Guarantees in life include opportunities, challenges, and choices

About Anewtrek's founder, Jason Anthony Krause... I believe our humanity has some catching up to do with our technology and it starts with personal growth. I believe love is undervalued, and the more we love the less laws we would need. The great tension is how to balance love and justice. I believe truth is our most valuable resource, because it allows us to make the best use of our time. I believe there are guarantees in life including opportunities, challenges, and choices. I believe gaining new knowledge helps us manage opportunities and challenges, and make better choices. I also believe there are shortcuts in life, including articles, books, videos, and podcasts, where experts share their "secrets" that can save us years of trial and error, but we still have to apply their principles, and do the work. I believe there are human made opportunities and natural opportunities (our abilities and skills).  
 

I've had many challenges over the years and found myself reading a lot of books to help overcome these challenges. I eventually realized that there are at least 12 single skills or principles that each claim to be the one most important principle for success in life. I've always been an active thinker, so after a while of developing my own theories based on what has helped me, and principles from many experts, I self-published Opportunity Truth. It includes the complete growth framework and the Opportunity System, and I know it can help other people.
 

I was raised in a small town in the Midwest, and joined the military at 17 on the delayed entry program. A few weeks after graduating high school I was questioning whether I made the right decision, as I had an angry Drill Sergeant screaming at me. I stuck it out, mainly for a salary job with health benefits, four weeks paid vacation a year, a good retirement plan, and I thought it would be good to serve our country. I'm grateful for the experience, as I served with great men and women. I worked hard and was rewarded well, which motivated me, and I finished 23 years. 

After my three years I went back home, got a couple part-time jobs, went to college full-time, and got an apartment with an old friend. After the first semester I had a reality check. My grades were terrible. I called up the recruiter and asked about coming back in the military, if I could keep my rank and get stationed in the U.S. He said he couldn't make any promises other than a monthly paycheck and health benefits. I told him to give me a call if he could get those in a contract. A couple months later he called and said I could keep my rank and get stationed in the U.S. so I joined back up.

I went on to retire from the Special Forces as a Warrant Officer 3, a planner and project manager. It was an honor to serve our country, and other countries. When I was younger, I never imagined I would have made a career out of the military, or made it into Special Forces, it just kind of happened, as I was open and willing to accept opportunities and challenges.

I gave my best physical years to the military and respected the golden rule. I believe our military members have great potential as they have proven a basic level of discipline. When I retired from the military, I thought I had the world figured out. 

I went on to finish a business degree and became passionate about learning about business. It was no surprise to learn the most important factors in business, just like any organization, are the community leaders and the individual leaders, not funding, cash flow, timing, the idea or the team, these are all choices made by the community leaders and the individual leaders. 

Shortly before finishing my degree I started having some significant health, relationship, and finance issues. This was one of the two most challenging seasons in my life, the other most challenging season of my life was going through a divorce about a year after losing our only child. 

I've had many challenges over the years and found myself reading a lot of books to help overcome these challenges (well over 200 in the past 10 years since I submitted my military retirement papers). I have come to place a high value on self-education. I believe the information age is undervalued. There are many "secrets" waiting for you to find them in books, videos, and podcasts. Many very successful people are spending a lot of time creating content to help other people be successful.