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How to Course-Correct Your Future

How to Course-Correct Your Future by Dain Heer. Photograph of a hand holding a compass in the sun, by Tim Graf.
Photograph by Tim Graf

We manifest what we believe; to live in questions vs. conclusions allows our beliefs and our possibilities to evolve

Years ago, I was in Washington DC, standing outside of the White House, trying to make a video about possibilities. There were three different demonstrations in motion, and I could hardly hear myself over the many voices of frustration and fight. 

Right now, those voices are even louder. Turning on the news or reading an article online, we see a world in crisis with an on-going pandemic, protests, riots, racism, unemployment — and world leaders who

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