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A recurring lament among those of us who have businesses online is that nothing is working and everything is broken. While it might be hyperbole to use the words nothing and everything, they aren’t far off the mark. So much is in flux in the online world that it can feel impossible to find a groove. Big Tech …
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In case it hasn’t been glaringly apparent in recent weeks, we’re in the full-out destruction phase of The Fourth Turning. This is when it gets even worse before it gets better. Is there a single significant institution in our country that hasn’t been revealed to be infiltrated by evil and, in many cases, rotten to …
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The phrase “embrace the suck” was new to me in the past several months. Embrace the Suck Meaning & 8 Lessons to Use in Your Life describes it this way: In the military, there’s a saying that is very similar to the one I originally mentioned that urges people to “embrace the suck”. In military jargon, …
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As we progress through this war of the Fourth Turning, it is inevitable that weariness will set in. I’ve been experiencing it myself during these past few weeks. In a traditional war, soldiers would get time away from the front lines. No one was expected to be actively engaged in the heat of the battle …
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The Fourth Turning is marked by Rising Community as we move toward the First Turning. Community is such an important concept during the First Turning that Maximum Community is described as a Special Priority during this time. However, we don’t have to wait until the First Turning to work on developing greater community in our lives. In …
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We are in all likelihood now in the most intense period of The Fourth Turning. Different people place the climax of the turning in 2020, 2025, or even 2028. My guess is it is somewhere in the 2022-2025 timeframe, but we won’t know for sure until we can look back at the entire turning. Whenever …
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If you aren’t familiar with the Fourth Turning, here is how the authors describe it (bold mine). The Fourth Turning is a Crisis. Old Artists die, Prophets enter elderhood, Nomads enter midlife, Heroes enter young adulthood—and a new generation of child Artists is born. This is an era in which America’s institutional life is torn down and rebuilt …
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Choose your words carefully because you will live them out. We live in a time in which people constantly self-censor their speech. I find it profoundly sad to watch people on YouTube use code words for things like covid, Ivermectin, vaccination, etc. Their ability to post on CensorTube and make a living is directly tied …
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This year was necessary if we want to live in a better world For most people, 2021 will go down as a difficult year. But rather than recount the difficulties each one of us faced to varying degrees, I want to focus on the necessity of the year. Most people reading this post will say …
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The Fourth Turning – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss and Neil Howe offered a look at the cycles of American History and the generations of people who live through them. Published in 1997, it provided a detailed explanation of what has been and what …
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