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I read the following from my friend Melissa last week:

“I’m learning, little by little, to let go of the idea that I have to get everything done. I’m learning—slowly, but surely—to let go of that anxious feeling I get in the silent moments when I’m not typing away on my computer or out networking with a group of people. And I’m doing my best to remember what I know at my core to be true: that the silent moments and unexpected events are what I’ll remember when my time on this awesome planet is over.” 

The biggest challenge for me as an entrepreneur has simply been learning how to best manage the ebb and flow that comes with running your own business. At times things flow through at an insane pace and I feel like I can’t possibly keep up, much less get ahead. And when things slow down just a bit, I feel the pressure to put my foot down firmly on the gas to make sure things pick back up and there’s no loss in momentum.

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“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” - Mark Twain

As we lay my grandfather to rest today, I can’t help but think about death. The first emotion that comes to mind is fear. But I realized yesterday, as I gathered amongst family at my grandpa’s wake – it’s not that I (and we) are afraid of dying. We’re afraid of not truly having lived a full life.

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Today I’m back with my first video post in over a year. Since then I’ve gotten a little wiser and my hair’s gotten a little longer.

Hard to believe, but I’ve been writing here on LWP for four years now! It took me a couple of those years to really get to a place where I actually enjoyed writing.

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Ready is a myth

Last week I grabbed a beer with my good buddy Brett and shortly after went to Jon Acuff’s book-launch-palooza (which, by the way, remind me that when I publish my first book, to rent out a classy old movie theatre and have a big party with 250 of my friends).

As the night came to a close and I drove home, one message swirled through my head from the conversations I’d had that night. The message was this:

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