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Thinking vs. Replication: The Difference Between Processing and Original Thought
Field Notes · by Kristen Tolbert
If we're not creating anything original, are we really thinking at all?
Someone says something fluent, well-organized, and entirely borrowed, and everyone in the room — including them — treats it as thinking. Is it though? They've read the thing, they can restate t...
Lifeforce
Field Notes · by Kristen Tolbert
People study entrepreneurs like we're zoo animals. Something to be observed, analyzed, maybe even envied. A curiosity. A puzzle to solve. What makes someone choose this life?
It's true, we're wired differently. Our drivers, our non-negotiables, our definitions of s...
The Cost of Outsourcing Your Authority
Reclaiming confidence and self-trust
In the effort to make the "right" choice or avoid failure, it's common to reach outward — to seek validation or guidance for our decisions, our thinking, even our feelings. Input from others is genuinely valuable, and no one should decide everything in isolation...