Asked My Mom…
Since Opera has literally been Mom’s everything since childhood, I asked her if she knew how she heard Opera for the first time: radio broadcast, 78-RPM record played at home, live performance? After much thinking, she’s pretty sure it was in 1949 (when she was 10) while watching a film with her mother in Long…
Read MoreBAAT – Breathing As A Tool
Actionable takeaway from the Dec 8, 2018 Confidence Workshop for Pilates Instructors at P2O Hot Pilates & Fitness in Sacramento, CA: Breathing As A Tool Purposeful breathing is a deliberate action (a tool) used to clarify and refocus your mind when you, the Pilates Instructor, get off track in the middle of guiding your Hot…
Read MoreConfidence Workshop for Pilates Instructors – Dec 8, 2018
Wrapping up 2018 with a Confidence Workshop for Pilates Instructors at the P2O Hot Pilates & Fitness Teacher Training in Midtown Sacramento. Big shout-out to co-founder Lindy Hobbs for inviting me for the 3rd-year running 🙂 And great to work with up-and-coming Pilates Instructor super-stars, Shannon and Morgan. Hire me to teach a 2-hour interactive…
Read MoreTrademark Class 25 – Helpful Resource
Super-helpful article from Upcounsel: Trademark Class 25: Everything You Need to Know Trademarks apply to: Business names, Slogans, Phrases, Logos “The [Trademark] Class must represent your product or service in its final version. The trademark class shouldn’t reflect the product’s ingredients or the way you’re planning to market it.” Keeping this in mind as I…
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There’s nothing that beats passion. Nothing. – Gary Vaynerchuk
“There’s nothing that beats passion. Nothing. Because what passion does is create energy. What energy creates is a lot of output in a short period of time.” – Gary Vaynerchuk, DailyVee 508
Read MoreWind Chimes
Wind chimes need to be disturbed to be heard. Only through chaos is there music. Poem and photo © 2017 Reid Walley. All rights reserved.
Read MoreGary Vaynerchuk – 63 Minute Consultation for Small Businesses and Personal Brands (4Ds)
Gary gives such great detailed answers to this group’s 4Ds (Daily Digital Deep Dive). The Daily Digital Deep Dive is a one-day, fully immersive digital consulting session led by VaynerMedia’s most senior leadership, including CEO, Gary Vaynerchuk. Read more about the 4Ds
Read MoreDanseparc Dance Club – 1985 DJ Danny Mix West Sacramento CA
The highlight of my alternative dance clubbing days was at Danseparc in West Sacramento, CA. It was THE dance spot in northern California in the mid-1980s! The club’s DJ booth was the front half of a Mack or Peterbilt truck cab – it was the fucking cooooolest! AND THE MUSIC WAS INSANELY COOL! Just found spearcy‘s…
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Confidence Workshop – P2O Hot Pilates – Sept 22, 2018
Big thanks to Lindy Hobbs, co-owner of P2O Hot Pilates & Fitness, for a 3rd-year invite to teach a Confidence Workshop module during her Pilates Teacher Training intensive! “I can sense when a Pilates instructor is confident or not confident just by the way they present themselves, and how they speak.” – Melody, Sept 22,…
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