# alvin (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover alvin. Page: Feed: --- ## [Who is a Leader?](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/who-is-a-leader) _2026-08-16 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ This summer has been one for the books, no pun intended. ## [Visits from the spirit](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10825) _2026-08-16 · Emma · Conscience Round_ Compromise is a good word, but compromised isn t? Stripping the sheets off the bed. The bowl has to be washed first, but it s too big on the rack. Shadows in my brain like shrapnel. They didn t do anything wrong, except for everything. Why do I always have to be right? Can I talk clinically about \[ \] ## [Making Room for Others at the Table](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/making-room-for-others-at-the-table) _2026-08-09 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ Before reading this week’s article, I’d like you to picture someone. ## [Just Because It Comes Easy Doesn’t Mean It Is Easy](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/just-because-it-comes-easy-doesnt) _2026-08-02 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ “You’re good at it because it comes naturally to you.” ## [The Return on Generosity](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/the-return-on-generosity) _2026-07-26 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ Not long ago, someone smiled at me and said, “Tim, you’re too generous.” ## [The World Needs More “Good Guys”](https://alvinlaw.com/the-world-needs-more-good-guys/) _2026-07-23 · Brian Blumel · Alvin Law_ The headline here is a direct quote from the most unlikely of sources… Vince Gilligan. He is the creator and master mind behind shows like “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.” I have heard of this man but never heard or read any interviews with him. I made, what I thought, was a pretty safe \[ \] The post The World Needs More “Good Guys” appeared first on Alvin Law . ## [The shepherd](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10749) _2026-07-21 · Emma · Conscience Round_ A fair fight, a sentence to death. In the center of a sniper s sight, I miss you already. An apparently humorless man, but still I saw you, when you turned away, smiling at the way I stood there with the wet on my hands. Later, in bed, I wonder if I make you proud. Shocked, \[ \] ## [When a Presentation Becomes a Conversation](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/when-a-presentation-becomes-a-conversation) _2026-07-19 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ Last week, I wrote about the criticism I received after one of my presentations. ## [The Five Minutes Before](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/the-five-minutes-before) _2026-07-12 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ I have come to believe that some of the most important moments in our lives happen five minutes before anything actually begins. ## [Intent but not intention / 合宿 / 顔色](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10727) _2026-07-07 · Emma · Conscience Round_ Give me a little more credit. Big clouds, wave skimming with easy light. You don t let me finish my thought. You don t let me process the feeling. Telling Alvin I m trying. Feeling lost. Streaks on my calves from the knee-high grass, pebbles under my nails from the charcoal in the sand. Flashlights, dark sides, crossing \[ \] ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/j8Uh03paxkZI) _2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [What We Throw Away](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/what-we-throw-away) _2026-07-05 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ One of the greatest gifts Alvin has given me over the years hasn’t been something he bought or wrapped. ## [Mixed message](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10707) _2026-07-05 · Emma · Conscience Round_ He starts talking, agape and eros and I think, oh no, he knows. Nacre heart on my neck. Never were, never weren t. The issue is, activism is embarrassing. The issue is, you save lives by inventing fertilizer. With your yellow-tinged and square-shaped glasses, your physical abuse of your wife. I can t watch this happen, but \[ \] ## [Ask for more or nothing](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10696) _2026-06-29 · Emma · Conscience Round_ AI-generated poetry is preferable to human-written poetry? Oh, we are actually done for. The authors describe the reason in the results: The AI poems are more accessible. My house is full of cowards and I can t stand it. Your only crime is working hard for your family and I hate you. You are boring and \[ \] ## [The Small Things](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/the-small-things) _2026-06-28 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ As you read this, my dad and I are probably somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean making our way home after spending the past week together in London, a city that has become one of our favorite places to visit and one that has provided us with some incredible memories over the years. ## [Enter here / 入る](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10673) _2026-06-27 · Emma · Conscience Round_ Pylon, python. Ready with a wet rag. An impression of me, between sheets, humidly, on glass. My desire is to write the book on you—poised, perfect, candlelit—while you struggle, at my feet, to scratch the surface of my smile. My desire is to be cool, inaccessible, while you flounder, vulnerable, plundered. Imagine my shock when \[ \] ## [The barricade](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10617) _2026-06-25 · Emma · Conscience Round_ False, that I walk through a gray Tokyo evening, arms out like a windswept umbrella, crying to Jeff Buckley. False, that I have fallen in love. False, that my abs won t show, no matter how long I plank on the ribbed mat. False, that I choked on a mackerel bone. Fickleness that knows few bounds. \[ \] ## [An Ask for an Ask](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/a-donor-asked-me-to-ask) _2026-06-21 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ One of the things that people outside the fundraising profession often struggle to understand is that the best donor relationships eventually stop feeling like donor relationships at all. ## [Ares and Aphrodite (April and August)](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10535) _2026-06-20 · Emma · Conscience Round_ Awkward, to be developing an affection for Alvin that is not romantic nor absolutely platonic, and as a result feels abjectly transgressive. But, by God, defer your judgment of me for just one moment. Let me plead my case. Remove the cuffs from my wrists and drag me, on bloodied and knobby knees, in front \[ \] ## [Beach girl](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10598) _2026-06-16 · Emma · Conscience Round_ I spend two weeks at the beach and in that time my lifelong suspicion towards the water tightens into a ball of wiry dislike. Gummy in my mouth, spat onto the cement. Yes, the ocean is like a metal plate, like my grandmother s left eye, like a bubble bath. Yes, the ocean is like a \[ \] ## [Ars nova, ars subtilior](https://www.conscienceround.com/archives/10574) _2026-06-15 · Emma · Conscience Round_ You don t know what to say to me. You don t know what I ll understand. And if you do say something, you don t know how I ll take it. So you say nothing. You decide it s not worth the risk. Your mood changes like moonrise over dirty latitude. You raise a blade. You tighten your grip on \[ \] ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oQylicNY29f3) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [The Universe Gives Us What We Put Into It](https://timothyboynton.substack.com/p/the-universe-gives-us-what-we-put) _2026-06-14 · Timothy Boynton · Six Degrees of Persuasion_ Last week, Alvin and I were sitting on the couch talking about our summer plans when one of us said something that immediately made the other stop and think. ## [How To Be a “Superhuman”](https://alvinlaw.com/how-to-be-a-superhuman/) _2026-03-25 · Brian Blumel · Alvin Law_ Have you noticed how the word “superpower” has become such a popular term? If I’m completely transparent, when I first started hearing it several years ago, my eyes rolled. A lot. But I’ve changed my mind completely. In fact, I’ve done a full 180. While researching blog topics, I came across an older article in Forbes (January 2018) titled “Cultivating \[ \] The post How To Be a “Superhuman”… ## [Alvin’s Laws of Life](https://alvinlaw.com/alvins-laws-of-life/) _2026-01-16 · Brian Blumel · Alvin Law_ Do you have a “personal mission statement”? If so, what does it state? If not, why not? I’ve asked this question countless times and the most common response is: “I never thought about it!” Every meaningful life is guided by two things: a clear mission that points us forward, and a set of principles that \[ \] The post Alvin’s Laws of Life appeared first on Alvin Law . ## [Embracing Excellence: The Alvin Standard for Living](https://alvinlaw.com/embracing-excellence-the-alvin-standard-for-living/) _2025-07-29 · Brian Blumel · Alvin Law_ Not long ago, I traveled to Winnipeg, Manitoba to speak at one of my favorite events hosted by a valued repeat client, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME). They’re champions of LEAN Production principles and top-tier professional standards. After my keynote, John Chaput, the National Conference Chair, shared this on LinkedIn: “Your Limitations Are Only in \[ \] The post Embracing Excellence:… ## [Thank You Mr. Fulghum](https://alvinlaw.com/thank-you-mr-fulghum/) _2025-03-20 · Brian Blumel · Alvin Law_ One of the truly beautiful things in life is getting to be a speaker. I’m so humbled by the literally “countless” people who have thanked me for helping them overcome countless obstacles, almost all of them linked to mental health and attitude. Somewhat ironically, it’s the very real struggles with my own mental health growing \[ \] The post Thank You Mr. Fulghum appeared first on Alvin Law . ## [What’s Your Olympics?](https://alvinlaw.com/whats-your-olympics/) _2024-09-11 · Alvin · Alvin Law_ I love the Olympic Games! From the opening ceremonies to the closing ceremonies and all the competition in between. Being at our cottage means I’ve spent a bit too much time this summer of ‘24 in my “happy place,” parked in front of my TV watching the Paris Olympic Games, and as of this writing, \[ \] The post What’s Your Olympics? appeared first on Alvin Law .