Life Versus Livelihood

by Bob Dare, Command Sergeant Major, US Army, Retired

Using Harry Chapin's song "Mr. Tanner," Bob Dare explores the tension between passion and profession. How many of us postpone our true calling—our "life"—in favor of earning a living, only to discover that years have passed without pursuing what genuinely brings us joy? Read full bio

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Give Us Five Podcast

Coach Mack Brown

January's Give Us Five podcast features Coach Mack Brown, a 47-year veteran of collegiate coaching and College Football Hall of Famer with 288 career victories and the 2005 BCS National Championship at Texas. Read full bio

The Poetry Corner

The Old Year

The Old Year's gone away
     To nothingness and night:
We cannot find him all the day
     Nor hear him in the night:
He left no footstep, mark or place
     In either shade or sun:
The last year he'd a neighbour's face,
     In this he's known by none.

All nothing everywhere:
     Mists we on mornings see
Have more of substance when they're here
     And more of form than he.
He was a friend by every fire,
     In every cot and hall—
A guest to every heart's desire,
     And now he's nought at all.

Old papers thrown away,
     Old garments cast aside,
The talk of yesterday,
     Are things identified;
But time once torn away
     No voices can recall:
The eve of New Year's Day
     Left the Old Year lost to all.

— John Clare (1793-1864)

Let's Get Spiritual

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

— St Therese of Lisieux

True Growth Community of Practice

Join us for our Community of Practice session on January 6, 2026, 3-4 PM EST. A virtual forum designed to continue the True Growth experience. Created after receiving feedback from recent seminar participants. An open forum where best practices concerning living your purpose can be shared.