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Traveling has always been a personal passion for me. I love to visit new places, try new foods and meet new people. I love the excitement of packing my bags, and the thrill of a new adventure.

 

Meet Erika Armstrong – Aviation Professor and Author

Erika is currently an aviation professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver teaching Aircraft Systems and Propulsion, Aviation Fundamentals and Instrument ground school. She is an aviation journalist for seven aviation magazines and author of A Chick in the Cockpit.

Her articles can be found at Disciples of Flight, NYC Aviation, Consumer Affairs, Mountain Connection, Contrails, Plane & Pilot, General Aviation News, Mentor, Business Insider and Flying.com magazine. She has over 300,000 readers each month and is a Thought Leader with 200,000 followers. Most uniquely, Erika was an international corporate, cargo, hazmat, airline, Red Cross and 24-hour air ambulance pilot/captain.

Her book, A CHICK IN THE COCKPIT, will change your perspective of pilots, aviation and the quiet power of women. In the high stakes, ego-driven world of aviation, this is an extraordinary bestselling true story of how a level-headed, self-deprecating woman with an aviation addiction finds herself in jail, her baby ripped from her arms, her piloting career taken away, and every feasible exit leads to a very dark place…

If you are interested in learning more about Erika’s book feel free to check it out on Amazon using the link below:

A Chick in the Cockpit: My Life Up in the Air

 

Thank you Erika for taking the time out of your day to allow me to share part of your life. If you have a question for Erika she can be reached via Email: Erika@achickinthecockpit.com or through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/achickinthecockpit/info

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This year my goal is to reach out to my online connections to learn more about everyone personally. Curious by nature, I enjoy getting to know others.. I enjoy hearing about what makes the people I am connected to tick….

Meet Richard E. Todd– Author, Speaker and GOLFER…

 

Shared Bio:

After a humiliating experience on the golf course over a rules infraction, author Richard E Todd used this negative experience to launch a series of entertaining and educational books on golf’s rules and etiquette, later to be accompanied by short stories, journals, a coloring book, and more.

Richard Todd was trained on the rules of golf by the USGA/United States Golfing Association and the PGA/Professional Golfers Association. He realized there was no easy way to learn the rules and most were educated by their playing partners who were generally as uneducated, so he set upon a quest to create a fun method for education.

In addition to being a lifelong golfer, he’s a rules follower. When not on the course Richard is a banking compliance manager.

Richard has been heard on the PGA Tour radio station on SiriusXM, seen in On The Green magazine, and a regular contributor to NorthWest Ohio Golf Links magazine.

 

If you are interested in learning more about Richard’s books feel free to check them out on Amazon using the links below:

The Golf Rules: Learn the Rules of Golf by Watching Others Break Them

The Golf Rules: Etiquette: Enhance Your Golf Etiquette by Watching Others’ Mistakes

Stories from the Long Links: A collection of golf related tales (Volume 1)

Short Stories from the Long Links: A collection of golf related tales (Volume 2)

Design Your Own Golf Course Sketchpad: An entertaining, educational, and creative designing, drawing, and coloring experience for golfers

Golf Course Coloring Book: A relaxing, golf inspired, coloring book for adults

The Complete Golf Course Journal

 

Thank you Richard for taking the time out of your day to share a little more about your world. We can all learn a little something from one another. Happy Thursday. If you have a question for Richard he can be reached via email: richard@thegolfrules.com or through his website: http://www.authorrichardetodd.com.

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Welcome to my world …

I am a mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, writer and most of all THINKER. I love raw emotion and questions that make you think. I love time to reflect, change and grow. I love real people who are not afraid to take chances. People that are not afraid to fail. People that love to connect.

I love eye contact. The beach. The water and sand and shark tooth hunting in November. I love to travel, drink coffee and look at things differently. I like to find different uses for things — just because. I am a farm girl at heart — I love snowmobiles, horseback riding, and fishing–and from time to time I was known–in my younger days–to ride cows – backwards.

We all have our own stories to tell – and our own experiences to share. We all know of famous people, how they live, and what they do. We know if a superstar is married or single, if they have a pilot’s license or their own television show.

My thoughts wander– How well do we know our connections on the internet? Probably not well—-personally.  This is why I am sharing this post and others in the future.

 

Meet Christine Williams, CRS. A Broker-Associate with Keller Williams Realty Atlantic Partners Southside from Jacksonville, Florida. 

I recently reached out to Christine since she is in the real estate industry, to ask what gifts she likes to give to clients. She shared, she loves to personalize her gifts – but most often, she creates gift baskets or picnic baskets filled with everything you would need for your first evening in your new home — but cannot find.

 

Gift Basket Ideas:

Toilet paper and paper towels, plates and plastic eating utensils, hand soap.

 

Picnic Basket Ideas: 

Rotisserie chicken, deli food. Sample size gourmet foods, champagne and glasses.

 

To share a little more about Christine Williams – the person – I decided to ask her a few questions.

 

Question 1: How did you get into real estate and how long have you been in the industry?

Response: When I was 24 years of age I was a salaried property manager and was encouraged to get my real estate license. I obtained my license when I was 26–but was hesitant to give up a steady income. By age 29, I had $1,000 in savings, and I gave myself 30 days to sell “get a sale”. I did. In my early 30’s I obtained both my real estate broker’s and then my real estate instructor’s license.

 

Question 2: If a real estate agent were to give YOU a closing gift .. or a thank you gift what would you like to receive?

Response: The best gift I could receive is to work with another experienced professional.

 

Question 3: Favorite place to vacation?

Response: I live in a place where many people take their annual vacations: 1 mile from the ocean. So, I am blessed to be a full-time resident of a vacation destination. However, my “go-to” places for fun would be to anywhere tropical, taking a cruise or a boat on the saltwater.

 

Question 4: Would you ever purchase property where you enjoy going on vacation? –OR ever thought about it?

Response: I am not a routine person so I am not a person that will vacation in the same spot every year.

 

Question 5: What is the Best advice you ever received?

Response: A broker/mentor said early in my career, that you must wake up every morning and tell yourself that you are unemployed—-and then decide what activities you will do that day, to generate business and an income.

 

Question 6: Hardest Life Lesson?

Response: That no matter how kind or honest you are, there will always be people who do not like you, betray you or hurt you. It’s a reflection on them, not you.

 

Question 7: What gives your life meaning?

Response: I’ve been through some incredibly challenging experiences, both personally & professionally. With this being said, I know that I am supposed to be here doing what I am doing –to make my imprint. My purpose is to inspire, educate and coach others in the real estate industry.

 

Question 8: Favorite Childhood book?

Response: Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. I was an avid reader as a child and this book stood out for me.

 

I would like to personally thank you Christine for taking the time to chat with a “stranger” from Ohio. For real estate questions or guidance Christine can be reached via email: christinesellshomes@gmail.com.

 

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