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True North: The Quiet Correction That Changes Everything

By on January 31, 2026

By Larry G. Patten
TTL Today – Reflect. Think. Live.

Most people don’t realize this: there are two Norths.

One is magnetic. The other is true.

Magnetic North is where your compass points—shaped by the shifting flow of Earth’s molten core. It’s not fixed. It drifts slowly over time. Right now, it’s moving toward Siberia.

True North is different. It never changes. It’s the precise point where the Earth’s axis emerges through the northernmost tip of the globe—the place where all lines of longitude converge. It is constant. Reliable. Anchored.

That difference matters.

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Survival in the 21st Century

By on January 31, 2026

 

 Back in the 1980s, I was asked to write a paper for a telecommunications organization’s executive retreat. The purpose was simple on the surface but enormous in scope: help a room full of leaders understand what the emerging world of computers and telecommunications was about to do to the future.

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Stand and Accept

By on January 31, 2026

There is a moment in every life when the noise gets so loud that you feel like you’re being pushed from the inside out.

Too many inputs. Too many opinions. Too many reminders of what you should be doing, what you should be thinking, what you should be afraid of, and what you should be outraged about. The world does not just offer information anymore. It leans on you to respond, to pick a side, to react quickly, to prove you belong.

And if you are not careful, you can spend years living as if you are always one step behind, always trying to catch up to the latest demand.

That is where this simple phrase comes in: stand and accept.

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From Blame to Better Outcomes

By on January 31, 2026

Real progress requires slower thinking, honest listening, and solutions that hold up over time.

I need to start with something honest: this is longer than a typical post. But the reason matters.

One of the hidden problems inside race relations is that we are trying to solve a generational, deeply human issue with the mental equivalent of bumper stickers. A few lines on social media. A clipped video. A hot take. A meme. A headline that is engineered to trigger emotion before thought.

That approach cannot produce understanding. It can only produce reaction.

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Life Happens

By on January 31, 2026

Life is going to happen. That part isn’t optional.

What matters more is what happens inside you when life hits—what you choose, what you protect, what you refuse to become, and what you decide to build from the wreckage.

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