Have you ever watched what plants do? I have since childhood and I’m nearly obsessed with it. When I was a kid, I would lie down in the plants at dusk and watch the brilliant pink flowers of an Ice Plant fold up for the night. It was fascinating to me how this happened almost […]
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The promise of a pencil
For the last few days, I’ve been listening to a new audio book by Adam Braun called The Promise of a Pencil. Adam traveled the world during college and had a nearly fatal ship ride during a Semester at Sea adventure. During a frightening storm when the large ocean liner he and 650 other students […]
What is the opposite of play?
If you said the opposite of play is work, I’d like you to hold that thought. This weekend Nelson and I explored the miles of forests and rivers around our new home. We discovered (for a second time) Gorges State Park which has an astounding 20 waterfalls within the park’s boundaries. We visited DuPont State […]
My best clients all have this
I figured out something today about the best clients I love to work with. They all have some very specific traits in common that have nothing to do with the industry they’re in, how much money they’re making, or whether they’re men or women. I did a two-hour Make Some Room Rendezvous this morning with […]
Forty feet out of my comfort zone
This weekend was a weekend to push me out of my comfort zone – WAY out. Specifically, it pushed me about 40 feet out. Here’s the deal: Ever since Nelson and I met, we’ve talked about wanting to live in the mountains. Even before we met, I wanted to live on a lot of land, […]
Make a difference (a.k.a. that light in your eyes)
A couple of Fridays ago, I had the opportunity to make a huge difference in the lives of a small group of people. There’s a certain light people get in their eyes when they’ve discovered something that changes everything (even something simple that impacts their day-to-day routines). Julie LaChance of RMS Solutions, Inc. and I […]