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WELCOME TO THE BACK PORCH ...
Sometimes you just want to sit on a chair looking out across
the landscape and talk. About business. About family. About life
and lessons.
We do this from the back porch. Have a seat ...
Sometimes you just want to sit on a chair looking out across
the landscape and talk. About business. About family. About life
and lessons.
We do this from the back porch. Have a seat ...
August 2008
The Forest That Was ... The Forest That Will Be
We had hoped to go all the way through Glacier National Park. Unfortunately, even though it
was the middle of July road crews were still clearing snow from the Going to the Sun Road.
Just a couple of miles past Lake MacDonald, we turned around and headed back toward West
Glacier.
At the last minute I made a quick decision to change our route. When we reached the
southern end of the lake, I decided to see more of the park. We turned right and rode past
Fish Creek catching the road to Polebridge.
Unlike the deeply forested areas we had just left, we were now heading into new growth. A
few years ago this part of the park was on fire. Now the blackened trees stood as a
monument to the loss. We pulled to the side of the road and looked at the colors of the forest
that once was as it contrasted with the vibrant green of the forest that will be.
Disaster will eventually give way to life.
Reaching Polebridge we made our way to Whitefish, continued a few miles west and then
rode through the Yaak Valley. Along the way we stopped to look at mountains, at lakes, at
scenery too large to describe. And at a small bar in Yaak to grab a sandwich.
I kept thinking about the forest that was. And the forest that will be.
When we got back I called one of my clients. Over the last few years his business experienced
a couple of hard hits. At a time when he had expected to sell, the condition of his company
forced him to stay while he tried to lead it back to its former condition. As we talked I
mentioned my motorcycle trip. He was especially interested in the ride through the Polebridge
fire.
“That’s what we are doing,” he said. “We’re trying to build a new forest. And the truth is,
because of what we’ve been through the new stuff is probably going to be more profitable for
us than the old.”
In this case, I think he’s right. Which is why I enjoy working with him; guiding him through the
complexities of his business transition plan in a manner that recaptures lost value.
A new business that will be, to replace the business that was.
Happy riding.
--- Paul
The Forest That Was ... The Forest That Will Be
We had hoped to go all the way through Glacier National Park. Unfortunately, even though it
was the middle of July road crews were still clearing snow from the Going to the Sun Road.
Just a couple of miles past Lake MacDonald, we turned around and headed back toward West
Glacier.
At the last minute I made a quick decision to change our route. When we reached the
southern end of the lake, I decided to see more of the park. We turned right and rode past
Fish Creek catching the road to Polebridge.
Unlike the deeply forested areas we had just left, we were now heading into new growth. A
few years ago this part of the park was on fire. Now the blackened trees stood as a
monument to the loss. We pulled to the side of the road and looked at the colors of the forest
that once was as it contrasted with the vibrant green of the forest that will be.
Disaster will eventually give way to life.
Reaching Polebridge we made our way to Whitefish, continued a few miles west and then
rode through the Yaak Valley. Along the way we stopped to look at mountains, at lakes, at
scenery too large to describe. And at a small bar in Yaak to grab a sandwich.
I kept thinking about the forest that was. And the forest that will be.
When we got back I called one of my clients. Over the last few years his business experienced
a couple of hard hits. At a time when he had expected to sell, the condition of his company
forced him to stay while he tried to lead it back to its former condition. As we talked I
mentioned my motorcycle trip. He was especially interested in the ride through the Polebridge
fire.
“That’s what we are doing,” he said. “We’re trying to build a new forest. And the truth is,
because of what we’ve been through the new stuff is probably going to be more profitable for
us than the old.”
In this case, I think he’s right. Which is why I enjoy working with him; guiding him through the
complexities of his business transition plan in a manner that recaptures lost value.
A new business that will be, to replace the business that was.
Happy riding.
--- Paul
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