Category Archives for "Mindset"

Plant. Cultivate. Harvest.

Plant, Cultivate, Harvest - The Way To Go

Somewhere along the way, as modern life shifted from an agricultural society to what we have today (should I call it a consumer society?), the basic rhythm that defines rural life, “plant, cultivate, harvest” was lost to many of us.  Instead we embrace a “want, get” ethic.  The problem is that in life many areas […]

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That Smug Upper Middle Class Mindset

That Smug Upper Middle Class Mindset

This post might offend you.  So be it.  I want to shift your thinking. When I first became a diplomat, I was working insane hours.  Honestly, it was sort of funny.  I had had this notion that federal government jobs were cushy and that an air of permanent vacation would pervade the work environment.  That […]

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