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ConnectedEventsMatter - Author
@connectedevents.bsky.social
Fueled by books, curiosity, and real conversations. I help people discover their strengths, shape meaningful careers, and build networks that feel authentic.
Speak less.
Mean more.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A reflective nonfiction essay about friendship, loss, and the quiet meaning found in small moments. It explores how we are shaped more by everyday connections and acts of presence than by major life events.
We Are the Sum of Small Moments open.substack.com/pub/brent702...
We Are the Sum of Small Moments
On friendship, loss, and finding meaning in what remains.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Most people don’t struggle with ambition—they struggle with alignment.

The Human Factor helps you rediscover purpose and create work that truly matters.

🔗 Read now on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Human-Factor...

#Purpose #Clarity #PersonalGrowth #Leadership #CareerDevelopment
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The moments that define us rarely look important when they happen.
But they’re everything.
Discover What Matters: We Are the Sum of Small Moments.
📖 Available now on Amazon.
www.amazon.com/What-Matters...

#Presence #Reflection #BrentMJones
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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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October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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.

👉 On Amazon www.amazon.com/What-Matters...
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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
More at: brent702.substack.com/p/aeschylus-...
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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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October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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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October 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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.
More about this at: connectedeventsmatter.com/stories/wisd...

#WhatMatters #BrentMJones
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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”.
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Insiders always seem to know first.
Level the field—learn the power of the informational interview.

📘 Networking With a Purpose shows you how:

www.amazon.com/Networking-P...
October 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Inspiration opens the door.
Knowledge steps through it.
Wisdom turns the light into understanding.
✨ Inspiration → Knowledge → Wisdom
Read more → connectedeventsmatter.com/where-good-t...
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...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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
www.amazon.com/Power-Authen...

#WhatMatters #Authenticity #Growth
October 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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.
#WhatMatters #Happiness #Service #Purpose
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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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#WhatMatters #Integrity #Reflection
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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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October 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Brent M. Jones - ConnectedEvent3
@ConnectedEvent3
“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:
brent702.substack.com/p/even-in-ou...
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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...
September 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🌊 Life will always throw storms our way. The only thing we can command is how steady we stand within them.
I share more reflections like this in my What Matters newsletter—join here: substack.com/@brentmjones1

#Stoicism #Resilience #WhatMatters #Stoicism #Resilience
September 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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...

#bluesky
September 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sometimes growth doesn’t look like progress or motion. Sometimes it looks like stillness. 🌿
Read more here brent702.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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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#CareerSuccess #AuthenticCommunicatio #booksky
September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📘 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.
👉 amazon.com/Networking-P...
September 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM