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Look Me in the Eyes
What if the most fundamental human skill is the one nobody teaches?After 50 years watching education from the inside and 10 years doing improv, I've…
Nov 23
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Mark Sylvester
17:54
Before You Install the Tech Stack, Build the Trust Stack
I was at VenTech last night—that monthly gathering where Santa Barbara’s tech community gets together, startups mingling with students and VCs, all of…
Nov 20
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Mark Sylvester
1
THE ELDER'S GIFT
Listen now | Why Boomers, Not Digital Natives, Should Lead AI Adoption. October 20th, 2025. I'm at Go Duck Yourself in San Francisco with my grandsons…
Nov 16
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Mark Sylvester
4
24:12
The Work Beneath You Is the Work That Builds You
Listen now | September 1975. I fired a cook on his first day because he wouldn't mop the floor. Took me fifty years to understand what he was really…
Nov 9
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Mark Sylvester
17:17
WHY FORTY MINUTES IS MORE POWERFUL THAN FORTY HOURS
At 49, I thought martial arts was basically The Karate Kid.I was wrong.Three nights a week for three years at a Hapkido dojo in Santa Barbara taught me…
Nov 2
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Mark Sylvester
3
17:56
October 2025
Everyone Texts. Not Everyone Breathes the Same Air.
This was the first time I'd had a full day alone with my youngest grandson. All in one week, I discovered what we're really abandoning: physical…
Oct 26
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Mark Sylvester
2
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20:08
Your Mission Statement Is Theater.
Here’s What Actually Works.
Oct 19
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Mark Sylvester
17:58
The Three Gates That Separate Builders from Dreamers
AI doesn’t eliminate the gates—it reveals who was actually walking through them
Oct 12
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Mark Sylvester
1
10:18
The Curiosity Gap
My 12-year-old grandson tested at a 12th-grade level. But nobody's measuring what actually matters. Here's what I learned about life's invisible…
Oct 5
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Mark Sylvester
20:20
September 2025
When Comedy Gets Complicated
This week's Sunday Story came from a realization that changed how I think about all creative risk-taking.I was performing an improv character - some…
Sep 28
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Mark Sylvester
3
2
18:01
When Normal Is the Problem
The scariest part of dysfunction isn't the obvious toxicity you see in movies. It's how completely normal unhealthy patterns feel when they're all…
Sep 21
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Mark Sylvester
2
3
15:26
The Permission Project: How Small Encounters Create Big Ripples
90 seconds of connection can change a life — maybe yours.
Sep 14
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Mark Sylvester
8:40
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