Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

What They Said vs. What You Heard

Daily Chase #232

Apr 02, 2026
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Someone asks a simple question. Five words, maybe six. And somehow, by the time those words land, we’ve turned them into an indictment.

That’s less paranoia and more just how we’re wired.

Author David Brooks, in How to Know a Person, points out something humbling: even the very best listeners in the world — people who have s…

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