Nashville (creative heading, huh)
My creativity brain cells are, I believe, starting to diminish. But the excitement on the road for Univera isn’t! Sometimes when I write these entries about the Road Tour I feel like it might read as a bit of over-enthusiasm for these events, but really, if they weren’t good events I either wouldn’t write about [...]
Thampa (Thanks, Tampa)
Arriving into balmy and sunny Tampa was a great feeling, the salty smell of Florida in the air after having been in a lot of 40 degree rain for the past few months. The afternoon began with a quick visit over lunch with my mom and dad, who were about an hour away and drove [...]
Chi-Town
Chi-town rocked tonight. It was a good sized group, about 150, but there were a lot of guests there. At least half. Probably more. And, Stephen? On fire. On message. Nailed the products. Was dead on time, exactly 20 minutes. Hilarious. With not one diversion. Yep, today we (re) introduced Stephen DVD. And while not [...]
Memories and Mo(mentum)
I’ve got lots of New Jersey memories. My parents moved out there when I was in College, a big move for them. My younger sisters were all raised there. My parents home in New Jersey served as an escape after we lived downtown during 9/11, a place where we ended up staying for quite some [...]
On the Road Again…
So while I blogged already about our road trip from Montreal to Portland, there’s a bit more to add…Including this odd little pairing above, a “State Safety Rest Stop” where they’re cross selling using a “State Liquor Store” right off the highway in the middle of nowhere. That’s one way to raise revenues. An audacious [...]
Bon Jour Montreal
We arrived in Montreal on Wednesday night, with a bit of a prolonged adventure what with our RGL and NGL experience which I already addressed in another blog post. Thursday was a day of meetings regarding the Univera/Matol integration, with lots of leadership from Bijan and Jonathan. I can’t mention all the names of the [...]
Leaving On a Jet Plane
What a great song, it was perfect for this past Wednesday morning as a departure song but it was trumped by my gate experience that day. Since it’s the first official start of the Road Tour tomorrow morning I’ll use this as my beginning post for our many-city tour across North America to share the [...]
The Problem with People
I know it’s a negative sounding start, but there are–indeed–quite a few problems with people. All of us. Without railing against humanity, as there’s good to humanity as well, the problem with people is we’re often greedy and selfish. I’ll forego the whole “well is it nature or nurture” debate, partly because it doesn’t really [...]
Thoughts from 3am
I have heard of counting sheep. Drinking warm milk. Reading boring text. Taking S4. Prayer and/or meditation. Ambien. And others, in order to fall asleep. At some point I have tried all of these things. But tonight, I thought I would add “Blogging” to the list of dream-inducing events. I do not think this will [...]
Road Tour highlights video
It has been both a long and fast month, and the travel finally caught up with me as you can see from my missing blog entries for the past few weeks. But a few topics are screaming through my mind, from the current financial marketplace (and opp’s that it provides) and our future trends to [...]
Winding Down (the Road Tour, that is)
We left Jax early enough, around 8 a.m., and caught a 10 a.m. flight that had a layover in Philly. Now, when I kidded about foreshadowing in a previous post and how Stephen was forced to wolf down some rather unwholesome (but probably tasty) Bob Evans food due to scheduling problems, it probably was an [...]
Meanwhile, in Eastern Canada…
Regan, Stephen, Michael Jr., and I have had a blast meeting everyone on our Road Tour, but we weren’t the only ones indulging in our wanderlust this last week. Dave Nash, Univera’s Director of Sales, Canada, has traveled to several cities in Eastern Canada to meet both Associates and prospects there and share with them [...]
From the Road: Behind the Scenes
(Video footage from the road)
Ten to Jax
Sunday was supposed to be our day of rest with no meetings this day. But that didn’t quite happen. We awoke around 7 a.m. and started to the airport a little after 8 a.m., spent most of the day in airports and on two flights and arrived in Knoxville, Tennessee around 4 p.m. After getting [...]
The Cowboys vs. the Longhorns
Oklahoma City had a great meeting last spring with over 200 people at a luncheon event. This week’s event was a little trickier: a Friday night at 7 p.m. during high school football season. And the Oklahoma State Cowboys were set to play the Texas Longhorns the following day. About 125 people still showed up [...]
From the Desert to the Rockies
I love the desert and the deep brown earthy soil of the Arizona landscape — perhaps odd to those who long for a bit more green, which is particularly abundant in the Northwest. So landing in Phoenix started my heart thumping a bit more vigorously. And walking off the airplane and feeling the dry warmth [...]
Sacramento to Orange County
Tuesday, we hit up both Sacramento and Orange County, Calif. — a luncheon and evening meeting, respectively. For some reason, visiting two cities in one day and giving two presentations leads to a very different flavor and level of emotional investment than if we had just one city per day. I like two-a-days, but they’re [...]
A Whirlwind of a Week–from Singapore to Reno
In the last week I feel I’ve been guilty of blogglect. It’s basically the neglect of a blog. A common condition not easily managed even with a superstar nutritional supplement like Xtra and often caused by busy schedules, lots of traveling, little sleep, much excitement, and quite a few meetings and phone calls with a [...]
M—– J-.’s Kickin’ it with us on the Road Tour!
By intention, I’ve not blogged about the financial markets this week. Maybe next week, but the news is evident enough. Once you incorporate partisan politics and media sensationalization, it gets a bit overdrawn despite it being among the most critical issues on the mind of not just America but most countries across the World. So [...]
Hola Amigos, from Puerto Vallarta
On Thursday afternoon I arrived in GORGEOUS Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to meet all the winners of our latest promotion. Most of the attendees were Silvers and Golds, with a few exceptional Platinums and a new Diamond also winning the promotion. (Updated with photos Friday, September 26) The event was simply fantastic, words don’t fairly describe [...]
Hilarious. Just hilarious.
This will be among my shortest blog postings yet, because Michael Jr.’s done all the work for me. For those who attended our annual Convention, you saw the brilliant humor that comedian Michael Jr. injected into our Thursday night Platinum/Diamond reception as well as General Session on Friday night. It was fantastic. Spontaneity and humor [...]
WOOOO HOOO, DREAM, ACHIEVE, LIVE!!!
Greetings Univerians, the following blog posting was first written on Saturday afternoon, July 12th, but I’ve updated since then (which is why the time/context might be off). I’ll probably update it with more videos and photos this week, I only have a limited selection right now, and then start introducing new blog postings this week. [...]