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Out of a Different Kind of Darkness

I’m going to share a hard story with you about what’s been going on behind the scenes. It’s a story of struggle, perservance, and slow triumph and it’s still in-progress. I’m breaking it into parts both for readability and so that I’ll start sharing it sooner rather than later. On September 30th, 2011, our world [...]

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Getting Some Perspective On Your Epic Losses and Failures

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Cath Duncan of Remembering For Good. I know this is the season when we’re all supposed to be jolly, but for many people who’ve lost a loved one or whose business is failing, this is the toughest time of the year. Since we talk about life AND business [...]

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Eyes Forward

When you’re looking at a successful entrepreneur, remember that you’re looking at someone who has made a lot of mistakes in their time. They’ve bought the crap. They’ve bought into the crap. They’ve gambled. And lost. They’ve groped in the darkness and stubbed their toes a few times. They’ve reworked, reiterated, reframed, restarted, and revised. [...]

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My Second Run At Being A Captain

I found myself missing being in the Army last week. When Angela found out about it, she didn’t find herself missing us being in the Army, so a constructive and transformative conversation followed. To explain what I was missing, though, I’ll have to give you some background. My last two positions in the Army were [...]

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Every Moment Is A Chance To Practice

Many of us live by high ideals. The challenge of living with such high ideals is that we often find we don’t live up to them. We want to be openly generous and accidentally short-change a waiter. We want to support our friends and yet another week slides away with no contact. We believe in [...]

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What I’m Here To Do

The air on the bus was so thick with tension and fear you could hardly see through it. We had just spent our last night out as civilians. The Academy had pulled us all together and brought us to a hotel just outside of Newark where we had a social cocktail and meet & greet. [...]

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Keep Learning and Helping – Let Go Of Regret

[If you're reading this via email or RSS, you may have to click through to watch the short video.] One of the beauties of maturing is that you learn new ways to contribute to others. In my own case, I often regret that I couldn’t help people in the past the way I can today. [...]

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The Celebrity Conundrum: How To Use Your Status Without Losing Yourself

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Marissa Bracke. You don’t get to decide whether you’re a guru*. First, we have to establish two things: one, you control your own reactions, and two, you cannot control others’ reactions. If you’re with me on that, continue on. If you’re not, go ahead and stop reading, [...]

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Harnessing the Power of Endings

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ali Hale from Aliventures. As well as writing blog posts and the occasional ebook, I write fiction. And one of the things I struggle with most is endings. You’ve read novels and watched TV series and seen movies, so you’ll understand why. A great ending sticks with [...]

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