Author: Jim Gant

“Friends are the family we choose.” – Edna Buchman Your friendships are one of the major ways that you are going to experience life. Choose your friends, wisely. Choose them as if your life depended on it because one day it just might. Remember, these chosen friends will share in all your major victories and … Continue reading Day 347…Friends

Day 6 is my favorite day in the BBTL book. Day 346 is the most meaningful one for me. The relationships that you experience are the epicenter of life. They are why God created us. Relationships are one of the only means you have to experience life. Think about it. Contemplate what this means. Your … Continue reading Day 346…Relationships

I do not want to do today’s writing. It hits home with me. I struggled all day trying to figure out how to best address addiction. So, let’s just go clear, concise and direct shall we? 1. If you are reading this you are a high performer or are striving to become one. 2. If … Continue reading Day 345…Sober (or not)

Have you ever been called a coward? I have. Hermann Hesse called me one. He called me out for showing attributes and traits on the battlefield that I refused to bring home and use in my personal life. When I left home to go to combat, I never expected to come back. I said my … Continue reading Day 344…Mediation and Meditation

Hermann Hesse. Have you heard of him? In 1946 Hesse received the Nobel Prize in Literature. The places I have been with him I cannot explain. I learned of him from two of my ‘spiritual guides’ – Charles Cameron and my oldest son. I got to know Charles Cameron over at zenpundit.com – one of … Continue reading Day 344 Mediation and Musing and Music

Enlightenment. Very few words are as misunderstood. What does it mean? I am not enlightened – but I know a few people who are. I have spent more time than most with a few enlightened people. Love. One. Another. Go search for yourself. Go ahead and read all the books, watch all the YouTube videos … Continue reading Day 344…Enlightenment

Leaders: 1. You do not get the team you want; you get the team you DESERVE. 2. Your job is not to be likeable, but to be BELIEVABLE. A good leader does the hard work to prepare. A good leader ensures the plan is understood by all. A good leader always ensures that tasks are … Continue reading Day 342…Hit (hard) and help (harder)

The journey of Telamon begins in “The Tides of War” and moves through “The Virtues of War” and then concludes with “A Man at Arms”… From assassin to warrior-mentor to…??? To say I do not know Telamon would be a lie. To say that I know him would not be the truth, either. Every warrior … Continue reading Day 341 Meditation and Musing and Music