February 18, 2009

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   At the age of 50, I survived a divorce that left my home void of most of its contents. I slowly refurnished my house with items that reflect my spirit. One of those items is a inexspenive violin I bought for a wall decoration. As soon I recieved the violin, I couldn’t resist seeing what it feels like to run a bow over the strings. I was hooked immediately. I taught myself twinkle, twinkle little star and Amazing Grace right away.Two years have passed and I’m still hooked line and sinker. I know aprox. 40 songs, play along with friends and love playing songs on my deck in the peace and quiet of the country. If I go a day without playing, I start to go through withdrawal. I wish everyone could experience this feeling.
   BART RIEKS

   Comment by Bart Rieks — February 22, 2009 @ 12:05 pm

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   Thanks for sharing that story, Bart! Not being afraid to try something new is a big part of the BOSS energy we want to encourage! Keep playing that violin!

   Comment by Joan — February 25, 2009 @ 9:42 am

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   I was 38, solid job as corporate attorney. Only problem was, I hated it. Always loved standup comedy, went to new talent nights just for fun, got hooked. Did it for 5 more years before I was doing well enough I could quit the lawyer gig at 43. My wife Sarah is my hero, she said, “Do it, we’ll make it work.” Our joke is I’ll stay with her forever because it would just be too cruel to leave a woman that stupid. Truth is I’ll never be able to repay her. We said we’d try it for couple years and see what happens, and that was 14 years ago, each one better than the year before and all 14 the best of my life.
   Doing what you love makes everything in your life better.
   Rex Havens

   Comment by Rex Havens — March 2, 2009 @ 11:52 pm

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   My husband and I had the opportunity to see Rex Havens perform over Valentine’s day. We would just like to say, without reservation, you made the right choice! Keep doing what you love, Rex. There are so many people out here that need to hear your message — and laugh a good laugh…

   Comment by Joan — March 9, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

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   “Morbidly obese,” the doctor said. As a 30-something wife and mom with two sons in elementary school, the word “morbid” wasn’t something I wanted to hear.

   Within the same month, I was a struggling graduate student trying to figure out who and what I was called to be. Enrolled in a class emphasizing leadership and strategic communication, a professor asked the class what held us back from finding and using our leadership voices. The typical responses came forth - not enough time, not enough money, lack of support systems, etc. “Those are excuses,” he replied.

   The light bulb went off. How right he was. Because I was afraid that no one would value what I had to say, for many years I suppressed my leadership voice to a mere whisper. And I had grown tired of silencing the leadership voice in my mind, heart, and spirit.

   I made a transformational decision. Less than a year later, I tapped into an intrinsic energy source I never knew I possessed, lost more than 120 pounds, and leveraged a support system I never realized I had to finish 26.2 miles as a charity marathoner for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training. Four national marathon finishes later, my leadership voice continues to move, motivate, and inspire others to take the first step toward their own personal and professional goals.

   My personal and professional journey has shown me that “Being of Sound Spirit” is not only an aspiration, but also a way of life.

   Comment by Angie Chaplin — March 15, 2009 @ 8:26 pm

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   I served over 20 years in the U S Navy, living in Australia, Bahrain, and Japan while also visiting over 50 different countries. During this time I sat down with people from all walks of life even meeting and talking with the Dalia Lama.

   I’ve experienced leadership and human behavior on all levels, but most of all learning respect for all points of view and earning respect by listening. Now I speak professionally nationally and internationally focusing groups on understanding why things happen and changing/challenging the view of actions.

   I’ve seen the worst and best in my fellow humans, and have discovered that no one is a lost cause and that luck is a lie. We have success or failure, not good luck or bad luck – it’s my honor to serve you!

   Carpe Diem. Richard Rowe

   Comment by Richard Rowe — March 17, 2009 @ 10:58 am

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   Thanks for your post, Richard. You are a fabulous addition to the BOSS Community!

   We are almost ready to get the BOSS website off the ground.
   It’s been a long time coming and we appreciate your patience!!

   Had some hurdles to overcome and it took some time to get the database set up for the Directory. We anticipate another month of work before we do the big social network launch. I’ve also been working on getting a book published (April, 2010) so that has taken much of my time. Very excited to share it with the world! More info on the book coming soon!

   Comment by Joan — July 19, 2009 @ 1:08 pm

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   I really like your writing style, its not generic and extremly long and tedious like a lot of blog posts I read, you get to the point and I really enjoy reading your articles! Thanks for sharing..

   Comment by Genia Westgaard — May 17, 2010 @ 5:42 pm

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   Hi i am new on here, I discovered this board quite useful & its helped me loads. i should be able to give something back & help other people like its helped me.

   Comment by Blogging To The Bank — July 13, 2010 @ 9:08 pm

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