Delay pulling the plug on Grandma, or anyone else, so that you can sit down with them and explore their beautiful memories of life. Even explore their not-so-beautiful memories because they just might be "teachable moments."

My marketing guru has a huge list of sayings that his Grandmother always used, and he has personal stories galore that he has typed over the 43 years since his grandmother adopted him. Those stories allow him to share something personal, to expose himself, to break the ice with anyone he comes into contact with, which, I believe, is what leads to his success. It makes him a person instead of a robot.

My grandmother died about five years ago. Yep. She died. She didn't pass on, she didn't kick the bucket, she didn't go to a better place, and I didn't lose her. She died. How I wish that my mom, my brother, or I had sat down with her during her life and explored her memories -- and written them down -- instead of just making fun of her antics as she got older and lost those memories to the ravages of old age.

This works for anyone in your family. If your child comes home from school with a story, write it down or record it for posterity. It just might bring back happy memories forty or fifty years from now.

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