GS10KSB is short for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program, which is a condensed MBA sponsored by Goldman Sachs created to assist small businesses grow. I am a graduate of the 16th Cohort out of Philadelphia. There are many Cohorts that have graduated from all over the country. This past weekend we made history
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Today is my Birthday! I’m 64 years young!! On your birthday you are supposed to think of a wish before blowing out the candles on the cake. As I continue to look for firsts to do on my quest to live life like I am dying I have a birthday wish for all of you.
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“Some day I hope you get the chance To live like you were dyin’” was part of the lyrics of the Tim McGraw song “Live Like You Were Dying.” https://youtu.be/_9TShlMkQnc. I watched this video recently that was posted on a friend’s Facebook page on the anniversary of him passing 7 years ago from ALS. I
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I was sitting on the bench with the sculpture of Homeless Jesus in front of St. John’s Hospice, back at my old stomping grounds on Race Street in Center City Philadelphia. I was waiting to serve the lunch crowd at the hospice, finally getting to a pandemic postponed “first” from 2020. I had been cleared
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Every Thursday for the last year I have spent the day with my two-and-a-half year old Professor – my first grandson. My Professor, whose name is Luke, is teaching this reformed work-acholic the true meaning of life. I get to see the world once again for the first time through his-eyes. Class is once a
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Last Sunday I stood on a stage in Ambler, PA. in a Pink Tutu to deliver my FIRST stand-up comedy routine. I had learned so much, had so much fun and stretched myself as a person in living life in my Leap Year of Firsts in 2020. I wanted to provide my audience with a
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I received a phone call this week from a friend who was struggling. He was in a “dark place.” Someone very close to him had betrayed and hurt him many years ago. He had locked this hurt, resentment, sadness and anger away. This was until a recent unrelated occurrence triggered the reminder of this betrayal,
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I’d be working on a standup comedy routine to perform LIVE on stage for the first time in my life. That is what I currently find myself doing. I’m three classes in on a five class standup comedy education that culminates with me “graduating” on-stage
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Tonight I have been assigned to present the “Positive Thought” for my Toastmasters meeting. This assignment starts the meeting off, in addition to the Pledge of Allegiance. I scoured over numerous sayings, quotes and thoughts to be considered. I settled on a list of 10 Things to Remember from Author, Singer, Speaker Anna Grace Taylor.
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When I have decisions that have to be made, or things that I have to do or accomplish, I always try to achieve a Win-Win situation. I lean on my Core Values, which are the same as my company. One of these Core Values is “Win-Win.” We define this as… “Always create “WIN/WIN” Solutions. It’s
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