🐾 Whiskey's Wisdom:"If you are and ocean, be an ocean. Don't be a pond because the people around you can't swim."~ Author UnknownYour today - and for the rest of 2026 is:Do not diminish your essence to be acceptable.Let your being expand; others may rise or choose not to.Design An Extraordinary
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01/04/2026
(This book could be required reading for REALTORS®, frankly. I've translated the book's Battle Strategies into practical real estate applications - not a very big stretch considering the battles we fight each week in our profession)...I read The 5 Rings over Christmas and wanted to share the key
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12/28/2025
I recently heard Neil deGrasse Tyson (American astrophysicist and writer) speak on conspiracy theories e.g. UFO's, The Moon Landings and Flat Earthers to name a few. He debunked many, for instance; those that believe the moon landings were faked (all 9 of them) was disproven by the evidence: we
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12/13/2025
Confidence Is As Assertive DoesHave you ever had to prepare to have a difficult conversation with someone or take on a difficult job or task? Have you ever said to yourself, "I'll do that once I work up the confidence to do it."? Here's the Bad News: No you won't! But, here's the Good News: confi
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12/11/2025
🐾 Whiskey's Wisdom:継続は力なり Keizoku wa chikara nari~Japanese ProverbTranslation:"Continuance is strength" or "Persistence is power". This emphasizes that steady effort leads to strength and success with any goal. What dream do you need to realize in 2026? What Bucket-List goal needs to be experienc
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12/07/2025
Chapter 5: Wrapping Up Our Epic JourneyPrevious Chapters:(Chapter 1)(Chapter 2)(Chapter 3)(Chapter 4)We traveled through Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka; then circled back to Kyoto and Tokyo before finally boarding our flight home. We had a family reunion, made new friends and achieved a Buc
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12/05/2025
Fukuoka (Chapter 4 of 5)Chapter 1 (The Escape) JapanChapter 2 KyotoChapter 3 HiroshimaI’ll confess: when we first added Fukuoka to our itinerary, I had never heard of it and held exactly zero expectations. The only real reason it landed on the list was simple; it was home to the event we were c
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11/30/2025
Hiroshima (Chapter 3 of 5)In case you missed them...Chapter 1 (The Escape) JapanChapter 2 KyotoChapter 4 Fukuoka (Sumo!)Eighty years ago, on August 6, 1945, the United States, desperate to halt the bloodshed in the Pacific Theater, unleashed a weapon the world had never seen — an atomic blast th
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11/26/2025
Kyoto (Chapter 2 of 5)If you missed previous chapters:🔴Dreams Unleashed In The East🎌🗾(Chapter 1) Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Kyoto – Lifelong goal achieved: walking the bamboo forests of Kyoto. Well… we traveled part of it by rickshaw, but often stopped to wander on foot. AMAZING. Mystic, Zen, and
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11/23/2025
The Dream of Japan Realized after 25 years!There’s a quiet kind of victory in stepping off the carousel of work and routine for a full month; allowing your business hum without you, trusting your people left in charge, and giving yourself permission to vanish into a long-held dream. To travel wit
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11/21/2025
