Another friend from New York, Ashleigh Banfield sent me a note from her post at ABC. “Hey, Liz. Have you heard? X is the new 30?… As Emily Dickenson said “We turn older with years, but newer everyday”. I reminded Ash, who is much younger, that should they appear remember, wrinkles just indicate where your smiles have been. So, practice adding a twinkle to the wrinkle.
Life is not measured by the amount of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away. When I look at this picture I can almost feel the adrenalin rush, the cold wind on my cheeks, and the thigh burn.
An early morning walk in fresh snow. The world is so pure, so beautiful. When snow falls nature seems to listen. These are my snow angels.
Richard Branson said: “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming”. Perhaps this one got a “pass”. What do you think?
Is socialnomics here? Tim Beners-Lee, in only 1999, laid out the vision of the world wide web as it came to him in a dream. It is interesting, extraordinary to observe where we are in only 6,000 days.The black holes in the image indicate areas where communication is not free.
Mary Kay Ash, CEO and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics was a dynamic force. She said: “The speed of the leader always determines the rate of the pack”.
Up at 5:45am I slip out of bed, carefully step over the snoring labradors, collect my first large cup of coffee,and head to my home office – my refuge and thinking centre – where for the next hour I focus on creative thinking, dreaming and short meditation. Henry Beecher, an American minister called “The first hour of the morning the rudder of the day”.
Business leaders and elite athletes share many attributes. Risk, mental toughness and a believe in self even under the most inhumane and trying of circumstances. Forward momentum is achieved through the setting and reaching of little goals. Success is a journey and not a destination. Staying ahead of the pack means continually reinventing yourself. Nothing worthwhile is done without risk.
Building a business is like sailing where you encounter challenges with wind, weather and equipment. Having the right crew for the conditions is also important. But discovering a rainbow is a wake-up call to throw off the bow lines, rig the sails, catch the winds to explore and discover.
Peter Drucker said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.
The tour of Mission Hills Winery was a highlight of our (EO) Entrepreneurs Organization Retreat this year. EO consists of over 7,500 business owners from 42 different countries. It is a dynamic group of entrepreneurs committed to sharing experiences to help each other grow and succeed in business and in life.
How do you perfect your golf swing? Well, with the the women from the 85 Broads Toronto Chapter it was a lot of fun trying.
When you achieve the impossible you can sit back, have a martini (with really good olives) and say: “screw the jealous naysayers”.
A smile, a touch, a gentle laugh remembered. Memories keep those we love close to us forever.
In the 1900’s dare devil men and women pilots in flying machines swooshed across Canadian skies as dashing bush pilots, patrol forces, and as winged couriers delivering perfumed love letters and direct mail. In fact early direct mail advertising occupied half the mail bag and was the source of complaint for pilots concerned with weight issues.
Einstein described the journey to understanding science as “years of anxious searching in the dark for a truth that one feels but can not express”. I feel everything is built from a network of relationships and when we soon figure out how this can be tied together…
Fishing provides a perpetual series of occasions for hope. For my son catching fish is the benefit derived from participating in the sport of drowning worms.
Balmoral Hall Students attended the Women Entrepreneur Awards Dinner with alumnae Elizabeth Gage ‘78. The evening was an inspiration for all and especially to the students who were encouraged to think big and work hard to achieve their dream.
What appears to be the end, may really be a new beginning. As you can see the race to the finish line sometimes involves altering ones course “Right Away”!
I am not sure what my son’s thoughts were when he presented me with his Mother’s Day gift of garden “worms” but his hand printed card read: “I love the way my Mums talks, the way she laughs and sings. I love the way she walks as if her heart had wings”. This is a keeper.
Sometimes someone says something really small, and beautifully simple and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart.
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. – H. Jackson Browne
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. – Eleanor Roosevelt
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