Last night Ivan and I were at a black-tie event together. We were milling around in the ballroom lobby with about 600 other guests, waiting for the grand doors to open, when I noticed a diminutive lady looking around as if she were lost. “I…
23 Feb In All Posts, Serving Others 1 Comment
Have you noticed that my blog posts have been few and far between? I told my good friend, Gabe O’Neill, the other day that “I need to have more space in my head in order to write.” Can you relate? When life gets too full…
07 Nov In Community, Uncategorized No comment
I have been on the road for two years. The places I have been and the people I have met have been nothing short of amazing. I wouldn’t trade one moment, one trip, one experience or one memory for anything in the world. And now…
02 Sep In All Posts, Peace No comment
My husband, Ivan, the founder of BNI, has said for as many years as I have known him, “You have to treat loyalty like royalty.” And I have watched him do just that. He has used this phrase mostly in light of our staff. If…
17 Apr In All Posts 6 Comments
Ivan Richard Misner, Sr., truly was a wonderful man. In 1989, I married his son, Ivan Richard Misner, II, and in 1993, I delivered his grandson, Ivan Richard Misner, III. Over the past 26 years I have spent as Mrs. Ivan Richard Misner, I…
17 Apr In All Posts, Gratitude 1 Comment
I watched the events of January 7th in my beloved Paris unfolding with heaviness in my heart. I simply do not understand a thought process that rationalizes committing such violence to avenge an insult to a prophet. It is so far removed from my ability…
24 Jan In All Posts 1 Comment
I was driving home to Austin from Granbury, where I had just dropped off my dad after a day at the NHRA Fall Nationals. To keep me company on the 2 1/2 hour ride through Central Texas ranch lands, I tuned in to XM Satellite…
23 Sep In All Posts, Community 1 Comment
I have been watching the progress of the so-called Islamic State (IS) with a heightened sense of awareness of how extremism in ANY religion can lead to extreme separation and division. Separation and division create a mind-set where it almost becomes not only okay, but…
18 Aug In All Posts, Encouragement, Love 3 Comments
I have heard the same sentence over and over in the past 25 years that I have been traveling with my husband with whom I co-own BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. Since I have just heard it at least ten times this past…
22 May In All Posts, Community, Expectations, Humility 2 Comments