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Point to Ponder
My wife gave me a couple
of coffee mugs for our place in the country last
Christmas.
As I was searching for a
point to ponder for this month I drank from one of them and paused
for a moment to ponder its words of wisdom.
"Behind every
success is effort...
behind
every effort is passion...
behind every
passion is someone with the courage to try."
And on the
inside lip: "GO For It!"
Hmmmm...
Spring
is 'officially' here and I'm hoping to see some 'solid' evidence
of that soon. Hopefully
the snow will continue to melt slowly so we don't flood. I have
to admit this has been a long winter for me. Fortunately,
we had the week in Cuba at the beginning of February to break
it. But, it has still been a long one.
Spring is a
time of new ideas and possibilities. Farmers start getting their
equipment ready to plant again. You and I can give
our minds and spirits a check up so we can go forth and plant
new innovative ideas that will yield amazing results when we
cultivate and nurture them over the next few months.
Some of us have had
some soul searching during this winter, perhaps even wondering
if we were on the right path. That is a normal thing to go through
from time to time. That is also a time to touch deep into our
passion and suck up our courage to try again.
Go for it!
See you next month
Bob
Archives of past issues are
available on our www.ideaman.net website. There is a difference between
training and education. Both have their place and both are
important.
I was shopping in a retail store the
other day and put my purchases and a $20 bill on top on the conveyor
belt. The very nice lady behind the til took my $20 off and put it
to the side. She then proceeded to ask me, "Will this be on
your ______ card or debit?" With a straight face, I said,
"No thanks, Cash!"
She had obviously been trained to say
that, but not educated as to when it would be
appropriate.
When you are training someone, please
ensure they are educated at the same time.
Bob
Education Will Give You the Edge Last Minute News
 Had the
pleasure of hosting and co-sponsoring an evening with my long time
friend and fellow speaker Peter Legge on March
22nd. We've been friends for about 19 years and he was kind enough
to come into Edmonton a day early so he could spend the evening with
CAPS Edmonton and friends.He did an amazing
job!
Also finished the 4th in my series for The Business Link that
day.
Been a productive month in spite
of a few visits to the Emergency room. I had an ear infection and
went into Emerg. Then Irene's mom fell and broke her arm (the one
not affected by her stroke) and is still in the Vergreville
Hospital. Then Irene's dad was rushed by ambulance to the Royal Alex
(Edm) for treatment. 13 hours later we took him home and he went
back in for day surgery on the 28th. Then me again... problems with
the nerves that control the muscles on the right side of my face. CT
Scan being done to see what the problem is and they have me on a
regimen of drugs to deal with the infection that is most likely
behind the pressure that is causing the nerve damage. Going
to be some work to put the smile back on my face. Not sure
how long it will take to come back, or if it will. Look fine until I
start to smile...then I look like Popeye. Pass the
spinach!
Updates: My smile is
returning... about 75%. Irene's dad had his operation and it was
successful. Irene's mom is healing and we hope will be able to
return home in time for Easter at the end of the month. We've
decided to not take a break for my birthday this month just to be
around to help them out.
Calls are coming in from
prospective clients. Nice to see that getting busier.
Continuing my work on rewrites and publications. We will be taking
most of our workbooks and mini-books and updating them to make them
available in e-formats (PDF) as well as for readers like the Kobo I
got for Christmas. Exploring these new venues for providing what we
have in written form makes sense and we hope generates additional
revenues long term.
Thanks for
reading Bob 'Idea Man'
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