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Note from Gillian: Freedom to Create

Many plow through life thinking that the end justifies the means, that your efforts will be thwarted by forces out of your control, that your work is only to subsidize your daily needs, that the C-Suite is more than an office and that if retirement is just around the corner,

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Note from Gillian: The Good-Natured Side of Truth

I find it a great societal thermometer to study today’s comic strips not only to track human trends, but also for snippets of philosophy. Some of the greatest cartoon creators like Johnny Hart and Mastroianni, creator of the longest running comic strip B.C.

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Note from Gillian: Nourishing the Human Connection. Nourishing Life.

At times, it seems life is embroiled in challenges, conflicts and confusions. Especially reading the news lately. It often seems that personal priorities can become focused on the immediate: Getting ahead, getting the next new device, getting through traffic congestion faster,[…]

Note from Gillian: The Vision of Gratitude

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, the excitement builds for time with family and friends, football, parades, and the wonderful feeling of having enjoyed a delicious feast and wishing that second slice of pumpkin pie had been smaller.

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Making Foresight 20/20

As the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. A phrase used to describe the fact that it is easy to be knowledgeable about an event after it has happened. Potentially, this means we can learn from our mistakes or from those who have come before and unfortunately implies that clarity comes after the fact.

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Building the Brand That Lasts: Top Tips for Staying Relevant

As our industry has continued to grow and mainstream, the consumer experience has similarly evolved. Once a matter of engaging and selling to the early adopters with a very much aligned values set and buying motivators, then growing into additional channels and demographics.

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Note from Gillian: The Perils of Assumption

For decades, here at Christie & Co we have shared our mantra ‘Never Assume.’ This applies to every aspect of successful business, as well as life. Assume, from the Latin derivation ‘to take,’ in general means to take for granted without actual proof,

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Note from Gillian: Walden to Bauhaus and Beyond

Photo by Gillian Christie. Concord, MA. August 16, 2019

“It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience: but a corporation of conscious [people] is a corporation with a conscience.” Henry David Thoreau.

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Note from Gillian: Why Community

Every life form has a community whether it’s the beehive, the rain forest or the bowling league. We see community in sports, schools, and religions. We see community in business, politics and lifestyles. There are communities that are exclusive. There are communities that are inclusive.[…]

Note from Gillian: Great Expectations

For those of us who had the honor, or in some cases the endurance, to read Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, there was much in this novel that is relevant today. The story of the orphan boy, Pip,

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