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Our blog provides a space to explore our quarterly focus areas – wellness, vocation, recreation, service – more philosophically.    

The title Shop Talk is a play on both salon culture and the chatter common to folks who share an industry or affinity.

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Tiptoeing Up the Second Mountain 
Alexis O. Alexis O.

Tiptoeing Up the Second Mountain 

Tour guides at my alma mater often brag that Mr. Rogers, our most famous alum, launched his career after repeated encounters with a “life is for service” plaque engraved on a campus performance hall.

Although the concept is simple – putting the needs of others before our own – living a life of service is deceptively challenging in our me-first, materialistic world. 

 At least I’ve struggled with it.

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