Posts by Parke Ladd
Jump On Your Plastic Bottle & Ride!
These guys go to school at one of the most environmentally focused schools in the country. The school focuses on and works to develop students who are entrepreneurially minded and who want to make an impact in specific areas of the environmental/ecological field. They work to invent new products which some day might be beneficial to us all, and they have a lot of fun. They just won the grand...
Read MoreExcuse Soup
I love great soup because it’s usually composed of a plethora of unique attributes which are commonly both healthy and tasty. “Excuse Soup”, on the other hand, is neither healthy nor tasty, but it is composed of a wide variety of ingredients, all of which taste a little different, but are shaved from the same pesky root, Excuse. Let’s face it, the time for making...
Read MoreThat's Rich
A good friend of mine once gave me this advice on getting rich (however you choose to define rich). Here’s the quick version: Build deep, meaningful, authentic relationships and help a lot of people. That’s it. Recognize a need (it’s an opportunity). Serve or meet that need. Provide a continual stream of service to perpetually meet that need in lots of peoples lives. Get...
Read MoreThe Leadership Moment
Hello! Welcome to the show and congratulations…you’re an instant leader! From a distance, it can appear that leadership is the nail, and a specific, one time event is the hammer which drives that nail into the wood, thus solidifying the nail in it’s rightful place as leader within a given community. It seems as though a single strike sets the leader in her position, holding...
Read MoreDeodorant and Belize
I recently returned from a quick getaway to Belize, Central America. I had a fantastic time; highly recommend it. There are very few things in life which are better than an adventurous trip in which you can combine and enjoy both ocean and jungle experiences; and Belize is a destination which is casually overstocked with both. Options can be hard to navigate. Where will I live, East...
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