Day: November 15, 2014
69 Day Giving Challenge
69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 18
I’m heading home today from a few days in Texas. This morning a car service picked me up. My driver was awesome. A father of 5 kids retired Army veteran – just a fantastic all around guy. We discussed some of his best customers (Tom Hanks), and worst (soccer moms). I’m still laughing about that […]
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69 Day Giving Challenge
69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 17
Today I was the keynote speaker at Wilson Associates Dallas Points of Excellence Awards luncheon. I spoke for about ½ hour. At the conclusion of my speech I explained to the audience what I’m doing here for my 69 day challenge. Then I asked the audience if they liked Starbucks. A few people put their […]
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69 Day Giving Challenge
69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 16
I’ve been in Texas for a few days this week. Today I took a cab ride with a gentleman named John. We started chatting when I noticed the unique messaging on the roof of John’s cab (see photo). I enjoyed that he took the time to write positive notes to himself and his passengers. We […]
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69 Day Giving Challenge
69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 15
Jimmy Mullin and I went to Mahopac High School together. Jimmy Mullen was a career military man, raising to the ranks of Major. Major James D Mullin passed suddenly in May of 2014. It’s funny how you remember the littlest things about people. When I think about Jimmy and seeing him in the halls of Mahopac […]
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69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 14
This one may seem minor – but today’s gift was simply holding the door for one of my neighbors in Chappaqua. I was walking into Dunkin Donuts. When I opened the door, the guy must have been 15 feet from the door. I stepped back, re-opened the door I had just walked through and let […]
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69 Day Giving Challenge
69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 13
For months my wife Laura thought that the baby clothes that she has planned on giving to her friend Jen and my cousin Trish were gone forever. We thought we’d stored the clothes at my parent’s house. My Mother looked everywhere – gone forever. Oh well. We had bags and bags of great clothes for […]
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69 Day Giving Challenge – Day 12
Today’s gift is something that was very special for my wife. Laura is a schoolteacher in Brewster at CV Starr. One of the students in her school, Marilyn Ramirez a 3rd grader passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm. Her family was ill prepared to deal with some of the economic hardships that come with […]
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