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Notes from Our Leaders - Page 3

Enjoy these weekly insights from Steve Simonin, President & CEO and Amy McDaniel, Belmond CEO.

Amy's Reflections

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt We spent this past weekend in Cedar Rapids for a horse show. These weekends are filled with...
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Notes from Steve

My birthday celebrations were great*. I talked about my word for this next year (plus). Its easy - “allow”. My perspective on allow is that in the big scheme of things - I’m not in charge. Yes, I have free will, and I’m not going to allow myself to do...
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Notes from Steve

I did my third 5k for this year - I’ll do another one at least this year, the Santa run in December. I’m so … very slow, but my time is getting better. The first run I did was in Sutliff, Iowa in 1989. “The Sutliff Bridge 5K and Fishing...
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Amy's Reflections

I read a quote from Nelson Mandela today: "May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears." It made me stop and think about what I am putting off or waiting to do out of fear. This past year, I pushed myself outside of my comfort zone, went back...
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Notes from Steve

The best thing about losing a credit or debit card is you have to re-sign up for all the stuff you pay for monthly. “What? I don’t remember signing up for that??!?” It’s cleansing. Like for example, when my basement flooded, and I had to throw away a bunch of...
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Notes from Steve

A strong wind blew over my guitar on Saturday and broke the head (where strings attach - where the tuning pegs are …). It broke it - like a broken bone. Snap. My guitar was one of the things I planned to grab if my house was burning down. I...
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Notes from Steve

Someone asked me how my weekend was … all I could think of was, “I was bit by no-see-ums constantly.” Then I started to itch. Yesterday, I played music with my friend Sara at the Lazy J Animal Rescue Ranch (we call ourselves Fat Janice after my sister’s cat Janice,...
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Amy's Reflections

Happy October! This is my favorite month of the year. The weather is beautiful, football season is here, the leaves start changing colors, and we get to see the beauty of nature. As we start looking towards November and Thanksgiving, our mindset shifts to appreciation. In a world filled with...
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Notes from Steve

Years ago, when I first started riding my bike, I used to go by this farm where this turkey was sitting on a fence post. Every time I passed by on my bike, I was amazed that the turkey was still sitting there. I even stopped a couple of times...
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