Hugh, The Maze MasterHugh's Reviews
Each week Hugh reviews something, anything really, that has provoked a thoughtful insight.Northeast Adventure 2010. I love meeting new clients and seeing old friends and that's what I did last Sunday through Wednesday.
I drove 1,400 miles, saw 7 clients, 2 college friends, and listened to some great podcasts and audiobooks in 3.5 days.
The clients. My insurance man called me on my way out of town and asked if eventually I'd have someone to do all this running around for me. I told him NO WAY!
Meeting innovative people face-to-face to "nerd out" on entertainment farming I will never delegate. I only hope they learn as much from me as I learn from the farmers and friends with whom I visited.
Here are some of the nuggets:
Peter (farmer): Scrappy Irish Catholic with the deck stacked against him growing up owns two garden centers and just bought his third farm.
What I learned from him: Never give up no matter what people say! Most barriers and doubts are completely fabricated by unimaginative people who don't have the guts to really go for it.
Dave: Friend, pastor in Princeton, NJ.
What I learned from him: Small, community churches are struggling to meet the new spiritual needs of busy people. Many beautiful, old historic churches are closing, but innovative groups of cross-denominational pastors are looking at ways to revitalize congregations.
Charles: Young lad who's accepted a ton of responsibility in his family operation.
What I learned from him: They run a tour package for shoppers out of New York City in which the motorcoach of guests arrives, they pick a bag of apples, hop back on the bus and go to the outlet stores. 50 bags of apples per bus!
Rich: Runs a beautiful garden center in Rhode Island.
What I learned from him: Create a landmark. He is the only place in the world with 4,000lb hanging baskets! He hangs them out by his busy road and is known as "the place with those giant hanging baskets."
More next week!
Hugh
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