11 May 2013
It's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln
Saturday, 11:29 AM
Dear Friend,
Over the past few years I've gotten a lot of emails with comments like, "I'm glad you're one of the few gurus who actually reads and answers their own emails."
They're right. When I first started this blog, I used to answer comments and emails. A lot of people took that to mean I just opened the door, let them into my life and they now had a new pen pal.
Then I had an epiphany as my life quickly became overtaken dealing with strangers from all over the world who wanted to take up much of my time.
13 April 2013
Thursday, 10:12 PM
Dear Friend,
Ever since I was a kid my family has called J.C. Penney's simply "Penney's."
No need to waste time, effort and breath saying "J.C.Penney."
"Penney's" was sufficient… and everybody knew which store were referring to.
Unfortunately for her, the Colombiana has learned much of her English from me. And that includes a lot of bad habits I wish she had never learned.
02 April 2013
Tuesday morning, 7:59 AM
Dear Friend,
This morning I went outside with Chiqui Rikki (11 lb. Shih Tzu with the heart and fight of his trainer, a former 80 lb. Doberman) and I see that two of my youngest new family members have escaped their little fenced off area.
31 March 2013
Sunday, 11:23 PM
Dear Friend,
I have an original copy of The Boron Letters (the one in Gary's actual handwriting) that is so dog-eared it’s literally falling apart at the seams.
When I heard it was recently re-released as a Kindle book, I was ecstatic.
I was even MORE excited when I discovered that Bond, Gary Halbert’s son, had added his own commentary, exposing lots of behind-the-scenes info about each chapter. I couldn’t get to Amazon.com and click the order button fast enough.
19 March 2013
Tuesday, 12:57 AM
Dear Friend,
A little over a year ago, against my better judgement, I decided to work with a client who owned a business grossing about $10 million a year.
Their goal the previous year?
$25 million.
So in spite of doing what I preferred – staying home with my Doberman, the Shih Tzu and the Colombiana – I let this guy talk me into being the rock star "prophet from out of town" rain-maker at their start-the-New-Year-off-with-a-bang team meeting.
It was pretty uncomfortable for me to watch the founder and leader of this little motley crew explain why they didn't even come close to reaching their goal.
It was even more painful to see him slump over (literally) as he announced this year's new goal…
