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STEP FIVE: THE WATERING HOLES WHERE THEY GATHER

Do you already know that your existence—who and how you are—is in and of itself a contribution to the people and place around you? Not after or because you do some particular thing, but simply the miracle of your life. And that the people around you, and the place(s), have contributions as well? Do you understand that your quality of life and your survival are tied to how authentic and generous the connections are between you and the people and place you live with and in?

—Adrienne Marie Brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

In June of 2020, a headline flashed across Bob Moore’s phone and he knew one of his most serious business missteps had been finalized: Google had purchased ...

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