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Is someone in your life or work making you crazy?  Are you doing your very best to resolve the situation but getting no results? There’s actually a secret to getting what you want.  Read on and [...]

How often do you sing the Star Spangled Banner?  If you are an American, you probably haven’t sung it daily since you left grade school.  And if you don’t go to live sporting events, it may be a [...]

If you read this blog, you are probably a doer.  Show you a problem, and you get busy fixing it.  You believe in the motto Don’t just stand there, do something.  And for many situations, that is [...]

One of the most useful tools you can use for your life and your business is reframing. Canadian-born Lila Scott, a brilliant psychoanalyst and mentor, first exposed me to the idea of reframing [...]

www.biggersmarterricher.com Here is our new logo and we are thrilled.  Thank you so much for sending your thoughts! You are people who strive to THINK BIGGER. Thinking bigger notices changed [...]

On a recent weekend, I spent a day south of Seattle exploring Mt. Rainier National Park with my friends. Curious about how Rainier’s height compared to other mountains, I looked it up and was [...]

The Van Dusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver are enchanting, especially on a late afternoon in June, the trees are exquisitely layered in green, yellow greens and deep burgundy.  Purple, yellow [...]

The term 1% has come to mean the most economically privileged sector of our society.   If you are part of the 1%, you may view it as a badge of achievement or recognition that you were fortunate [...]

I’ve been a member of a professional group for a number of years.  Yet in spite of my tenure, I’ve held myself back.  Oh there were lots of good reasons at that time, what they were doesn’t [...]

Thanks for your responses to our earlier survey.  You’ve helped clarify our thinking! Here’s where we are… Orchard Advisors has been Growing Smart Companies for 20+ years.  This means helping [...]