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Cultivating Kindness

Breathing Life into Happiness This is a hard one for me. I am generally a kind person, but it may not be very apparent. It’s more of an internal kindness. The world gets a different version of me and that’s the rub. Building a Kinder Heart I have quite a bit of work to do […]

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You Are What You Eat: Emotional Diets Count Too

Jason Barrett Lacks Empathy I was thinking about the phrase “you are what you eat” today and it kind of hit me in a different way than it may have originally been intended.  I looked at it from an emotional standpoint.  What are you consuming emotionally, and purposefully, that affects your outward appearance? We humans […]

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Hiding from People We Recognize: Why Do We Do It?

Do You Hide From People You Recognize? That’s a tough question, now isn’t it?  I’ll repeat it so it can settle in a bit. Do you find yourself hiding from people? I was on a walk yesterday afternoon and I was strolling through my office park trying to clear my mind.  I rounded a bend […]

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My Life Today, June 6th, 2017

Nobody Wants to Hear It, But Go Ahead It’s June 6th, 2017, and I am ok to go. (see Jodie Foster clip from Contact). What I am reading? Tools of Titans What I am doing as a husband? It’s date night. That means dinner and a movie. What I am doing as a father? Wrestling, […]

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Prolonged Focus

The Back Story It was a Sunday afternoon.  The day was not unlike most Sunday afternoons for this Dad and CEO.  I had been woken up early by one of my youngest two boys.  Breakfast included coffee and a Lean1 protein shake.  The dog was walked.  A shower was taken.  The boys even had time […]

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I Sweat

My Confession: I sweat.  Please don’t read that as “I’m sweet.”  Anyone who knows me will tell you that I could be labeled as sweet, but in this case I’m talking about sweat.  The moist (sorry to those who hate that word choice) underarm nuisance that I have been forced to embrace. This is not […]

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The Difficulty of Writing

Writing Words is Tough Have you ever realized how difficult it is to write?  Maybe I am alone with this struggle, but I don’t think so.  I have seen too many people say the same thing over the years.  It is ridiculous.  It sucks. My method for overcoming the complete lack of words is to […]

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This Thing is Coming Alive

I don’t mean that (the title) in a weird sort of way. What I mean is that this blog, vlog and online space of mine is coming alive. I am getting there. What should you expect? Videos Books Ramblings Tips on running a business Tips on starting a business Ideas for consideration Many other things