Our line.

Late last year, I had what I thought a great call with a guy from a company that had been on my ‘Companies I’d Love To Work With’ list.

What matters isn’t pleasing everyone, or trying to make everyone happy. I have to remember this from time to time.

Here then are the highlights, in case you missed them. The posts, in looking back myself or that I recall even when writing them, that I feel now are worth repeating.

Of all our cards, we noticed only two included any sort of actual handwriting. Of those two, only one was a personal, handwritten note.

No matter anyone’s beliefs, or their values, or their perspectives, it’s tough not to give Beethoven even a little credit for writing music that two-hundred and fifteen years later we’re still performing, still listening to, still being blown away by.

Always, with change comes some fear.

I’m definitely introverted. I’m not sure I’d diagnose myself with Rejection-Sensitivity Disorder, but the similarities are striking.

Somebody asks, ‘What time is it?’ Andrew George, the lead raft guide, answers simply…

Despite the fact I totally missed it, this is cool enough that it’s worth sharing after the fact. Apparently, November 13 (last Friday) is World Kindness Day.

Just like the millions who grew up with Alex and Jeopardy! have been sharing this week, I also want to say… Alex, you were wonderful. Thank you for being you.

‘It’s nice that people are nice, but it would be a lot better to solve the underlying problem.’ The catch, and why it was so widespread that at a place like REI it garnered its own term, is twofold.

Like the woman at the City Market who said, ‘Let’s call it… interesting,’ that last part caught my attention. “Just know that I care.”