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Life Cartography is written by Dr. Charles Porter.

Culture. Coaching. Leadership. Creativity.

Category: Life Lessons

Life Lessons

The Myth of Human Potential.

Charles Porter, November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Showtime. Bad Boys. Come Fly with me. If those phrases connect at all with you,…

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4 Low Cost Gifts Any Father Would Love

Charles Porter, June 20, 2020June 20, 2020

Father’s Day. A day to celebrate dad’s. But unlike Mother’s Day, gifts are much more…

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leadership

How to know if you are adulting

Charles Porter, May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

I had never heard of “adulting” until recently. The phraseology is interesting, and I was…

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46 lessons I learned this past year

Charles Porter, December 1, 2019December 1, 2019

This blog started with 40 life lessons I learned before the age of 40. Those…

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Please stop empowering Africans. And pretty much every else as well.

Charles Porter, March 15, 2019December 1, 2019

Lets have a conversation about power. Who has it and who doesn’t? Empowerment as a…

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Unintended Consequences: There’s an app for that

Charles Porter, November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

Unintended consequences: There’s no app for that. In the smartphone, uber connected world in which…

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Leadership and the rubber band effect.

Charles Porter, October 18, 2018

On any desired leadership traits questionnaire, invariably those being lead want their leaders to be…

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Stop offering to help others..

Charles Porter, October 11, 2018

  Because you know you can’t, and if they call, you gotta answer. NBC has…

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Stop trying to find a great mentor.  Do this instead to advance your career and life.

Charles Porter, April 16, 2018

What’s your question? I can tell within 2 seconds of asking that question whether our…

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Disability

Stop saying this when friends are in crisis…

Charles Porter, July 24, 2017

Another random Facebook post. A friend asking for vague help, their circumstances not allowing them to…

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Disability

What I wish Christians understood about depression

Charles Porter, July 17, 2017July 29, 2021

“Maybe the World would just be better off without me.” As I sat and heard…

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leadership

Three Vintage Skills Millenials can develop to stand out!

Charles Porter, May 6, 2017May 6, 2017

3 Skills Millennials can learn to distinguish themselves in the marketplace “Call him.” “I sent…

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leadership

The Failed Promise of Relevance.

Charles Porter, April 13, 2017April 14, 2017

Another article floating around the internet, being shared ad-nausea by everyone tired for old ways…

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40 Life lessons to learn before you turn 40

43 Life Lessons from Bible characters.

Charles Porter, December 1, 2016April 14, 2017

Birthday’s are times for reflection for me. I want to continue to learn. Here’s 43…

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Why Colin Kaepernick’s stand won’t change anything

Charles Porter, August 30, 2016August 30, 2016

Colin Kaepernick sat during the national anthem. In our nation, that is your right. In Mozambique,…

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Life Coaching

Why I don’t want my kids to be successful

Charles Porter, August 3, 2016August 3, 2016

I turned on the TV for a couple minutes last night to see Bear Grylls…

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Life Coaching

Why this Duck Dynasty Star should never get lucky with his wife.

Charles Porter, June 21, 2016June 21, 2016

My daughter’s favorite show these days is Jep and Jessica, the spin off from Duck…

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Hillsong’s Naked Cowboy Fiasco, and the leadership quandary.

Charles Porter, June 5, 2016June 6, 2016

The internet, a least the internet that cares about such things, blew up last week…

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A genius parenting hack applied to business.

Charles Porter, February 20, 2016February 20, 2016

I wrote yesterday about my dad’s accidental parenting genius. By asking his kids which movies he…

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Accidental parenting genius

Charles Porter, February 20, 2016

My parents are great. Loving, affirming, invested, they were great. Not perfect though. They were…

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