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Join podcaster and leadership consultant J.W. Bertolotti for regular conversations on living well featuring the greatest works of philosophy, literature, poetry and more.

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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” – Cicero

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Explorations into the great teachers and philosophers of the ages, featuring great books and excerpts.

J.W. Bertolotti

WRITER | PHILOSOPHER | PODCASTER

Who am I? I’m still figuring that one out, but as for what I do, first and foremost, I’m a father to two great kids and husband to my wonderful wife. I spent much of my adult life in the U.S. Air Force on active duty. After retiring from the military, I founded the Perennial Leader Project to dedicate my efforts to searching for and spreading wisdom for modern life. I enjoy exploring the intersection of wisdom traditions and hope to publish my first book in the coming year.

 
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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
– CICERO
"If the way is not seeking always better ways, it is not the way."
– ROCCO JARMAN
"Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars."
- EPICTETUS
"What is linear is not history but the human spirit."
– PROF. JOE SIRACUSA
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."
– ALBERT CAMUS
"Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day."
– C.G. JUNG
"If I had not been admitted to these studies it would not have been worth while to have been born."
- Seneca
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
- Henry David Thoreau
"Beauty is always worth it."
- Sharon Lebell
"It is no measure of good health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
"The Soul that would be touched by beauty must sometimes walk alone."
- Goethe
"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in moving towards what will be."
- Kahlil Gibran
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