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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 19h

Stop treating AI extinction as breaking news. The fear that technology will wipe out humanity is nearly 100 years old. We are repeating a cycle of panic instead of asking better questions. #CriticalThinking #AIethics Hear the full episode: eliamdur.com/will-ai-kill-us-all/?u…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“We make tremendous strides when we do two things: admit ignorance and ask questions.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/will-ai-kill-us-all/?u… and join the

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ Vantage Point Ep 16: “Is AI Really Going to Kill Us All?” Listen now: eliamdur.com/will-ai-kill-us-all/?u…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Listen now - the new Vantage Point special: “The Greatest Non-Decision Ever Not Made” eliamdur.com/the-greatest-non-decis…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hiring for the long view: "The superstar you hire today could become CEO of your firm by 2050 and in turn hire the future CEO who will lead your company in 2099." Two steps from the 22nd century. Send this to a hiring manager. Listen: eliamdur.com/traits-not-skills/?utm…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/traits-not-skills/?utm… and join the conversation on Fac

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ Vantage Point Ep 15: “Hire for Traits, Not Skills” Listen now: eliamdur.com/traits-not-skills/?utm…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Listen now - the new Vantage Point special: “What Happens When You Hire Somebody You Shouldn't” eliamdur.com/what-happens-when-you-…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Would you hire this candidate? Thursday's Vantage Point special runs the hiring thought experiment we'd all use for the biggest job on the planet. eliamdur.com/what-happens-when-you-…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.” — Jonas Salk Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/where-ideas-come-from/… and join the conversation on Faceb

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Intuition and discovery: Jonas Salk, a disciplined researcher, believed "intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." Eli Amdur on the instinct that precedes the evidence. Save this for later. eliamdur.com/where-ideas-come-from/…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“In 2021 I had my COVID shot, first dose; my COVID shot, second dose; my pneumonia shot; my shingles shot, first dose; my shingles shot, second dose; my flu shot; and my COVID booster. When I was younger, doing shots was a much different activity.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, the

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why people say they aren't creative: schooling and routinized work "reward conformity, they reward compliance," while creativity "rewards defiance." Eli Amdur: properly channeled, that's a powerful force. Send this to someone told to fall in line. eliamdur.com/where-ideas-come-from/…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“the man who invented the polio vaccine and changed the world. Salk was a very disciplined, thorough researcher who also believed in intuition. His words: "Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." It was certainly the case with him, and he moved forward from there.” — Dr. Jonas Sal

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Creativity at work: "The most valuable asset any organization has is its employees' creativity. Creativity generates ideas. Ideas generate value." Eli Amdur on the asset that never shows up on a balance sheet. Save this for later. eliamdur.com/where-ideas-come-from/…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

WHAT IF… What if Jonas Salk had agreed with the lawyers at the University of Pittsburgh to go after a patent for the vaccine? The whole remainder of the twentieth century would have been different. He refused to let it take that long and pushed straight into distribution, which he could do because t

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ideas vs thoughts: "The guy who invented pizza had an idea. The guy who orders it has a nice thought." Eli Amdur on why hundreds of daily thoughts produce almost no ideas. Send this to someone who confuses the two. Listen: eliamdur.com/where-ideas-come-from/…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thinking outside the box, revisited: "When you think you're thinking out of the box, look around, you may just be in a bigger box." Eli Amdur's warning to his clients. Save this one. Listen: eliamdur.com/next-great-idea/?utm_s…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“God Bless America was written by Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin was an immigrant. God Bless America was written by an immigrant. Just saying.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/where-ideas-come-from/…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ Vantage Point Ep 13: “Where Do Ideas Come From?” Listen now: eliamdur.com/where-ideas-come-from/…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“Doing well and doing good are not the same thing, but they go together very nicely.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/next-great-idea/?utm_s… and join the conve

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

How bias shapes whose ideas get heard: we accept ideas more freely from senior leaders and executives with three degrees than from "smart, creative, fearless thinkers with the ink still wet on their bachelor's degrees." Save this. Listen: eliamdur.com/next-great-idea/?utm_s…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“while his medical-school classmates went into private practice and made fortunes, he went into research instead. When Salk's own lawyers told him, on the eve of release, that he hadn't patented the vaccine and a patent would take another year, he shut the conversation down: a year of delay meant ro

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Cognitive bias at work: "our own construct of reality, a reality we often seek in advance, tends to override objectivity." Eli Amdur on how that leads to narrowed options and lost opportunities. Save this one. Listen: eliamdur.com/next-great-idea/?utm_s…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“We fail only because we allow ourselves to fail.” — Eli Amdur Hear the full story at eliamdur.com/steal-eleven-days-from… and join the conversation on Facebook (facebook.com/v

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Listen now - our first Thursday episode of Vantage Point is live: “Steal Eleven Days From People and Watch What Happens” eliamdur.com/steal-eleven-days-from…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

WHAT IF… July 11, 1804 — the duel between Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, who as much as anyone built the country from its founding: the Treasury Department, the idea of public debt, the U.S. Coast Guard and later the Navy, the Bank of New York, the New York Post, trusted advisor t

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On why the stronger side loses: he had everything he needed to win, and he did not. Eli Amdur on the difference between resources and resolve. Send this to a history buff. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou… #histor

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Anonymous ideas: imagine every idea reached you with no name on it, judged only on merit before the source was revealed. Eli Amdur asks how many you'd accept would come from unexpected places. Send this to a leader who decides things. Listen: eliamdur.com/next-great-idea/?utm_s…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On human potential: people have wonderful possibilities and inscrutable depths, so there is nothing we cannot accomplish, we just have to do it. Eli Amdur. Save this. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou… #potential

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Turning education over to AI and robots will be about as effective as kissing through a glass window.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/next-great-idea/?utm_s…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What happens when eleven days just vanish, and an entire country loses its mind over it? Thursday, on Vantage Point. eliamdur.com?utm_source=bluesky&utm…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Starting this week, Vantage Point is doing something new: a second episode every week. First one drops Thursday. eliamdur.com?utm_source=bluesky&utm…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

NEW EPISODE 🎙️ Vantage Point Ep 12: “Will You Recognize the Next Great Idea?” Listen now: eliamdur.com/next-great-idea/?utm_s…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On growth and fear: throughout history we have stepped forward into growth or backward into safety. Eli Amdur on the people afraid to move. Send this to someone who needs a push. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On how humans develop: you will either step forward into growth or fall backward into safety. Eli Amdur on the choice we keep facing. Save this for a hard decision. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou… #growth

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

On human progress: judging by recent politics, one is tempted to challenge Darwin's theory of evolution. Eli Amdur, with a wry eye on where we are heading. Send this to a fellow skeptic. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

On purpose and legacy: the most important thing you can do with your life is something that will outlast you. Eli Amdur on thinking about the long haul. Save this for later. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou… #purpo

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

On leadership: not all great communicators can lead, but all great leaders can communicate. Eli Amdur repeats it so it sticks. Send this to someone building a team. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou… #leadership

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

On the lasting power of words: positive words were still yielding positive results long after the speaker was gone, all the way to that one giant leap. Eli Amdur on language that outlives us. Send this. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Judging by recent politics, one is tempted to challenge Darwin's theory of evolution.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou… and join the conve

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On the language of great speeches: 27 percent of the words in one famous line carry a positive valence, even out of context. Eli Amdur breaks down why word choice endures. Save this. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“The most important thing you can do with your life is something that will outlast you.” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou… and join the conv

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

On leadership communication: great leaders know the power of the positive word instinctively, but still work at it every day. Eli Amdur on the discipline behind influence. Save this. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“You will either step forward into growth or fall backward into safety." Eli's terse comment: falling backward is precisely what has happened over the last ten to twenty years, and it is why so little progress is being made in schools, education systems and social services — those who resist the tea

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

On leadership and communication: not all good communicators can lead, but all good leaders can communicate. Eli Amdur on why great leaders are communicators first. Send this to a leader you respect. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

WHAT IF… D-Day, June 6, 1944. Eisenhower launched Operation Overlord across Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, and as bloody as it was it succeeded — though it should not have, because Erwin Rommel, perhaps the most accomplished general in the world at the time, had everything he needed to defeat it

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

On the power of the positive word: Eli Amdur says positive words yield positive results, so true it needs no defense. Language shapes outcomes more than we admit. Send this to someone who chooses their words carefully. Listen: eliamdur.com/positive-word/?utm_sou…

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Columbus didn't discover America - indigenous people lived here for thousands of years. Eli Amdur on questioning the stories we inherit. Save this. Listen: eliamdur.com/spoon-fed/?utm_source=… #history

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Vantage Point with Eli Amdur @vpeli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“Not all great communicators can lead, but all great leaders can communicate." (earned over 15 years teaching Executive Communication and Leadership at Fairleigh Dickinson University)” — Eli Amdur Where do you land? Weigh in below, then hear the full episode at eliamdur.com/positive-word/?u

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