Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 286 Growth Opportunities for the Heart Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 286

Photo by: Chad Barr For as long as I can remember, I love investing in my continued education. It provides me the ability to stimulate my mind, explore new innovations, discover what others are doing, stay on top of the latest and greatest, exchange ideas, while meeting fascinating people. Each year I found myself selecting several key growth opportunities to attend that would push me outside my comfort zone. Although these events were geared towards improving my business, something different...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 285 Take the Long Way Home Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 285

Photo by: Chad Barr The famous Beatles song said it beautifully; The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear. The pop group, Super Tramp sang “Take the Long Way Home” way back in 1979. I was reminded of those songs as yesterday, my daughter, son in law and grandchildren arrived to begin new jobs and new adventures in Ohio. We were elated when we heard the great news and have been waiting anxiously for them...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 284 The Sun Always Rises Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 284

Photo by Chad Barr Cleveland was lit up and roaring with anticipation of the Cavaliers’ possible win last week here with the home court advantage. Down three games, hopes were high that the Golden State Warriors, (we fondly call them the Golden Girls…) would go down in flames and that somehow, the Cavs would turn it around and take the next four games to win the championship. With LeBron out of steam, and Kevin Love all out of love, our...

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Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 283 Stop Putting it Off Raising the Barr Weekly Memo: Issue 283

From Merriam-Webster: To procrastinate is to go against the old saying, “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” Appropriately, the word procrastinate has the Latin word cras, meaning “tomorrow,” tucked inside it, because when you procrastinate you often are putting something off until the next day…… Consider this scenario: “This is a perfect time to get some work done.” (Your brain)…”Nope. Let’s watch a bunch of YouTube videos and then a Ted Talk, think about calling a...

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