Rediscovering Possibility
Rediscovering PossibilityOlive Gallagher Personal Best® [email protected] June 9, 2025 Possibility. A simple word. To the point. No frills. And yet, it’s one I haven’t heard used very much lately. In my book of prose, “The Cage of the Soul” that was published several years ago and remains available on Amazon and Audible, I penned a small, modest piece with that name. Possibility. It suggests a sense of hope. Of discovery. Of the unknown tinged with positivity and open skies and determination. Of moving forward without fear or favor over mountains that from a distance appear unattainable. Of overcoming even [ Read More ]
Personal Best Relocates to Phoenix, Arizona
June 3, 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olive Gallagher (323) 836-5604 [email protected] www.theinnerbottomline.com PHOENIX, ARIZONA WELCOMES PERSONAL BEST® AND CEO, OLIVE GALLAGHER BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST. Queen Creek, Arizona – Olive Gallagher, CEO of Personal Best, announced the relocation of the company headquarters today back to the Phoenix area. “We’re excited to return to this majestic part of the country. I have such great memories of traveling here to consult with clients as well as lecture at Canyon Ranch Spa, particularly during the national tour for my first book, “A Simple Path to The Good Life™.” The desert light, [ Read More ]
“Rising From the Ashes”©
We’re surrounded by flame everywhere, everyday. We take fire for granted, barely noticing in the moment the amazing tools and conveniences provided for us with the turn of a knob, the switch of a button. We bake a cake, grill burgers, heat our homes, toast marshmallows around a campfire. From the beginning of time, man’s ability and ingenuity to create and harness fire has marked our path of evolution. And as long as that flame can be contained, controlled, all remains well and productive. But when it breaks loose, the potential for catastrophic loss of life and property is boundless [ Read More ]
“It’s Not Business, It’s Personal.”
Hi! In response to requests to view my 2018 CE lecture I created for First American Title, I thought it would be useful to post it here. Enjoy! O.
“A Small Elegant Word Redux”
Author’s Note: The fact that I have to still re-publish this column I wrote a number of years ago is heartbreaking and unacceptable. And proof has hard-core resistance to change among too many of us still is. OG “A Small, Elegant Word” Dignity. A word with few letters. On appearance not very large. But elegant. Succinct. With enormous reach when it’s authentic and honest and organic. Not used often enough in today’s world to describe someone’s character or attitude. And yet, it is a momentous, precious, rare word. Containing deep value. Representing deeper values. Today, in light of all [ Read More ]
Why Good Things Happening to Portland Might Be Bad
What’s the average cycle for a good thing to turn bad? Fruit left out to rot takes anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. But a city? Hard to say. I’ve moved a lot in the past thirty years. I left LA for San Francisco in ’91 to get away from LA’s congestion and out-of-touch values. At that time, the Bay area offered, along a charming, varied, slower-paced life, real estate that was still affordable in some areas and people who had time to savor good conversation, wine and food. But by 2002, after the pace became frenzied and real estate prices, inflated http://is.gd/2rKVZY from the Dot/com bubble with newly-minted millionaires, [ Read More ]
How To Deal With Rude People
Dear Olive, I’m so glad we had the chance to meet and discuss this issue. As you know, being on the mortgage side of real estate focused on sales and marketing requires me to call on people I don’t know in the hopes I’ll be able to help them see the value of our services. That can often lead to situations where I am confronted by rude people. I also send out a lot of emails and at times I’m asked to remove people from my list. That can be both surprising and hurtful, too. But when these things happy, [ Read More ]
“No Time to Think”
Dear O, The other day, after an inspection on a home I have listed that ran late which made me double late picking up my kids from a soccer game and driving them to dance class, all the while praying for inspiration for a dinner menu my husband and kids would actually all like and then realizing I’d forgotten to pick up my dress at the dry cleaner for an important dinner on Saturday, I realized I can’t keep doing this much longer this way. Then I remembered reading a column of yours years ago about having no time and [ Read More ]
“The Deadly Game of Gotcha”
It’s a strange time out there in the universe right now. I’ve been listening and watching and mulling these past few weeks, and in his latest and brilliant State of the Union message http://is.gd/HOx2Kw, even President Obama referred to the pointless, non-productive game of “gotcha” too often played in Washington for political points. Now, it’s not like the game of “gotcha” has just been invented. I imagine it may have been going on ever since one caveman decided to steal another neighbor’s better and hotter fire. And certainly, how it all plays out in our present condition continues to evolve [ Read More ]
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