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Jacob Bear

Your 2-Part Success Formula

What do Lisa Nichols, Elon Musk and Sara Blakely have in common?

Aug 4, 2022

Milestone in thick brush near an Italian hill town

Aug 4, 2022

This is what failure really looks like

Are we heading for another recession?

May 17, 2022

Yellow flowers in a patch of frost at the base of a dead tree

May 17, 2022

What is your sacred fire?

Do you have a purpose, something you strongly believe in, something you want with a burning desire? When you combine your passion with…

Feb 1, 2021

Temple of Vesta on Roman coin

Feb 1, 2021

Chapter XVI: Italy’s Petroleum

There’s nothing more satisfying, more empowering, than finishing a task that seemed unbearably hard.

Apr 15, 2020

Chapter XVI: Italy’s Petroleum

Apr 15, 2020

Chapter XV: Somewhere South of Maleventum

No matter what metaphorical Pyrrhus is invading your life, keep on striving to be the best possible version of yourself.

Apr 15, 2020

Chapter XV: Somewhere South of Maleventum

Apr 15, 2020

Chapter XIV: Trajan’s Crossroads

Trajan’s Arch marks the point where the Via Traiana branched off from Via Appia. This was a shorter, more certain route along the coast.

Apr 15, 2020

Chapter XIV: Trajan’s Crossroads

Apr 15, 2020

Chapter XIII: A Fatal Decision at the Caudine Forks

A huge Roman army was trapped in a ravine. Pontius was faced with two extreme choices. Herennius warned him not to seek the middle ground…

Apr 13, 2020

Chapter XIII: A Fatal Decision at the Caudine Forks

Apr 13, 2020

Chapter XII: The Secret of Life

“If everybody tried to be the greatest possible person,” he said, “can you imagine the world? It would solve all our problems.”

Apr 12, 2020

Chapter XII: The Secret of Life

Apr 12, 2020

Chapter XI: Seeking the Strada Vecchia

There’s still one reminder of the Aurunci. The ancient Romans built a great bridge across the Travata river, and gave it their name.

Apr 10, 2020

Chapter XI: Seeking the Strada Vecchia

Apr 10, 2020

Chapter X: The Sad and Perpetual Compromise

They said it wouldn’t last a decade. The truth was almost as disappointing.

Apr 10, 2020

Chapter X: The Sad and Perpetual Compromise

Apr 10, 2020

Jacob Bear

Jacob Bear

Biker, traveler, master of wishful thinking with an unhealthy obsession over the ancient Mediterranean. Guiding others as I find my own way. Always learning.

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