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Retaining and Developing Excellence

May 8, 2020May 9, 2020 by Jakob Gollon Leave a comment

How will we decide to approach that thing? Proceed intentionally, my friends.

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That is Stupid

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by Jakob Gollon Leave a comment

When we have a wild idea, many of the folks that truly care about our well-being seem to think that pursuing said idea would be, "stupid". Most of the time, it is. A small percentage of people are bold and courageous enough to pursue it anyway. But they ought not to be upset at their…

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Done Right

April 19, 2020 by Jakob Gollon Leave a comment

A Jakob's Journal short published on April 19th, 2020.

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Missing shots

April 18, 2020 by Jakob Gollon Leave a comment

We're not going to make every shot we take. By the time we're good enough to make them consistently, we've typically logged more misses than we can count. Then why shoot at all? Because not-shooting yields the same dull outcome as missing, and at least a missed shot provides an opportunity to learn.

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3 Lessons from the Garden

April 16, 2020 by Jakob Gollon Leave a comment

1. The sun takes no breaks. No matter how hard I work, sunburn will always suck. 2. The faster I move about, the slower things seem to grow. Nature has its own schedule. 3. We don’t control the weather. So, why bother stressing it?

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