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The Rule that made weak men unbreakable
How 30 exhausted noblemen entering a dying abbey reshaped Europe
17 hrs ago
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Robbert Leusink
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Your life has no plot because the story was removed
You were never told when the story that oriented your life disappeared
Aug 15
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Robbert Leusink
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Most of the luxury objects you own fail a basic quality test
The diagnostic for telling craft from slop, applied to your own household
Aug 8
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Robbert Leusink
5
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How to pass on your culture and faith
A six-step method for passing on your faith and culture to the next generation
Aug 1
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Robbert Leusink
12
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Why you keep confessing the same sin
Insights alone never break your patterns, here is what to do instead
Jul 25
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Robbert Leusink
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How a German housewife built an empire with just 73 cents
Melitta Bentz turned a kitchen experiment and pocket change into a global coffee empire that is still family-owned over 115 years later
Jun 27
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Robbert Leusink
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How to create things that outlive you
The daily and structural environment that produced Bach, Trollope, and Ozu, applied to your week
Jun 20
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Robbert Leusink
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Why a retired servant is still remembered 413 years later
The four decisions that convert your work into an immortal legacy
Jun 13
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Robbert Leusink
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How to build something that lasts 800 years: The Norbert Framework
A 5-part institutional transmission system used by the Premonstratensians applied to your life
Jun 6
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Robbert Leusink
12
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Craft left most companies. Here is where it still lives...
A verified directory of makers where the heritage standard is still in the object
May 30
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Robbert Leusink
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How to read value in a world without standards
How the abolition of the guild system in 1791 removed visible standards of quality from objects... And how to judge value without them.
May 23
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Robbert Leusink
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The loss of local belonging
How a 1,500-year-old Church practices taught communities where their world ended, and the 4 practices that recover it today
May 16
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Robbert Leusink
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