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Glen Van Peski
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Connections

Level Up
Connections Uncertainty

Level Up

ByShelli Stein March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

Lately, I’ve been pondering the idea of fate and realizing that fate comes in all shapes and sizes. Seems to me we’re living our fate every day and on so many levels, it’s hard to fathom. It’s challenging to be…

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Survival of the Friendliest
Community Connections Relationships

Survival of the Friendliest

ByGlen Van Peski January 16, 2025January 15, 2025

In their book The Genius of Dogs, Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods explore the cognitive abilities of dogs, arguing that they have unique intelligence, based on their social skills.  I haven’t finished the book yet, as we are listening to it on…

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Traditions
Connections Food Relationships

Traditions

ByGlen Van Peski January 3, 2025January 3, 2025

The winding down of the holidays doesn’t involve the same excitement as the run up to them.  The ornaments are packed away, the tree will soon be on the curb for the Boy Scouts to cart away.  But it’s a great time…

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The Person We See
Connections Relationships

The Person We See

ByGlen Van Peski September 26, 2024September 28, 2024

Today is our anniversary… not our real anniversary, but our monthly observance that we call Anniversary Date Night, or ADN for short.  I’ve written on various relationship hacks I’ve developed over the years, in Tips from an Old Married Guy, based on…

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Am I the Only One Who Can Do This?
Connections Retirement Travel

Am I the Only One Who Can Do This?

ByGlen Van Peski August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

I spent the last two weeks in Iceland, walking and eating and talking with a diverse group of very successful people.  The creator of the trip, and the common connection to all of us, was John Mackey.  He loves to get his…

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A Life That Matters
Community Connections

A Life That Matters

ByGlen Van Peski July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

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…

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Secret Club: Luv Ya Bye
Connections Relationships

Secret Club: Luv Ya Bye

ByGlen Van Peski May 30, 2024May 15, 2024

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…

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They are There to this Day
Connections Relationships

They are There to this Day

ByGlen Van Peski May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

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,…

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Attending Your Own Funeral
Community Connections

Attending Your Own Funeral

ByGlen Van Peski April 18, 2024April 18, 2024

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…

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Secret Club: PDX Carpet
Community Connections Curiosity

Secret Club: PDX Carpet

ByGlen Van Peski March 21, 2024March 21, 2024

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…

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