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As an author, I’ve found that when I do something worth writing, I end up with a book that is worth reading.  As we journey together through the rebirth of the season - of Spring - of Easter - of the hope that comes with vaccines - lets focus on doing something...

For over 20 years, the daffodils on our front lawn have signaled a new beginning. This year the conversation at the Beach Bar is about how this spring is special. After a year of Covid winter, today is a spring rebirth - a rebirth that is not to be wasted. This...

When STRESS hits you, your mind goes through a chain reaction….handled properly it’s a bit like what happens in the following computer program: PRINT “STRESS”PRINT “ACKNOWLEDGE STRESS”END & MOVE ON If you ran the above BASIC program, the word STRESS would appear...

I SHALL FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE - Admiral Peary of Maine - the first to successfully reach the North Pole - wrote this in Latin on the  wall of his shelter in Greenland as he recovered from a broken leg. It’s also carved on his tombstone at Arlington Cemetery...

This past week I got very frustrated with people living in yesterday!    Throughout the week it seemed every other phone call or zoom was rooted in reliving the good old days.  OR it was focused on where people are going.    Interestingly - it...

“Have Fun Playing in the Snow” was on my mind this week. It was written by my daughter Tori (Victoria) on a piece of scrap paper and hidden inside my backpack when I participated in the Aspirations Expedition to the North Pole years ago. It was one of a number of...

This week the Brain Brew Crew spent some time crafting romance cocktails. Said another way - it was an excuse to put ourselves under the constraint of creating drinks that are red in color :).  I Bring the Party Mocktail  (left)  This is mocktail with...

26 years ago in my first book, I wrote about our Eureka! Research findings on the exponential power of diversity to ignite smarter and more innovative ideas.  Patrick Aylward’s new book, THE COLLABORATIVE PATH, is a must read for anyone who is interested in...

Sitting beside the fireplace at the Brain Brew Beach Bar I concluded that I should commit myself to learning something new… so that I don’t “waste” the last months of the pandemic. Before we know it, we will all be busier than ever, leaving no time for learning...

At the Brain Brew Beach Bar we’ve been talking about the differences between Did, Done and Doing. We’ve concluded that the only one that matters is Doing!  DID - is the past.  It’s nice to reflect on, but it’s no longer alive. DONE - can be more recent as in “I got it...