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[57] Legacy in Motion: The Story of My Great-Great-Grandfather

While I enjoy reading stories in many forms, there’s nothing quite like a biography.

Munger described reading biographies as gathering wisdom from the “eminent dead”. Not only is it entertaining but also enlightening. You get to glean first-hand experience without having to go through the tribulations. And you end up learning a lot about what not to do, versus finding a story to try and emulate.

More recently, I’ve read biographies about prominent Americans who helped shape the country: Franklin, Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Eisenhower, LBJ, James Baker…

And also financiers and businessmen: Jay Gould, Aristotle Oanassis, Lee Iococca, Walt Disney, J. Paul Getty, Rockefeller, Mark Rich…

And global figures: Mandela, Churchill….

And of contemporaries: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, David Goggins, Gary Stevenson, Andrew Wilkinson, Andre Agassi, J. Prince…

[58] A Sketch of The Life of Edward Courtney, Sr.

My favorite biography I’ve ever read was that of my great great grandfather, Edward Courtney, Sr. I wrote about him here. Here’s Edward’s life, in his own words. Also included is an obituary published in the Dubuque Herald on December 29, 1880. A SKETCH OF

[56] The Creative v. The Administrative: My Level-Up Strategy for the Video Game of Life

A friend told me recently, “a vision without a plan is a hallucination.” I like that. It got me thinking. I’ve spent a lot of time in my life fighting a quiet friction. An internal tug of war. A pendulum that swings back and forth.

[55] Mr. Story Teller and Me: Getting To Know My Inner Voice

All I am is the story I tell myself. Everything I feel, think and experience is based on my personal narrative, spoken to me by my inner voice. We all have an inner voice. Our personal narrator laying out our story for us, moment by

[54] Mental Ninja Training – My Journey with CBT – Part 1

There was a period in my life when I felt really low. My thoughts turned negative more than positive, which wasn’t my norm. I had trouble falling asleep and would stare at the ceiling for hours at night, my mind wondering. I felt tired. I

[52] For the Climb of Life & Biz, You Need a Trail Team

Building a business is like climbing a mountain. The journey of life, the same. Your trail winds around, up and down over ridge lines, through the valleys. There are overlooks where you stop and view where you came from, and where you’re going. There are

[50] Embracing A.I. and the Pace of Change

Over the last few years, I did a complete overhaul of my personal organizational system. I reorganized my calendar and how I manage my time. I created checklists for everything – my so-called standard operating procedures (SOPs) for repeatable tasks, even basic stuff like how

[47] Time is Like a Freight Train, Rolling Downhill

Time is like a freight train, rolling downhill. Day after day, the train picks up speed. Tomorrow becomes today, faster and faster, each day feeling shorter than the last. It feels that way because it’s true: each day is shorter than the last. When you’re

[46] A Lesson From Mooresville And My Friend Madam Mayor

I moved around a bit as a kid. During my early years, I lived in a few places near Huntsville, Alabama – and then spent my formative years in Charleston, South Carolina. But my hometown – my true hometown – is Mooresville, Alabama. Mooresville is

[45] On the Topic of Ethics: My Dad’s Singular Advice

My dad and I didn’t have the type of relationship where he would give me a lot of advice. It just wasn’t like that. If I asked him about something, he’d opine. But generally he kept his thoughts to himself and let me learn things

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