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The True Value of a Milestone and the Devil You Know

My manager retired this week. Twenty-eight years with the same company. Let that number sink in for a moment. She was a tough woman, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, an absolute hard-ass when the mission demanded it, but a … Continue reading

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The Beautiful Risk of Chasing a Difficult Dream

Sometimes the “rockstar” jobs pay surprisingly little. Not the literal rockstars, mind you. The ones who make it to stadium tours on private jets usually do just fine. I mean the professions that people grow up romanticizing. The careers where … Continue reading

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