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My Journey with the Bible: From Insignificance to Psychological Significance

May 28, 2025August 6, 2017 by David Smart
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Like many kids in the West, my parents placed me into Sunday School at a young age where the Church taught me Bible stories. I never resonated with the Church’s teachings on the text and my disinterest grew into skepticism as I aged. I understood the importance and value of messages like “treat others as … Read more

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How Quitting Alcohol Transformed My Life & Solved 95% of My Bad Habits

May 28, 2025February 12, 2017 by David Smart
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I drank a lot in college. Especially freshman year. For whatever reason, it seemed like there was a party every other night. With each subsequent passing year, those parties and my drinking lessened, but the habit remained. I never did anything to land me into trouble, thank God. The worst was probably a few years … Read more

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What I Learned From Three Months of Intensive Reading

May 28, 2025September 14, 2016 by David Smart
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As I began my journey to be an writer, I immediately ran into a huge roadblock. Where should I start? Luckily, I found my answer while reading Stephen King’s memoir, On Writing. King has published over sixty novels, so when he says that “If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the … Read more

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How to Successfully Fail at Launching a Startup

July 2, 2025February 19, 2015 by David Smart
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Chapter 1: Make Your Move

There are so many pieces written about what to do and what not to do when launching a startup business. Really, you just need to begin experiencing it and figure it out along the way. No amount of reading or planning can fully prepare you for real-life scenarios.

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