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Achieve…

Saturday, 25 December 2010 08:50

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For Christmas, I thought I would talk a little bit about gifts… and one that you might consider giving. Give a kid a Junior Achievement experience. For free…

Yes, I said FREE…

Sure, you can donate some cash to Junior Achievement, but what the kids REALLY need is adults that will come in to the classrooms and deliver the material. Seriously… this takes an hour a week (plus commute time), or just one day if you do the “JA in a Day” program.

There are programs for kids from Kindergarten up through High School. They cover topics ranging from where goods come from to business ethics. For the last two school years I have been presenting a program to 5th graders. It is an amazing amount of fun. And despite what you may hear, the kids are incredibly engaged and curious. We talk about entrepreneurship and how businesses play to their strengths… and how businesses interact with each other.

We have talked about everything from Henry Ford to Phineas & Ferb. The secret seems to be to find things that the kids can identify with (cartoons and cars work for me…) and then use those to bring the lessons home.

But there is another cool secret… The kids will LOVE having you in the class because you are different. You aren’t the adults that they see every other day of the school year…

Sure, JA could use a monetary donation, but what the kids REALLY need is you. Business people, entrepreneurs, creative folks. The kids need you to introduce them to business, and show them how people like you make their lives better every single day.

Parents Can Help Delaware Schools by Volunteering with Junior Achievement, Time Says (eon.businesswire.com)
New National Poll: Risk and Failure Top Deterrents for Aspiring Teen Entrepreneurs (prweb.com)

Christmas with a Capitol C…

Thursday, 23 December 2010 08:17

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I just thought I would add in a little video to say something about Christmas.

While I am not vicious about it,I MUCH prefer hearing “Merry Christmas” rather than “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings”… And the reason is very simple. This ISN’T a random “Holiday” upon which to be “Happy” or just another “Season” we are “Greeting”. THE holiday… THE season is Christmas.

I will gladly admit that there are some other people celebrating other holidays this time of year. Kwanzaa and Hanukkah are also being celebrated. And if someone is choosing to celebrate one of those holidays (or Winter Solstice… or anything else), I would take NO offense at them greeting me with glad tidings for THEIR holiday.

Estimates range from 92%-96% of people in the United States celebrate Christmas. We NEED to be respectful of the other 4%-8% of the population… but they also need to be respectful of those that are celebrating their most important holiday of the year. Tolerance is a two way street.

My goal is not to offend those that are not celebrating Christmas. Actually, I would fight just as hard to get people to respect any holiday that you celebrate.

Flashback Friday… Where in the World is Lilburn?

Friday, 10 December 2010 08:25

Written by Lane Bailey

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Last year I wrote a nice little post about Lilburn… This is a really nice place to live, and I thought it might be fun to dive into the history of the town. It certainly is interesting, as are the histories of many of the localities around Gwinnett County, GA.

I’ll let you read the post to find out that history, but I wanted to add a little bit to it…

My wife and I have made this area of Gwinnett County, GA, our home for the last nine years… and she lived nearby, in Tucker, prior to that. We decided to stay here to raise our two boys, as well. And we are constantly glad over that decision.

A couple of weeks ago, while at the Arcado Elementary School Night at the local Chick-fil-a, there was a constant stream of friends and neighbors chatting and catching up. A week before that, at a Family Night event, it was much the same. During trips to the grocery store, we run into the parents of classmates of our kids, clients, friends and neighbors. A trip to the park is much the same.

All of that is to say that there is a tremendous sense of community here. Belonging. Acceptance.

A few months ago, a little boy named Al suffered life threatening burns. The community rallied to his support, hosting fund-raisers and looking for other ways to help his family during their time of need. Al has made an incredible recovery, and has actually been able to return to school. But the outpouring of support hasn’t waned.

A visit to a Parkview High School football game or even a quick run up to Bruster’s Ice Cream yields a similar result… friends, neighbors and others we know from the community are there with warm greetings.

This is a wonderful place to call home. If you’d like to live here… give me a call. Lane Bailey. 678-200-5895.

Lilburn, GA Market Report, October 2010 (lanebailey.com)
Lilburn, GA Market Report, September 2010 (lanebailey.com)
Lilburn, GA Market Report, August 2010 (lanebailey.com)
There is a new City Hall coming to Lilburn, GA… (lanebailey.com)
Big League Dreams another step closer to Lilburn… (lanebailey.com)

Happy Thanksgiving… Don’t Stress.

Thursday, 25 November 2010 08:22

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Honestly, Thanksgiving is one of my least favorite holidays. I love the idea behind it, and can fully support being thankful for all of the wonderful things in my life… but I think that is something that we should remember daily, not just remember because there is a meal connected to it.

And about the meal… I’d rather have Japanese… A little sushi and some hibachi. Steak, shrimp, fried rice and a couple of tuna rolls with wasabi… Or maybe a juicy steak… Southwestern Pasta with chicken?

Turkey, dressing, cranberry (canberry?) sauce, pecan pie, pumpkin pie… I don’t care. In fact, one of the best Thanksgivings ever for me involved pizza.

A few guys I worked with that were single, or single for the weekend with family out of town, all got together and ordered pizza. We watched a few movies, played some video games and just hung out. For that day, we were family. We cracked jokes about ourselves and our spousal equivalents…

Another of my best Thanksgivings was with my grandmother after she got to the point of not wanting to cook. We got a big bucket from the Colonel the day before and just heated everything up. Prep took about 20 minutes and clean-up about 5. The rest oft he time was about the family. We mostly just hung out and enjoyed each other’s company. My grandmother told embarrassing stories about ancestors…

The point is…

This isn’t a day about food… That is just a distraction. It isn’t even a day about “thanks”… we should do that every day. It is a day about being with people we care about and enjoying the time we have together.

We actually celebrated twice this year. This afternoon will be with my wife’s family, and earlier in the week we met up with my mother and step-father in Myrtle Beach, SC. There was a lot of food a couple of days ago, and there will be a lot of food later today, but when it is all said and don, we will get together, play, laugh and “be together”…

Happy Thanksgiving. Don’t stress about the bird. If it caught fire and smoked everyone out of the house, it would make a great story in a few years…

Wayback Wednesday… SPICY!

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 08:22

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A couple of years ago I wrote a post about blandness. I don’t like bland and I think most people agree that bland is… boring. It applies to food, advertising, movies, art and anything else. Maybe everyone won’t like the spice, but almost nobody will like a complete lack of spice. But, I guess there are just a few people out there that really like boring.

The story is about a grandmother ‘protecting’ her grandson from something she thought was too spicy for his young palate. Of course, I applied it to real estate advertising… and even tossed in one of my favorite spicy commercials…

Take a look.

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