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2025 was a big year in my life and business. For the first time in years I’d like to share a part of my review…

Barrett Brooks
07 January 2026 • 30 min read

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A reflection on lineage, leadership, and why presence has been the quiet thread through every meaningful decision in my life and work. January 2026 marks…

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You can’t control the sunrisebut rather sit quietlyand wait For it to emergesome days orangeand glowing Some days hiddenfrom our eyesbut present in our heart…

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I get in bed and pull the covers up around me. I roll over to tell my wife good night….

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When things are going well, it’s easy to wait on the other shoe to drop. “See, I knew I wasn’t…

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In his classic management book, Good to Great, Jim Collins shares an idea called a flywheel. That concept can help…

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My wife was busy on that Saturday afternoon in 2014, so I pulled out my list of my friends in…

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19% of remote workers say that loneliness is their #1 struggle with working remotely according to Buffer and company’s 2019…

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March 1, 2018. I won’t forget that date any time soon because it was the day I made my first…