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ConnectedEventsMatter - Author
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Fueled by books, curiosity, and real conversations. I help people discover their strengths, shape meaningful careers, and build networks that feel authentic.
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People Who Stay, People Who Leave, and the Ones Who Return in Dreams - See the short article on this at: connectedeventsmatter.com/reflective-n...
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Noticing something in you is changing?
There’s a reason.
The Human Factor helps you understand what it means.
www.amazon.com/Human-Factor...
December 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Find the book on Amazon at: www.amazon.com/Human-Factor...
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
People Who Stay, People Who Leave, and the Ones Who Return in Dreams - See the short article on this at: connectedeventsmatter.com/reflective-n...
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If you’re quietly rethinking your life… this book will meet you there.
Learn More at: www.amazon.com/Human-Factor...
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Good literature makes us more than ourselves—letting us see with others’ eyes and feel with other hearts. That’s why stories still matter.
see article at: connectedeventsmatter.com/stories/good...
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Real reinvention doesn’t happen in a flash.
It builds slowly, quietly, until one day we realize we’ve become someone new.
Themes I find myself returning to in my writing—What Matters and Authentic Communication especially.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Alignment isn’t about perfection. It’s when your choices finally stop arguing with your values. When something inside you quietly says: “This feels like me.”
See the full article at connectedeventsmatter.com/alignment-/a...
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Goodreads has never clicked for me.
After 20+ years of checking back in, it still feels like a maze that makes simple things harder than they should be.
Great idea, confusing execution & I still wish it worked better
More at connectedeventsmatter.com/writing-thou...

#ReadingCommunity #Goodreads
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Self-help gives answers.
Self-reflection gives alignment.
My newest essay explores the moment everything shifted.
Read here → connectedeventsmatter.com/blog-1/findi...
Why the Search for Our “Best Self” Starts with Honest Self-Reflection — Brent M. Jones - Connected Events Matter
When I wrote the introduction to Finding the Best Version of Ourselves: The Interview of Self , I didn’t realize it at the time, but it marked a turning point in how I approached writing. I had spent...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Authentic communication still cuts through the noise — and it builds the kind of trust that actually lasts.
📘 The Power of Authentic Communication
Practical wisdom for how people connect today.
amazon.com/Power-Authen...

#AuthenticCommunication #Leadership #CommunicationSkill
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sometimes what we call coincidence is really the result of a choice we made long before.
The path creates the moment.
The moment reminds us to pay attention.
See the article on Substack brent702.substack.com/p/where-choi...

#ReflectiveNonfiction #SmallMoments
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Are we missing the meaning of life by thinking too much about death?
A quiet reflection on presence, people, and what truly matters.
Read on Substack brent702.substack.com/p/rethinking...
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What Matters: We Are the Sum of Small Moments.

If you’ve ever paused in the middle of an ordinary day and thought, this is what really matters, this book was written for you.
📷 Available now on Amazon.
www.amazon.com/What-Matters...
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Speak less.
Mean more.
Buy on Amazon
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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.
substack.com/@brentmjones1
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
Buy at Amazon:

www.amazon.com/Networking-P...
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