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Dog-Vetted Career Advice
Other than the occasional barking cameo, it’s unlikely my dog will ever be a guest on the Kook Jester Show. Arranging his thoughts into...

Dustin Dickout
Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Blog19. The Happy Podium
At the Hungarian Gran Prix on July 21, McLaren’s ‘spread the love’ strategy potentially drove a wedge through the team. Even though...

Dustin Dickout
Jul 29, 20243 min read
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Blog18. Skills, Curiosity, and Anger
Questions to Find What We're Meant to Do Asking ourselves what we are meant to do in life is a big, looming question. Although it can be...

Dustin Dickout
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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Blog17. 'Not Idiots' Can Do Lots of Things
Inside Out 2 opened on June 14. I’ve watched it twice. In the briefest of brief plot summaries, the movie portrays the emotional...

Dustin Dickout
Jul 11, 20242 min read
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Blog16. Behind the Name Part 11
Find Your Jesters! Back in the day, few parents wanted their kids to become a court jester. It was a dead end job. Constrained personal...

Dustin Dickout
Jun 13, 20242 min read
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Blog15. Behind the Name Part I
Links between kooks and the deranged, unhinged, and the idiot are common. Yet the term can also soften a bit describing an odd outlook,...

Dustin Dickout
May 31, 20242 min read
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Blog14.A Teachable Kook
In teachable moments, who ends up learning the lesson? ‘Teachable moments’ is a dreadful idea, mainly because it comes pre-baked with...

Dustin Dickout
Jun 16, 20232 min read
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Blog13.4am is Stupid Early
Normally, I'm up with the sun, but 4am is stupid early. The reason: a podcast interview. Living in the UK, my guest is 8 hours further...

Dustin Dickout
Apr 7, 20232 min read
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