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S1 E138 — The Inscrutable Paradox of Tom Petty and Joan Irvine’s Estates

Listen, Zahn I realize these pithy sayings can be inscrutable from time to time, but what the hell?  Like my dear old pappy would say, you know what a paradox is, right?

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Friday’s Episode 138 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 20th day of December in winter of 2019.

“5”  Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “To see the world how it is, lift the lenses you’re looking through and take off the filters and rules you’ve superimposed.” Leo

Evidence  

Christmas decoration is almost complete.  I’m working on my outside chores, because living in California means you can congregate around the patio bar and fire pit.

Oh, and you do everything that’s humanly possible not to get in an argument about the current President and his administration. 

Unless the Santa Ana winds howl at 50 mph blowing the festive red and green decorations against our neighbors block wall. 

At least we’d have something else to talk about — Climate Change.

A few years back my and Emma the Baroness’ father-in-law asked the immediate two or three relatives surrounding him at our Christmas dining room table if we did the same thing he did living in Montana.  

What he meant was he read the paper and he spent more time scrolling through the obituaries to see if he knew anybody.  

We were all too young and who beside the Baroness and I still get a paper delivered?  

But, now I note stories describing how Tom Petty’s wife and daughters have reached an agreement in separate suits about the proceeds of his estate.

And, if that’s not all there’s the obituary about Joan Irvine — known to locals as the bitch of Orange County or as one of the most revered patrons. 

Her family owned the ranch from which most of the county’s development sprung.  

When I moved to Corona del Mar my landlord told the story about the Spanish owners saying anyone who could sail around a parcel could buy it.  

Her grandfather or great-grandfather put a sail on his wagon and claimed the ranch, my landlord said. 

Anyway, this now about my levels of support for my Patreon “passion project progress procrastination”:

      1. Share and Evangelize (Tell all their friends to check it out); 
      2. Access to Community (Participate in writing of Volume Two sharing stories about their work; for those I interview inclusion in acknowledgements;
      3. Contributor and Co-Author (experimental knowledge laboratory) to the Tau of Steves with exclusive access to either the Steves or the Friends of Steves (FOSs) community. 
      4. Local Correspondents (Contribute updates to second and third editions of Volume One) 
      5. Charter Members (advisory board for the Center of Knowledge Creation and Innovation)

Listen, Zahn I realize these pithy sayings can be inscrutable from time to time, but what the hell?  Like my dear old pappy would say, you know what a paradox is, right?  

Two M.D.s and right behind that not even waiting for the “da dum de dum” he’d follow  it up with  paradigms? 

Can’t even make a call from a pay phone with two dimes — mostly because there aren’t any left.  

“3”  Steve Zahn, 51: “There’s paradox in wanting, as want motivates you while also limiting you.” Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Yup, you could say that about my motivation, McQueen.  I get that without calling any family doctors.

“4”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Maybe you’re tired of the way things are.  Or maybe you’re inspired by who you want to be. You’re determined to create something different.” Aries

Maybe what’s been going on as we enter the holiday season has gotten me down, too.

Wow, you guys.  Your TauBit of Wisdom ranks right up there with the best of all time, given what’s happening to our country.

“5”  Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “To see the world how it is, lift the lenses you’re looking through and take off the filters and rules you’ve superimposed.” Leo

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S1 E137 — Shouldn’t I Bet It All on the Four 5s I’ve Been Dealt?

Why am I researching first electric vehicles and now hybrid SUVs?  The writing may be on the wall.  I’ve driven my silver green 2000 Toyota 4-Runner for almost 200,000 miles.  I noticed a puff of smoke leaking out to the grill the last time I returned from Home Depot.

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Thursday’s Episode 137 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 19th day of December in winter of 2019.

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Change can be hard.  So when you go through the trouble, you want the changes to be for the better, and not just for the different.”  Aries

Evidence  

No payments, right?  But, after a while you have to recognize how much you’ve been spending on repairs — a water pump here, a rebuilt transmission there?

    • Other stuff commanding my attention like a dog when he smells a squirrel — Trump’s Impeachment inquiry and a podcast Sam Harris conducted with a guy who is revisiting the potentially constructive use of LSD to treat addiction.  
    • What a listening surprise for me on my way to Home Depot to buy “rabbit-be-gone” stuff.  
    • During my first career in psychology, Timothy Leary peddled the recreational use of it when he lived in Laguna Beach just before the time I moved to Corona del Mar, but used the Laguna Beach post office for my business mail.
    • And Marc Maron interviewed a photographer who self-published a book about the ‘60s.

But, here’s what I worked on for today’s Patreon passion project:

How your contributions make a difference. It takes six and a half days a week to produce these labors of love, beginning each day at 5:30 am. We need to cover our travel budgets for Western Skies and Island Currents giving you the inside story of what it’s really like to live like the locals. 

We subscribe to media so you don’t have to, to curate quirky headlines and highlights: From the Desert to the Mountains to the Sea and all the Pristine Rivers, Lakes and Islands in Between. We deposit those stories and related research into our knowledge bank as background context for our blogs published across our six websites. 

Each website incurs registration and hosting fees.  And, as we self-publish we’ll pay for ISBN registrations and promotional marketing expenses for the first five books in Volume One, The Knowledge Path: Live. Love. Work. Play. Invest. Leave a Legacy. 

With your kind and generous support we will be able to expand and concentrate on producing future book series in Volumes Two and Three and itineraries, travel guides and bonus reports. 

And maybe, just maybe we’ll be able fund a life-long dream, The Center for Knowledge Creation and Innovation.

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Getting to the effortless flow like water trickling in a brook makes all the difference in the world when it comes to transformational change.  But, it ain’t easy even if it’s blowin’ in the wind.

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Change can be hard.  So when you go through the trouble, you want the changes to be for the better, and not just for the different.”  Aries

Wow, thanks W&W.  You’re talking about that professional state some people describe when you are in the flow, more like jammin’ and playing jazz.  

“5”  Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69: “To form a new habit, you must put your mind to it, then get your mind out of it.  Don’t overthink it.” Taurus

Okay, Smith your Holliday Tau describe my whole adult life — working on a body of work or knowledge, but having to more practical things like switch jobs or market and promote to clients who have challenges I can help them through while I work on the real essence of what I’m about.

“5”  Steve Smith, 30: “The highway to success has many exits.  Detours happen.  Do what you have to do, then merge right back on.” Gemini

Is it that obvious, Steve?  I going with the flow here hoping to hit my stride and then I’ll return for some serious editing.

“5”  Steve Harvey, 62: “The early stages of an endeavor tend to be rough.  It’s prudent to keep going and, when you’ve hit your stride, return to the earlier work to update and improve it.”  Capricorn

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S1 E136 — Just How Do Zip Codes Prevent Homebuyer Remorse?

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Sunday’s Episode 136 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 15th day of December in winter of 2019.

Only ten days remain to complete your Christmas shopping, guys.  Fewer, if like our family you celebrate Christmas Eve as the occasion to pass out gifts and the day as designated for White Elephant gifts.  

“5”  Steve Jobs, (1955 – 2011): “You know that you don’t yet understand a thing enough to form an opinion, let alone act on the matter.  This knowledge is, in and of itself, virtuous.  A lesser person wouldn’t even realize the gap.” Pisces

Evidence

I’ve struggled with my opening long-form essay for Patreon.  One that synthesizes all my separate passion projects.

What I care about like ocean pollution and coastal water — started me profiling the impact on towns in “California Coast Tip to Tip” and “Western Skies and Island Currents.” It was a natural.  I traced the “Mother Road” from the Midwest to the West coast already in “Best West Road Trips — Route 66.” Spoiler alert; it ends at the Santa Monica Pier. 

Pacific Coast Highway as an itinerary felt like the natural next project.

And water in rivers and lakes like just after a visit to friends living in Durango, Colorado in my fourth of five books to be published in the Knowledge Path Series.  

The whole Animas River turned a deep muddy yellow from an upstream blow out of a closed mine in neighboring Silverton.  Interestingly, years later our friends moved back.  

Their story mirrored the arc of three residents victim of gentrification forces in Whitehead, Montana … to illustrate how zip codes matter and can prevent buyers remorse simply by knowing your lifestyle and previewing new towns as potential quality-of-life communities in a region. 

How does being an introvert … We come in 6 temperament flavors.  We’re easy with solitude.  In fact, many of us prefer mountain cabins if given the choice, and inspired me to write about quality-of-life communities.

I happen to be one that I call SPIP short for Systematic-Professional, Idea Packager.  What does an Idea Packager do?  That’s what I’m answering in Volume Two of the Knowledge Path Series.  The first volume answers the question, if I can live and work anywhere then which community should I choose as my best fit for inspiration, satisfaction and happiness? 

The second answers the question, if I could work for any company or type of organization as an employee or consultant, which type brings out the best and worst in me?  

OK.  What’s the answer for you?  Which is the best or worst organization for an Idea Packager to draw a paycheck?  

Here’s the story I tell when someone asks me about it. We hadn’t seen my wife’s cousin for years.  She threw a wonderful welcome to Norway family reunion for us as experienced through severe jet lagged senses.  On her grand piano in her study sat a book, “Homo Deus.” When I asked her what she liked about it, since it was one of my favorites, she told me she refers to it with clients.  When I told her about in Volume Two we began one of those long conversations between friends who hadn’t seen each other, like forever, but reconnected as if time hadn’t passed between us. 

As advisors and consultants we had so much in common, especially when I told her organizations in decline suited me best.  She laughed, saying they’re motivated to change, which is huge because that isn’t always the case.  Send me a copy, I’d love to read it she said as she rose from the long dining room table to attend to one of the children. 

OK, two down, what about the Volume Three series? This series in a sense asks the question has wisdom reversed?  In slower-paced less technology-driven times the elder generation passed down critical lessons to younger generations.  Like the clothes I passed down to my kids growing up — my old army fatigues and field jacket — as popular as vinyl records. Now, I find myself wearing hand-me-ups from them.  This one is less fleshed out than the first two volumes and requires most of my time to figure out.  I’m just asking myself, “What would Leo da V do?”  Like Leonardo I’m easily distracted from what I should be doing to earn a living and a sucker for following my curiosity. 

Little snippets come to me when he lets my unconsciousness bubble to the surface.  What started as a dream of being interviewed for the WTF podcast by Marc Maron seems promising as a working title, “The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book.” This one is a little dangerous for me.  Why? I intend to self-publish what I envision to be self-written. Maybe better put by a community.  

In what sense?  That’s a great question.  The subject matter focuses on legacy and wisdom. But through what it’s like to be given a name by your mother who brought you into the world with loving expectations.  You begin with a sound — your name. And you grow and evolve in your own life, so I’m wondering to what extent that name imprinted into you influences your life. This is probably the only time in history that we have the technology to solicit input from Friends-of-Steves — their parents, sisters and brothers, lovers and partners, and friends and associates — to give their view “from the outside”, as well as, from Steves themselves for their view “from the inside.”

So then the three volumes of “The Knowledge Path: Live, Love, Work, Play, Invest and Leave a Legacy” would be complete? Yes, but I can’t do it alone.  Which is why I’m here on Patreon and need your help.

Pretty sure I can say your Holiday Tau gets to the essence of my long essay.

“5”  Steve Zahn, 51: “It is rare to be in a situation where a mentor knows exactly what to do with your talent.  You’ll have to figure out quite a lot about yourself on your own.  As long as you expect and embrace this, the process will be fun.” Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Researchers Note:  No this isn’t my birthday.  But, I like it enough to include it.

Today’s Holiday Birthday: 

Travel will be your soul’s thriving influence, as will connecting with new people. You’re gifted in the art of reading and relating to people, yet you’ll seek to further build your emotional intelligence, thus ratcheting up the excitement in your personal life.  Novel self-ware will bring instantaneous and long-range benefit.

Isn’t this TauBit about my speech would have been shorter if I had more time?  A little editing goes a long way, eh?

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “A conversation doesn’t have to be long to be effective.  In fact, the longer it is, the less effective it will be.  Think and write about what you are feeling.  What is worth expressing here?  Choose carefully.” Aries

Haha.  And if over the course of a 1-year experiment my talent will be totally unrecognizable in a good way …

“5”  Steve Howey, 42: “Small daily improvements lead to sizable monthly improvements.  If you only do 1% better each day on something that matters to you, in 100 days you’ll have completely transformed your skill level.” Cancer

Like I always say, Steve your Holiday TauBits of Wisdom cover more than just today’s life.  

“4”  Steve Aoki, 41: “The value you give today’s pursuits can be summed up by these words of explorer Dame Freya Stark: ‘Love of learning is a pleasant and universal bond, since it deals with what one is and not what one has.’” Sagittarius

Given the political nature of events unfolding in our country, the order has been reversed.  Form an opinion and spin the facts.

“5”  Steve Jobs, (1955 – 2011): “You know that you don’t yet understand a thing enough to form an opinion, let alone act on the matter.  This knowledge is, in and of itself, virtuous.  A lesser person wouldn’t even realize the gap.” Pisces

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S3 E8 — Wait, You’re Saying I Should Read It Again?

What’s been going on?  Emma the Baroness received that life saver poke in the arm through the backseat driver’s side (no comment) window as we drove through Soka University.  It’s a life saver for two reasons.

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Thursday’s Episode 8 in Season 3 of  “My Paradoxically Normal Year” on this 11th day of March in the spring of 2021 — which is a three-year examination of how bits of wisdom changed during the “normal” pre-pandemic year and then in the pandemic year, and now months after.

Previously in Season Three, The Paradoxically Normal Year

S3 E7 — Who Can Resist Ricky Gervais Calls in this Paradoxically Normal Year?; S3 E6 — What’s the Half Life of Wisdom?; S3 E5 — Another Year Another Baby, Could Have Been Stevie like Stevie Nicks, but Noooooo!; S3 E4 — What a Fool Believes She Sees; S3 E3 — A Pivot, a Miracle or Something Paradoxically Normal?

Related from Season Two, The Pandemic Year

S2 E8 — How Does the Entangled Fish Hook Theory of Creativity Work?; S2 E7 — Smart Moves and Shifting Opportunities; S2 E6 — No We Don’t Share Your Precious Little Frickin’ Data; S2 E5 —Second Season Sneak Preview: My Pandemic Year’s Natural Experiment; S2 E4 — Sneak Preview: Day 4 of My Pandemic Year’s Natural Experiment; S2 E3 — Day 3 of My Pandemic Year Experiment 

Related from Season One, The Normal Year

S1 E8 — Day 8 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E7 — Day 7 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E6 — Day 6 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E5 — Day 5 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E4 — Day 4 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E3 — Day 3 of My 1-Year Experiment

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Ever since the Big Bang, this plane of existence has been made up of contrasts, curves and cycles. You wouldn’t want it all one way. Embrace how it is now. It’s about to change.”  Aries

Evidence

One, for real and two the Pfizer’s second dose allows her to vacate with the boarders and skiers at Mammoth Mountain in the eastern sierras. 

Yay! However comma. 

Have you ever lost a document because it became so long that, when you tried to save your world-changing insights after hours of composing,  it crashed?  

Or the Apple circle of death icon spun and spun?  Some days it feels like I’m snake bit, as my old pappy would say.  

There’s always something that forces a resourceful work around — which frequently is temporary and which causes more harm than not — like going all in on start up technology that goes belly up.  

I’m looking at you Hypercard, delic-i-ous, Microsoft Entourage…

Why am I bitching and moaning? 

My latest work around threw all my hard won efficiencies out the window. 

    • One master document weighs in at 1.7 MB (by the way is that larger or smaller than say 254 KB? I can never remember.  
    • It’s like a brain stutter as I try to figure out if bond yields increase that’s somehow a bad thing), and 643.5 pages required a breakdown.  
    • Or else I’d suffer one.  
    • The short and the long of it means it takes me 2.5 x longer to accomplish simple tasks dipping into and out of nine smaller instead of one larger source.

Oh, I forgot.  

Biden’s $1.9 Trillion relief package passed the Senate and the House so he’ll put pen to paper and tip the first domino of recovery so it falls off the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and into your bank account in about 72 hours.

Now turning back to what is really important, me.  

Actually, what is important to Zahn, Winkler, Emma the Baroness and me.  

While I am neither a spy or a secret society member, if my mother is correct my grandfather worked for the State Department in the Brooklyn Naval Yards and achieved one of the highest orders in the “Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonery.” 

I must come by it honestly — craving privacy.

“5”  Steve Zahn, 51: “Though you’re not a spy or a member of a secret society, and you’re not doing much today that you shouldn’t be doing, you still want privacy and appreciate most those who respect yours the best.” Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Note:  This is not my birthday, but I’ll sign up for it anyway, especially the June part. Maybe you should too. 

Today’s Holiday Birthday: 

Perhaps improving sleep, fitness and nutrition is not included on your list of ambitious and glamourous goals. And yet, self-discipline in this regard will be cosmically the birthday gift you’ll most cherish, as all you desire will be served on the shiny platter of good habits. An excellent rating gets you promoted in June.

Good habits, eh?  Sure, but will they help me when McQueens’ ominous warning comes true?  Near as I can figure after the Big Bang came Young Sheldon, but I’m a student of gaps, cycles, innovation curves and science and art contrasts.

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Ever since the Big Bang, this plane of existence has been made up of contrasts, curves and cycles. You wouldn’t want it all one way. Embrace how it is now. It’s about to change.”  Aries

Somehow I’m getting Smith and Nicks are pointing to cult-like bias fed by certain social media platforms and geezer cable news channels.  Wait, you’re saying I should read it again?  Okay.  But I stand by my set up.  I’m inferring science asks questions, closes gaps in understanding in such a way that the answers can be repeated yielding the same results.

“5”  Steve Smith, 30, Stevie Nicks, 72: “It really doesn’t matter how good a person is at formulating answers if all of the questions are pointless. This is why you examine your questions with the aim of up-leveling before you ask them.” Gemini

Here I felt the Holiday Tau kept me on a roll.  While I did achieve a period of lucid dreaming and value imagination more than you know, I’m not rating G&G’s as high as the other Steve.

“3”  Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61: “You will travel through the magic of media and dreams. Your own fantasies provide the sweetest escapes but much more is possible. Learning to guide your imagination is a skill that will bring good fortune to hand.” Virgo

Oops, maybe I should combine Kerr’s with Greene and Guttenberg to reach a higher score.  And I use imagination after I stuff my mind with facts and figures in my meditations.

“5“  Steve Kerr, 54: “You’ll be working your mind like it’s your job — because it is. While feeding your brain the facts and figures that will be necessary, also throw in the unnecessary stuff that makes it all go down a little sweeter.” Libra

I see how it is.  Ending today while reminding myself about my bitching and moaning about losing all your careful articulation and long hours and effort only to loose your precious document.

“5”  Steve Nash, 45: “Communicating well will require careful articulation, patience and a level of attention emotional attunement that is, quite frankly, work. Nonetheless, everything good comes through good communication.”  Aquarius

What’s Going On …

Literally Bottled and Set Adrift from KnowWhere Atoll 

    • @KnowLabs suite of 36 digital magazines jumps from  7397 to 7455 this week organically grown followers

Foresight

Quality-of-Life 

Long-Form

    • “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History” by Kurt Andersen Both of us, Emma the Baroness and I, have been processing the acquittal of our ex-President — not really being surprised by the “Big Lie” promoting followers in the Senate, but more disappointed after seeing new video documentation of the insurrection and detailed evidence time lines.  I return to Kurt Andersen’s book “Fantasyland” to help me through the process of filtering the unfolding events.

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S2 E16 — Scroll to the Bottom for Foresight and Quality-of-Life, Right Leo?

First comes that eagerly awaited sip of coffee in the dark blue mug.  Then I have to ask myself, “What would Leo da V do?” for the second day in a row. So, it’s only fitting I use that other hemisphere of my brain and plan out the other 5-days worth of tasks.

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Sunday’s Episode 16 of the Second Season’s  My Pandemic Year’s Natural Experiment, on March 22nd in the spring of 2020 here in California.

Previously in Season Two, the Pandemic Year

S2 E15 — Behaving Badly, Why Big Sur made “Fodor’s Travel NO List”; S2 E14 — Reading Tea Leaves Bottled and Set Adrift; S2 E13 —Slipping on a Bar of Dove Soap and other Ripple Effects; S2 E12 — Too Anxious to Meet and Eat; S2 E11 — Waiting for the 3rd Shoe to Drop; S2 E10 — Cats, Ladders and Shaking Salt …;

Related from Season One, the Normal Year

S1 E16 — Day 16 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E15 — Day 15 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E14 — Day 14 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E13 — Day 13 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E12 — Day 12 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E11 —Day 11 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E10 — Day 10 of My 1-Year Experiment;

“5” Steve Howey, 42: “An idea has already come to you in passive forms, in pokes and suggestions and nudges.  Now it comes as an intruder, a neon sign, an entity that refuses forgetfulness and will wait no longer.”  Cancer

Evidence

Beginning next week, it’s time to add one more thing to “Patreon Platform” versions. 

Tasks:

      1. Set up my facebook page with its Friends of Steves group and resend public Patreon posts from there
      2. Finish collecting emails from all LinkedIn contacts and sent emails 1 and 2
      3. After email two begin sending public posts and ease them into MailChimp
      4. For proteges describe Volume Two research project
      5. Emphasize Volume One as how communities responded during the Great Recession by comparing lifestyle profile shifts during the five years before and after.
      6. Will you be ready after the Great Reset? Have you been building bridges to the other side — but, as your own Chief Reinvention Officer?  Do you understand how to reinvent? When disruptive changes end, but we don’t return to the way things were before?

Meanwhile, let’s check in with today’s Holiday Tau.  Maybe this registers well with Winkler and Emma the Baroness, but not with me today.  

“3”  Steve Zahn, 51: “When you see people doing what you think you should be doing, it stirs up an emotional brew that would be toxic to stew in.  Move quickly on to how you can make these things happen for yourself.” Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Well, sorta.  I’m sure Leo da V is totally on board with your Holiday Tau, but am I?  Not that sure, but I am inspired by the wide-open future.

“3”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “The range of potential outcomes is wide, so there’s plenty to be uncertain about — unnerving to some, not to you, not today.  You are inspired by the wide-open future.”  Aries

So, what you’re offering today for swiping is a TauBit of Wisdom that describes how tenacious Leo da V can be as my muse.  Today you might be referring to a post I’m scheduling for tomorrow, “Did You Miss It In Your  Haste to Catch the Island Ferry?” which will be shared on LinkedIn.

“5” Steve Howey, 42: “An idea has already come to you in passive forms, in pokes and suggestions and nudges.  Now it comes as an intruder, a neon sign, an entity that refuses forgetfulness and will wait no longer.”  Cancer

Thanks, G&G.  You reminded me of Marshall McLuhan’s transformational process when a figure and a ground switch, but usher in something else.

“5” Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61: “Is the past ever quite over with?  Everything you do today will build on it.  Even the parts that have long been forgotten or shunned or rewritten are part of this ground.” Virgo

Okay, Coach Kerr your Holiday Tau is advice I need to have on hand so I can remind myself from time to time — especially the co-conspirator part.

“5”  Steve Kerr, 54: “You’re making the Herculean effort.  You’ve got an amazing network to tap into.  Everyone you know could be a co-conspirator if you wanted them to be.  If you want help, then let people know.” Libra

I get your TauBit, Steve.  At first you were co-conspiring with Coach Kerr, but then it flipped into a cautionary tale for us introverts who need to conserve energy and un-cloud tradeoffs for decisions

“5”  Steve Aoki, 41: “Being interested and curious puts you in the optimal state to forge connections.  Being extremely attracted puts you in a suboptimal state, as it amps up the nervous system and skewers judgment.” Sagittarius

What’s Going On …

Literally Bottled and Set Adrift from KnowWhere Atoll 

    • @knowlabs followers of one or more of my 35 digital magazines jumped from 1,372 to 1407.

Foresight

Quality-of-Life

Long-Form

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S1 E135 — The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book

I was looking around without finding what I wanted when I had to ask myself why hasn’t this book been written?  So I decided to write it myself.  

The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book

Hi and welcome to Saturday’s Episode 135 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 14th day of December in winter of 2019.

“5”  Steve Zahn, 51: “It is when you’re pretty sure no one cares or notices that you will do the most important work of your soul — work that’s validated purely by your higher self.” Scorpio

Evidence

“They always say” to write about something you know.  I didn’t want this to be all about me, which it actually is, but this is something I’m incredibly curious about.  

      • Over time do we become our name — do people react to your name in mostly the same way? 
      • Is that different than how they respond to my name?  
      • What’s in a name, anyway?  
      • A certain wish, a certain hope, a certain sacred naming event new parents take seriously.  How does it, or did it play out?  
      • Mothers … I’m looking at you! And sisters and brothers, you too.

About turning horoscopes into topics to solicit stories from Steves. 

Next steps:  

      1. Read from the 105 horoscope categories (!) to identify the top 12 situational themes that speak to me more than any other.  
      2. Then frame an engaging question for each and try them out.  
      3. Or can the Top 105 be grouped into 12 mega categories for articles? For Patreon posts?  
      4. Maybe leading into each of the 12 invitations to respond is a song with powerful lyrics — again the top 12 — maybe targeting to FOS, especially those dating and falling in love with Steves — romance leading to merging what was once two single dreams into a common, single dream of a life together.  
      5. How did you see the world then?  
      6. How did you see yourself then?  
      7. Athletic outdoors lover, musician? Or philosopher king?  Nerd seeking your revenge?

Or, it can be the season, right?  With only two weeks left to squeeze your last minute Christmas shopping into, there’s that pressure.  But, isn’t this the time for me to pay attention to my higher self?  And, my soul and reflect it in my Patreon passion project?

“5”  Steve Zahn, 51: “It is when you’re pretty sure no one cares or notices that you will do the most important work of your soul — work that’s validated purely by your higher self.” Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

G&G, your Holiday Tau couldn’t more relevant for me.  Where people are in their development is what I’ve focused on across all my careers. Specifically in helping people realize what’s unique at each of 9 life stages they will encounter over their lifetime, God willing.

“5”  Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61: “Your contentment depends on recognizing where people are in their development and setting your expectations along those lines.”  Virgo

I know you’re competitive, Steve, but are you trying to break into the line up to replace my go to muse, Leo da V?

“5”  Steve Kerr, 54: “Take the time to ramble; that knotty bit of psychology that’s had you distracted will get worked out in the air.” Libra

Haha.  Given the choices maybe I’d rather settle for being smarter, talented and better-looking.

“4”  Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “The ones who succeed aren’t smarter, more talented or better-looking.  They’re the ones who never quit.” Leo

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S1 E134 — What Will This Force Me to Become? No Black Cats Allowed

Humor me. I warned you yesterday this would happen, didn’t I?  Put the ladder away.  Cross the street.  Who’s black cat is that anyway?

 “The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Friday’s Episode 134 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 13th day of December in winter of 2019.

What’s been going on today?  Once it’s down “on paper” then we can judge just how relevant today’s Holiday Tau really is.

“5”  Steve Kerr, 54: “There is a way of telling a story that’s accurate and encouraging, and a way that is accurate and deflating.  Try both privately and cheery-pick the public message.” Libra Evidence

Evidence

These half-baked questions float in my mind about the structure of what is required of for your Creator Page in Patreon.

    • Let’s say I’m moderately successful on Patreon.  Will I be able to fund a travel budget?
    • Do I need goals?  Do they attract more patrons?  
    • Decide 3 or 5 tiers? Remember only 3 will show.  
    • Pick a photo such as my LinkedIn or one I’ve planned for my books? Add website logos to gallery?
    • Do you want to pay to get to know me?  
    • To support my cause?

Any help with these decisions, Steve?  Love your Holiday Tau, but honestly it’s a stretch for me to apply on the tactile level I’m operating in today.

“3”  Steve Zahn, 51: “Teaching what you know isn’t so much a job as a calling.  It helps you understand things at deeper levels and makes you feel connected to the fabric of existence.” Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

So, then it’s on to all the other possible Steves I’ve screened for today.  Let’s see. 

Leave it to two comedians and an inventor and co-founder to remind me of what’s important in my life — follow my curious side and share Emma the Baroness’ interests with her.  If, I’m letting my decision-set stew for awhile why not take your TauBit of Wisdom to heart?

“5”  Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “It takes no effort to stay current on topics that interest you; follow your curiosity.  To stay abreast of a loved one’s interests is an act of selflessness that will repay you.” Leo

Okay, is this the crux of my reticence to make a decision?  At some level asking myself once this is up and running what will it force me to become?  Don’t I already have a full plate?  Efficient systems. Yup, that’s the ticket!

“5”  Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61: “You might be able to handle more than you are.  You’ll need more efficient systems.  Ask around; knowledgeable friends will help you.”  Virgo

So one side of the indecision coin may be the stretch in handling more and the other really boils down to coach Kerr’s TauBit of wisdom — the story-telling part.

“5”  Steve Kerr, 54: “There is a way of telling a story that’s accurate and encouraging, and a way that is accurate and deflating.  Try both privately and cheery-pick the public message.” Libra

Hey Howey, your Holiday Tau looks promising on such an unlucky day.  Waiting and processing are what I do well, as long as you aren’t giving me permission to procrastinate.

“4”  Steve Howey, 42: “You don’t have to make a move or form a definitive opinion just yet.  There’s a lot of benefit from waiting, watching and processing.” Cancer

Again.  Why are the Holiday TauBits for you so deep? Wise as always, but I just can’t use it today.

“4”  Steve Aoki, 41: “When you can’t figure out how to change your behavior or attitude, change your circumstances.” Sagittarius

Sorry, Steve I’ll have to pass for the same reason I excluded Zahn’s, only more so.

“2”  Steve Smith, 30: “Don’t let little bothersome interferences deter you from progress. Perspectives of time will help you keep relationships in balance.” Gemini

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S1 E133 — Why Don’t More Creators Write or Blog?

If this is Thursday, December 12th, then you know that tomorrow won’t be a lucky day, right? So I better pack in as much Patreon decision-making stuff as I can today just to be on the safe side. 

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Thursday’s Episode 133 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 12th day of December in winter of 2019

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Part of you thinks it’s OK for you not to do the things you tell yourself to do.  Perhaps your demands are unrealistic or misaligned with your routine. Investigate.”  Aries

Evidence

For those of you still playing along, you know I’m working on reward tiers for my Patreon Page.  And, I can’t shake the sinking feeling that hardly any “Creators “ write or blog.

Shaggy, in our text messages, thought 5 levels were too many support tiers and advertising would be a better way since I needed to reach thousands just to get a few supporters. 

I’m still attracted to local guides — the ones sketched out while sitting around a pool in Palm Springs or Desert in my notebook at Ranchos Los Palmas.  

I imagined in the Journal of 2020 Foresight — the journey part — beginning in 2003 how fictional expedition members contributed to a growing knowledge base for the express purpose of sharing with other expeditions.

Now flash forward all these years and I’m reimagining how a membership could unfold.

What’s in it for them to join my private Facebook group or want to support me on Patreon? 

A survey?  

Their attitude to new people moving in? 

How satisfied are they about continuing to live there?  

Where else would they consider moving if push comes to shove?  

Would they like to participate in my ongoing research? 

To share their knowledge of local history? 

To be interviewed?  (Is three enough?) 

Know someone who would? 

Be introduced to locals in other similar towns my researched suggested?  

Not the chamber of commerce or real estate promotions, but what it’s like living there everyday?

Which is the right way to go?  The more strategic?

And is it a continuing sign that there is no Holiday Tau for us today?  If so, what does that signal?

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Maybe all it signals is a I need to turn to the wisdom of the crowd.  How may I lift your Holiday Tau if you find it of little value?

Over the last couple of days I felt troubled by my perceived types of Creators who have made Patreon their platform of choice.  Or put another way, now it appears that we in endangered species who write may be becoming extinct even there.  But, Shaggy might be right too — skip the platform and advertise instead.  

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Part of you thinks it’s OK for you not to do the things you tell yourself to do.  Perhaps your demands are unrealistic or misaligned with your routine. Investigate.”  Aries

Yeah, yeah.  True I guess.  I’m thinking too much before the habit sets in, which is the reverse of my superpower.  But, I’ll let you two musical icons keep your TauBit of wisdom.

“2”  Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69: “Tasks done by rote are easily accomplished this way.  But once you start thinking about them, they become difficult.  Get your head out of the deal.”  Taurus

So Howey, I understand the gist of your Holiday Tau, but I just can’t profitably use it today.  It does trigger an association to how hazing in fraternities and sororities leads to bonding, but I’m just not in the market. Thanks, though.

“3”  Steve Howey, 42: “When you have to fight for a thing, you appreciate it and are stronger for the effort.  When a thing comes easily, it allows you to focus elsewhere. Both have merit.” Cancer

Okay, Steves these last two seem contradictory.  On the one hand G&G’s TauBit tells me to think more about the event, while Harvey’s cautions me against it because more thought often leads to distractions when follow through (like now) are required.

“3”  Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61: “The thoughts that drive you to a behavior are more important than the behavior.  Unravel the moments that precipitate events.”   Virgo

“3”  Steve Harvey, 62: “Some things are more useful to think about than others, and you’re willing to go there.  It will mean resisting distractions.”  Capricorn

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S3 E7 — Who Can Resist Ricky Gervais Calls in this Paradoxically Normal Year?

San Harris’ podcasts  act like gravity pulling me back into that original career.  He made me curious again about how the brain works, what the current neuroscience tells us and what it can’t and who is the “I” when “I” write this or that?  And, who can resist those calls he records with Ricky Gervais?

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Sunday’s Episode 7 in Season 3 of  “My Paradoxically Normal Year” on this 7th day of March in the spring of 2021 — which is a three-year examination of how bits of wisdom changed during the “normal” pre-pandemic year and then in the pandemic year, and now months after.

Previously in Season Three, The Paradoxically Normal Year

S3 E6 — ; S3 E5 — Another Year Another Baby, Could Have Been Stevie like Stevie Nicks, but Noooooo!; S3 E4 — What a Fool Believes She Sees; S3 E3 — A Pivot, a Miracle or Something Paradoxically Normal?; S3 E2 — Preview of the New Post Pandemic Season 

Related from Season Two, The Pandemic Year

S2 E7 — Smart Moves and Shifting Opportunities; S2 E6 — No We Don’t Share Your Precious Little Frickin’ Data; S2 E5 —Second Season Sneak Preview: My Pandemic Year’s Natural Experiment; S2 E4 — Sneak Preview: Day 4 of My Pandemic Year’s Natural Experiment; S2 E3 — Day 3 of My Pandemic Year Experiment; S2 E2 — New Season Preview: Rippling Effects, Implications and Consequences We Didn’t See Coming 

Related from Season One, The Normal Year

S1 E7 — Day 7 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E6 — Day 6 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E5 — Day 5 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E4 — Day 4 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E3 — Day 3 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E2 — Day 2 of My 1-Year Experiment

“5”  Steve Zahn, 51: “Who you are in any given moment is ever only part of who you are. Celebrate or forgive yourself as necessary, though without giving too much weight to any single expression of you. We are all works in progress.” Scorpio

Evidence

Can you say I tried to tidy up a bit?  Just a TauBit?

Yes.  In my mind I’d been juggling chapter starts and stops for three different and yet interrelated publications. Last week I bit the bullet and began “Volume Two Manuscript,” “Volume Three Manuscript,” “Tau of Steves Manuscripts”.

Early in the morning when I shopped for the Holiday Tau I found this introduction as a nice theme for my day and what I’ve been musing about.  Here’s today’s intro I feel sums up my intentions and expectations:

“Expectations are often met, which is why we have them in the first place. (T)hey are also often not met. Watch out for negative expectations based in fear of hurt or loss. Hidden in the subconscious dark, those expectations are dangerously powerful. Illuminated, they might be downright silly.”

Silly.  

I expect that applies to how I feel about The Tau of Steves — My One Year Experiment.  But I recalled how I once followed John Lilly’s 8-step program when I transformed myself from a psychologist career trajectory to a career as an internal consultant, organizational learning, knowledge creation and innovation advisor. 

Subconscious. 

The recent San Harris podcasts have been acting like gravity pulling me back into that original career.  He made me curious again about how the brain works, what the current neuroscience tells us and what it can’t and who is the “I” when “I” write this or that?  And, who can resist those calls he records with Ricky Gervais?

Reality.

I feel less silly about tracking horoscopes as a natural experiment when I recall Lilly’s method for suspending any preconceived notions, going into new experiences with an open mind, recording what impressions and perceptions and feelings you encounter, and then later compare them to the consensual reality. 

How should I go about conducting this experiment?  Following his methodology, it’s all about the analytics as social media experts say.

I believe it opens the way for me to keep a straight face for launching my 1-year experiment.

“5”  Steve Zahn, 51: “Who you are in any given moment is ever only part of who you are. Celebrate or forgive yourself as necessary, though without giving too much weight to any single expression of you. We are all works in progress.” Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Maybe even more than today’s legitimate TauBit of Wisdom for Zahn, Winkler, Emma the Baroness and me, is Howey’s Holiday Tau.  His triggered a little memory to bubble up reminding me of a solution to silliness and fear of foolishness in John Lilly’s steps.  Thanks, Steve.

“5”  Steve Howey, 42: “Instead of offering suggestions, be a model. Ideas, advice and semantics can always be debated, but a living, thriving example is a hard thing to argue with.” Cancer

As I researched how it’s okay to be introverted, the one major weakness we all share is feeling pressure to accept a social engagement we really, really don’t want to attend which will only drain our energy and is expected of us, so we don’t want to disappoint.  An introverted psychologist, Marti Olsen Laney, wrote about McQueen’s Holiday Tau in “The Introvert Advantage: How Quiet People Can Thrive in an Extrovert World.”

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “There’s a way of saying no without disappointing anyone. Figure out what you’re willing to do and then emphasize that point as you get out of what you’re not willing to do.” Aries

The Tau for Smith and Nicks mirror meditative flows I’ve encountered leading to release of anxious thoughts.  Another? Just write them down and accept emerging solutions as you compose.

“5”  Steve Smith, 30, Stevie Nicks, 72: “To struggle against unwanted thoughts and emotions can sometimes exacerbate them. Other approaches to try include: leaning into them getting to the bottom of them or simply allowing for them.” Gemini

Should I or shouldn’t I?  My friend the social scientist frustrated with his friends who just don’t wear masks — the so-called Neanderthals, who by the way went extinct when they couldn’t or wouldn’t adapt to climate change (but that’s another story) offered to help like CM&W’s Holiday Tau suggests.

“5”  Steve Carell, 57; Steve Martin, 74; Steve Wozniak, 69: “Your success will depend on your choice of partner. Seek a troubleshooter with a different skillset from your own. Positive results come from anticipating the negative.” Leo

So, I guess it comes down self-respect vs. stealing Kerr’s Holiday Tau.  You’re right I wouldn’t dream of stealing his victory, but I’ll take his assist, since I can’t really use his 3-point shooting ability back in the day.

“3”  Steve Kerr, 54: “To struggle with and overcome adversity is the cornerstone of self-respect. That victory is a prize you wouldn’t dream of stealing, nor would you want it stolen from you. There’s a fine line between assistance and robbery.” Libra

Okay, to me this seems like a sentiment that went out of fashion over the last four years of loyalty tests and zero-sum games.  Me, me, me.  I take it all and you get nothing and if you turn on me, I’ll hit back twice as hard.  To move past the feelings I’ll have to combine Nash’s TauBit with Smith and Nicks’

“4”  Steve Nash, 45: “Life is not a competition to be won at the expense of others, though many seem to think so. Avoid them. You can wish them well as you move past, seeking interactions more nuanced, inclusive and evolved.” Aquarius

Thank you Jobs.  Yes, I’ve veered, but I’m practicing one little bit at a time to start and then add an iteration on top of that to course correct my neglected publishing nightmare of a pipeline.

“5” Steve Jobs, (1955 – 2011): “Perhaps you’ve veered from the aims you made at the start of the month, but your goals are still doable. A course correction now will fix it. Have an honest and practical talk with yourself.” Pisces

What’s Going On …

Literally Bottled and Set Adrift from KnowWhere Atoll 

    • @KnowLabs suite of 36 digital magazines jumps from  7397 to 7455 this week organically grown followers

Foresight

Quality-of-Life 

Long-Form

    • “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History” by Kurt Andersen Both of us, Emma the Baroness and I, have been processing the acquittal of our ex-President — not really being surprised by the “Big Lie” promoting followers in the Senate, but more disappointed after seeing new video documentation of the insurrection and detailed evidence time lines.  I return to Kurt Andersen’s book “Fantasyland” to help me through the process of filtering the unfolding events.

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S2 E15 — Behaving Badly, Why Big Sur made “Fodor’s Travel NO List”

What’s life like living and working on KnowWhere Atoll? I don’t recommend it for everyone.  Think of it as being forced to self-quarantine and stay at home all the time.  

“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”

Hi and welcome to Saturday’s Episode 15 of the Second Season’s  My Pandemic Year’s Natural Experiment, on March 21st in the spring of 2020 here in California.

Previously in Season Two, the Pandemic Year

S2 E14 — Reading Tea Leaves Bottled and Set Adrift; S2 E13 — Slipping on a Bar of Dove Soap and other Ripple Effects; S2 E12 — Too Anxious to Meet and Eat; S2 E11 — Waiting for the 3rd Shoe to Drop; S2 E10 — Cats, Ladders and Shaking Salt …;

Related from Season One, the Normal Year

S1 E15 — Day 15 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E14 — Day 14 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E13 — Day 13 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E12 — Day 12 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E11 —Day 11 of My 1-Year Experiment; S1 E10 — Day 10 of My 1-Year Experiment;

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Your ability to project into the future is even better than usual, so use it to avoid getting into a position where the tide will come in over your head.” Aries

Evidence

What would Leo da V do? Prepare an essay for Patreon: 

What’s life like living and working on KnowWhere Atoll? I don’t recommend it for everyone.  Think of it as being forced to self-quarantine and stay at home all the time.  

And while it has its many advantages we aren’t desperately seeking tourists, especially those blotto Gen-Zs you encourage to party on your Florida beaches. I wouldn’t say we’re anti-tourist, oh wait I guess we are. 

Especially those selfish-ie driven who endlessly scout locations in the real world to only serve as backgrounds for their faces.  

And then flit off to somewhere else leaving their food wrappers, plastic cups and straws littered everywhere in their wake. Like leaving four tons of trash on Maui’s coast in a single July day last summer. 

And why Big Sur made the “Fodor’s Travel NO List” under the category of “places that don’t want you — or want you in smaller and better doses.” 

Or worse, role-playing a modern day version of those European explorers seeking all that glitters in the New World while cluelessly introducing pandemics for decimating the locals. 

Or, as Silk Road merchants introducing the Black Plague during the middle ages 150 years earlier that relentlessly spread throughout Europe and especially in Italy in Venice and Sienna.  

But, hey other than that we’re good. 

If history doesn’t repeat itself, surely it rhymes Mark Twain might have said.  Or was it Samuel Clemons? The lyrics may change but the rhythm remains. 

Sad.

Now here’s a great TauBit of Wisdom, I’d like to share.  Will I take it?  Maybe, I don’t have to steal or swipe it.  Haha.

“5”  Steve Zahn, 51: “When you get good advice, you’ll pass it on, but maybe you won’t take it.  You’re holding out for something that resonates on many levels.”Scorpio

Random ones that make me want change my sign.

Now this is an example of the Patron Saint preaching to the choir!  Here’s my mantra — anticipate, innovate, iterate and improve.

“5”  Steve McQueen (1930 – 1980): “Your ability to project into the future is even better than usual, so use it to avoid getting into a position where the tide will come in over your head.” Aries

Unless it’s a Friday and their names are Jazzy and Shaggy, even though their parent made a great living selling high valued advice.

“4”  Steve Smith, 30: “Loved ones will accept your help and act on your advice.” Gemini

Wait, is this all about looking for the missing jigsaw puzzle piece?  Emma the Baroness and I engage in drive by placing what looks like a piece fits in a physical space, but alas, it doesn’t.

“3”  Steve Greene, 34; Steve Guttenberg, 61: “Reality is ruled by timing and the availability of resources.  Things that fit together in physical space will fit together in other ways too.” Virgo

Easy for you to say, since you anticipated the direction of innovation and beat everyone else there.

“4”  Steve Jobs, (1955 – 2011): “Social influence has your eye adjusting to new trends.  Fashions change, and you change right along with them.” Pisces

What’s Going On …

Literally Bottled and Set Adrift from KnowWhere Atoll 

    • 1,372  Flipboard users follow one or more of my 35 digital magazines.

Foresight

Quality-of-Life

Long-Form

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