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Rebel Brown is a go-to-market strategistspecializing in start ups, turnarounds and startarounds in the high technology and B2B arena.
Interests: horses & horse camping. skiing & ice skating. gardening & orchids. playing my piano. reading great books & writing my own novels. playing with my pup.
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Mar 15, 2010
HAPPY NEW DECADE everyone!
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on this post. My Small Thing for the day so far was to give my furry boy Diego the biggest happy new year ribeye bone he could think of. The light in his little eyes was BIG!
As we're all making big plans - it's nice to also know that small things done with love are often just as rewarding as the BIG deals.
Enjoy the beginning of this new decade!
reb
Think Small
It's the day for New Year's Resolutions yet again. We're all making our lists of ways to be better people, do better things, spread joy to more of those around us. What a worthy cause! So why wait til New Year's? We can make those same resolutions every day of our lives. Every morning we can w...
THANKS so much for all the great comments gang. And I LOVE the idea of keeping the tree up. My dad kept his tree til the 4th of July one year –then planted it in buddies front yard as a joke. Don’t think that’s the same spirit, though
I agree that there are stresses that come with the holidays. Being a gal with no family to speak of (although I adore my 2nd cousins twice removed) this time of year is tough. But no matter how much stress there is – there’s so much joy. I was out shopping yesterday and everyone was SO happy. Clerks and smiling, customers are chatting with each other – even more friendly than the normal Santa Cruz banter. We GLOW during the holidays. My goal is to glow throughout this next year.
2010 is my year to SHINE. I hope ya’ll join me!
XOXO and may your 2010 holidays be magical and blessed – all 365 of them!
reb
That Special Holiday Spirit
I love the holidays. Everyone lights up with positive energy from Thanksgiving right on through the New Year. We share our hopes and dreams, make big plans for our future, thank those who have blessed us in even the smallest ways throughout the year. We are one big happy holiday family. Offices ...
THANKS much for all your comments throughout this week Tanveer. It's been interesting - some folks disagree with me, some protest that Martha really did nothing wrong..it's all a matter of perspective, which is what make life such an interesting journey!
reb
Power Chicks Do It Bigger
Somebody commented that I was really taking it out on the Power Dudes. So, just for the record, Power Chicks are worse than Power Dudes. Power Chicks swagger over other women like no man I've ever met, while they're sucking up to the guys, just sweet as pie. We gals know the type - they'll trash...
A friend shared her personal experience about this post and I had to share with you.
She was racing out the door to make a plane,. looking everywhere for her briefcase that she had packed late the night before. She couldnt find it anywhere (luckily her ticket was in her purse). So she grabbed her laptop and headed out to avoid missing the plane. Jumped in the car, drove to the airport and parked. When she opened her door to get her luggage, she found her briefcase. And NO luggage. She had to make the flight so she grabbed the luggage and headed out.
When she called home that night - her husband asked why her luggage was sitting in her office chair - open and waiting.
Ready, Fire, Aim.... Doncha love those moments:)
Thanks for all your comments. We ALL can sharpen our focus, if we just SLOW DOWN a bit.
Keep smilin'
reb
Ready, Fire, Aim
That's kinda backwards, isn't it? I catch myself doing it all the time. I get an idea, remember something I need to do, all while I'm in the middle of something else. I'm distracted by the new thought, so I get up to go fix whatever, grab whatever, do whatever, so I can come back and focus. Bu...
Wow - I am humbled by your responses. Sorry it took so long for me to get out here - been an under the weather week for me.
Your comments yet again show how blessed I am by friends who are my family. Some I've known for decades, some I met in the past month, but regardless - you all ROCK.
Wishing a grace-filled holiday season for all of my friends who are like family.
Luv n light
reb
Friends Who Are My Family!
I've been on my own most of my adult life. I don't mind being alone. I'm an only child of two only children who had me at 42. I grew up as the only kid in my neighborhood. Now that my folks are gone, I don't have close family since I don't have kids. The good news? I get to choose my family. I'...
OK Gang, I'm still laughing over this. Thanks for your public comments Ed and Bret (Ed you are very much in the MINORITY, still!).
For some reasons - our brains are wired differently around this image and its meaning. The count is still running Women - more than 95% see it and men, well under 30% get it.
WOW - think about all the marketing and other messages we women write thinking men will 'get' them. And think of all the men who are communicating to their male audiences but perhaps missing their female counterparts.
We'll never know how it works for sure, but we do know, yet again, we're just plain different!
Thanks much for the comments, Tweets, emails and more! Glad ya'll had a laugh with me!
reb
Primal Perception
I wrote a post last week entitled Ready, Fire, Aim. I closed with what I thought was a cute little double entendre'. Something lifke "Who knows, maybe we'll hit the bullseye!" followed, by a picture of a bull's eye...the Wall Street Bull's Eye to be precise. Get it? If we focus on our goal and...
THANKS so much for all your kind words on this post - they mean a lot to me!
Sorry it's taken me so long to get out here and comment. I've been a bit under the weather and am just now digging out.
I've had the image of my Mom's porch light in my heart all this week - thinking of the warmth and love shared behind that porch light during all the holiday and other celebrations in our home. Those were oh so welcome inclusions into our lives - unlike the unwelcome intrusions we experience today.
I pray we can all find a way back to that porch light - in our personal and our business communications and outreach.
Thanks again for all you share!
reb
Lessons From a Porch Light
The last few weeks I've had a barrage of pornographic messages on Twitter. They are obscene, graphic and embarrassing. I block the senders and delete the messages, but they just keep coming. My other friends are getting them as well. We all feel so powerless to do anything to stop them - so we ...
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