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In life we have two choices: experience or exist. Every week each of us make that choice: To seek a way to live or to simply get by. Walk alongside me each week on Strive Seek Find as we continue seeking our own Brilliant Future.
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A friend of mine recently retired who has had a tremendous impact on me personally and professionally over the past six years. She listens to the pod and so this is my personal thank you.
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This week on Strive Seek Find , I find myself knocking the rust off some old farming relating skills while teaching them to my kids. We had a week that ranged from fencing to gun safety with many things in between.
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You can be right or you can be in a relationship, but in the current world why are relationships so difficult that people are struggling with isolation?
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So we got out of town overnight this week. It was a great reminder that simplicity isn't always a bad and complex isn't always good. Camping and kayaking with family and , as always, trying something new.
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Today a family road trip moved us from getting off the grid to making future plans. Join us on the road to camping and Huckleberry scouting.
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Tonight I'm back and talking about finding new ways to improve old, possibly discarded skills
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This week I discuss enjoying your passions through the lens of our local Gem State Comic Con.
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Recently I managed to get out and snowshoe for the second time this year. In this week's epsiosde I dicuss what I learn from this and other snowshoeing experiences including some that would make Red Foreman use his catch phrase.
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This week I'm joined by writer Russ Cunningham as he shares his passion for writing science fiction and fantasy. Along the way we discuss our own time writing together and share some memories of college.
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Today's episode I reach back to earlier days in my career and how to respond to people who choose to be passive agressive and how it led to my fictional law firm of Whitmore, Whiteman Whittemore and Whitman .
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This week on Strive Seek Find we dip into science news and NASA's development of a Nuclear Rocket Engine and how it could impact our future.
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Today I sit down with Robert Emerson freelance game designer, writer and creative to discuss his experiences in game design and passion for role playing games.
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In this week's episode we look briefly at how resilency and how to nuture it adults and children alike.
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Work Travel is a different beast. there are no two way about it. This week I had the opportunity to explore San Antonio through a work lens with colleagues. It was a great experience my first time in Texas and a wonderful opportunity to build relationships. All that plus:
1. My definitive grade on Whataburger
2. My take on Texas BBQ
3. Some great places to check out in San Antonio
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This week is a brief look at what you could value beyond money in your career.
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This past week, thanks to a dear friend, I had the opportunity to consider areas I've become less flexible and more prone to "Get off my lawn" Join me as I consider the melt flexiblity needed to not become set in our ways.
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This week we take a brief look at milestones, what they are and some huge ones that have hit in my house this week.
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Starting out 2023 its important to think about the #cruible you have been through and consider how those experiencescan forge you into something new.
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Today I'm joined by Amy for the latest of the Whiskey with the Whitmores episodes of Strive Seek Find. We discuss family traditions, how and why they change and the power they have with children.
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As we arrive at the holidays its important to step back and give ourselves space to slow down and think. Today I found myself reflecting while snowshoeing about the importance of giving yourself time to just Be.
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Today I want to hold myself #accountable. It is easy to lose track of the good things in life whether they be people or events that make life special. So in this week's episode I discuss some of what I've been #grateful for this year.
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On today's episode we are joined by Heath Britt, one half of the outstanding E14 podcast and retired Navy Chief. We have a #dram of #whiskey and discuss his #service in the #Navy.
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This week I visit Sockeye Brewings gastropub in Boise Idaho. Sockeye is the 3rd largest brewery in the state of Idaho and puts out the #1 selling beer in the state with their Dagger Falls IPA. Join me and guest Charlie Ruff as we explore this Idaho original.
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Today you will ride along on a the best family hike of the summer: The Bloods Lake's hike near Park City Utah.
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Today we are joined by Professor Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff, a professor of Legal writing at ASU's Sandra Day O'Conor College of Law as she shares her passion for Legal education with us. She shares not only her passion for Legal education, but also offers advice and paths to mentorship for those who want to enter the field.
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In this episode we will be learning about the orgins of an Idaho mystery : The Nampa Figurine. We will briefly describe the history of the figurine and try to discover whether it is fraud or forgotten history:
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In today's episode we talk about the importance to continuing to try new things as we age. How our reactions and expectations as adults to new learning are far different than those we have as children and how to fight it.
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This week Strive Seek Find addressed grief under the guise of an unexpected trip and undealt with emotion.
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Last week we were unexpectedly kid free for two nights. initiallly we had big plans and then reality set in: we learned we are not effienct when used to living in ineffiency. So this weekend over fire I reflect and enjoy the situation.
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Today we are discussion avoiding hard conversations both personally and professionally and the impact they can have on our life.
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As we turn turn the corner towards father's day next week it seems important to reflect on what we have learned from our fathers or those who fill that role for us. This takes me back to episode 25 of season 2: Dad's Life Lessons.
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After being inspired by the comic book Planetary we hed down the rabbit hole to prove that our world is more strange and amazing than we usually think about.
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This week on Strive Seek Find we touch on the damage that Covid did to professional and some personal relationships and how to fix them. And later A Finish brewery shows support for Finland joining NATO in a truly appropriate fashion.
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Here's the deal. I have some incredible kids. And tonight they reminded me that I have been closed off and thinking of failure incorrectly. As an end rather than an opportunity. This is the result.
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Today we explore an Idaho hidden gem: Kindred Winery. A small winery on Idaho's Sunnyslope region. Join us as we enjoy some amazing hospitality along side a great flight of local wines.
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Welcome to Episode 103 of the Strive Seek Find Podcast.
Today we will be discussing the benefits of boredom and what it can do for us in this time of thoughtless distraction.
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In today’s episode I thought I’d touch on the ever present Blame Game. What it does to you and where it might come from.
Also we will be touching on an issue that should have American’s concerned regarding the treatment of sailors in the U.S. Navy and History Podcast that a friend introduced me to.
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For tonight's episode I reflect on my changing relationship with my oldest daughter as she moves into new phase of life.
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Today we are celebrating and learning. After 100 episodes I wanted to share gratitude and what I have learned along the way.
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When traveling expectations do not always meet reality. The magic in travel is in the unexpected; the gems that become our most treasured memories. Today on Strive Seek Find we wil be discussing these opportunities in the form of the San Diego Zoo.
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Today on Strive Seek Find we will be interviewing Ian McGlynn about his 21 year military career and his impending retirement. Along the way we will enjoy some good scotch and talk podcasting.
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And just like that the vaction is over and we are home. It was a wonderful if short trip. My theory of travel is always that you are going to learn something along the way. San Diego proved that true in spades.
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On a quick vacation for part of this week it seemed like to a good time discuss traveling with kids and the anxiety that comes with it. So from my hotel room in Mission Beach a special on location episode.
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This week I'm discussing the posiblity of a more efficent Space Drive and Hope for the Future.
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It was another beautiful night in my truck waiting for practice to get over. It gave me the opporutnity to process how life experience impacts your reactions as well as your ability to deal with others who do not share those life experiences.
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Today I invited my daughter Katrina to defend her favorite movie on the podcast. Call it a new challenge for a young person. We discuss her favorite Marvel Movie Black Panther, touch on the flowing locks of "Mermaid" Jason Momoa and generally have a good time.
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Tonight as I was sitting outside of one of the many practices that part and parcel of evenings right now, I found myself reflecting on how to find peace even as the world continues to accelerate.
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In today's episode we look at the impact that teaching someone a skill can have on the teacher.
With a shout out to Raye of Not Before Coffee for allowing my daughter and I to visit with here about Brandon Sanerson's Skyward
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I’m on the road this week. Off in the wilds of Eastern Idaho helping out and letting my kids play in the snow for a weekend.
It’s been pleasant. The stress of day to day has dropped aside temporarily and the girls have relaxed. And its given me enough time to to breath… and consider.
And of course that has lead to a little different approach to recording tonight. I’m sitting here recording with my portable microphone as the wind howling and snow on the way
Between helping and card games with the girls I had more time to process than I have had in a long long time
So tonight isn’t going to be what I had originally planned for last week… and then this week.. Those episodes will come..
InsteadI thought I’d share some things that have been on my mind the last couple of days. And perhaps… just perhaps call myself out publicly a bit
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Today on Strive Seek Find we are taking a look at expertise and experts. What sort of factors impact their confidence and competence ?
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A review of Reacher
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Today we will be discussing instutional and cultural memory through the lens of the addition of "In God We Trust " on our currency. We will look at historical context and asking questions of the world around us.
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In this week's episode of Strive Seek Find I'm joined by my wife Amy as we talk about the different types of travel we have enjoyed in the last 20 years. from solo trips to family we talk about the strengths and challenges of each type of travel.
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People have been asking about education as of late. Here are their questions and my answers.
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Grab your sleeping bag and head to the mountains to find yourself some peace.
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Steering language choice and emotional loading—control people’s responses, emotions, and perceptions of events. And from politics to advertising from the book of face experts catch us unaware.
There are literally 100s of these repurposed or misquoted quotes that that pervade our culture. Today we are going to look at a few of these… a couple of favorites… and a couple that my research changed my thinking on.
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This week on Strive Seek Find we look at how the old analogy "burn your ships behind you", discuss a bit of the history behind it and how its been co-opted by the wrong ideas in leadership.
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New Year New beginnings” thousands if not millions of people are just days away from declaring their intention to change through the traditional New Years resolution.
For most of us…. This is a complete crock of crap
Not because change is bad…. But because of what we think making change is.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast. I’m your host Chance Whitmore. Its been a chaotic month. Death of my dad, the holidays and work have created one of the more challenging months that I can remember. Its been tough… and emotional.. and honestly I won’t pretend to be over it. That being said. Life moves on.
While I’m not batting 100…. I thought today I thought I might share some things that my father taught me that have helped me over the years
And hopefully they help you.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast, I’m your host Chance Whitmore. So for a variety of reasons my head is all over the place this week. Eventually you will heard about many of these, but today it seemed to be appropriate to hit something simple. Here in the states we have Thanksgiving this week. Now ignoring some of the sanitized history of the celebration (one of many we will get to eventually), it has become of time of family togetherness. Today has me thinking about all the things I’ve learned from my family.
Not going to talk about morals,
Work ethic
Or any of the 1000s of important things they’ve taught me.
Today is sharing a story that was shared with me years ago… and some possible meanings for it. The Story of the Idaho Kid.
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About a year ago I had an episode (which I’ll link to on my website) where I’d talked about the idea trying to raise fearless girls. One many things had reinforced for me in the past year is the positive and negative impacts that fear can have on you… and what you can learn from it. both yourself and your kids.
Special Feature: a post election rant
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast. I’m your host Chance Whitmore. This episode marks the questions “ Ten questions” episode . The ten questions episodes are based around a simple concept: Allowing people to talk about the things they are passionate about. It can be a job, hobby, cause, or anything in between. Today I’m joined by Zac, an avid expert camper and long time friend.
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About a year ago I put up an episode that ended up being my most listened to ever… “Let’s not be an Object Lesson” on the eve of the Presidential elections. I was worried about reactions to the election and apparently while I had the time frame off. The concern was real (thanks a lot January 6), but we are just beginning to look at the myriad of ways that our society has be impacted in the last few years.
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So… life is the most normal that we have seen around my house in the nlast several years. The latest sign of this is… everyone… Has activities. Basketball, dance, and martial arts (my daughter is already groaning at my Kung fu jokes. So when there was a chance to sneak away for an hour this weekend. We ran with it.
What was supposed to be 3 quick winery pickups (so that Amy could pick up her wine club wines) turned int to a sit down and discuss tasting at one of our wonderful local wineries..
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Parenting at the best of times is a dubious adventure wrapped up in stress excitement, guilt, and , a large helping of “What the hell are they thinking? I’m sure that’s not ever going to change
As kids grow up one of our jobs is to know when its time to back off and let go…. And when it is time to keep the framework so they have structure.
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Many of us have looking for meaning in the events of the last two years. While watching the news recently something hit me: Are we stuck in a societal cycle of grief?
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Sometimes Its life’s small events that remind you of what’s important. That’s been my weekend. And with gratitude I thought I’d share this with you today.
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The old saying is the squeaky wheel gets greased. To certain extent that is true, but somewhere along the line people have translated this to mean “Whoever screams loudest and longest get’s there way. And honestly, that’s problematic.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast I’m your host, Chance Whitmore. Life is easy when everything is hitting on all cylinders… These days it often is not. This week, as we return to school I’m reminded of this very fact. How we deal with parts of our life being spinning (nearly) out of control will whether we control the insanity… or collapse under the strain of a life stretched completely out of shape. And it that makes you think.
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I have to say hearing the phrase “well it’s the new normal” makes me want to scream. Not sure why. Perhaps because we aren’t close to stability or that we are tone deafly marching forward in denial, but either way it has joined my list of most hated phrases. So today, rather than claiming things are back to normal, I thought reminder of where we are at might be in order.
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It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the Whitmore Household. School starts with all the chaos that ensues as we moved from one schedule to five distinctly separate schedule. At the best of times it’s a sprint and worst its running through the forest at night with your eyes closed.
And then the special chaos arrived.
Called to school on day 4 to pick up my daughter because she wasn’t feeling well. Normal year no big deal This year… tested… and positive for Covid. 3 days after my body started to crash.. and my positive test soon followed.
What followed has made for a discombobulated and interesting week. So as I sit her on my 7th.. or is it 8th day.. locked in my bedroom I may sound a little preachy today… take it for what its worth.
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The ten questions episodes are based around a simple concept: Allowing people to talk about the things they are passionate about. It can be a job, hobby, cause, or anything in between. Today I’m joined by Dave from the Beer in Front Podcast about his enjoyment of podcasting and beer. So join us in learning the why of the Beer in Front Pocast and what we can learn from Dave's passion.
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Bernard Shaw once said “Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable." And at times when we’re grinding, I can’t help but think that is true.
As I am starting back into my “busy 9 months” I find myself thinking about how to capture the “mental energy” in a bottle to sustain me through the cold winter months. Those times of years where the grind of the job and life makes you lag just a bit. And it looks like I may have found the ticket…. Firing up the creativity.
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We’ve been home from Hawaii exactly a week as we record this. It feels oh so much longer than that. In the second of several of our Hawaii vacation episodes, tonight Amy and I will discuss our eclectic alcohol experiences while spending on the week on big island.
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This episode marks second “ Ten questions” episode . The ten questions episodes are based around a simple concept: Allowing people to talk about the things they are passionate about. It can be a job, hobby, cause, or anything in between. Today I’m joined by Phil Diplock, head baseball coach at a local high school.
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Going to geek out a bit today. A little celebration of parts of myself that I have been missing a bit for the last year or two.
In the last few month as things have begun to loosen up ( as much as it will for the foreseeable future and some of my other interests have started to come back. Today I thought I’d talk about a few of these beginnning with movies and books.
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Well while in Hawaii its important to have a few new life experiences. This is the first of several episodes that are coming out of ourHawaiian adventures. Join Amy and I today as we hike the Kuleana Iki trail that takes you through floor of a dormant volcano.
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Con men, flim-flam artists the like, when it comes to movies we revel in their getting away with it while knowing eventually they will eventually get there comeuppance , it is easy to forget in those situations these people are the worst kind of predator preying on the susceptible. Today we are going to look at a few of the worst cases and talk briefly about what they all have in common and what they were looking for.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast. I’m your host Chance Whitmore. This episode marks the first of a new type of episodes. “ Ten questions”. The ten questions episodes are based around a simple concept: Allowing people to talk about the things they are passionate about. It can be a job, hobby, cause, or anything in between. Tonight for our inaugural episode, I’m joined by Rudy, who among his fascinating hobbies, builds some amazing Fishing poles.
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After lockdown, post lock down, another variant is a coming and a million other things I’m fairly sure that we are ALL Ready to get away. How an what this looks like will be different for everyone. Knowing the vacation styles of those you travel with and what they need is important for your stress level.
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Welcome back to Season 2. A few weeks ago I road tripped into Oregon for the first time in over a year. It gave me an opportunity to look at things through new eyes because while Oregon borders on Idaho… they tend to be very different places at the heart. In a previous bonus episode I touched on some the high quality beverages that seem to be everywhere in Oregon , today I thought it would be appropriate to touch on another ubiquitous Oregon business: The dispensaries:
Because while I’m not in the least bit interested in marijuana (and in fact it is one of those things that could get me fired) I would like to acknowledge the creativity that can be seen just outside these establishments.
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Strive Seek Find returns for season 2
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So this week was time for a Breakaway. I needed a break from work. Season 1 was wrapping up. It was a great time to get away. A road trip was in order. Thanks to our Friend Charlie, a group of us were able to come together this weekend and hit the road to the some of the best (intentionally) and worsts… (accidentally) breweries in central Oregon.
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Whitmore. Welcome to Episode 52 of the Strive Seek Find Podcast I’m excited today. Last June I challenged myself to do 52 weekly episodes of what would become this podcast. I’m proud to say. Its been with bonus episodes closer to sixty with the bonus episodes. Now that I’m done patting myself on my back for the simple accomplishment of being consistent, this week I was reminded by a friend of the importance of disconnecting from our communication machine from time to time. This is can be the same as getting into the hills (if you really do it right or a conscious decision.
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In celebration of episode 51 I’m trying something new. So today is the first step into an experiment. I’ve been wanting to take the podcast a little more mobile, so at the suggestion of Friend of the show Mike I’ve picked up a new Rhode mic for my phone. So adventuring has a new companion. Which today we working through multiple purposes: seeing if my idea work in the great outdoors and finally getting back to the mountains before I lost my ever loving mind
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast. I’m your host Chance Whitmore. A lot happened this week. Early birthdays, concerts, and work accelerating towards a “slowdown” and more. It was a long busy week and I regret nothing though admittedly my rear is dragging. In the process I ran across a couple opportunities to watch experts in their field work their magic. It reminded me of something I had told a friend: 90% of my job is invisible unless you know the job (admittedly there were major caveats in this case).
And if you really think about it, for the most part we have a narrow world view when it comes to one another here are just a few examples.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast. I’m your host Chance Whitmore. The old Proverb “timing is everything” has more uses than any of us can count. Oftentimes it ends up sounding as cliché as the related “Strike while the iron is hot” Funny thing about clichés though , many of them end up being overused in great part because they have a elements of truth in them. In the past week I had the opportunity to learn this again when I was put in a situation where the right message was not enough. Having the right message at the right time was critical.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find podcast I’m Chance Whitmore. As I record this, its Mother’s Day. So I’ll start out with gratitude to my mother and my wife. Both of whom have had to put up with me for much longer than anyone should.
That being said, sometimes on days like these we get trapped in narrow definitions and forget how many people truly help us raise our kids. Hillary Clinton threw out that it “it takes a village” to raise a family. I don’t truly think you can even argue. But today I wanted to acknowledge it
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Farmer’s market it was a wonderful escape prior to yard work today. Looking for plant starts. Lots of baked & handmade goods. Families strolling in the sun. Watching the entertainment. What I didn’t go for was to hear people lectured about why their beliefs were a recipe for an express elevator to hell. Well this got me thinking as I wandered and things got worse. How so? Well let’s get started and find out
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Welcome to a very special bonus episode of Strive Seek Find: Its spring time. days are getting longer and finally warmer. Its time for a crisp refreshing go to drink. Last year during quarantine I worked on my recipe slowly lowering the citrus and growing my appreciation of different gin. We are dialed in…. and then my culinary Jedi master, Alton Brown informed me… there is more. So tonight we are experimenting with my gin tonic recipe and share the results.
gin #tonic #tonic concentrate
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I’m good at reminding others to take care of themselves. I’m less good at actually doing it myself. I know that this probably holds true for many of us. Right now, as we are continuing to grind through a world that is still in flux, taking care of yourself is mission critical. So as we begin to move toward summer, its important to remind us all of a few parts of this… and hopefully just hopefully make taking care of ourselves feel slightly less shameful.
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. One of the things that I remember quite well from last year at this time was how energetic and productive I was. The garden boxes , the the table, the yard and garden were done and incredible shape. The universe was making things difficult, but I was personally kicking a little ass.
But life is a marathon, not a sprint. And that manic energy, at least in my case has waned as pandemic time has marched on.
I keep looking at things and thinking: I should have this done. I should be further down the road on that.
And I come back around to I’m so damn tired.
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We all have our reasons for doing things. At times we don’t truly recognize it ourselves. Even when we are acting at what seems to be our most altruistic there are often elements of selfishness inherently built in to our actions. Most of the time it may not matter as long as the “good gets done” At other times, those bits of selfishness, whether they are unconscious or not can cause real damage. Today we are going to touch on both factors while looking at somethings I observed this week at a youth football game
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast, I’m Chance Whitmore. on some level it would be nice if TRUTH was a capital T ruth rather than something we need to dig into to discover. And with the 24 hour news cycle (which is more interested in being first and interesting rather than accurate), social media (speaking of interesting over accurate… easy of spreading inaccuracy and lets not forget bot accounts!) Being credulous has become extremely dangerous. And while there are more ways to create and spread misinformation, Fake news and propaganda than I can count at this point, I’m going to something I’ve been wanting to do since before I thought of this podcast: start the discussion. In this case digging into the very beginnings at the subject of DoubleSpeak. For no other reason that words have been weaponized against thinking and only by looking seriously at it can we fix this.
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Dichotomies fascinate me. Right now it seems to me that are living in culture that seems to be made up of almost nothing else. Part of this can be but down to the shift nature of our culture. Some of it is me noticing things that were already there, but the ways the puzzle pieces continue to change and yet still slide together is just short of a miracle. Today I thought I’d look briefly at one of these contrasts; how subcultures cannibalize the very people they should be supporting.
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. The last year travel, especially travel to see family has been severely curtailed foremost of us. My family had camped and road tripped in our area of the state while keeping to isolation last summer—but it has been months of a dry spell in travel. This week changed that. Spring break started. My wife and I are a month past our second vaccination and my parents have also been vaccinated. So we made a weekend run for the first time in a year.
It turns out travel is like anything else. If you are not doing it, you get rusty. As I learned to my chagrin .
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Welcome to a very special bonus episode of Strive Seek Find: Irish Whiskey edition. Irish Whiskey the second type I fell for during my journey into whiskey love my trip. So tonight we are going to try four whiskeys and tell you which of the batch win’s the highly coveted Best in Liquor Cabinet Award.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
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Once again changes are in the air. Our friendly neighborhood Global pandemic seems to be fading black. There's a feeling that normal Is right around the corner., or at least a less stressful version of now; which will slow congeal into a new normal. But today I thought it might be fun to mention some of the things we learned during the pandemic that I would like to hold on to even as things "normal" returns as well as what I'd like to get back to as the world reopens.
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There is nothing like an discussion with your kids. Attacking a problems, watching them consider a solution with fresh eyes. Even if it does come from one of the intentionally weirdest conversations I could have had its a amazing to watch them grow And the real world twist that brought the point home for me and gave me a growth opportunity alongside of my daughter.
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I don’t know about you these days but I find myself CAPITAL E exhausted right now and I have a feeling, based on my not terrible astute as normal observations, I’m not alone in this feeling.
So pry your eyelids open, get off the couch and
Let’s get started.
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If you have ever turned on the radio while driving with your kids to sports talk mind you, and had the first phrase involve arrest during an orgy; you know exactly how fast you can truly move. Yeah. That happened about week ago. Not my proudest hour, but it has put me in a mind set where it made me think about my commute a bit and how it impacts my 10 and 4 year old as they consume media along side me. Whether it is podcasts or sports radio or even music… I realized I was less aware and careful of this media than I am of others they consume.
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Failure. A word with so many uses. From machine breakage “critical failure of a key component”, to grades “ you failed the class”, it often used as a word to mark as an end rather than any sort of opportunity for growth. So while I have been processing this in my own life I thought I’d share what I hope is a healthy perspective.
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Zoom cocktail parties became a think in our house while we were locked in. It forced us to open up or pallets to different flavors. And as a staunch believer that Whiskey should be consumed neat this has been a bit of a struggle for me. With most of us safe at home for Valentine’s day this year, we thought this would be a way to spruce up your holiday at home. So as a treat today, Amy and I thought we would do a tasting of 3 bourbon cocktails , and share the experience with you.
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Nostalgia is a tricky thing. You find something you once loved and your growth has the potential to ruin what you most like as you look back and see not what you loved about it , but what you realize is wrong with it. It can be little things like realizing how poorly written a favorite story or movie really was. Or it can be oh so much more. Today I thought I might walk the path of ‘oh so much more with a favorite from my childhood, the science fiction hero Buck Rogers.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast, I’m Chance Whitmore. Last week due to my job I had the opportunity to get the first dose of my Covid vaccination. It brought back a question that I have been asking myself on and off for a while now. What responsibility do we have for our fellow man? Just a small question. To start your day with.. Roll it around in your brain. What do you owe the people around us? What do they owe us?
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I’ve been feeling a bit locked in as of late between work, projects, and family illness (thankfully not Covid) and we have been a bit more “about the house” than I would have preferred the last few months. Last weekend that changed. Not to the extent I really planned, but a winter road trip adventure . It was just what the doctor ordered for me and more importantly, for the family.
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Has anyone else noticed that that as a society we have seen a shift toward wealth as the main definition of accomplishment and from achievement to building a brand? Its very much a “we to me” approach that doesn’t necessarily fit with people growing anything more than a bank account. Why did we make that switch? Why is accomplishment viewed as transactional? What has happened to aspiration and inspiration?
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast I’m Chance Whitmore. My most important role and my most challenging on are of course the same thing: parenting. Even at the best of times its challenging and at the worst Its heart rending. It doesn’t matter the age, parenting is not going to go easy. So I’ve been thinking about parenting. And here’s what I came up with.
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Welcome to the Stive Seek Find Podcast. I’m Chance Whitmore. This is it. The first week of 2021. At times it has seemed like this year would never end and in other ways, it may have seemed like the fastest year ever as the world dealt with change after change. And while we were doing that on a personal level some cool things happened around the world. Now as 2021 begins to unfurl before us, I thought it would be give a nod to just a few of the amazing nonpandemic related things that happened last year.
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Let's ring in 2021! On this special Bonus Episode we are tasting Scotch Whisky. How to drink it. How to pair it and most importantly the memories that go with it.
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Without a doubt the last 10 months have proved challenging for people worldwide. Even without major personal tragedy (which there has been more than enough of for one year), there are few people who haven’t struggled getting through this year. In times like these it Is easy to dwell on the negative and let ourselves get ground down during these times. Today I want to ask you to think about the flip side: Despite the struggles and frustration of the past year, what good has come of it?
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast. I’m Chance Whitmore. It’s the Christmas week and and I’m feeling festive. Christmas is my favorite holiday… and its not even close. Which brings me to a little fun today. For those of you who are asking for a more traditional Christmas than 2020 can provide you. I’m asking question: Which parts of Christmas do you consider traditional Again, this is not a comprehensive look around the world, just some things that caught my eye, some of which I think of when I hear people throw out the “War on Christmas" and instead just a quick look at how our Christmas continues to shift… with or without 2020
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I’m rolling this rock up a hill. Not so bad. I’m making progress. get closer and close to the top. And just as I get to the top something shoves back hard and down to the bottom of the hill with the rock bouncing in hard pursuit. Till it comes to rest even further down the hill. Maybe the rock has 2020 carved into it. Maybe it represents a habit. Either way that bad boy has kicked our ever-loving rear.
Welcome to the Stive Seek Find Podcast. I’m Chance Whitmore. Sometimes I’m my own worst enemy. A statement that many of us could make for 100 different reasons. Today I want to touch on one: Inertia.
For our purposes today we will use two definitions of inertia.
Inertia: “a property of matter in which it remains at rest or moving on the same straight line unless acted upon by an outside force”
Or
The tendency to not move or change
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Podcast. I’m Chance Whitmore. So this week brought one of those shocks to the system. A gut punch of sorts that makes you do some self-evaluation. The event, well that’s not my story to tell. Its sufficient to say that this week I got to watch a family’s life to ripped to shreds in such a way that they will never be able to pull the remains into a cohesive whole. And yet I’m not here today to talk about grief. There are so many people that can speak to that more than I.
After the better part of a week of reflection. I find myself back to the simplest of conclusions.
We overlook and ignore the most important things in our life as we are distracted by the world at large.
So today I bring you a simple reminder: Fix it before its too late.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Pod cast. I’m chance Whitmore. a little over six months ago I decided that I needed to do a podcast. After one abortive start I launched SSF. Its been challenging, its been exciting , and I wouldn’t trade it. So today to celebrate making it this far I thought I’d reflect a bit.
1)Discuss what I learned
2) look back at where we’ve been
3) look ahead to where we are going..
4) imagine what I’d like to try
So in keeping with the call to arms challenge ourselves to seek our own Brilliant Future…
Let’s get started.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find Pod cast. I’m Chance Whitmore. I don’t know about you but I’m sensing a little stress anxiety and general worry in the world right now. Whether it’s the election outcome or Covid numbers exploding or 100 other stressors at seem to be more prevalent than ever to feel like life is happening to us.
Now I’m going to say something absolutely ground shaking next: feeling helpless isn’t a healthy way to live. But in dealing with the chaos that seems to be part and parcel of 2020 its important to reclaim some feeling of stability.
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Last year at this time I was trying to pull together a trip to DC for my family—COVID was not on our radar. It marked a change in how my family wanted to view gift giving and started the process of getting our kids parental dates to local events. We took them to see an acrobatic troupe at the local college and took them to hear an Irish band visiting our town. It started out awesome and then, canceled. So today I’d thought about the importance of Seeking new experiences out and even how to do it during Covid.
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The old saying "when one door closes and another opens" has a lot of truth to it, but if you don't like where that door goes dive out a window. Opportunities come and go at times you don't even notice their passage, while others can leave you with feelings of regret. All that's natural, but today we will discuss adversity and the opportunity that flows from it.
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When you hear three times in a week from normal conversations the phrase Civil War mentioned in a non-historical context its a problem. I’m sitting here on Halloween considering the future. This week I walked away from conversations with average people thinking “We must be better.” Today specifically I’m going to talk just a bit about rights and the often forgotten counter point of responsibilities and then post election considerations. This is no time for bystanders.
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The best stories pull you and make you feel what happens on the printed page or on screen. Today we are going to look at an example of one of these techniques: suspense. And the example I’m pulling from today is one of my favorites in television the opening episode of Season 1 of the 2004 Reboot of Battlestar Galactica title 33.
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In life we will face conflict. It is as certain as sunrise and Internet trolls. While conflict can be good and healthy part of life. At other times conflict becomes more trying as people try to pull an emotional reactions from you in order to gain advantage. How you respond or don’t respond speaks impacts your long-term success or failure in these situations. In the process remembering that what is momentarily gratifying isn’t necessarily what helps you with long-term success.
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Perfection. We are supposed to seek it, to work toward it find ways to make it happen. Who set that bar? Realistically… Perfect rarely happens outside of a computer model. And yet most of us have cut our teeth on chasing perfection. In the last six month that drive has been upended as people were dumped out of their comfort zones, their status quo disrupted, home lives brought to the forefront. We are now experiencing a special level of stress. Normally competent people prepandemic are experiencing a crisis of identity as they struggle to complete normal tasks and are distressed when their product is far less than perfect. Today Chance discusses the failure of perfection and the 'functionally ugly way forward.
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I recently spent 30 minutes staring at the spines of travel books. Dreaming. I don’t “go go go” all the time, but I like the possibility, especially now when there is no possibility of leaving the country it feels especially poignant. It got me thinking of things I have learned on my trips so far. As well as how they can apply elsewhere. Let’s be honest I’m suffering from travel withdrawal… and the prescription is a long time coming.
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Today on Strive Seek find we are going to take a look at the importance of relationships in life and work as well as the way they may have evolved during the Covid Crisis. In either case relationships tend to be critical to our long-term success and mental health,but where do the relationships start and how do they continue to function.. that is the question I’ll briefly attempt to answer.
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Over the past few years it has felt like we have seen people become more entrenched and inflexible in their thinking. Stuck in belief even when faced with overwhelming proof to the contrary. It is an understatement to say that it makes things frustrating. Whether we are talking Flat earth, science denier, people who learned history from Wolfenstein games or any of the other nuttiness that seems to be pervading the Internet. it becomes easy to believe that this is a new problem… that we were smarter in the past, but if you truly look back…. That may not necessarily be the truth So today I’m stepping back in time and looking at 4 examples of times people held on to wacky beliefs.
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Some days you just need to go off the rails. Do something different and perhaps have a little fun In that vein today Chance going to step in and share 5 products that if you catch him buying… You should run immediately because he's been replaced by a pod person.
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When we first went to stay at home here I had a great deal of nervous energy. Sleep was a distant memory and “time away from work” was only a theoretical since work and home existed in the same space. I’m sure many of you have similar stories. This created a surge of nervous energy as I started to figure out exactly how to separate the two parts of life… and the on deal with the unknowns we were all facing. I hit anything from honey dos to new challenges., My wife baked and started making masks. Both came from a similar place. Stress from unknown and loss of “normal”. Putting these projects into action kept us balanced in an uncertain world and their results are nice touch stone of the last months… in success, failure and any lessons I may have learned. After all its important to practice what you preach.
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Professional writers fascinate me. The focus and dedication they show to their craft. The creative grind. It is something that I would like to experience at some point in my life, but they tend to be a different breed. JMS, Gaiman,, and others weave dreams for the rest of us to enjoy. To me that is an amazing thing. Sometimes we don’t get what we want from these situations. Sometimes an author stamps complete on a work in such a way that we don’t necessarily get the next part of the dream. S. Today we are going to address on of those times: Why George R. R. Martin will never finish Game of Thrones!
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In today's episode Chance briefly talks about how to work from stress to gratitude as a method of getting back to an even keel.
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We are rapidly heading into fall and that means a change in our activities. Well at least it normally does. Despite our attempts to return to normal, so many of the touchstone that we use to mark the passage of time or to create entertainment or distraction are altered or lost for the time being For me the fall has traditionally represented a change in focus My old school love of football… even after 14 years out of coaching I still fell the sport tug at me. Fall represents time to chase football, High school FB on Friday nights. College on Saturday… and of course watching as much Eagles football as I can on Sunday…. Movies or plays to fill in the gaps… a shift from outdoor runaways And as things stand right now… all those are not going to look like that traditionally have… HS football no fans… College football social distancing… NFL same…. And that is assuming we have those at all. So today I’m going to offer some alternatives to your normal fall . For our sanity’s sake we need to change things up a bit.
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Welcome to the Strive Seek Find podcast I’m your host Chance Whitmore. We are living in times of heightened stress where even the most simple social interactions has the opportunity to go poorly. Add sound bite culture and and an over reliance of the echo chamber of social media to provide us with news and opinions and we have a reactionary powder keg….. What do we do? Like most problems… Its easier to identify than solve. Today we will identify some of the issues that lead to this experience and ways we can personally correct them.
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Today on Strive Seek Find, Chance discusses types of grills and what are the best sort to use for both grilling and traditional low and slow BBQ.
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On today’s episode we are talking to writers and directors out there. To state what should be obvious, creating something unique is difficult, but ending a work of fiction in a way that is satisfying to the people who have invested time into your work is damn near impossible. Today we are going to look at a way that three of my favorite works messed up the finale and where things may have gone wrong.
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In this episode of the Strive Seek Find podcast we are touching on an issue that I’m slowly becoming an expert in: raising young women. With three daughters between the ages of 3-12 my learning curve is accelerating. We will touch on some of the special challenges of raising a household full of girls and possibly touch on its impact on my long-term alcohol consumption.
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Often in life we find ourselves at a crossroads. Whether that is your career or any other part of your life; how you respond can change everything. To that end today we are going to look at how to focus those decisions to give you the greatest chance to shape your choices and drive your life forward in the way YOU choose… and as a society we have passed on Rubicon already… We are not going back to what we had before. It our responsibility to guide ourselves forward to own brilliant future or be crushed by regret over what we lost.
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In this episode we discuss leaving the technology behind in order to recover from work related stress.
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It is amazing time to be a fan of geek culture. Today we discuss how things have changed from the times where geek culture was more niche as well as reminders of how to best support fandom.
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In the past 6 months the way leaders lead has had to change In this episode we discuss five of those changes including two that must be retained.
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Welcome to Strive Seek Find. Strive Seek Find is about growing from our life experience . I promise that from your business to your BBQ we will have something for you to take away. Because as we all take the first steps into this new world our choices are simple: huddle in the burning remnants of the past or to seek a brilliant future.
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