The gift giving bug has been passed around Facebook like wildfire. After seeing yesterday’s gift from my friend John Praino, another Mahopac guy – wrestling legend John Degl reached out to me to offer another gift. So I posted this on Facebook. Dear Parents – we have a special gift to give today. It’s donated […]
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The magic of giving for the sake of giving is that it’s contagious. This fact is becoming more and more apparent as I get deeper into my 69 day challenge. All sorts of friends and family have been reaching out to me to offer gifts – largely from their own businesses. I think this is […]
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This gift seems like a small one, but it went a long way. Let me explain. One of my best friends in the world is Anthony Pace. This is our second year making homemade wine together. We have a blast doing it. I still don’t know how we really make the wine. I just show […]
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On Halloween night our dear friend the Potenza’s invited us into their home for a quick beer/glass of wine. Doug and Traci are great people and have a beautiful family. They live just up the street from our home in Chappaqua, NY. Traci mentioned that she had been following along with my challenge, and […]
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Today’s gift was simple. I got a few dollars worth of change, and filled the meters for people who were parked on Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains. I even have a cool Instagram Hyperlapse video to prove it too (video credit: Brian Funicelli) 🙂 69 day giving challenge – day 4. Put quarters in the […]
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Something really cool has happened this time around with my giving challenge. Friends and family are reaching out with their own stories, or stories of their friends and family. I love this. It tells me that we’re creating a bigger ripple of impact than previously thought. A few days ago Eve Paletta-Weaver (I was in school […]
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Somehow I get the feeling there will be lot’s of “coffee” gifts. So bear with me. Yesterday I followed my normal routine of putting my oldest daughter Talia on the bus, and then heading to get my coffee before I start my drive into work. I noticed something different about the morning, and I remembered […]
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This was an easy, and somewhat lazy gift. But I will admit that I felt a ridiculous rush of adrenaline after giving it. My office is like many offices in modern America …you can throw a stone and hit the nearest Starbucks here in White Plains. Last night, after my workout, I purchased an orange […]
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Five years ago I did something different. My Father had been falsely diagnosed with a diabolical disease called Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. It’s a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Our whole family was feeling very […]
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