A mysterious story with a twist, 20 years in the making (+ a unique gift)

Well hello! It’s a new day, a new year.  It’s a fresh page, in a new chapter.

As this year starts to unfurl I have a mysterious story, with a surprising twist for you that’s been 20 years in the making.  See if you can you tell what’s a bit unusualabout it (no worries, I’ll fill you in at the end if you can’t guess). 

Here we go.  Gather round.

You’re still the one. 

After 20 years of sparking people’s curiosity in order to create a connected world of peace, possibility and hope for you, I’m livin’ la vida loca, helping to change how the world works.

I have a song in my heart and a dance in my step, including Mambo No 5, because along with other independent women and men, I’m foolish enough to believe we can bridge, connect and find belonging for all.

I’m dangerously in love with my work, and my community (you know that includes you right?).  Because if I ain’t got you, nothing about love makes sense.

I delight in sharing my voluminous, promiscuous resources with you, for creativity and innovation are not irreplaceable.

On the hard slog days, the days we feel low I invite you to just dance, and feel the tik tok of stress’s clock subside.

It’s an honour and privilege I don’t take lightly, this rolling in the deep, with the thick and thin of organization’s challenges, both the wins and the tough spots.  Not to exaggerate but it trips the light fantastic.  There are no blurred lines or ambiguity about how happy I feel to serve you.

Downtown, uptown, from CSuites to slums, I’m not in a funk, when I get to make gold out of junk.

If I can help you love yourself a little more, while brushing aside those uninvited guests that stubbornly whisper in your ear, you’re not good enough, you don’t do enough etc. then change is coming.

It may come slowly / despacito and it may not be perfect, but it’s coming.  Doors previously welded shut are opening.

Just like this year that’s baby fresh and new.  May you soak up adventures that get your adrenalin going, while carving out time for you, to reflect and savour.

Spoiler alert:

So did you get it?  My story is one of celebrating you, helping me be able to celebrate 20 years in business. Each of the italicized words is a hit song from each of the years I’ve been in business, starting with 1998 and Shania Twain’s ‘You’re still the one.’

Thanks for all you are and all you’ve done.  High five to you.  Now get busy busting some moves with the playlist I made for you with all 20 songs, starting with the oldest and working up to now. 

• 1998: You’re still the one 
• 1999: Livin’ la Vida Loca
• 2000: Mambo No 5
• 2001: Independent Women
• 2002: Foolish
• 2003: Dangerously in Love
• 2004: If I Ain’t Got You
• 2005: Nothing about Love
• 2006: Promiscuous
• 2007: Irreplaceable
• 2008: Low
• 2009: Just Dance
• 2010: Tik Tok
• 2011: Rolling in the Deep
• 2012: Trip the Light
• 2013: Blurred Lines
• 2014: Happy
• 2015: Uptown Funk
• 2016: Love yourself
• 2017: Despacito
• 2018: Perfect