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Today's episode is brought to you by:The Energy City Race: This is the Permian Basin’s largest road running event, and this year, the 5k, 10k, and Half Marathon event will be held on Saturday October 16th at the Fasken Oil and Ranch office park. The race is hosted by the Camron Stotts Foundation, an organization dedicated to carrying on Camron’s spirit of charity in our community with his passion for service to others. The Stotts Foundation uses the proceeds from the race to make grants to local non-profits with a focus on single-mothers, displaced children, the homeless, and victims of human trafficking. You can sign up or learn more at www.energycityrace.com, and be sure to use the discount code NoNeutralRunners (all one word) to save 20% on your registration!Admarc: The foundation of a product or company is its logo. Along with your brand identity it shapes how people define your company. For over three decades Admarc has designed logos for companies small and large across the Permian Basin and the country. After all, your identity is by design.Visit Admarc online at admarc.com or email Darrell, darrell@admarc.comLuchini & Mertz Land Surveying Co., a resilient business on a mission to faithfully serve clients & empower employees—all the while, building lifelong relationships through the art, science, and process of land surveying. In business since 1952, Luchini & Mertz is known for their dedication to clients and their customer service. Contact Bobby Burkholder for your surveying needs: bobbyb@luchinimertz.com///Consensus is the lazy leader's excuse to avoid conflict and discussion. Consensus is used a lot in terms like "climate consensus" or "scientific consensus" and it's used to silence a debate or control a narrative. Most of us don't know that it's happening to us but we know that it's happening around us.Consensus: general agreement or a majority opinion"...consensus is how we bully people into pretending that there's nothing to see, move along, everyone." (Tim Ferris interview with Eric Weinstein, episode 131)Establish the habit of challenging that which has become the consensus in your life (personally, professionally, spiritually)7 Practices/Suggestions:Realize the validity of occasional consensusPay close attention to when you are operating by consensus and not by expectations, progress, and/or targetsGet in the habit of regularly questioning the way you do thingsIntentionally challenge everythingAs you're challenging consensus, avoid challenging peopleAvoid guarding/protecting/defending/blaming when you're challenging consensusAccept the fact that some things will change and some will not