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Where’s Don’s Mind Today?
A Random Chronical of Unfiltered Dispatches From the Realm of Don Schmincke
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The frog was never boiling. Neither is your org — it's just louder than the metaphor allows.
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Turns out followers don't follow nice people. They follow a good story — even when the person telling it is a certified asshole.
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Even the 4th of July is a myth. Turns out "authentic" leadership has the same problem.
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Turns out the lead dog just gets bitten first. I moved the evidence.
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This myth got busted here first. Now it lives with the rest of the autopsies.
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