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(Friday Filosophy 11/18/22)

Happy Freakin’ Friday!

Welcome back to another edition of Friday Filosophy.  Since I added this element to the newsletter, this is the 200th Friday installment! So...

She came up on me like a Cat-5 hurricane.  Within ten minutes of meeting, she had regaled me with at least four different tragedies from her past.  The drama and trauma were palpable. By the time sh...

It only took 11 negative dysfunctional relationships in a row for me to question whether I might just happen to have some culpability in the results.  It was the same dynamic after numerous busi...

We’ve talked a lot in this space about the mythical hero’s journey, and how it applies in our day-to-day lives.  One of the common hero journey myths is slaying the dragon.  In European...

Most people like to think that prosperity comes as a result of, random chance, unplanned accident, or simply luck.  This is a common and comfortable belief because it removes any personal respon...

CNBC offers non-stop “Shark Tank” reruns almost nightly.  I’ve been binge watching over the holidays and couldn’t help but notice how misogynistic and demeaning the male sharks behave to...

Funny coincidence:  I’m working with two different writers in my author apprentice program and yesterday gave the same advice to both of them.  Specifically, that for their (very different...

There are random acts, but no random lives.  As you now know, your life (whether we’re discussing the old one or the reboot you desire to create) is the harvest of the thoughts you give precedence ...