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Patience really is a virtue

Pour some cold, fresh milk (2% is fine) into a clear glass. Isn’t it beautiful? The pure white of the milk, captured by the glass, is inviting. You want to pick it up and take a drink, but don’t! Before you drink, grab a small plate, or even a paper

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Stop this and have a better life, guaranteed

Even if you don’t think Jesus was a prophet, you’ll have to agree that this statement he made has come true: “In the world you will have tribulation.” Tribulation isn’t a word we use much these days, so to make sure you get the point Jesus was making, here are

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Barry Landis
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Entertainment is good for you

Some of you who know the story of Do Good U will remember it was born from music. Gary Dugan and I worked together at high-tech company, but we also went to the same church. He was the pianist there, and whether the music was traditional or modern, choral or

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Business

Do Good Right where you are

At Do Good Talks in Scottsdale, Arizona, we were thrilled to have Brian Mueller as one of our speakers. Brian is the president of Grand Canyon University, the largest private university in America. They now have 10 distinct colleges. They are the Colangelo College of Business, the College of Doctoral

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Did you hear the one about AI?

You can’t swing a dead meme across the internet these days without hitting something in the AI. So here is a question you can answer depending on your age. Doesn’t AI kind of remind you of “No,” you protest, “all of that stuff was fun.” Yeah, I get it. Millions

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Your Story

When you were a kid, did anyone in authority ever ask you, “So what’s your story?” If they did, you were probably in trouble — or about to be. If you told the story well, though, you might just be spared. Personally I was never daring enough to make up

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More than you can ask or imagine

Do Good Talks 2025 was held in Scottsdale, Arizona last week. But it is far from over! First, thanks to all of you who supported the event, whether by attending, registering, encouraging, praying or helping in any other way. We couldn’t have done it without you. Second, deep thanks to

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A great idea

Other than sports (my favorite!), a lot of what’s on TV these days are “unscripted” (ha!) shows. (Survivor still survives, and Duck Dynasty may return.) But there are also series, like NCIS or Matlock or any number of FBI somethings. In the 1940s, movie theaters often showed a “serial” that

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Something to Say, Part 2

THIS IS THE WEEK! Do Good Talks 2025 begins one week from today, on May 9, and if you haven’t registered yet do it now. https://dogoodu.com/do-good-talks-2025 It doesn’t get any simpler than that, and we really want to see you there. We have people coming from Tennessee, from Illinois, from

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Something to say…

Starting in the year 2000 and going through 2022, an annual auction was held for lunch with Warren Buffett. In case you don’t know Mr. Buffett, nicknamed “The Oracle of Omaha,” he is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and has been since 1965. (Mr. Buffett is now 94.)

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Have you ever had one of those days? I mean like the title of this article days? A day where you experienced the entire gamut of life in a 24 hour period? You could almost feel like you were a pawn (or some other chess piece) in a cosmic battle

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The Golf Club that hosts the Masters does good

Even if you aren’t a golfer, you might know that one of the biggest tournaments every year is called the Masters. The tournament was first held in 1934 on a golf course that was co-designed by Bobby Jones, the greatest amateur golfer ever, and Alister MacKenzie, one of the greatest

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