Daily Archives: 06/17/2010

(Community Matters) Rugby is an honorable sport.  We should give it more attention

(Community Matters) I realize I risk crossing the boundary between posting on interesting topics, sights and travel into what may come across as bragging. I never consciously mean the latter, though when I go back and read previous postings, it seems at least subconsciously intentional from time to time; it’s really too much enthusiasm and always the need to share.  But, I don’t beat myself up about things – life’s too short.

Reporting on the kind of day I’m able to have isn’t meant as bragging, it’s meant as just “I’m blown away lucky on a regular basis.”

Yesterday:

meeting with entrepreneur Jason Black over breakfast to talk about kids & entrepreneurship.  Our staff meeting – Shobie just adopted a baby and is on maternity leave for 12 weeks but prioritizes coming in for our meeting and joins Amanda, Donna & me.  These women completely rock and make great things happen regularly (Leigh’s another and we met on Tuesday). Phone calls, texts and emails, several throughout the day, with several of my closest friends Kirk Rudy,  Jack McDonald, Margo Weisz & Doug Ulman – working on great stuff with each independently. With Georgia Thomsen, brainstorming on RISE 2011 stuff. Jeff Browning, who’s a close enough friend I can call at the last minute (dude, please meet me at a restaurant instead of your office, it’s 3pm and I am starving for lunch), then we can discuss EF business very granularly, very candidly.  Jeff is sage, gives good advice.  Cameron at the house with his new chef and new GM. Wow, I thought it was just gonna be a dinner, it’s a bloody production – how fabulous, Friday’s dinner.  Dinner with seven key community/business influencers who make great things happen, discussing important topics, always forcing the conversation toward measurable outcomes. And, home to the greatest guy I’ve ever known, who does really good work every single day.

not to be morbid, but if anything ever happens to me, no sadness.  My friends better have a party b/c there’s no regrets in my life, just a realization that I’m awesomely lucky