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  1. "Honesty, trust, and personal responsibility" - Branch Isole Terry McMullen 1:12:18

What a beautiful, thought provoking discussion about truth, faith, and morality. Branch is an author, poet, and storyteller who speaks about choice and consequence, accepting or avoiding personal responsibility, and the power of truth (you can view his work here- https://www.manaopublishing.com/).

What made this discussion so good, was firstly the self reflection Branch has gone through in his own life. As many of us have, he has lived multiple lives in one. He’s been a teacher, a corporate salesperson, a business owner, a husband, and now an author/storyteller. Throughout all of it he has taken time to reflect on what he thought, what he believed, and the type of person he was. Through that reflection he’s come to some conclusions about faith, God, and truth that now guide his life.

That is second part of what made this discussion so good. Branch has first hand experience and evidence of how faith in God turned his life around for the better. He has studied and explored the ways his faith in God made his life worth living. He has deep conviction in what he believes, but this is not blind faith. It is a faith Branch was open to discussing, examining, and even challenging. We debated the benefits of faith but also the very real dangers and pitfalls of it. We discussed if “God” gave us the tools to ever really know the “truth?” And we questioned if free will can exist in a world controlled by God?

Maybe my favorite line from the conversation was a quote Branch threw out from Bob Dylan– “You‘re gonna have to serve somebody; well, it may be the devil, or it may be the Lord, but you‘re gonna have to serve somebody” This conversation, and I believe our goal in life, is trying to decipher who that somebody actually is?

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I spent much of my career trying to consult companies on how to better achieve their goals. I was a Finance major, a Harvard Business School graduate, and a business strategist. I've always been curious and I've always loved trying to solve problems. It was a really good fit for a while, but then life happened.

Within the span of a couple of years I had a son, my sister tragically passed away, and my wife became severely ill with Multiple Sclerosis. All of a sudden everything I thought I knew about life didn't seem to make sense anymore. I needed to raise my son and teach him how to be a good person but I realized I didn't even know what it meant to be a good person, let alone know how to teach him to be one. I also realized that I wasn't capable of being the person my wife needed me to be to help care for her. Simply put, I wasn't good enough.