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    • Closing the Year: Reflecting on Change, Letting Go, and Setting Direction
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    • From French Bread to Garlic Focaccia — What Bread Taught Me About Change (Again)
    • Week One — Change Is Already Happening
    • From Dutch Oven to Focaccia: What Bread Taught Me About Change
    • Closing the Year: Reflecting on Change, Letting Go, and Setting Direction
    • Awareness Before Change
    • Calibrating the Compass: When Goals Shift and Life Changes
    • From Streetlights to AI: Lessons in Fear, Change, and Opportunity
    • Reset the Compass, When the Wind Changes, So Should You
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    • Single-Cloud First Was the Discipline — Now Let’s Talk About Movement
    • Single-Cloud First: Discipline, Not Dogma
    • Identity First: The Only Control Plane That Survives Every Cloud Decision
    • Agentic AI Isn’t Breaking Systems — It’s Exposing What We’ve Been Ignoring
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Posts Tagged ‘Navy SEAL Lessons’

Discipline vs. Motivation: Why One Lasts Longer

By mearls | October 1, 2025
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In our “Working on Self ” series, I shared lessons about micro-wins, staying in tension, reframing failure, and even the importance of taking a pause. Each of those pointed to a bigger truth: the real work begins inside.

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Working with Others: The Power of Connection

By mearls | September 30, 2025
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Growth doesn’t happen all at once, and it rarely occurs alone. You can train, work, and even fight through challenges on your own, but the most profound breakthroughs often come when you connect with others.

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