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Note From Dolly

ISSN 1943-8133
Volume 2009-04, Issue 2
April 22, 2009

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Greetings,

Were you inspired recently to participate in some Earth Day celebration, protest or (preferably) activity to make the world a little cleaner or greener? In my ongoing work as chair of Sanctuary Friends Foundation of the Florida Keys and as volunteer in a number of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary activities, part of my chosen legacy is to make every day Earth Day. To help you do the same, I have a few presents I wanted to pass along this week. I hope you’ll enjoy them and find them useful!

The first is called the 2009 Family Green Guide. Download your complimentary copy here. The Guide was produced by GREENandSAVE.com, one of America's leading free 'Green' resources for anyone who wants to save money, the environment, and create a healthier home and lifestyle. Visit their site, too - they compile data from a broad range of public and private sector reports as well as manufacturer specifications and feedback from families. The American Institute of Architects and National Association of Realtors use the site as a training resource. GREENandSAVE.com was also chosen by Clear Channel Radio's Great Green Home Show as "The BEST user-friendly site for Homeowners." It is a wonderful resource to find additional ways you can 'Go Green.'

My second present is a link to the new Green Hotels Directory, the world’s first online reservation system that promotes hotels engaged in green practices – including things like use of non-caustic cleaners, recycling or renewable energy. Every little bit helps! It made its online debut on Earth Day 2009. Associated with the site is the brand new Travel Greener blog devoted to providing “resources for earth conscious consumers who want to soften their own footprints and recognize the efforts of travel providers who are doing impactful things to restore, beautify and protect the world in which we live.” We think that’s nice.

We’re not affiliated with these resources in any way, but hope you find them useful or beneficial. As with anything, take what you like and leave the rest – find what works for you! Let us know what you think, and more importantly what you’re inspired to do …

Cheers, Dolly

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"I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?"
- Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985

"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed."
- Mohandas K. Gandhi

"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry."
- Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

"I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy.... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago."
- Sir George Porter, quoted in The Observer, 26 August 1973

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
- Native American Proverb

"There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew."
- Marshall McLuhan, 1964

To commemorate Earth Day 2009, I share with you my own first legacy story. The experience has served as the inspiration behind the consulting and coaching work I'm doing. In a nutshell, that is: to help people find the things that are meaningful to them and truly add to life, and do them to realize a level of fulfillment and joy that only comes from generosity. What are those things for you? How can I help you fulfill your grand ideas for making this world a better place?
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I started my own Creating Legacy journey when, as a nurse and attorney practicing health care law, studying to become a professional coach, and developing my company Thrive!!, I began some of the hardest work I'd ever done. I worked with my sister, also a high achiever and busy physician and mother of three, to help our parents begin their departure from this earth. [Read the rest of the story here] …

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If you have or know about a legacy story we should feature, please email me with the background information, including any links to online sites where they were featured. We’d love to consider including them in our growing list of examples of great personal legacies, consciously created.

And – take our Legacy Story Quiz and share your thoughts! We may use them in a future story.

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Dolly M. Garlo, RN, JD, PCC is the founder and president of Thrive!! Inc. and Creating Legacy. It is a company devoted to empowering entrepreneurially minded business owners and professionals make their positive impact in the world - with joy and meaning.

For 30 + years Dolly has supported clients in many different arenas – healthcare, law and business. While she’s currently best known for her expertise in business development and professional career transition, her clients, members of Generation G (for generosity!) share that her biggest impact comes from her philosophy.

That philosophy is to design your work and create an exceptional life by making sure that all your actions reflect your personal integrity and values, greatest level of wellness, highest and best contribution, and individual sense of abundance – for which you can feel exceedingly grateful. These, Dolly says, are the keys to true, lasting satisfaction and happiness from which you can also “make a positive difference that lasts for generations.”

You can learn more about Dolly and her programs, presentations and products at CreatingLegacy.com and AllThrive.com.

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