My sons taught me an important lesson about listening. You can't just listen, you have to prove it. That's what makes listening "next-level."

My costliest mistake as a parent was trying to make my sons' world of curiosity and exploration more like the adult world.

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In this episode I talk about the three types of surplus we try to create - money, time, energy - and how the generosity of our neighbors make Halloween awesome on our block.

We have a rhythm in how we act to folks who are passing in an out of our lives. It's these interactions - with the people we will only see once, or, see infrequently - that will be what our community's culture feels like.

We don't have to be guarded, we don't have to keep people at arms length. When in doubt, let's just smile.

Did I earn more trust today?

That's the question to ask ourselves at the end of the day if we want to truly assess if we're good people. That's a big revelation I had over the past 7 years and a core concept in Character by Choice.

The question for this week's guided audio reflection is, "How much is enough?"

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In this episode I talk about the central question in the Character by Choice chapter on abundance. Can we innovate and grow our way through all our problems?

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This is a five minute audio reflection on the question, "What do we want our community to be like?"

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In this episode I make my case for why we should be good people. I think it's because that's the way to preserve two things: living in a world without rampant corruption, and, living in a world where we have freedom.

This is a guided audio reflection on the question "Why am I here?"

Thanks for letting me join you for five minutes of quiet.