Good morning from Milano. What’s on my mind this morning is this idea of ripple effect. We have heard over and over from countless different sources that we never know the impact or influence we can have on other people. Our words of encouragement, a hug or a smile a listening ear. Our questions, our mere presence, we simply never know.

I’m thinking about this today is for a couple of reasons. One is that one of the participants on the Rocket Fuel call was sharing a story that when she really wants to find her center, she reads in the morning before she does anything. It can be something inspirational or the novel she’s reading, it doesn’t matter. She does that before she looks at her phone or turns on the television. She was sharing with us how it makes her feel so much more centered and empowered. At the time she was telling a story I didn’t think much about it, but it had stickiness for me. This morning as I was rushing to get out of the house, what I really need to do is to get quiet. I took off my blazer, got my computer out, and started listening to a beautiful lecture. That may seem like something small, but it was super helpful to me.

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