Daily Intent

Santa Barbara, CA
If you have ever taken a finance class, you’ve learned of the power of 72.  For those that evaded numbers at all cost in efforts to enjoy the splashing of beautiful colors across a canvas, the power of 72 is a mathematical model used to determine how long it takes for something to double.

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Santa Barbara, CA
This coming week, Paul Orfalea, the founder of Kinkos, will be speaking to a group of ten of us.  One of the messages he will bring to the table is “delegation”.  He is living representation of how one man delegated his way to founding and leading a multiple billion dollar company.  He is a “hyperactive dyslexic”.  Given this fact, he learned early on that there were certain things he either couldn’t do, didn’t like to do, or was terrible at doing.  The understanding of self enable him the gift of asking for help.  He claims to never be afraid of asking.

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Santa Barbara, CA
“What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
The end is where we start.”
T.S. Eliot
“Little Gidding,” from Four Quartets

2010.  “Twenty-ten”!  We are living in the future.  3-D movies.  Soon to be 3-D TVs.  Spacecrafts that can carry pedestrians.  Video cameras that can recognize movements and hand gestures, permitting the user to compete in video games, snap pictures, or image and relocate them onto computers.  Book readers that can hold 1500 books in the palm of your hand.  Camera cell phones that can recognize your location and its historical significance.   It is exciting.  If all used correctly, our life will be more interactive and expansive. 

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Santa Barbara, CA

Consistent.  Focused.  Methodical.  Analytical.  Alert.

Warm.  Charming.  Gracious.  Patient.

Experienced.  Educated.  Wise.

Solid.  Supportive.

Grandpa.

On a cold Santa Barbara winter Thursday, Michael “Mike” Towbes, nestled into his University Club chair, at the end of a beautifully decorated table, and warmed twelve of our hearts and minds.

He storied us through the “why” and the “how” a man arrives to 80 years old consistently stating, with great confidence, “retirement is not in my agenda.”

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Santa Barbara, CA
Have you ever traveled abroad and craved McDonald’s?  A Big Mac or couple cheeseburgers?  American cheese on a basic hamburger patty sandwiched between a sugary, smashed bun.  And the fries?  Crispy, warm, salty sticks of deliciousness.

Maybe you weren’t entirely hungry, or possibly you’re a vegetarian.  Your craving will undoubtedly be directed toward their soft-serve, plain vanilla ice cream.

The charming hilarity of this craving is you rarely, if ever, eat McDonald’s in the states.

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