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ron winnegrad
Ron Winnegrad has been a Perfumer and teacher for 46 years. As a perfumer, Ron has been able to express the world he sees through a rainbow of olfactive and emotive visions. As a teacher, Ron has helped others to see fragrance through his own multi sensorial lens.
The Beatles Lyrics… YESTERDAY (paraphrased) YESTERDAY all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here to stay. Oh, I believe in YESTERDAY. Suddenly I’m not half the person I used to be. There’s a shadow hanging over me. Oh, YESTERDAY came suddenly I DIDN’T SAY […]
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As long as the earth is still spinning, YOU ARE OKAY! With the earth spinning there is tomorrow, there is the next season, there is the next year. That brings the future. With the future on the horizon, YOU ARE OKAY! Work on the present, focus on the present […]
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There are three recurring themes for LEADERSHIP. First, the individual should have CURIOSITY OF MIND. They tend to question everything. They are CURIOUS about how things work and CURIOUS about people. Second, the individual loves a CHALLENGE. Discomfort is their comfort zone. Third, is how the individual manages their own […]
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To endure means to keep going despite obstacles. Endurance is not a state of rest. It progresses forward. What endures renews itself and its effect through continuous activity. What endures does so through change, not in spite of change. Its effects are understood against the experience of change. Plants and […]
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Diana Prince (WONDERWOMAN), Kara Danvers (SUPERGIRL), Clark Kent (SUPERMAN), Bruce Wayne (BATMAN) and Peter Parker (SPIDERMAN) assist people, assist communities and assist to keep happiness throughout the world. They all, without question, never seek acclaim, cheers or praise. They sometimes work together without being concerned on who is in front, […]
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HAPPINESS comes from inner peace and inner balance. It requires INTEGRITY and STRENGTH WITHIN and GENTLENESS and ACCEPTANCE WITHOUT. Put differently, HAPPINESS is a matter of character and communication. People lack HAPPINESS because they lack inner stability. Then they chase after pleasure that cannot fill the emptiness inside them. […]
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We show up at TWO CROSSROADS over and over multiple times a day, every day of the week. We do get to choose which PATH to take. The PATH of SHOULD which is how other people want us to live our lives. It is the PATH of the hopes that […]
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A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES STARTS WITH ONE STEP. When we develop clever plans and ambitions, we lose sight of the way in which small, imperceptible things actually hold the key to what we seek. An effortless action, such as ONE STEP, can lead to A JOURNEY OF A […]
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When faced with a BIG LIFE CHOICE where on one side life is as we know it and the other side is a TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE; we are not able to picture what life would be like on that other side. Our minds are inclined to misinform us. When you find […]
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We EXPECT OUR FRIENDS to make us feel valued and loved and also to assist us to discover and inspire our best self. In essence FRIENDS should become instrumental in the architecture of our own character. To make us feel valued and loved our FRIEND must convey appreciation for the […]
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