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6/29/2024

Writing to you from Denver, Colorado.

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Question for you

What skills do you believe will be most needed within the next 10 years?

Motorcycle training

Acquiring different certifications or licenses is a big part of The Preparation.

If you’ve ever watched Chadd Wright’s videos on YouTube, you’d know that he has a binder full of certifications that he earned during his time in the military.

There’s a lot of B.S. certifications you can get out there, but there’s also plenty that require true effort to receive. Those ones are markers of qualifications and indicators of skill.

Of course, the aim shouldn’t be to just get any certification, but instead, to get the practical knowledge behind it. Certifications open doors in direct and indirect ways. I mean, o…

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