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12 Rule For Life

12 Rules For LifeAuthor: Dr. Jordan PetersonGenre: Self HelpPublisher: Random House CanadaPublished: January 23, 2018Format: HardcoverISBN: 978-0345816023 On the surface 12 Rules For Life is a simple self-help book. The title of each chapter gives you the last sentence and the crescendo of that chapter. At face value each rule is easy to understand. 1. Stand up straight with you shoulders back. 2. Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping. 3. Make friends Read More …

Radical Reflection (Psalm 7)

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“Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.” (Psalm 7:3-5, NRSV) Radical reflection is a difficult thing. It requires that we examine the recesses of our soul, shine light into the unlit crevices in our Read More …

New Goal: I am going to be the worst BJJ student.

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My Brazilian Jiu-Jistu Journey moves at the pace of cold molasses. The truth is, I’m keenly aware that this slow moving walk is at my own choosing. The book “The War of Art” calls what I face “resistance”. The book “Leading Marines” names it “friction”. But those are just nicer words for what it really is—excuses. (In my best Trump voice) All I have are excuses. I have the best excuses. No one has better Read More …