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Salty Parenting Advice
This week I introduce you to a great piece that will surely challenge you to be a better parent (or a better human in general if you don’t have kids). I also want to introduce you to a documentary I watched with my family. I really enjoy opening my family’s eyes to how other people and cultures live around the world. Lastly, some banger quotes for you to digest and stretch your mind a bit. A Concept I am Developing Being a better parent. This should always be the goal, right? Being a dad is one of my many hats, and when it comes to becoming better at life being…
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A Promise To Yourself
This week I wanted to introduce you guys to the concept of the Success Sequence, share a gift that I received this week with you, and of course, a few quotes to ponder. The Mother Theresa one means a lot to me, hopefully, you’ll find solid meaning in it as well. A Concept I am Exploring The “Success Sequence” is a framework to help young adults succeed in America today. It was first identified by social historian Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and Marline Pearson, a sociology professor and author of the Love Notes curriculum. Later, it was popularized by Brookings Institution scholars Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill. Basically, by implementing the…
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UFOs and Iceman
This week has an aeronautical theme. While I cannot avoid the topic of the most recent nostalgic/cultural phenomenon of Top Gun, perhaps I’ll share an angle you haven’t read or seen yet. I mixed in some solid UFO sighting material which I find interesting, especially from a government perspective, and as always some quotes that will get you thinking! Videos I am Watching With the Top Gun sequel, Maverick, killing it at the box office, I thought it might be cool to listen to a real Top Gun pilot and instructor talk about the movie and his career experiences. Here is Jocko Willink’s interview with Dave Berke, a real life…
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Laziness and Aggregation
This week, Three Action Thursday focuses on laziness and news aggregation (not aggravation) for efficiency. After that, some solid quotes to get you thinking about your life. Video I Watched The Pandemic Made You Lazy. In life and in business, the pandemic made us lazy. Maybe this sentence is true for you, maybe it is not. However, I bet most people if they are being honest will say they took their foot off of the gas pedal a bit. In this video Patrick Bet-David (PBD) focuses on business, however, it can definitely be applied to your personal life and how things have changed post-pandemic. Let PBD challenge you a bit.…
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Work You Love, Death, & Clouds
This week I have a TED Talk for you, the concept of negative thoughts just being clouds, and a double dose of some thought-provoking quotes. Enjoy! A Video I Watched with My Daughter My oldest daughter, LC, is fifteen but is taking her first dual enrollment college class this summer. Her first assignment was to watch a TED Talk by Scott Dinsmore entitled “How to find and do work that you love” and write a journal entry about how it impacted her. The video serves as something aspirational for young adults while reminding us “seasoned” adults about how we should be living our lives both personally and professionally. In researching…