Author: Jim Gant

Whether you are fortunate enough to find yourself in a coalition or you are in the suffocating surrounding of a pyramid, here is something that will help you: Identify your true friendships. So, today two gifts. First, an introduction to Henri J.M. Nouwen. You have to spend some time with this wonderful person, who is … Continue reading Day 340…Pyramid or coalition

You and I are God’s children, I believe. God gives us the freedom to choose our way forward and loves us anyway. As I bathe in this truth, it reminds me there is so much I don’t know with regard to His world, so why should I get so bent when others are finding their … Continue reading Day 339…We are family

Moving fast, yes? Doing a lot of stuff, yes? Shooting for your next PR, yes? The next journey, yes? The next challenge, yes? Not enough time, for sure. Many of you reading this are already high performers. If you weren’t, you wouldn’t be reading this. Here is a sound barrier for you – silence. Have … Continue reading Day 338…Sound barriers

Even if we aren’t sure whether we’ll make it to age 90, we can benefit from the wisdom of those who do: First, they wish they had taken more risks. Second, they wish they had spent more time with those they love. Third, they wish they had reflected more. Like most things, this sounds simple. … Continue reading Day 337…Regrets

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Initiate with a loved one, teammate or old forgotten friend. Do it today. Today, I initiated contact with a person who was responsible for helping me live my dreams and who helped me pick up the pieces after the dream fell apart. It had been too long since I said, … Continue reading Day 336…Initiate

My dad and I read books together. Then we write our thoughts. Then we share. Some books we re-read. We have covered many of the spiritual classics and both love CS Lewis and the Bhagavad Gita. Thank you, dear dad, for all the great books (so many!) we have read and re-read and talked about … Continue reading DAY 334 Meditation and Musing and Music

Read day 335 in the BBTL book before you read on…because: You are not immune to the inability to attune. If I were going to boil down my experience fighting in three major wars with one takeaway, it would be this quote of mine from the book “American Spartan”: “Relationship building is the weapon; time … Continue reading Day 335…Attune

Since I already stole Chet’s words for day 334 for Thanksgiving, I have an open mic. Read! Write! Contemplate! If you spend any amount of time with the BTL crew, you will for certain hear this melody line played out over and over. My own journey has been propelled forward by this simple process. Choose … Continue reading Day 334…Read, write and contemplate