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Writing stories in a fantasy world where I make everything up is harder than it sounds. I have to learn a lot about a lot of things. It helps if I'm curious about everything. Everything.

As it happens, a lot of the stuff I've found is useful to everybody.

Colorado Trip 2021

I’ve been planning this trip since April. This year I discovered a new band called Heilung. Closest thing I could call them is...

Cy Tidd

Oct 8, 202120 min read

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How to Work on Interesting Things

I have a weird job. That's what I say when someone asks what I do. I have a job title. It has very little in common with my day-to-day....

Cy Tidd

May 12, 20215 min read

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Change Agents and Chesterton's Fence

"We've always done it that way." "That's a dumb reason to keep doing it," I said. I felt proud of myself for saying it, thinking myself a...

Cy Tidd

Jan 5, 20212 min read

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8 Surefire Ways to Bomb an Interview

I do a lot of technical and behavioral interviewing for my job. I’ve experienced some whoppers from the interviewer’s side of the table....

Cy Tidd

Nov 11, 20203 min read

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Nailing the Interview

Being interviewed for a job can be a nerve-wracking exercise in scraping your ego across a cheese grater. It doesn't have to be....

Cy Tidd

Aug 30, 20206 min read

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Better Expectations

I think Eckhart Tolle's books can be a little fluffy, but he's got some interesting ideas I can't dismiss. Here's one that struck me...

Cy Tidd

Aug 16, 20203 min read

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Deciding? Ensure You're the Right Person to Do That.

We make decisions every day. Little ones. Big ones. Sometimes we make decisions that directly impact other people. Before making the...

Cy Tidd

Aug 9, 20203 min read

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Active Listening: The Skill of Skills

Active listening isn't waiting for the other person to shut up so you can talk. It's focused empathy. Focused in that your counterpart...

Cy Tidd

Aug 4, 20206 min read

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