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Hard Knocks

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A long time ago, I walked away from a job most people would’ve killed for. I was the International Sales Coordinator for an industrial robotics company. Good salary. Great title. Airport lounges and PowerPoint decks. Problem was—I hated it. It started with an internship. I was studying in Kearney, Nebraska when they flew me out … Read more

Freedom

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Everyone wants freedom. The time. The money. The control. The option to say no. Freedom Isn’t Given. Freedom Isn’t Free I spent thirty years chasing it the way they told me to—through degrees, titles, rank, and recognition. I stacked them all. None of it got me there. And I still wasn’t free. The education got … Read more