Garrick van Buren

I am White

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:39:53 +0000

A blank canvas A surgical studio The color of healing The color of health The birthplace of progress The backdrop of achievement The commitment to beginning Again

I am Silver

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:38:24 +0000

I am a clean tomorrow reflecting back a soiled today. I am as much a solution as a problem. I am the color of Definitively Solved.

Where are You in Your Calendar?

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:37:43 +0000

Your email inbox is one thing. Other than turning the spam filter to 11, having an unguessable address, and or sending everything to dev/null – if you have an email address – it’s going to receive email. Your email inbox is, painfully, for others. You’re calendar is something completely different. Nothing goes on your calendar…

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The Before 2020 List

Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:45:03 +0000

A few years back, when the weather wasn’t conducive for playing kubb outside, I started a mindful meditation practice. It quickly provided me much the same mind calming benefit indoors as kubb does outdoors. After steadily building a daily practice for about a year, my schedule shifted, my priorities shifted. Today my practice is much…

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Mostly It’s Preparing for Success

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:45:16 +0000

Estimate 2x the 1st Time

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:32:17 +0000

Over the weekend, I replaced a broken bulb in my van’s tail lights. The van told me which one was broken. A quick YouTube search told me how to fix it, and a quick Google search told me the part number. Easy. So, I headed to my neighborhood auto parts store and picked up a…

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Could

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:14:21 +0000

Measuring Growth in Your ‘Return on Lifestyle’ Business

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 21:14:14 +0000

In almost all cases, growing a business means one of the following: – ever-increasing revenues – ever-increasing share price – ever-increasing customer count – ever-increasing headcount These are the metrics reported in the business section. These are the numbers that get everyone – the leadership team, the shareholders, early investors, the office space owners, the…

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Your Calendar is Your Humanity

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:02:47 +0000

Before I understood how to use a calendar, I had blank, 3*5 index cards. I’d carry a fat stack of them, bound with a bulldog clip, in my messenger bag. I’d use them for everything; idea capture, task capture, ad hoc business cards, inspirational quotes, everything. One discreet notion per index card, detailed specifics on…

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Why You’re Chronically Late

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:32:56 +0000

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