What If That Wasn’t a Meteor? Reality, Meaning, & Making Decisions in Chaos

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With the UDRIS meteor shower lighting up the night and Atlas supposedly still holding the sky together, Mike & Blaine ask the big, dumb questions that actually matter. How much of what we’re seeing is real, and how much is just our brains trying to explain chaos with comforting stories and myths?

The conversation moves from space junk and modern astronomy to ancient sky legends, then lands somewhere very familiar to business and leadership. When uncertainty hits — suddenly, loudly, and without warning — people default to narratives like “this will pass,” “we’ve seen this before,” or “someone else has it handled.” Sound familiar?

Mike & Blaine explore how unexpected events, whether meteors in the sky or shocks in the market, force better thinking if you’re willing to slow down. We talk signal vs noise, why timing always feels personal when stress is high, and why Atlas is the perfect metaphor for leadership, responsibility, and the pressure of not dropping the ball.

Part cosmic curiosity, part philosophical wandering, and part practical reminder: clarity doesn’t come from panic. Whether you’re staring at the night sky or a dashboard full of metrics, the real skill isn’t predicting the meteor — it’s knowing how to think when it shows up. Spoiler: we’re still not sure if Atlas shrugged… or sneezed.

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