Home >

raffel

Trust as Currency

March 10, 2010

Today I experienced first hand what if feels like to hold the currency that is the trust of another human being. Early in the day I learned that a new customer has chosen to go with my proposal based upon the recommendation of “Fred,” a customer I wrote about in my Regaining Trust post. Later [...]

Continue Reading0

Third Tribe Marketing is my Drug of Choice

March 4, 2010

If you’re going to be powerless over something why not make it something positive – right? For me it’s this place: Over the last year I have been replacing negative high risk behaviors with guaranteed negative outcomes with the exact opposite. The Third Tribe community is now one of my favorite places to run and [...]

Continue Reading9

Bloggers of the Female Persuasion

February 28, 2010

Alrighty then, it’s Sunday funday, so I am going to have a little fun with this blog post. There is a group of female bloggers that I follow regularly in my Google Reader feed. As a group they provide daily inspiration and perspective in my life. Oh, and quite a few laughs along the way. [...]

Continue Reading13

Goals: Finding the Path

January 16, 2010

“It” all came together this week. The path to a goal I have held near and dear to my heart for more than 20 years opened up before me like the Red Sea opened before Moses. About twenty pieces of the puzzle that is my life fell into place over the last five days. Luck [...]

Continue Reading1

Things We Learned from Our Dad

November 18, 2008

Graveside 11/17/2008 We all learned a great deal from Dad by simply observing his life. While many people have great advice in life it is of the ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ variety. To follow Dad’s best advice all you needed to do is live your life by his example. I learned [...]

Continue Reading1

My Dad

November 15, 2008

Yesterday the world lost yet another member of the ‘greatest generation.’ My Dad, Fred Raffel passed away peacefully after almost six years living with multiple myeloma. Dad was born in Chicago, but moved to Milwaukee where my Grandparents opened a furniture store in the height of the depression. That little store survived the depression and under [...]

Continue Reading3

Next Entries →