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Jacob Bear

Your 2-Part Success Formula

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

5 min readAug 4, 2022

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Milestone in thick brush near an Italian hill town

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Jacob Bear

This is what failure really looks like

Are we heading for another recession?

3 min readMay 17, 2022

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

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Jacob Bear

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…

4 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Temple of Vesta on Roman coin

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Jacob Bear

Chapter XVI: Italy’s Petroleum

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

9 min readApr 15, 2020

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Chapter XVI: Italy’s Petroleum

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Jacob Bear

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.

9 min readApr 15, 2020

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Chapter XV: Somewhere South of Maleventum

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Jacob Bear

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.

7 min readApr 15, 2020

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Chapter XIV: Trajan’s Crossroads

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Jacob Bear

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…

7 min readApr 13, 2020

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Chapter XIII: A Fatal Decision at the Caudine Forks

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Jacob Bear

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.”

9 min readApr 12, 2020

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Chapter XII: The Secret of Life

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Jacob Bear

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.

10 min readApr 10, 2020

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Chapter XI: Seeking the Strada Vecchia

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Jacob Bear

Chapter X: The Sad and Perpetual Compromise

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

11 min readApr 10, 2020

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Chapter X: The Sad and Perpetual Compromise

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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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