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Merry Christmas!

Jimmy’s Daily Planet would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas!

As we celebrate the birth of Christ, while giving and opening presents to and from our loved ones, please take a couple minutes to enjoy one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite Christmas movies: The Santa Clause.

As Little Elf Judy would say, “Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.”

Merry Christmas!!

Happy Monday!

Amazing…just amazing!

Happy Monday and Here’s to Wishing Everyone Their Own Special iChristmas and Holiday Season!

Writing the Next Chapter of Our Most Interesting Story

Half-way.

Encouraging, yet frustrating.

How have I gone so far, but still have so far to go?

The horizon is teasing me by barely revealing my ultimate destination.

Of course, timing is entirely relative to the individual and his or her situation, whatever it may entail. This arduous journey of ours could require a dedicated half-hour, a long day, a marathon week, an enduring month, year or precisely 16-months of slight variations of feeling like the shell-shocked Bill Murray character in Groundhog Day.

What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same…

This quest of sorts could present metaphorical (or possibly literal) steep mountain faces, hot, sweaty and overwhelmingly never-ending jungle terrain or a maze of mathematical madness that looks and feels like an alien planet.

How does one become a master of administering the internal guidance for these types of convoluted circumstances? How does one trek through and ultimately survive the expedition?

The answers for each person (obviously) will vary. However, there is someone who has discovered a universally advantageous approach, mindset and style to facing life’s many battles with what seems like ferocious lions in the center of a magnificent, sprawling coliseum filled with a cheering crowd.

While his name is unknown, his stories are not. Whatever he faces in his life, he has managed to turn lemons into gold. His inspiring tales of adventure are incomparable. He makes every challenge look like an amazing opportunity (easier said than done). But, regardless, he wins…every time.

He is the most

Sometimes, all it takes is a sip of a particular honey-colored nectar to refresh one’s ambitions, confidence and assurances of their original goal. And doing so in the most interesting way imaginable.

Well, that’s my forecast anyways…(Operations Management: Check)

P.S. Do you know why there are two XXs on the bottle?

Because when the bearded adventurer found his treasure, he was so impressed, he had to mark it twice.

Stay positive my friends!

All We Need is a Chance

So, about that Mega Millions jackpot…

I got nothing.

Despite the astronomical odds that make Lloyd Christmas’s chances with Mary Swanson a virtual certainty, it’s almost tougher not to play the lottery. And that is precisely how the game is designed.

It’s a thrill. It’s a chance. It’s a gamble.

But, what if…what if on that one chilly morning, the day after purchasing a few tickets at the local grocery store, a row of numbers line up in a surreal sequence? What if the numbers in just one row perfectly match the Mega Millions fortune that is a dollar amount that’s difficult to even comprehend?

A win like that makes spending $1, $5 or $20 seem like a genius investment.

Even if you don’t win, it’s still worth the excitement of being a part of something truly grand. The same goes for taking a chance in America, which does not guarantee anything but a chance. The Price is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy and Who Wants to be a Millionaire (to name a few) are classic American institutions based on the chance of winning something big. There is an equal opportunity of being selected or of winning. This rush of adrenaline can produce any number of outcomes, some of which can be nothing…but one random decision one day just may turn out to be absolutely brilliant and life-altering.

You never know and that’s the point. And it is extremely tough to resist those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities when they present themselves.

Because what if Mary Swanson/the lottery says yes…?