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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 02:58:42 JST Paul Cantrell

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   @Sheril @design_law
   My high school cross country coaches very explicitly used this philosophy for both races and training: form strategic clumps where faster runners hold back a bit to bring along the ones slightly slower. This not only optimized the CC scoring system, but created a deep field of ever-improving runners at all levels instead of a few make-or-break stars. Got me from “barely finishing” to pretty respectable times in my 3 years. Oh, and yeah, it won championships.

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     Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 02:58:43 JST Sheril Kirshenbaum

     “What really matters is helping others win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.”

     - Fred Rogers

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 03:04:02 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @seachanger @Sheril @design_law
     Yup. Same applies in every professional setting I’ve ever been in.

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     wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 03:04:04 JST wet forest moon folklorist

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     @inthehands @Sheril @design_law invaluable advice for activists and organizers. if you’re effective enough to organize or agitate a win, it’s time to teach others what you know and let them stand on your shoulders. we can’t really win unless we empower others to organize