Tag: love
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The Value of Invisibility
The Value of Invisibility: How Being Overlooked Can Develop Resilient Humility & Strength By Gene Burke You put everything into a project, time, energy, long nights, and careful planning. You adjust strategy, track metrics, refine your approach, and keep iterating. You do everything by the book. And still, nothing changes. No visible results. Silence. You…
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Watching My Dog Be Happy: A Lesson in Life
Some of life’s greatest lessons come from the most unexpected teachers. Recently, my wife and I made a decision that, on the surface, looked like “just” adopting a dog. But as I sit here reflecting, I realize it was much more than that, it was the beginning of a subtle but powerful shift in how…
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Osu no Seishin-The Spirit of Perseverance in Real Life
There’s a phrase that resonates deeply with me, Osu no Seishin. In martial arts, especially in disciplines like Kyokushin karate, this phrase embodies the “spirit of perseverance,” or more literally, “to push through.” It’s a mindset forged in sweat, repetition, and quiet struggle. And it doesn’t just belong in the dojo, it belongs everywhere. It…