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Our Way of Proceeding (opens the original)
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I take a little camp chair to a hill near the house some mornings. I call it pond hill. There is a pond. And a hill. Not my best branding but it's stuck now. The pond is full of frogs (or toads?) during the summer. Well, I guess they are there in the winter too. Writing out highlights from books I've read is one of the ways I get my mornings going. Up on that hill, in the city, or wherever. Here’s one: "Self-awareness, ingenuity, love, and heroism. Not four techniques, but four principles formin
Frag Out (opens the original)
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I remember the first time I threw a hand grenade. It was a clay hole in Fort Benning, Georgia. There was a Staff Sergeant standing right next to me, and he walked me through every piece of it: how to hold it, when to throw it, what to say, what to do after. I was nervous. I threw it. He grabbed the back of my vest and yanked me down into that hole. I was glad he was there, helping make sure I didn't go boom. That's the thing about micromanagement. Whether it's help or not depends on why it's hap
Funny, But Not Funny (opens the original)
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Funny, but not funny, how it's easier to see something good when it's gone.How much of your today is what you wanted yesterday but you're too focused on tomorrow to see it? Take care. Be good.kv This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kellyvohs.substack.com
Decay (opens the original)
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You might have a decay problem at work. Life is often described as a stool with four legs. Health, family, work, faith/spirituality. Get one of these wrong and the whole thing tips over. What about at work? Here's three: Leg One: Results This is why we're here. If you run a business, that means making money. What you do with that money is up to you. Reinvest it, give it away, give it back to investors. When you decide what good results look like, you build a dashboard. You show up weekly, monthl
Heel, Toe (opens the original)
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My mornings are broken. I'm working on fixing it. Some combination of coffee, reading, writing, exercise, personal hygiene, then work. They started feeling like a bowl of Greek yogurt where I pick out the best blueberries. Negotiated mornings end up with me doing what I want to do. I leave the must-do berries in the bowl. I'm good at that. The routine. The rituals. Or the process. It matters. Maybe you're nodding right now because you agree or your finger is drifting to the close button because
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