Changing the Rules

This week Ray talks with Joe Dean, super mixologist. Joe and Ray discuss why a custom cocktail uniquely constructed and named appropriately can be an incredible conversation starter. Imagine this, the bartender takes out a wooden plank and a blow torch, sets a glass on top of the lit plank and allows it to smoke, adds some secret ingredients, and voila a Luckiest Guy in the World Old Fashion.

How often have you wished you knew more about your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents...., but they're no longer here to ask? Are there things you might wish to tell your children, but perhaps they aren't receptive just now? Will you be here when they're ready to listen?

Life celebrations are usually a memorial to celebrate the lives of our friends and relatives have they have passed away. We learn much about their lives. We wish we had known them better and unfortunately, we can't ask follow-up questions about their lives because they are no longer here. Ray questions how we might celebrate people's lives while they are still here.

Your purpose in life is an inborn set of traits that can guide you to a rich and fulfilling life. Knowing your purpose and building your life around it makes it easier to make decisions and choose projects that will enhance your enjoyment. Ray Loewe questions this whole concept of purpose in preparation for a series of upcoming podcasts with experts, who can set us straight.