The Art of Noticing

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TAoN No. 195: A TAoN mindset takes on the Uninteresting Olympics. Plus a new (Australian!) Icebreaker, and more

Sep 23, 2025
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Hello from New Orleans, where I’m glad to be back from a quick work trip that I was low-key dreading. Turns out I didn’t have a bad time, and in fact that’s what today’s dispatch is about: how the right mindset can help make any trip interesting.

And seriously, this one was shaping up to be a kind of Uninteresting Olympiad. An early (Sunday) flight to At…

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