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@davidmorriss Out in Canton, Georgia

@MemberClicks your servers been down for 2 days! Our association cannot function with this poor level of service!

@KevinWagnerPhD Polls don’t mean much as long as the electoral college determines the winner and gerrymandering determines the electoral college. We’ve seen losing candidates who overwhelmingly won the popular votes.

People should resist the understandable desire to dismiss the polls they disagree with and champion the polls that report what they like. Just understand that polling can be volatile. It's a snapshot of a moment within a margin or error.

A surefire way to make a bad situation worse is to continue replaying it in your mind. The damage is done. The only thing that matters now is making the best choice given your current position. Next play mentality.

Another writing tip: ALWAYS start with a short first line. The attention spans are shrinking. You have to keep your opening short & compelling to instantly hook the reader. Almost forcing them to read what you’ve written.

@KevinWagnerPhD Curious…how is leadership defined?

Looking inside the numbers of our new FAU Mainstreet PolCom Lab Poll of Florida Voters. When choosing a President, Integrity matters more to Democrats, while Leadership matters to GOP. Interestingly, few picked empathy, with no Republicans in our sample. fau.edu/artsandletters…

At the age of 32 I walked away from a guaranteed path of wealth, respect, and comfort. I honestly was so clouded by discontent that I didn’t even realize I would lose them or that I even had them to begin. It was only in the first year that I realized I had lost them but because I was feeling better about such a new uncertain path I also realized that those things are mostly projections anyway. We probably give too much credit to what other people think in picking our own paths. This path isn’t for everyone but more people should realize that it might be worth paying the “tax” of disappointing people and giving up status. Because one thing that you realize is that those kind of things force you to identify yourself as somebody. And the longer you show up as “somebody” the longer you become convinced that you cant do anything else. I see this even on the creator path, and this is why the people I look up to are the ones that have reinvented themselves, or walked away from things that don’t quite make sense. That ability to reinvent seems to be one of the most worthwhile capacities to develop

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz goodreads.com/book/show/3207…

@KevinWagnerPhD @NikkiHaley is the smartest person on the stage.

Haley comes out swinging. Very effective.

I’ve been waiting for this one!

Working my way through the @goodreads list. Just realized I’ve been reading a lot of psychological thrillers lately.

@KirkusReviews Catcher in the Rye

What's your favorite book that you had to read because of school?

My first time reading Simone St. James and I’m hooked! Working my way through one of the @goodreads “best of…” lists! #tbr #goodreads

@Morning_Joe @JoeNBC Wondering where Stephen Miller is now? I’m sure he has stories to tell.

.@JoeNBC: “This entire document is crammed like the January 6 documents. These are all Trumpers…These are people who stayed with him, even through the bitter end—and they're the ones testifying against him now." on.msnbc.com/3q8fPuP

@p_millerd Mention #culturalchange and they’ll be all over it.

I need to get the republicans to ban my book.

@codingwithlucy @p_millerd You should also listen to the audio book. I listened on @audible_com first. @p_millerd does a great job narrating. Then, I bought the book so I could reread, make notes, and go down the rabbit hole of reading the books he annotated in the book!

@p_millerd Oh my lord your book is SO good. Literally nodding the whole way through

Me: slowly builds up the courage to even imagine leaving my job over five painful years My readers:

A mark of maturity is surrendering to the person you actually are instead of the one you wish you were. Most people never get such clarity, and they’re stunted for life. The decision to surrender to your gifts is more painful than you’d think. You can’t really choose what you’re able to be excellent at because nobody has a say over the hand that nature deals. (Unfortunately, I’ll never become a professional golfer.) Instead, if you’re going to be world-class, you have to align yourself with your fingerprint. In our insanely competitive world, surrendering to your talents is your only chance at becoming world-class at what you do. I think less than 10% of people ever surrender to who they really are. They spend their whole lives trying to fulfill a fake and manufactured image. And so, they get trapped in hollow careers and meaningless pursuits where they’re forced to be somebody they’re not — the stuff of a cold and haunting misery. Surrender is terrifying at first. It comes with a loss of control. Chances are, you’ll disappoint your parents, teachers, and probably even yourself. The vision you had for your future won’t come true because that vision was predicated on the person you wish you were, not the person you actually are. But here's the thing: What feels like the death of your dreams is actually the birth of something much more profound. There's ease on the other side of surrender. The flow of effortlessness is waiting for the alignment of your mind, body, and spirit — when you’re simultaneously surprising yourself and doing everything that would’ve made your 8-year-old self proud. Surrender to your nature.

I save 3+ hours each day with small changes to my routine. Here are my top 7 habits that you can do daily 👇

@MarkPryorBooks Done! Looking forward to starting the book tonight!

Feel like reading a mystery novel over the holidays? Now's your chance! From July 3rd to July 9th the eBook of my first Henri Lefort novel, DIE AROUND SUNDOWN, is discounted from $14.99 to $2.99 as part of Kindle's 'Summer Reads' deal. Buy here: us.macmillan.com/books/97812508…

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