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I learned quickly that most people really want someone else to be in charge and bear the responsibility for bad decisions. And even if you think they’re far older, more experienced, and even more qualified than you are, if you take their calls, reply to their emails, show real interest in their work, and are willing to take responsibility and make decisions, they’ll not only accept you, the vast majority of the time they’ll gladly do whatever you tell them to do. And if you’re willing to reject the notion that shit flows downhill and instead be the one protecting them from egos, politics, and personalities, they’ll follow you anywhere. That need for leadership proved far more acute over the next few months in two disturbing ways. The first was a phone call. I was at Rod’s house one morning because Rod preferred to work from home. (“Work” meaning a loose mix of a few phone calls, watching SportsCenter, reading long biographies of Napoleon, preparing to go for a run, going for a run, stretching after the run, and then showering for at least ninety minutes after that.)
Consuming refined carbohydrates causes people to be hungrier, and crave sugar, with the result of eating more junk food. It’s not hunger from a lack of food, but from a lack of healthy, nutrient-rich food, all triggering metabolic impairments in the form of hormone imbalances and reducing the body’s ability to burn body fat for energy. The result is that we keep storing fat.
The Overfat Pandemic
Philip Maffetone
The final element was the action happening in the photo. It had to be impressive, even astonishing, to work. Nobody wants a photo of the latest snow hero on a bunny slope.
Creative Calling
Chase Jarvis
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