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3,000 Steps anxiety burnout enlightenment meditation peace Jan 16, 2026

Sometimes the most important messages come with the fewest words.

☩ ☩ ☩ An Existential Excavation ☩ ☩ ☩

Something miraculous just happened to me.

Like a song in a dream, it must be captured quickly, lest...

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I Went Full “Grind & Grit” for 90 Days. Here’s What Happened. burnout mental health physical health productivity stress Jan 10, 2026

What allostatic load taught me about ambition, burnout, and the hidden cost of high performance.


I have been a CEO three times, a college president twice, built and ran a multi-million dollar, multipl...

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