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Note from Gillian: Changing the Conversation

In 1839 an often-overlooked novelist and playwright, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, once wrote, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Mind you, he was also credited with creating the phrase “It was a dark and stormy night…” which has lived on in its own infamy.

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Note from Gillian: Grow Like a Tree

For my birthday recently, Alissa gave me an amazing first publication of Henry David Thoreau’s last manuscript, Faith in a Seed, with insightful wisdom and observations clarifying the mystery of the origin of trees. Mother Nature plants a minuscule seed that from its inception contains all its goals,

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In Search of Enthusiasm

Today, thanks to questionable algorithms, spit-sourced DNA testing, dating surveys, smart homes, smart phones, smart devices, we are told how we think, how we feel, how to choose a new car, a date, our career, our music choices,

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Entrepreneur Profile: Will Anderson of Açaí of America

Will Anderson loves business. When he speaks about valuations, mergers and acquisitions and barriers to entry, he lights up. Will doesn’t have your average health food entrepreneur story, but it’s a good one. After earning his MBA From Fordham GSB,

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The Power of the [Right] Word

Billions of dollars are spent annually to introduce products, ideas or services to change minds, to motivate, to activate and inspire. Every walk of life uses words to be heard, understood and wanted, from manufacturers to education,

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Bumbleberry Farms–Spread a Little Sweetness

Beekeeper, Karen Mosholder and grandson, Henry, tending the hives

Thirteen years ago Karen Sandusky Mosholder awoke from a dream with the words BumbleBerry Apiary Heritage Select Honey running through her brain. Like some of her other dreamy ideas,

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Value What is Real and True

I was not your normal child, then again, who is? Growing up back East, I was surrounded by books, innovative thinkers, out of the box architects and engineers (in fact they designed and built new sustainable boxes),

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A Thousand Thankful Moments

As the family, friends and feasting pause for a breather, a bit of digestion and contemplation of the next upcoming festivities, I thought it was a good time to take a few moments to reflect on all there is for which we can be thankful and recognize that so much good that surrounds us.

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You want to Change the World? Start Admiring!

For decades, our societies were curated with a semblance of decorum and manners. Criticism was left to the few who thought they knew more than the rest and that it was acceptable to tear others down. Those who wanted to be heard had soapbox venues,

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Loyalty Lost?

Yesteryear a hand shake confirmed an agreement and was considered ironclad backed by the honor of the individuals involved.

Yesterday one would make an agreement in writing, a contract which outlined deliverables as well as expectations and the signatures of both parties was considered valuable and ironclad.

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