BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281105T010000 RDATE:20290311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291104T010000 RDATE:20300310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301103T010000 RDATE:20310309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311102T010000 RDATE:20320314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20321107T010000 RDATE:20330313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20331106T010000 RDATE:20340312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20341105T010000 RDATE:20350311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20351104T010000 RDATE:20360309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20361102T010000 RDATE:20370308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20371101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Denver MST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250420T070000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280312T030000 RDATE:20281105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290311T030000 RDATE:20291104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300310T030000 RDATE:20301103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310309T030000 RDATE:20311102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20320314T030000 RDATE:20321107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20330313T030000 RDATE:20331106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20340312T030000 RDATE:20341105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20350311T030000 RDATE:20351104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20360309T030000 RDATE:20361102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20370308T030000 RDATE:20371101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:America/Denver MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:991a817b06e9e83f1bacd110aee5fd5f CATEGORIES:LSDM CREATED:20260408T095910 SUMMARY:Matt Smith - Author of The Preparation: How to Become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous DESCRIPTION:Young men today do not need more delay, more drift, or more empty credentia lism. They need formation.\nThe Preparation: How to Become Competent, Confi dent, and Dangerous offers a serious alternative to the conventional path. Co-authored by Doug Casey, Matt Smith, and Maxim Smith, the book lays out a model for building capable young men through practical skills, physical co mpetence, economic understanding, character, responsibility, and real-world experience.\nIn this presentation, Matt Smith will discuss the book’s core ideas and the kind of training, structure, and challenge young men need to become strong, useful, independent adults.\nHat tip:  Matt\n \nLooking to redeem myself from yesterday! Matt Smith (author of The Preparation)  is ge tting rescheduled for Tuesday, April 21st. The issue was related to time zo nes. Matt Smith lives on a ranch near Punta del Este in Uruguay. They don’t have time zones there. \nBelow is an AI summary of the book co-authored by Matt. Additionally, you may have heard of the book’s other co-author. Doug Casey. Doug is an investor, author, and libertarian thinker best known for his work in speculative investing, particularly in natural resources like gold, silver, and mining stocks. Doug is also an American expat living on a ranch in Uruguay. Interesting guy. \nThe Preparation argues that young men don’t need more delay, passive schooling, or empty credentials—they need d eliberate formation into capable, self-reliant adults. The book lays out a practical blueprint focused on building real-world competence (physical fit ness, basic trades, financial literacy, communication, and decision-making) , cultivating strong character and personal responsibility, and learning th rough mentorship and direct experience rather than theory alone. It emphasi zes embracing challenge, discomfort, and risk as necessary for growth, whil e encouraging independence, entrepreneurship, and clear thinking about econ omics and society. Ultimately, it presents a structured alternative to the conventional path—one designed to produce confident, useful, and resilient individuals who can navigate an uncertain world on their own terms.\nMATT\n  \n \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Young men today do not need more delay, more drift, or more empty creden tialism. They need formation.

The Preparation: How to Become Comp etent, Confident, and Dangerous offers a serious alternative to t he conventional path. Co-authored by Doug Casey, Matt Smith, and Maxim Smit h, the book lays out a model for building capable young men through practic al skills, physical competence, economic understanding, character, responsi bility, and real-world experience.

In this presentation, Matt Smith w ill discuss the book’s core ideas and the kind of training, structure, and challenge young men need to become strong, useful, independent adults.

< p>Hat tip:  Matt

 

Looking to redeem myself from yest erday! Matt Smith (author of The Preparation)  is getting rescheduled for Tuesday, April 21st. The issue was related to time zones. Matt Smith li ves on a ranch near Punta del Este in Uruguay. They don’t have time zones t here. 

Below is an AI summary of the book co-authored by Matt. A dditionally, you may have heard of the book’s other co-author. Doug Casey. Doug is an investor, author, and libertarian thinker best known for his wor k in speculative investing, particularly in natural resources like gold, si lver, and mining stocks. Doug is also an American expat living on a ranch in Uruguay. Interesting guy. 

The Preparation argues that young men don’t need more delay, passive schooling , or empty credentials—they need deliberate formation into capable, self-re liant adults. The book lays out a practical blueprint focused on building r eal-world competence (physical fitness, basic trades, financial literacy, c ommunication, and decision-making), cultivating strong character and person al responsibility, and learning through mentorship and direct experience ra ther than theory alone. It emphasizes embracing challenge, discomfort, and risk as necessary for growth, while encouraging independence, entrepreneurs hip, and clear thinking about economics and society. Ultimately, it present s a structured alternative to the conventional path—one designed to produce confident, useful, and resilient individuals who can navigate an uncertain world on their own terms.

MATT

 

 

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