The Soul of Wealth Chapters 4-6

The Soul of Wealth Chapters 4-6

Date: 2025-01-28 AO: 3rdf-timekeeper Q: Roulette PAX: Starch, Taco_Stand, turkey_leg, madison, kirby, wingman, Hippie, Gump FNGs: None COUNT: 9 Really good conversation this morning with plenty of input from everyone. We even had some guest PAX that haven’t read the book but couldn’t resist the coffee and good conversation.
Chapter 4: Comparison Is the Thief of Joy Humans are psychologically wired to make social comparisons as a way to reduce uncertainty and ambiguity. To counteract this tendency, we must focus on personal goals, practice gratitude, and be intentional about where we draw inspiration.
Chapter 5: Meaning at Work Postal employees, once seen as messengers of sympathy, love, and commerce, have become marginalized in a soulless system. This chapter emphasizes that purpose-driven organizations with a clear mission tend to achieve higher financial performance and happier employees. A sense of belonging, a shared purpose, and active organizational support help frame perspectives, even during mundane tasks.
Chapter 6: You Might Be Solving the Wrong Problem Companies like Kodak, Blockbuster, and Blackberry faltered because they failed to address the right problems, leading to their disruption by newer models. In personal finance, the lesson is clear: focus on your own game and stay aligned with your unique goals to avoid similar pitfalls.
Starch will lead on Chapters 7 – 9 next week… “The Power of Habits” through “Your Money Needs a Why”

last week

Date: 2025-01-21 AO: skunk-works Q: Mountain Momma PAX: lois, Smokey FNGs: None COUNT: 3
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:

SkunkWorks is here, speed lab session

Date: 2025-01-28 AO: skunk-works Q: Mountain Momma PAX: lois, Spikeball, Smokey FNGs: None COUNT: 4
WARMUP: the usual with some extra warmup to prepare for sprints THE THANG: some bell work 10x10m sprints Catch me if you can to the play ground, 10 merkin chaser Deadhangs, reverse donkey kicks, various mobility moves Catch me if you can back to launch Bell work 10x15m sprints Agility game working on lateral movement and the crossover step Final cool down lap MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: Lauren’s healing from preeclampsia, Header’s healing and recovery, Kim’s healing and recovery from long COVID and a suicide attempt

Horsey Challenge

Date: 2025-01-28 AO: fast-twitch Q: Benny PAX: retread, geraldo, Astro (Kyle Kirchhoff), fleetwood, Alf, hopper, Benny FNGs: None COUNT: 7 Veteran disclaimer was given prior to running The Horsey Challenge today :horse: :mountain: WARMUP: N/A THE THANG: Pretty simple, up on Providence to the greenway, with the goal being of making it to Horsey and back in 60 minutes. MARY: Strong work by all the pax mileage ranged from 5-7. Alf was able to complete a loop on horsey but was bummed that he both won and lost the challenge being back 5 minutes late with Astro pacing him back on the return to launch after doing his marathon training workout. Fleetwood, Hopper, Geraldo, Retread and YHC all turned around at various points on the greenway knowing our speed, my apologies for the wet and icy spots. Good thing this challenge likely won’t be called again for a few months. ANNOUNCEMENTS: None COT: Astro with the takeout.

comin’ in hot

Date: 2025-01-28 AO: falcon-crest Q: MARTA PAX: Huddle House, Slingshot, Ziploc, Erin Brokavich, Snuka, puddin_pop, jet_fuel, marge, Emoji, MARTA FNGs: None COUNT: 10 Bootlegger called in sick and I volunteered to handle the pax. Due to unforseen circumstances, YHC had to book it on the run in to not let him down. Several pax saw me running, thought to themselves that the Q was going to be late, and kept driving hoping for a 43 min workout. Nonetheless I arrived right on time
MUMBLECHATTER: Puddin held court with obscure movie references. Various other chatter from the braves, to church renovations, etc. Ensued. Most people did the burpees and some did the boat canoe. All in all a 3.3 mile beatdown was had. Site Qs were missed.
WARMUP: Mosey the long way to the parking lot for 15x SSH 15x IW 10x LSS 15x Hillbilies 10x merkins 20x lbcs Recover
THE THANG: Mosey to stonecroft for cul de sac action 15x Freddy 15x box cutters 15x flutter
Cul de sac circuit 1 10 merkins 10 ST Merkins 10 dry docks 5 burpees in middle
Mary
Cul de Sac circuit 2 10x jump squats 10x lunges (5 e/s) 20x calf raises + air squats 5 merkins in middle Mary
Cul de sac circuit 3 (as time allows) 20 Plank Jack’s 20 Peter parkers 20 mtn climbers 20 lbcs
Mosey to top of neighborhood for mary until 6 is in.
Run to fountain for 25 dips
Back to launch for 5 burpees and merkins
Boat- Canoe
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spartan race
COT: YhC takes us out

Don’t Make It Weird

Date: 2025-01-28 AO: bagpipe Q: madison PAX: war_eagle, wildturkey, wingman, Starch, Taco_Stand, Pilgrim, turkey_leg, Rousey, Roulette, madison FNGs: None COUNT: 19 including Swift WARMUP: mosey to basement of parking deck — SSH, LSS, IW, Moroccan Night Club, Sharon Towers THE THANG: up 2 flight of stairs, 20 LBC, run down 1 deck, 10 merkins. Rinse & repeat to the top with Mary (LBC, H2H, Flutter, Dolly, etc) at the top of each stair climb and shoulders (merkins, diamond merkins, CDD) at the bottom.
One interesting set of shoulder exercises has been named The Roman Bath — partner 1 sits facing —>. Partner 2 planks facing <— (don’t doesn’t get weird) with feet on shoulder of P1. P1 does 10 shoulder press, then P2 does 10 decline merkins; then flapjack. When you reach the top deck, level 8, work you way back down, reversing the order of called exercises until time to return to launch. Mosey to AO for light stretching until 6:15. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: pray for the Worm’s MIL & War Eagle’s friends who are suffering loss. COT: Take Out by Gump

Cloudy with a chance of Gain

Date: 2025-01-27 AO: swole Q: flipper PAX: Unplugged, ickey_shuffle, Uncle Leo, Starch, The Worm, wildturkey, flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 7 The pitter-patter of rain striking the roof as I roused to my alarm at zero dark thirty made me want to return to the tender embrace of the fartsack. Knowing I was responsible for the beat-down this AM was probably the only thing which enabled keeping momentum and causing my feet to hit the floor. The next thought was “will I do this by myself” but I needn’t have feared as Unplugged and Uncle Leo were already warming up when I parked the truck at InVue, where the overhang would keep the PAX mostly dry. By 0530 another four PAX rolled in and arrayed their bells along the sidewalk and we were ready to rock and roll.
WARMUP: SSH, Swings, IW, Cleans, ST, Prying Squat. THE THANG: Full disclosure, YHC is writing this while at the office and struggling to remember the specific reps and sets we did. High volume cleans, Merkins, and Swings were had. Many PAX were mad at YHC and now my arms hurt, I hope the PAX’s do too.
MARY: Standing Marches are considered Mary right?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spartan Race in April
COT: Prayers for the Worm in his ongoing battle with cancer, but amazing to see him continue going after it. Additionally please keep his wife’s family in your prayers as they deal with the passing of her Mother.

Q-jack to Flat Branch

Date: 2025-01-27 AO: blakovery Q: bratwurst PAX: bratwurst FNGs: None COUNT: 1 I have distant memories running with enron through puddles and rain in a prior Blakovery, so I wasn’t going to let Bunker and Circuit City have all of the fun. It wasn’t until I showed up at 0512 that I checked Slack and realized they got cold / wet feet. Waited to make sure I was the only one and then Q jacked the route, not to the Paper Jam route that long time ago, but to the Flat Branch route and checked out the new Roundabout at Elm / Blakeney Heath / Bryant Farms.
A nice morning, despite some damp socks.
5mi, no drop, recovery pace, done.

The Das Boot Blakeney curse strikes again

Date: 2025-01-27 AO: firestarter Q: das_boot PAX: das_boot FNGs: None COUNT: 1 Raining and YHC want to optimistic for attendance. That proved correct and it was another solo morning but my solo buddy Palmolive was there with me in spirit. WARMUP: Started at Jeni’s in case someone showed up late. Nope. THE THANG: Covered work, then brick time behind Target. Still got 2 miles in. MARY: Keep on rolling ANNOUNCEMENTS: Oops, forgot that but no one complained. COT: Lean not unto thine own understanding — not sure a solo COT is possible.

Rinse & Releat

Date: 2025-01-27 AO: _area-51 Q: madison PAX: madison, Mr. Magoo, thunder_road FNGs: None COUNT: 3 WARMUP: SSH, LSS , IW, Moroccan Night Club THE THANG: 30 second Tabata for the following: O/H press (50lb KB) Towel row (46 lb KB) Weighted arm circles (5 lb dumbbells each arm) Balance Merkins LBC Deadlifts (50 lb) Tricep ext (45 lb) Lateral raises (5 lb each arm) Balance squats American Hammer
Rinse & repeat until time
MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: take out by Thunder Road

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