Make it a Goolish Monday

BOO!

Fit as a Fiddle Friday

Good morning Sally. Stay fit and safe. Go Dawgs!

Working some angles for you

Janie's New York show room. Women Power!

Stay whole and don't let the bed bugs bite!

Making it a great Momday in NYC

Thought this sign was for me.

I think I am on tv right now.

Homecoming buddies

Great day in Austin

Stay fit in Athens!

Doubt - Avoid the evil eye and embrace the good

Women Power!

Doubt is what I call having a double mind. Doubt says, "I want to do this, but what about this?" So there are now two things to do.

This type of doubt can be a burden and source of confusion. "I think so, but I doubt it." "I think I'm getting well, but I'm not sure." "I'm sure she loves me, but I don't know." "They might, but maybe they might not." "How's the day going? It's just wonderful, except my back hurts." It's often referred to as the evil eye because there is a lack of willingness to fully embrace the goodness in life.

- John-Roger

Talkers Block

Good morning my daughter . . .

I wanted to talk to you about your blog ideas this weekend. Let's find some time to have a chat. Are you wanting to blog about your studies and what you are learning about the design field? In other words, a students perspective on interior design? Or are you thinking more of an overall 'Sally' blog about everything going on in your life? Or a little bit of both?

Regardless, I think it is great that you want to write. Here is an interesting read that will give you some food-for-thought on the subject of writing. 

http://bit.ly/nIKlAL

Stay whole!

Make it a Great Monday

Hey Sally,

Just a quick note to say hello and let you know all is good here in Tejas. I was at lunch today at Texas Honey Ham, and a suburban ran right through Westbank Jewelers. Literally ran the curb and through the glass and completely into the store. Fortunately, no one was hurt, other than the driver who may have suffered a heart attack? It made for a very interesting lunch.

Hope you are making it a great Monday in Athens.

Love,

Dad

Skinnier

 How might this apply in your field of work? Stay skinny - Dad

So many things that would have been money losers then can be profitable today.

When you run your own concert, selling tickets online and renting the theater out yourself, you might be able to keep 85 cents of every dollar your audience spends on a ticket. In the current system, by the time the box office, Ticketmaster, the stagehands, the promoters and everyone else takes a cut, you might end up with literally nothing.

Or consider a hardcover book that costs $20. By the time the bookstore keeps half, the publisher keeps a share for the risk she takes, and don't forget shipping and returns... there might only be $2 left for the author. With an ebook, the author might keep as much as $14 a copy... More if he hosts the store and sells it as a PDF.

A newspaper can happily support a few reporters and an ad guy if it gives up the paper, the offices and the rest of the trappings.

Too often, we look at the new thing and demand to know how it supports the old thing. Perhaps, though, the question is, how does the new thing allow us to think skinnier.

Another Seth Godin --> http://bit.ly/nROTCK

Women Power - Live Oak!

Open conversations or close them

Another thought-provoking post from Seth Godin. Stay whole . . . http://bit.ly/qIcK6S

A guy walks into a shop that sells ties. He's opened the conversation by walking in.

Salesman says, "can I help you?"

The conversation is now closed. The prospect can politely say, "no thanks, just looking."

Consider the alternative: "That's a [insert adjective here] tie you're wearing, sir. Where did you buy it?"

Conversation is now open. Attention has been paid, a rapport can be built. They can talk about ties. And good taste.

Or consider a patron at a fancy restaurant. He was served an old piece of fish, something hardly worth the place's reputation. On the way out, he says to the chef,

"It must be hard to get great fish on Mondays. I'm afraid the filet I was served had turned."

If the chef says, "I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your meal..." then the conversation is over. The patron has been rebuffed, the feedback considered merely whining and a matter of personal perspective.

What if the chef said instead, "what kind of fish was it?" What if the chef invited the patron back into the kitchen to take a look at the process and was asked for feedback?

Open conversations generate loyalty, sales and most of all, learning... for both sides.

Stay Whole Tuesday

Sally's boot and pepper. Drawing class elective.

Which are you?

...competent, inspiring, passionate, obsessed, provocative, impatient, hungry, driven, adoring, inspired, an artist, a genius, someone who cares...?

With all these remarkable, powerful, important options available to each of us, why do so many of us default to competent?

(Borrowed from Seth Godin)

Be something more and make it a great Monday!

Goose works concessions

Westlake whips Anderson! Stay fit!

Emily's First Varsity Tournament

Day One - 36 holes!

The team after day one

Emily and Meg

With Coach Grigg - Day two

Emily and Meg

All Pink - Emily dedicated her play to Susan!

Lunch - The Champs

Lucy goes Rowing

Sent from my iPhone -  A natural athlete! Women Power Wednesday.

Lucy goes Neon

Sent from my iPhone.

Stay whole in Athens. Intro to rowing class tonight for Goose. Something fun to try out!

It is never too late . . .

. . . to make it a great Monday. Let's talk tomorrow. I am going to bed. I will put some money in the account in the morning. Please send me a text so I remember. Love - Dad