I am heading up to spend a weekend in California’s Gold Country, where I have been asked to talk about brewing during the California Gold Rush. California became part of the United States in 1848 in the settlement of a war with Mexico. There were around 7,000 United States citizens in California at the beginning […]
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Welcome to the new and improving StrategicMonk.com! People talk about launching a new website, as if it were like opening a brand new store or building a new house. I hope that StrategicMonk.com is more like something alive that grows and develops over time. As I learn and grow, and as Strategic Monk gives me
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I am a morning person. It is not that I roll out of bed each day with a smile on my face and a song in my heart, or that I am overflowing with enthusiasm to begin each and every day as early as possible. I tend to be a quieter, more Midwestern morning person.
I am a fairly focused person. Focus is one of the traits that personality tests usually identify as one of my strengths. I tend to be good at following directions, taking the specific steps in the specified order to get the desired result. Some people think I have a version of Attention Surplus Disorder. My
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I wanted to learn more about my friend Beth Slevcove, who is a spiritual director in San Diego, and she agreed to answer a few of my questions. Here is the second of two parts: When do you feel most present to God? When does God seem most transcendent? When I’m in nature, particularly near
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I wanted to learn more about my friend Beth Slevcove, who is a spiritual director in San Diego, and she agreed to answer a few of my questions. Here is the first of two parts: Beth, How did you become a spiritual director? is there a dramatic story that lead you to that? In my
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It began, like all movements, with a vision. It has spread through social media and began to shape the perception of the more traditional news sources. It even changes the way wine lovers understand craft brewing. Once each month a group of thirsty pilgrims visits a craft brewery in Southern California. Together we enjoy great
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My 2012 Craft Brewery Pilgrimage rolls on. Each month I bring people together to build community around a table. I get to meet the people I know online who I have not met in real life. Quite a few of the people I know are connected to nonprofit organizations, so each month I give at least one nonprofit
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Is it me? Is it my friends who suggest things? Is it Southern California? Is it first time events? Is it words that end in “thon?” Four years ago, I was talking with a friend about walking with a pedometer. When I told him how many steps I was averaging each day, he said, “Wow!
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It is true of your life, your work, and your relationships. It is true of organizations that have been around forever, and of start-ups that are created in a flash of creativity. It is a lesson I am learning from the craft brewers I know. Good things take time to ferment. You use the best
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