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Notes from Our Leaders - 2015 Archive

Notes from Steve

Uber is a competitor of taxicabs. Interesting thing about the Uber model is that it is pure capitalism combined with social media. So – you need a cab in a large city? No more flagging down a car – Tap your Smartphone, an Uber comes, and you’ve already put in...
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Amy's Reflections

We are in the world to support one another. ― Lailah Gifty Akita This past week I hit my breaking point and had a meltdown. With the hectic pace that this time of the year brings, it is difficult to keep up with everything and continue to smile through it...
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Notes from Steve

I’m not bah humbugging the Christmas holiday or anything this year. This, however, takes some of my (I hesitate to say) joy away. “SCROOGE!!” – they shriek. Noooo … my new outtake on life is that of calm serenity. My “need” to sarcastically point out all that is wrong as...
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Notes from Steve

I heard at a dinner party the other night that I had moved to Des Moines. This was really interesting because clearly no one bothered to tell me of this information. I wanted to know where I was living and what it looked like. Did I have cool furniture? What...
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Amy's Reflections

Every once in awhile try to do something nice for somebody you don't know, even if it's just leaving an opening in traffic for them to merge into, small things like that give people hope. -Joshua Neik Each year I try to teach the kids the spirit of the season...
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Notes from Steve

The Great Lakes The Great Lakes spell out the word HOMES*. I learned this in grade school and I’ll never forget it. Also – a bunch of other stuff by rote … it’ll be with me until I die. I was having lunch with Tom yesterday and we were talking...
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Notes from Steve

… thanksgiving … I wrote last week about those folks who have altered my path in life. In last week’s article, I wrote about a friend who died and how his influence introduced me to a lot of my friends and different music … etc. Anyway, I’ve been mired in...
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Amy's Reflections

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. ― Charles Dickens Happy Thanksgiving Week! We should all take time to stop and be thankful more in our lives. I have recently had several of those moments when you sit back and think thank goodness. The...
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Notes from Steve

A couple of months ago I was mentally envisioning this week as my “breathing” week. Over the past six weeks, I traveled a ton, spoke in North Carolina, and generally did things outside of my comfort zone. “How’d that work out for you, Steve – the envisioning yourself in the...
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Notes from Steve

I did my first ever keynote (their word) speech in North Carolina last week. I completely spazzed out before and drove people (Jill and IT) crazy. It was so cool though and everything went really well. I took off my glasses so I couldn’t see anyone, turned the lights down...
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