing something right. Something that only you can do.
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Tristan Roberts
#13: How and why I'm doing more listening on social equity
Do you mind one stereotype in this post? Sometimes—and this seems to correlate at times with being a dude—I’m reminded to just listen. Not to jump to a…
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Tristan Roberts
#12: What are you drawn to do? (Versus driven to do)
Use this framework to block out time in your day for important-to-you work.
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Tristan Roberts
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