A Life That Matters
I turned 66 this week. Birthdays don’t normally cause any particular reflection… I’ve had a lot of them at this point, and I’ve got reflection built into my life, so birthdays aren’t a trigger for that. But this year, there was…
I turned 66 this week. Birthdays don’t normally cause any particular reflection… I’ve had a lot of them at this point, and I’ve got reflection built into my life, so birthdays aren’t a trigger for that. But this year, there was…
My dad, though a man of few words, has given me some great advice over the years. One such pieces of advice was “You always end up getting paid what you’re worth. If you want to be paid more, figure out how…
This week I happened to have discussions, in some cases extensive, with several friends about retirement. These were friends who were staring at retirement, and were nervous about it. As I’ve been ‘retired’ from civil engineering since November 2017, and have what…
Our lives are enriched by our passions. As we become interested in something, we learn more about it. If it’s a practice, as we do it, we become more skilled. It’s fun to share these with others, and sometimes they also become intrigued. I…
One of the passages from my book take less. do more. that seems to be resonating with a lot of people is contained towards the end of Lesson 14. It’s about the story you tell yourself. Every life is filled with good and bad,…
I imagine we’ve all attended funerals, or memorials, or celebrations of life. It’s a chance to say goodbye to someone, to be with others that you shared that person’s life with. And if you’re in the Midwest, a chance to get some…
I’ve written before about what I call Secret Clubs. As we become interested in a particular topic or skill, we naturally learn more about it and/or get better at it through practice and experimentation. We get excited about the interest, and share it with…
Sahil Bloom’s Friday Five emails I find to be packed with short, interesting tidbits. In a recent one, he talked about the Laundry Cycle Theory. Bloom had been inspired by an exchange on the Mel Robbins Podcast: Mel: I’m probably not the only person that…
Welcome to the latest issue of the fortnightly GVP Newsletter! “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill For those of you wondering, the poll on Instagram to determine if the name ‘jelly-drippers’ (to describe…
I don’t read as much as I would like to these days. When I was building businesses, increasing skills to become a better leader, better husband, better engineer, better employee, better manager, better producer, better speaker, better writer… I was constantly…
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