ConnectedEventsMatter - Author

We often confuse understanding with wisdom. Understanding sees clearly; wisdom acts with clarity.
One explains the world — the other transforms how we live within it.
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What Matters is a reflective nonfiction book about presence, connection, and the small moments that shape who we become.
A quiet companion for anyone seeking balance, perspective, or a more authentic life.

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I return often to these words from Aeschylus’s Agamemnon:

“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
— Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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A reflection from the What Matters series
Integrity doesn’t ask to be noticed — it simply endures.
Every quiet act of honesty, restraint, or kindness leaves a trace, even when unseen.
Read more reflections on clarity, conscience, and connection
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Real networking starts when you stop trying to impress and start trying to understand.
“Networking With a Purpose” shows how conversations—not contacts—open real opportunities.
📘 By Brent M. Jones
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Understanding shows us what’s real.
Wisdom shows us how to live with it.
Understanding connects ideas.
Wisdom connects people.
Both matter—but only wisdom transforms.
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The reason that the rich can’t be satisfied may offer some confirmation as to what the true nature of happiness is, suggesting that for true happiness, one needs to be helpful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well”.

Insiders always seem to know first.
Level the field—learn the power of the informational interview.

📘 Networking With a Purpose shows you how:

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Why Wisdom Matters: How Inspiration and Insight Shape a Meaningful Life — Brent M. Jones - Connected Events Matter Feeling inspired each day begins with awareness—choosing to notice meaning in ordinary moments. Inspiration grows into knowledge, and with time, knowledge becomes wisdom—the clarity to live truthfully...

Inspiration opens the door.
Knowledge steps through it.
Wisdom turns the light into understanding.
✨ Inspiration → Knowledge → Wisdom
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Networking With a Purpose helps you move beyond surface-level connections.
Discover how informational interviews can guide your career, build confidence, and uncover opportunities you never knew existed.
Available now on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Networking-P...

Words alone don’t connect people—honesty does.
The Power of Authentic Communication explores how to speak, listen, and live with meaning in a noisy world.
📖 by Brent M. Jones
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Many chase validation, hoping to feel seen.
Few realize that happiness grows when we start seeing others.
Happiness grows where validation ends — in serving others.
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Integrity’s influence is cumulative, not performative.
It doesn’t ask to be noticed; it simply endures.

Quiet choices shape more than loud intentions.
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We can know something in our minds yet not fully believe it in our hearts. Hope bridges that space, quietly, persistently, until knowing and believing align.
🔗 Read the full reflection: Belief, Knowledge, and the Space Between
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“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart…”

Aeschylus wrote it. Robert F. Kennedy spoke it on one of America’s darkest nights.
Reflection on grief, compassion, and wisdom:
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My book Philosophers Are Self-Help Authors shows how Socrates, Aristotle, and the Stoics shaped the roots of self-help—and why their lessons still matter today.

📖 Available now → www.amazon.com/PHILOSOPHERS...

🌊 Life will always throw storms our way. The only thing we can command is how steady we stand within them.
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Book clubs are still discovering my book- Finding the Best Version of Ourselves — calling it “timely, relevant, and practical.” Ready to start your own journey? www.amazon.com/Finding-Best...

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Sometimes growth doesn’t look like progress or motion. Sometimes it looks like stillness. 🌿
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Grateful for the note from ISU Career Center: my books are “a great resource for staff to help students navigate their career paths.” Honored to know they’re making a difference. 🙏
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📘 Networking With a Purpose continues to reach new readers.
Most jobs aren’t posted — they’re discovered through people. That’s why the informational interview remains one of the most powerful, underused tools in a job seeker’s toolkit.
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“If you enjoy thoughtful writing about communication, personal growth, and meaningful connections, you’ll enjoy my Substack.”
“As a thank-you for subscribing - Free, I’ll send you my eBook What Matters: We Are the Sum of Small Moments — free.”
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*"Books on reinvention, communication, and finding presence in the moments that matter. Explore them all on my Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/brent...

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📚 Fiction doesn’t just tell stories—it reshapes how we see ourselves.

✨ Words Become Worlds → New Substack post:
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Listening isn’t just waiting to speak. It’s creating space for someone else to exist.

That’s the heart of authentic communication — and the focus of my latest Substack post.
👉 Read it here: brent702.substack.com/p/listening-...

When was the last time someone truly listened to you?