Heaven doesn’t need harmonica players
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Social Responsibility, Wellness
Andy Mackie, a retired horse trainer, had 9 heart surgeries. The resulting 15 prescriptions caused more problems than they were worth so he stopped taking them. That’s a lot of dough for a lot of drugs. So what did he do with the money he saved?
He figured he’d live for only about a month or [...]
Tags: andy mackie, haiti, harmonica, inspiration, jesse joshua watson, learning, lee-anne ragan, music, rock.paper.scissors
More business savvy from Arlene Dickinson; don’t die at 60 with your millions
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Wellness
Arlene Dickinson is smart, savvy and easy to listen to. She’s CEO of Venture Communications, ‘one of Canada’s largest marketing firms’.
At a recent talk she gave, she was asked for her top advice. Here it is, plain and simple.
‘Thank god you don’t live in Haiti [or more recently earthquake stricken Chile]. We are blessed to [...]
Tags: arlene dickinson, business, chile, democracy, earthquake, entrepreneur, freedom, haiti, health, lee-anne ragan, marathon, millionaire, philosophy, rock.paper.scissors, sprint, venture communications
Are you using all your strength?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change, Communication, Social Responsibility, Travel
You can be sure the people in Haiti are. Using all their strengths that is.
Sometimes we are oblivious to our most obvious strengths.
A little girl was having difficulty lifting a heavy stone.
Her mother came along just then.
Noting the girl’s failure, she asked, “Are you using all your strength?”
“Yes, I am,” the little girl said impatiently.
“No, [...]
Tags: disaster, haiti, lee-anne ragan, paradise built in hell, possibilities, rebecca solnit, rock.paper.scissors, strength