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Enjoying The Journey, Enjoying The View
I just found out yesterday that a friend of mine passed away. He was a regular in the bookstore that I’m also a regular in. We weren’t...

Mark Craven
Mar 3, 20183 min read
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HeartWork
I think the one thing we search for desperately is purpose. At the end of a hundred years, can we look back and know there was impact...

Mark Craven
Mar 2, 20182 min read
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Breathe Dog
The best thing I can do to keep anxiety flowing strong and free through me, is to lose grip of the moment I’m in. To let my mind drift to...

Mark Craven
Mar 1, 20182 min read
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Quit Quittin'
There are two different kinds of quitting: Quitting that requires courage and quitting because you’ve given up. It takes a significant...

Mark Craven
Feb 28, 20182 min read
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I Love Writing
Let me be crystal clear with one thing. I love writing. I love the impact my words have on people and myself. I love it more than I can...

Mark Craven
Feb 27, 20181 min read
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Love
Napoleon Hill describes persistence as, “sustained effort in the face of all odds and all adversity.” I mentioned something in...

Mark Craven
Feb 26, 20182 min read
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Sometimes You Just Have To Trust…
One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to deal with in life is trusting. I made a vow in second grade to never get my hopes up because I...

Mark Craven
Feb 25, 20182 min read
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Perspective
Any time we read or hear something that moves us, it’s usually because that content caused a change in our perspective. Or it just...

Mark Craven
Feb 24, 20183 min read
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Ten Years And Jets
It’s easy to get caught up with the thought that we should be further than where we’re at. Our culture celebrates big victories....

Mark Craven
Feb 23, 20182 min read
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The Defeat Wall
I went to a training last night where the speaker was talking about there being a wall between you and the thing you want to accomplish....

Mark Craven
Feb 22, 20183 min read
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Been At It For A While
I wrote these lyrics more than ten years ago: verse 1 Silence your questions of why, All you’re to know is what’s inside Breeding this...

Mark Craven
Feb 21, 20182 min read
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Journey
Something I’ve finally started to accept is that things take time. It really is true that empires are not built in a moment. The thoughts...

Mark Craven
Feb 20, 20182 min read
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The Path Will Provide
I used to work in Pittsburgh’s South Side as a bouncer (For those of you not familiar with this area, just imagine one long street filled...

Mark Craven
Feb 19, 20183 min read
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I’m Afraid I’ll Never Not Be Crazy
We accept impossibility too often. And when things work out that seemed at first impossible, we’ll quickly remind ourselves of the times...

Mark Craven
Feb 18, 20183 min read
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Living BOLD Like A Grande Vanilla Latte
A grande vanilla latte, though delicious, is anything but bold. Bold would be a triple shot of espresso in a black coffee. So my question...

Mark Craven
Feb 17, 20182 min read
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Growth
Sometimes I really wish growth would just happen in my comfort zone. That would be kind of amazing. Because it is a twofold sucky sort of...

Mark Craven
Feb 16, 20182 min read
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Your Definition of Victory Probably Needs Some Work
You went through what you had to go through so that you would have the strength to stand at the post you’ve been assigned to. The greater...

Mark Craven
Feb 15, 20183 min read
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Our Like-Minded Human Spirits
I think one of the most powerful gifts is that of being able to move the human spirit. To reach someone at such a level that they’re...

Mark Craven
Feb 14, 20183 min read
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You're Already In Pain
There have been a lot of times that I’ve wanted to give up on things. The stress got too great, the burden seemed too heavy, and the...

Mark Craven
Feb 13, 20182 min read
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Good Friends
Wow, are good friends important to have. If you think you can do this life alone, you’re dead wrong. Our very nature calls us into...

Mark Craven
Feb 12, 20183 min read
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