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Very few people are willing to lay the blame at the feet of what is basically the foundation of our modern economy, so I don't expect anyone will be looking into this anytime soon. But, we need to start wondering who is exactly using who when it comes to our individual choices of entertainment.

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I am absolutely not saying that these things cause the actual neurodevelopmental disorder of Autism, but that the symptoms they have caused in people MIMC many of the diagnostic criteria. Not only have we expanded the target window, the signal to noise ratio has plummeted over the last 15 years.

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But my biggest disappointment, again, is the lack of any consideration that the expansion of diagnostic criteria to include more non-profound cases is only part of the situation here. This argument presumes that people have not been changed by 1) technology and 2) COVID-19 themselves.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 07/11/2025

This video is all over the place and needed a good editor to make it coherent, but it is a good analysis (I spot-checked) of the many problems with the administration's Tylenol = Autism (and probably the ultimate Vaccines = Autism) "argument." It's what you get when stupid people pretend to think.

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But you'll never know if you don't ask. It's hard to admit you need help. Often excruciatingly hard. But if there are things you just can't manage on your own, you are failing all the parts of you that are wonderful by letting them drag your down. We all have something to contribute to the world.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 07/11/2025

It's okay to be "Bad at Life." It's okay if you never learn how to be. The important thing is that you embrace it and get help with the things your brain doesn't handle well. Perhaps a friend is good at the things you are bad at. Perhaps they are bad at things you are good at.

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3. See reality clearly. The stories we tell ourselves are usually worse than what's actually happening. Break out of your head. You can do this. Learning is the first step. Trust yourself to take the next one. What fear have you been putting off facing?

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Discouragement - This one's harder. It's not about the task. It's about not trusting yourself to finish. 1. Talk to yourself like you'd talk to a friend. We're brutal to ourselves but kind to others. 2. Celebrate every win, no matter how small. Did something tiny today? That counts.

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Intimidation - You don't know enough. The project feels too big. You don't know where to begin. 1. Break it into tiny pieces. 2. Study it until you understand it better. (But know when to stop studying and start doing.) 3. Find something to love about it. Even befriend the fear itself.

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SofawolfOne 🔜 BLFC @sofawolfone.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Happy Halloween. Let's talk about the scariest thing in your career: the fear that stops you from starting. Not spooky ghosts. The real fear that causes procrastination. In my experience, this breaks down into two types: Intimidation & Discouragement

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Update on the job front! A colleague did a big broadcast to her email list, and now I have meetings this week with a community advertising magazine publisher, a national HVAC marketing coordinator, and (potentially) a public speaking coach. (More about me here: jeffery-eddy.super.site)

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Jeff Eddy — “The Order Collie”

A Minnesota-based Customer Success and Enablement professional with a background in IT Managed Services, SaaS Marketing Technology, and Professional Business Services.

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SofawolfOne 🔜 BLFC @sofawolfone.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Weekly reminder that I am looking for work! In the corporate sphere I do Customer Success and Enablement, but everywhere else I am essentially a Business Border Collie. If you have things that need doing which you are too busy to get done (or just hate doing) then I may be your huckleberry.

A smiling gray-bearded man that happens to be looking for work, being licked by a neighbor's red-and-white Siberian Husky who probably isn't looking for a job. Behind him sits a man in a Bolt shirt who is hoping the first man gets some money coming in pretty damn soon so that they can continue to afford food for everyone.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 19/10/2025

Cancel my calls, if you need me, I’ll be gibbering in the corner.

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If you have never been Neurodivergent before, congratulations... you are now. You don't need an official mental disorder to suffer the effects of them. We need to learn their skills and techniques now. We need to listen to those who know this terrain intimately. They are the leaders we need.

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We even already have a war plan! People who are Autistic, ADHD, Bipolar, and/or suffer from General Anxiety Disorder or Depression have been fighting this battle for decades. They've written hundreds of books to help others like them. Now we all suffer from the same symptoms they do.

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More and more I see the act of reclaiming our minds from the late stage attention economy, pernicious algorithms, political PsyOps, and GenAI slop as the fight of our age. We can't take our communities, our country, or our world back until we take back the sovereignty of our thought processes.

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The sad, broken people behind GenAI don't have any of that either. But rather than wanting to improve themselves (which they have more than enough free time and money to do if they cared to try) they want to make the rest of us dumber and more broken than them so that they can rule us.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 04/10/2025

Decades worth of speculative fiction plots have aliens that abduct / study / befriend humans in an effort to improve their own society which is threatened / dying because they lack the emotion / creativity / passion our brains have that makes us unique. Turns out we didn't need aliens.

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The first step in doing so is becoming aware of when you are being manipulated, and the quickest route to this is mindfulness and intentionality. Learn to step out of your thoughts and examine them, and ask whether what you are thinking is serving you or someone else.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 04/10/2025

The worst part of all of this is that the emotional hollowing-out of people is exactly the intent of the people behind GenAI. A populace unable to think for itself is easy to manipulate and exploit. Defending the sovereignty of your mind is no longer just a good idea, it is part of the resistance.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 03/10/2025

But, if you want a TLDR version: I help organize, inspire, and enable individuals and businesses to accomplish their goals sustainably and effectively so that they can maximize the good they do in the world. No job is too small and any lead or introduction is welcome!

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 03/10/2025

Now, running out of runway fast, I am seeking any sources of income I can find, from full-time to contract and coaching. My list of skills is appropriately huge for someone with 30+ years of experience and ADHD, so please check out my website for more details: jeff-eddy.super.site

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Jeff Eddy — “The Order Collie”

I’m a Minnesota-based Customer Success and Enablement professional with a varied background in IT Managed Services, SaaS Marketing Technology, and Professional Business Services. I’ve worked with rapi...

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 03/10/2025

It's been 2.5 years now since I was laid off from my 18.5+ year job in corporate. After spending 8+ months trying to find corporate work and getting crickets, I decided to try launching a solo career. It had a lot of bright spots and promising glimmers, until November 2024 and beyond.

A gray beared man in a white hat holding a baby bunny which was pretending to be invisible in the middle of the lawn I was trying to mow.

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Paws2Trail @paws2trail.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

From that same trip: Zeena and Gypsy both enjoyed foraging for blackberries along the trail in the woodlands. Tonttu has yet to learn this skill. #Hiking #Huskies #Blackberries

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 05/09/2025

Every day gives us the opportunity to take a step towards where we want to be tomorrow. As any hiker will tell you, big steps cover a lot of ground quickly, but wear you out. Seasoned hikers know it's a lot more sustainable to take little steps and enjoy the scenery. Enjoy the path to your goals.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 03/09/2025

Agile Life Design is ultimately a procrastination fighting toolkit. The strategy and execution system prevents indecisiveness, perfectionism, and overwhelm. The gamification layer spurs motivation and encourages rest and recovery. Whether your thing is big or small, ALD can help you do it.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 28/08/2025

Any maybe someday I will be able to do just that! But not this day. This day I need to sell things like Notion consulting for small businesses, and cohort + community programs like Agile Life Design. So if you, or someone you know, needs anything like these things, I'd love to talk to them!

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 28/08/2025

I mean, I like people well enough in the abstract... but I have no desire to help groups of them larger than four or five. But individuals? Especially individuals passionate about doing good (not "great", just good) things? I would help them all day every day for free... if I could.

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Jeff Eddy @ordercollie.com · 28/08/2025

Once I left corporate, it took me a long time to figure out who I really was and who I really wanted to be. I've always been a border collie and good at herding things, but the fact that I only liked doing it for the purpose of helping individuals was a surprising revelation.

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Agile Life Design Founder's Launch

- And even if I manage to dodge all of those, I never give myself time to pause and reflect and celebrate before plowing ahead with the next thing All stuff that I've designed agilelifedesign.com/ to help people address. (3/3)

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- Or I try to rely on motivation alone, fail whenever I have a down day, and never get back on the wagon - Or I don't pay attention to the little wins and never get through the "trough of despair" (where reality doesn't meet aspiration) (2/3)

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I've always been good at coming up with ideas, but the squirrel I have in place of a brain has never been any good at making them a reality. - I balk at the enormity of the task and how to even start - Or I spend months learning how to start but never actually put any of it into practice (1/3)

Closeup photo of the keyboard of a dusty and long-unused piano presented as an allegory of all the things I have ever wanted to accomplish but gave up on because I didn't have a system designed to bridge the gap between ambition and reality.

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She's in the process of working on ours and it's turning out absolutely perfect! (Placeholder Bluesky banner I just made -- the collie and the sheep are the work-in-progress of @thornwolf.bsky.social )

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I need a whole pack of them! I'm great at herding other people's problems but herding my own is a whole other story.

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Agile Life Design Founder's Launch

I'm accepting 30 people into the program as a Founder's Cohort to play-test the systems before I open the program to everyone in 2026. It's only $647 for 90 days of personal high-engagement attention. A few scholarships are available on request for individuals that need them. agilelifedesign.com

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I'm pretty excited about what finally came together with this program. It's a combination of tools designed to help you plan and organize, community to help you solve problems and lend encouragement to your efforts, and 1:1 coaching to help you fit the process into your natural cycles.

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It's designed to help people: - Break big goals into small achievable pieces - Turn habits and actions into a game you can always win - Channel efforts into short cycles you can adapt to your life - Remind you to celebrate your wins and adapt to new situations It's how to grow—organically...

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While often misused (at least I never saw it done right), agile is at its core a way to make continuous development and deployment of software possible. When you mash the two concepts together and then spend a LOT of time on them, you get Agile Life Design. It's a framework for achieving.

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