"For it is in giving that we recieve." St. Francis of Assisi Have a great day brothers. This is time the time of year to think of others more than yourself.

Good afternoon gentlemen, So I know many of you in the community wear suits, some like myself practically everyday, some casually a couple times a week, some every so often, and some on special occasions So gentlemen, I would love for everyone to look for a picture or take a picture of them in their suit. I want to see how many pictures we can post on this community. I want to shoot for this Thursday, I will create a post asking for everyone to post a picture of them in their suit. Let’s see if we can reach over a 100 gentlemen to post a picture. Let’s show Antonio how many men in suits are on his platform. So you have a couple days to find or take a picture and Thursday morning I will create a post asking for everyone to post their picture. If you want to post more then one under your post fine. But make sure it just one post with several pictures if you do. It does not have to be a two piece, or three piece suit, it can be in a sports jacket or a blazer but must be shirt, pants, and jacket. Who is in?

"Life is not about getting and having; its about giving and being." Kevin Kruse Have a great day brothers.

I have 6 back to back meetings today including a boyscout board meeting. This time of year I deliver gifts along with account reviews to almost all my families I help . They have come to expect my deceased father in laws pastries (owned a bakery that was an OKC staple from 1946 until his retirement in 2010). His mother had a recipe for an Almond pound cake that my wife makes that seems to be a favorite. OOTD Blue Robert Talbot window pane sport coat Ct pink twill French cuff with Guinness links Silk cream brown and blue pocket square Trionna Irish waist coat brown herringbone w blue over lay Deep brown wide wale cords Pendleton brown socks Alden Indy boots Ernest Borell 1940’s automatic watch

Good afternoon gentlemen. I attended a business function the latter part of this morning that also constituted a luncheon. There were many people there and many that I have met before and had had conversations with. Since I have been on this journey, I have had many people that would pick me out of the crowd and would make a point to approach me and introduce and start a conversation. Please do not get me wrong I love meeting people and having discussions with them. But there are those times that you end up in a situation that the person or people that you ended up engaged in a conversation that is of one that you really do not want to be in, what do you do? Well you do not want to act like you do not want to be bother, or that they are not of importance. ( Keep in mind you never know who you are talking to or who is watching you.) You definitely do not want to tell them that you are not interested in what they have to say or just walk off. So how do you handle this type of situation? Well I found this to be one of the best ways possible that keeps you from looking like the bad person, or an anti social person. One thing that I do when I walk in a large meeting room or assembly area, I first scan to see who is all present, are there people that I know there?Are there people that are there that I been wanting to meet? Are there people that I know and want to avoid such as people that like to hear themselves talk, or people that like to discuss things that I do not wish to engage in. When I get into a situation with some that I really do not wish to be engaged in a conversation, while I am talking or listening to this person I quickly but without being noticed scan the room for some that person I feel they have common interest with. Then at the most opportune time I will say “ Have you met (and the person name ) and say I know you two have a lot in common, and I either motion that person over or I would gradually move our conversation over to where that person is. I make the introduction, and as they began to engage I find an opportune time to remove myself from the conversation with a politely “ Excuse me for a moment” or something to that affect.