What a lovely Thanksgiving message. You write from the heart and it is a pleasure to see that the person whom I think of with such good regard professionally, is also a sincere, aware person “at home.”

One of the things I have learned in my own 23 year career is that, for me, people matter more than anything else. To work with talented, dedicated people who are kind, caring, and not afraid to be seen as such is–quite simply–as good as it gets.

Thanks for sharing some of who you are. As a fellow “blessed with an incredible family” person, I very much related to your thoughts and experiences. My own sisters, parents and I regularly say to each other, “We are so fortunate to have family members that we love to spend time with.”

I do very much plan to create some way that I will be able to join your group. At this point, I need to come up with the remainder of my salary to balance out the PowerPresentation income. I have several calls in to folks in my area to do some brainstorming and am planting seeds.

I do not have children, so flexibility is a strength of mine. In addition, I love variety in my work and would treasure the opportunity to focus on the specific things I most love to do….facilitate learning; lead meetings and focus groups; coach others in career directions….and teach dog training classes!

Thanks for opening the door to our dialogue and thanks, too, for your blog. It’s nice to get to know you a bit more!

Warmly,

Marti