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Beautiful Conversation

So what’s a lesson you’ve learned in the industry that you’ll carry throughout the rest of your life? The biggest life lesson I’ve learned is to remain humble. I love the saying, “The giant looks in the mirror and sees … Continue reading

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Money Talk

It might be helpful to their friends if they were specific about their goals, if it’s not too personal. ‘I’m saving up for a down payment,’ or ‘[I’m trying to] increase my emergency fund, or to invest.’ ‘My washing machine … Continue reading

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Run for Him

I was a preemie, born 14 weeks too soon. Doctors said I might never walk. Every day, my grandfather held me in the NICU, whispering, “Be a fighter.” Thirty years later, when he learned he had cancer, I signed up … Continue reading

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Beautiful Conversation

Keep conversations flowing slip a question under each person plate and if, conversation slows bring them out one by one. “What was you first job?” “What dream are you pursuing right now?” Where’s one place you’d love to spend a … Continue reading

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i love you

We were hiking through torrential rain in the Swiss Alps when my 74-year-old mother hollered, “I want to tell you I love you in case I get struck by lightning and die.” It was possible: We were high above the … Continue reading

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