My business partner, Eric, and his wife Amy, consciously seek out opportunities to help others by making an anonymous donation each year. They envision creating a book for their grandchildren that chronicles the stories of their random acts of kindness, hoping their book will be a family legacy allowing future generations to be bitten by the giving bug.
After Eric learned that a single mom, who the family knew distantly, had to spend her scrupulously amassed Christmas savings to replace a totaled car, he and Amy filled an envelope with money. On Christmas morning, a trusted friend knocked on the woman’s door, handed her the stuffed envelope, wished her a Merry Christmas and walked away. [Read more…]
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I’ve never put a sign up in my yard, but after speaking with Bill Donaldson, I’m ready to.
I want to share some highlights from a great interview I had with Shelli Varela, who calls herself a possibility hacker, a description I just love!
Althea Branton made the choice, after having her son, to change her life as she knew it, leave her marriage, and go-it-alone with her son. Her deep inner knowing gave her the confidence that this was the right choice for her, to walk away, to leave with nothing and to start fresh. Her story and choice is an empowering message for other women to see what’s possible for them.