Archive for the ‘Fellow Travelers’ Category

Oh, the People You’ll Meet

Posted on April 27th, 2011 by by Barbara

Make sure if your story ever gets into someone’s book that it’s used as an example and not as a warning. ~ Jim Rohn

It was still hours until daylight when the airport shuttle picked me up at my hotel. …

What Rick Steves Can Teach Us About Business

Posted on April 25th, 2011 by by Barbara

I get excited about small businesses that are run with

passion so that’s what I recommend in my guidebooks.

Rick Steves

Thanks to Rick Steves, there’s a collection of micro-mosaics that I got  to see when I was in  London. …

Change One Thing

Posted on April 20th, 2011 by by Barbara

Have you ever had the experience of working hard to make a change only to discover that once you had done so, other things seemed to change all by themselves?

I thought of this mysterious phenomenon last week when I …

Listening to Fellow Travelers

Posted on April 18th, 2011 by by Barbara

“When setting out on a journey,” the poet Rumi warned, “do not seek advice from someone who’s never left home.”

Seems obvious to me, but I’m amazed at the number of people who let themselves be talked out of their …

Model Travelers

Posted on April 14th, 2011 by by Barbara

Banana Republic co-founder Mel Ziegler gave the best advice I’ve ever heard about how to create a business. He said, “I would not think of starting a business unless I was its first customer. All it takes to launch a …

Using Your Imagination More and Your Pocketbook Less

Posted on April 11th, 2011 by by Barbara

It was spring break last week for my granddaughter Zoe so she decided to spend some time with me. It was a busy visit.

Several months ago, she had agreed to barter one of her handmade books for a custom …

Got Options?

Posted on April 8th, 2011 by by Barbara

Yesterday afternoon I spent a fair amount of time replying to an e-mail from a man who wrote to tell me that he was tired of his corporate job and wanted to become self-employed. So far, so good.

Then he …

Rewards for the Genuinely Curious

Posted on April 6th, 2011 by by Barbara

People who spend their days interacting the with same people over and over again often find it  difficult to open a conversation with anyone they don’t already know.

It’s always surprising, for instance, to watch a seminar room fill up …

Do Talk to Strangers

Posted on April 4th, 2011 by by Barbara

Author Bill Bryson talks about being on a train and thinking about fellow travel writer Paul Theroux writing about the fascinating conversations he has with strangers. This seemed to perplex Bryson because he found it difficult to strike up conversations …

Think You Need a Business Degree to Start a Business? Think Again

Posted on July 30th, 2009 by by Barbara

Note: This is the final post in my Fellow Travelers series. It seemed appropriate to visit a few fellow travelers from my own neighborhood.

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As I was going through some articles I had clipped, one in particular caught my …