My company’s new offering, Minted Memories®, has been launched. It’s a product line of unique anniversary booklets and videos for companies celebrating milestone anniversaries. My first batch of letters to prospects went out today. I was prepared to send them last Friday, but thought that day might be too ominous – like stepping on a crack, breaking a mirror or walking under a ladder – since it was 9/11. So, good things can and do occur on Mondays.
Mark Salloum, of VideoMagic, and I are eagerly awaiting some orders for Minted Memories® videos. My graphic designers and I are ready to put our unique stamp on booklets ordered through the program. Their skills at designing annual reports, newsletters and brochures will be just as amazing when applied to this format.
Meanwhile, the memory book for my mother is in the layout stage. When completed, it will be a fitting personal tribute to a woman who has had an incredible impact on just about everyone that she met and, most especially, her children.
These projects reflect solid values, hard work and the ability to overcome adversity to reach prosperity. In their own way, each offers a tribute and sense of hope. Best of all, these stories allow us to get a closer look at the amazing people who have brought some great things to life. Whether successful companies or close-knit families; in times of turmoil, we need more of both.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Summer of my discontent
I don’t know about you, but this was truly a boring summer. I guess that I had to wind down from all the excitement of my daughter’s senior year playing award-winning basketball for Hillsdale College.
I didn’t go on any trips except for a family reunion in Washington D.C. I didn’t update the house or put in new landscaping – which means more work and money to be spent later. I didn’t update my Web site or launch a new venture (which I’ll have to do in the fall).
It was quiet. It was dull. It was recessionary. It was often cold and rainy. Yet, it was life.
What I did do more of this summer was simply listen. I listened to the stories of those without jobs. Those who have been ill. Those who’ve lost a loved one. Those who’ve lost houses. Women whose long-term marriages failed – with husbands who just up and left. And, I feel lucky. Daily I count my blessings and thank God for a great life, smart kids (mine and others), a solid business, love, laughter, close friends and good health.
I guess sometimes life needs to be dull. It helps us regroup, rest and get ready for the next curve in the road. I wouldn’t mind if that curve leads to greater opportunities and a better economic climate. That would be the shot in the arm we all need.
I didn’t go on any trips except for a family reunion in Washington D.C. I didn’t update the house or put in new landscaping – which means more work and money to be spent later. I didn’t update my Web site or launch a new venture (which I’ll have to do in the fall).
It was quiet. It was dull. It was recessionary. It was often cold and rainy. Yet, it was life.
What I did do more of this summer was simply listen. I listened to the stories of those without jobs. Those who have been ill. Those who’ve lost a loved one. Those who’ve lost houses. Women whose long-term marriages failed – with husbands who just up and left. And, I feel lucky. Daily I count my blessings and thank God for a great life, smart kids (mine and others), a solid business, love, laughter, close friends and good health.
I guess sometimes life needs to be dull. It helps us regroup, rest and get ready for the next curve in the road. I wouldn’t mind if that curve leads to greater opportunities and a better economic climate. That would be the shot in the arm we all need.
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