Truckee Jiboom Street Toastmasters

I am a member of Toastmasters, an International club whose focus is to help members find comfort in public speaking, and "public" can be friends at a dinner party, not necessarily a large crowd. I joined to help me with my passion as a Radical Forgiveness Workshop Leader and coach so that I could find ease in front of a group as well as interfacing often with clients and associates in real estate. It has been fantastic! I can even tell a joke now without giving away the punch-line before reaching the end of the joke. I have also met some great new people which has been fun since Truckee is such a small town, I used to think I knew everyone. Not so!
Toastmasters is sponsoring a wonderful community project to assist people who are out of work, in learning how to get through the interview process comfortably (or as comfortably as possible). I am hopeful that with this outreach, we will be able to see some folks successfully speak about themselves and their personal assets which could benefit an employer.

Me and Facebook

I can only laugh at myself, because otherwise I would be beating myself up all of the time! I just had a meeting with my really good friend Chris Tinney of Reno, NV. Chris is behind the concept and opening of the Spread Peace Cafe, coming May 1. He agreed to help me clear out my 58 year old brain in order to wrap my head around social networking. Well I learned a key feature of Facebook that I had never been aware of! NOTES!! Not only was I not entering my own, I was missing such a fabulous feature available to me about all of my FRIENDS on Facebook. I have a big project now, which I am going to absolutely love as I travel through the sites of my friends and get my Notes up to date! Chris and his wife Tysha are so much fun, who would have guessed, brilliant as well!

Vacations - An Absolute Must

I just got back from a week long cruise along the Mexican Riviera. The timing was perfect, right after a week of constant weather and the arrival of about 4 feet of new snow here in Truckee, California. I was prepared for stormy seas, but was fairly certain it wouldn't be snowing on the cruise ship the Sapphire Princess so I was a happy camper from the beginning. Have I mentioned before my firm belief in Law of Attraction? That was why it was so important for me to see a perfect vacation on the horizon. In line with my belief in LOA, I chose to go on a cruise which had 11 hours with Law of Attraction specialists, Esther and Jerry Hicks. That was such a perfect way to relax and rejuvenate with the incredible energy of Esther Hicks and Abraham.

What is most important however is to see not only the benefit of taking a vacation, but appreciating the benefits that will be returned to everyone that I do business with from this point forward, until the next vacation comes around. Real estate can be a challenging business and I don't know how else to unwind and refresh better than getting away from cell phones and computers. It was amazing, and something I realize I have not done enough of in the last 19 years.

The adventure highlight of the trip.....zip lining in Puerto Villarta. Now that was a rush!