Ordinary Cows

Johnnie Moore

Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

There are some things in life that are blindingly obvious.. and somehow I need to be reminded of them either by me or (more embarassingly) by life.

In future I shall refer to these phenomena as Ordinary Cows

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Patience

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Hard to believe

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