“When I make my fortune…” Yesterday I was reading through scholarship applications. It is one of my most favorite things to do. In a few paragraphs a student is asked to summarize why they are going to succeed, how they got to this point in life and what a scholarship would mean to them. When
FOCUS – Don’t Run Me Over!
audio version at bottom Life Balance Many books, articles, workshops, gadgets and TV shows are dedicated to helping us find balance in our life. As a group, I think women are drawn to these marketing words, we feel out of balance more than we feel that everything is balanced and easy to handle. What if
Samsung Gear 2 REVIEW- Would I Like a Smart Watch? – A little bit techie persons review
AUDIO/VIDEO VERSION While I was looking and trying to find any way around buying a $600+ motorcycle GPS I looked into google glasses, deciding I was not willing to pay that much money and thanks to a guy who made a super video about what that would look like in a motorcycle helmet (link to
UPDATE from What if your Parent’s went on Your First Date?
AUDIO/VIDEO VERSION [After a broken engagement, an Indian friend agreed to his parents wishes for a traditional arranged marriage. See LINK TO FIRST ARTICLE.] “The Date” was actually two meetings about an hour and a half each. Always with all family members. They were able to talk about a few things. She had taken the
What If Your Parents Were With You On First Dates?
What If Your Parents Were With You On First Dates? VIDEO– no time to read? watch & listen to video I have a good friend who lives in India. He is of age, in India, to be married and start a family. He was right on course for this until recently when his engagement ended
David and Goliath – book review
VIDEO– no time to read? watch & listen to video By Malcolm Gladwell One of my takeaways from the book. Page 149- He goes into detail about what he calls remote misses. It is the effect that happens to many people when they survive a life and death experience. Really fascinating and since reading
Quotes from Sigurd F. Olson about Wilderness
“My feeling of wholeness seems to come while I am in the middle in the wilds, most often when I am alone, but also with someone who understands as I do. Paddling with Elizabeth when our strokes are timed as one, it comes often, or when we are sitting quietly on some high lovely place.
How are your actions making your customers feel?
How are your actions making your customers feel? Last week I mentioned that I was less than satisfied with my television provider, then had switched to an even worse situation before ultimately discovering my new happy solution of live-stream television. The story of how that happened provides some entertainment value, but moreover it provides an
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare
What’s in a name? Well, in my case a whole lot of stuff. I’ll explain. I have been told that I was supposed to be a boy, all the first borns on both of my parents families have been boys, so my parents were going with the statistics and had my name picked out
If Mother Nature Can Do It Why Can’t We?
I love fall, the crisp fall air, the fresh smell of the leaves that have fallen to the ground. This fall as I was driving around Central Minnesota from one client to the next I was noticing all the trees showing off their beautiful colors. Then I realized, trees are a great example of organizing.