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As a small business owner…
I started a business! I very briefly looked into starting a brewery way back when, but quickly learned that I enjoyed making beer much more than selling. Then I discovered you can buy beer at the store! I put entrepreneurship out of my mind until I was retiring for five minutes last winter. Though stressful, the experience taught…
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My high school graduate advice
Fortunately for my son, I wasn’t invited to speak at his high school graduation. Unfortunately for my son, he gets his capacity for emotional expression from me, so I’m taking several weeks to write what could have been spoken on that day. Had I been allowed to talk to the Northern High School class of 2021, this…
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Plutarch’s 13 Signs for Gauging Your Growth in Character — The Art of Manliness
In most areas of your life that you seek to improve, there’s an external metric you can look at in order to see if you’re getting better. Your pants get looser as you lose weight. Your kettlebells get heavier as you get stronger. Your net worth increases as you get wealthier. But how do you… Plutarch’s…
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Our Real Work
I’m still focused this month on drafting my to-be-formed company’s business plan (using a blend of Michael Porter’s value chain and Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas). Still, I want to share this poem for National Poetry Month. It was presented at my church as an agnostic work that simultaneously yearns for God’s plan. The pastor…
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Success versus happiness
This article from The Atlantic just blew me away when it was published. This month will be a short post as I focus on two longer form projects. Much is written and studied regarding happiness, yet it remains so elusive to many. The first Psalm of the Bible teaches us ancient wisdom for happiness and…
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I was retiring for five minutes
I was officially retiring [from the military, not working] on December 10 from 11:54 to 11:59 am. Then I changed my mind. The decision to retire was the hardest I’ve worked through. For starters, it was the first time I’ve ever had to make this decision. The military is not just a job or career,…
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The Type of Love That Makes People Happiest — Arthur C. Brooks | The Atlantic
“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. “I think I may have met my future wife,” I told my father on the phone, “but there are a few issues.” To be precise: I met the woman in question on a weeklong trip to Europe,… The…
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My top five most interesting podcasts
My interest in podcasts began in 2005 with listening to The Brewing Network on a second generation iPod Mini. What began as a way to pass the time cycling 11 miles to and from work grew into a way to zone out during all exercise. Instead of listening to music, I was thinking. Instead of…
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Welcome to Life. There Are Only Hard Facts and Harder Decisions. — RyanHoliday.net
One thing this pandemic has shown is that people have a problem facing facts. I don’t mean facts in the sense of the scientific data, although that’s clearly a problem as well judging by the litany of conspiracy theories that have become acceptable even in polite company. 1,664 more words Welcome to Life. There Are Only…
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My Testimony
tes·ti·mo·ny a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law. Oxford English Dictionary Several days post-Christmas seems like the perfect time to cast my testimony beyond the boundaries of church and into the internet. The quick and easy version of my story is that one day Todd invited me to…
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