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For dog lovers (nothing you didn’t know) and for E.

This dog loved me when I was unlovable, and when I was very lovable.  We made each other better, which is how you’d want a relationship to work…

He knew what was important, what was a priority.  He knew when to stick close, he knew when to back off.  But he always did it with love.  And you could always feel his watchful eye.

A game? A chase? A walk? A swim? Anytime you were ready.

He trained me, not the opposite.  I was not his owner, we were companions, and if anyone got the long end of the stick, it was me.

I remember the first time I met him like it was yesterday.  I knew immediately he was special…

If only we could be as clear on the simple truth’s they understand so well, honesty, loyalty, unconditional love and living smack dab in the moment.

There is a big hole in our house, which over time, will get smaller over time, but never completely go away…

here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

- ee cummings


Walk on.

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Another Day on the Job

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Billboard - behind the paywall Blue Chair Bay story

Chesney’s new Blue Chair Bay Rum launches lifestyle brand

Kenny Chesney’s launch of the Blue Chair Bay line of rums in 32 markets this month is far more than just putting his name on a product. Blue Chair Bay is a lifestyle brand extension for the artist in the truest sense of the term, with Chesney in effect servicing as Blue Chair Bay’s chief creative officer, according to Mark Montgomery, co-founder of FLO {thinkery}, Chesney’s partner in launching the brand.

Blue Chair Bay Rum isn’t an endorsement-it’s Chesney’s personal brand, crafted as a distillation of his island lifestyle. Simply put, Chesney has created his “drink of choice,” a premium-blended rum, made at one of the oldest, most-respected distilleries in the Caribbean.

Chesney says he “can’t do anything halfway,” and dove head first into the launch of Blue Chair Bay. “I didn’t want somebody to give me some money and say, ‘We’re going to slap your name on this product and we’re going to sell it as your rum,’” he says. “It would have been really easy to do that, and it probably would have been over by now.”

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Your Life Story in 24 words…then…

Recently, SouthernWord did a little workshop in a Leadership Nashville session.  We were asked to write our life story in 24 words, then 12, then 6, then 3, then 1.  Interesting exercise.  Try it and post it back… here is mine:

Yank by origin, Southern by passion, bit hard by creativity, see it everywhere.  Motivator, instigator, unflinching agent.  Learning what to honor, what to dismantle. (24)

Motivator, Instigator, what to honor, to dismantle.  See it everywhere - passion, creativity. (12)

Motivator, Instigator, Passion, Creativity, Honor, Dismantle (6)

Passion, Creativity, Honor.

Creativity.

Whatcha got?!

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one of the fav shots ever taken of me…

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an inspiring video, worth a view… (wonder if they paid the royalties?!)

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#nashvillecreates private BlueBird Show with Steve Bogard, Keb Mo, Leslie Satcher, and Sam Palladio

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#nashvillecreates and the business side of G4C

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Some of my favorite musical moments from #nashvillecreates googleforcreators.com

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damn proud of my team, damn proud… 

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Avatar I am a music and technology entrepreneur based in Nashville, Tennessee. as a pioneer in the e-commerce and direct to consumer space, I have been fortunate to work with an amazing group of people in my career. my goal is to challenge, inspire, instigate, inform, question and learn, after all, we are all just students of life, right?! read on fellow traveler, and if you are so inclined, offer another perspective, call bullsh*t, or contact me!


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