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Rare & Valuable: How This Blog Can Help Achieve Your Goals

Gen AI image Conservatism, Practicality, Simplicity, and Self-sufficiency Integrating the Guiding Principles of Conservatism, Practicality, Simplicity, and Self-sufficiency for Growth in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Our Story Our parents were born just 4-6 years after the Great Depression of 1929 and spent the early part of their childhood a few years before Pearl Harbor was bombed in December 1941. This was the historical context from which they valued to a heroic degree conservatism, practicality, simplicity, and self-sufficiency. They lived out these time-tested ethics not only in family life but also in all relationships which extended to all the small businesses they began and managed. These values are classic. And they are significant and relevant for a time such as now. Let me first define what these four values mean. Conservatism: preservation, moderation, durability Practicality: usefulness, application, utilitarianism Simplicity...