Tight Lines
A literary newsletter on leadership, trust, and ideas — by Steve Ertel
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Experts Were Only Trained to Persuade One Audience — Themselves (opens the original)
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Flying Bears (opens the original)
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I could work for about three minutes at a time. Max.That was how long my hands lasted with the gloves off. They said the wind chill was sixty below. You stand on the open platform at the back of the tundra buggy, you click the shutter release button (yes, an actual camera) until your fingers stop being fingers. You’re not choosing when to go back inside the buggy to the warming stove, your hands are. Then you go out again.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com
You Can't Punch a Swarm (opens the original)
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The Fight Came to Everyone (opens the original)
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