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We Are What We Consume

We Are What We Consume

They say you are what you eat. And when it comes to our physical bodies, that is true. But what about our mental side? Can what goes into our mind...

In Defense of Analog

We live in a physical world. A world where material things exist in spatial relation to one another. Yet many of our experiences are largely virtua...

Comfort Kills

As I sit and enjoy the last few days of vacation with my family and friends, I can already feel the pull to get back to work. Not so much in the wo...

What is a Guide?

A guide is defined as a person who advises or shows the way. They light the path but they do not walk it in our stead.⁣⁣ A guide cannot give the an...

Of Mustangs and Men

In order to gain perspective we can only rely on our past experience, which allows us to see our situation from different angles. This gives us the...

A Bridge To Somewhere Vs. The Road to Nowhere

As we evolve into stronger and more capable men, it is all too easy to let guilt of our past actions hinder and freeze our evolution in the present...

A Pagan and a Christian Walk Into a Bar...

This may sound like the opening line to a joke, but it is in fact, a series of real events...

The Greatest Gift My Father Gave Me

The greatest gift my father ever gave me was his time. This may seem trivial and as a as young boy, I couldn't really comprehend the significance t...

To Beard or Not to Beard...

To beard, or not to beard: that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of shaving, Or to take arms again...

Without a Safety Net

As I watched my business partner free solo the seventy foot tall frozen waterfall, I wondered if I could run Savage Gentleman if he were to plumme...

The Paradox of Inquiry

“A man cannot search either for what he knows or for what he does not know. He cannot search for what he knows—since he knows it, there is no need ...

Great Fire Can Follow a Small Spark

We all need a spark to get us going or keep us motivated. It can come from many places, but it is often found in the people around us. Many people ...

Exercising Humility

There is an interesting relationship between confidence, humility, and success. On the one hand, being humble keeps a person grounded and helps the...