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Growth Requires Change

Last week my wife and I spent a lovely weekend in Los Angeles. We invaded my cousin’s home and spent time with his wonderful family. As an aside, the two energetic and precocious boys we temporarily displaced from their bedroom made me feel both wistful and relieved as I thought...
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Decision-making

Trim Beards and Bologna with Razors

Every Fall I let my beard grow out (if you can call the white mass of unruly hair on my chin a beard). The last time I completely shaved my beard, I received the following feedback from my kids: “You look funny. Don’t do that again.” You have to love...
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Life Plan Retirement Work

3 Ways to Stay Positive in Our Crazy World

“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really: Get busy living, or get busy dying.” This is my favorite quote from one of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption.  Andy Dufresne (played by Tim Robbins) is an innocent man who is wrongly convicted and imprisoned for a horrific crime. ...
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Life Plan

The 8 Life Missions of Dave Cook

I still recall where I was when my wife Janine texted me on the morning of September 21, 2016.  I was in a meeting in Folsom, CA when I received her message along the lines of: “Hey not to alarm you but Dave hasn’t checked in when he said he...
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Career Coaching Work

3 Things I Failed at During My Career

“I’m super excited for school to start!” said my kids never.  In reality, they are excited for high school…to play soccer and see their friends.  It’s all the getting up early and going to class parts that they’re not such big fans of.  Learning is, of course, super important.  However,...
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Budget Life Plan Personal Finance

4 Key Financial Habits for Young People

Quick question: how many of your New Year resolutions have you continued to follow through on now that we’re more than halfway through the year?  None?  That’s my answer.  In full disclosure, I actually no longer make resolutions for the coming year.  I’ve come to realize that no amount of will...
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  1. AdamR on Lessons from DadJuly 10, 2023

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