San Diego Gift Basket Creations » Clinton Swaine http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com Elegant Gift Baskets Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:13:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Clinton Swaine Gets Into Jam! http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com/tips/clinton-swaine-joins-the-best-to-you-tasting-board/ http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com/tips/clinton-swaine-joins-the-best-to-you-tasting-board/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:12:36 +0000 Linda Gorin http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com/?p=676

Sofi Silver Finalist - Peach Pecan Amaretto Preserves

 Top San Diego CEO’s Taste & Comment On Sofi Silver Finalists    

Each day we have been visiting top San Diego Executives and CEO’s who are members of our “Tasting Board”. We thought it would be interesting to have them sample and comment on some of the products that are competing for the Gold Sofi Award. The products we have chosen are silver medal finalists, who were chosen from thousands of other products, to be the best of the best. For more information on The Sofi Awards read my previous post on the awards.            

 The San Saba River Pecan Company        

The San Saba River Pecan Company is actually a Silver Medal Finalist in two different categories! That is very impressive! For this post we are going to talk about their delicious (oh my gosh, it is so yummy) peach, pecan, amaretto preserves.  First of all it is visually beautiful. There are chunks of peaches mixed with pecans and amaretto and it looks lovely and tempting. The peaches used are only top quality and the pecans come right from the companies own orchard.  They boast over 10,000 pecan trees in a park like setting bounded by the San Saba River in the hill country of central Texas. They have already won numerous top awards for this product and are going for the Sofi Gold Award for 2010. The winners will be announced on June 28th, at the red carpet ceremony in New York.         

 We Are Proud To Have Clinton Swaine On Our  Tasting Board             

 As my husband, Barry, and I entered the training room,  we were delighted to see that it was break time, and we would have Clinton Swaine all to ourselves till the seminar resumed. Clinton is the genious CEO of Frontier Trainings, the number one company in the world teaching business through  experiential games.        

Clinton is licking his fingers to get the last luscious drop of the Peach, Pecan, Amaretto Preserves. He said that he doesn’t usually like peaches.  He spent a week picking peaches on a friend’s farm when he was younger and grew very tired of them. However, upon the first taste of these preserves, he commented on the delicious flavor. He also noticed the freshness of the pecans and the subtle taste of the amaretto. He said it was a very good combination.  For more information visit  San Saba River Pecan Company  .  

If you want to learn more about Clinton Swaine, his amazing cast of characters, and experience his brilliant and life changing trainings, schedule yourself for one of his free introductory seminars coming to San Diego.  Visit his Play To Win website for more information.    

Tomorrow we will post about another Sofi Silver Finalist and another San Diego executive taster! Let us know which products you think will win the Sofi Gold!    

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]]> http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com/tips/clinton-swaine-joins-the-best-to-you-tasting-board/feed/ 0 Thank You 2009! http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com/tips/thank-you-2009/ http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com/tips/thank-you-2009/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:20:52 +0000 Linda Gorin http://sandiegogiftbasketcreations.com/?p=446 As I say goodbye (many might say good riddance!) to 2009, I was thinking what a year it has been. It has been challenging, difficult,  and definitely different than what we were used to in previous years. Many  lost their homes or their jobs.  Others hung in there but dealt with serious challenges. Most of us were affected in some way or had friends and loved ones who were affected by the economy. There were many times during 2009, that I did not like the year I was in. I may have spoken badly about it, and agreed with hundreds of others who spoke badly about it. I didn’t see what I can see now.  It is as I victoriously  greet a bright new 2010, that I reflect back to thank a stern but great teacher named 2009.

Clinton Swaine, of Frontier Trainings, said “As a trainer, I am always amazed how much courage people have in the face of adversity, how much further we can go than we believe, how our compassion reaches so deep, and how the sweet taste of success can be a non-stop way of living, and everything is always by own choice.”

2009 taught me that I could work smarter, be more strategic, do things differently, make hard choices, work longer hours, get more connected. I learned to give up television (and all the negative news) and gain more hours in my day for writing, planning, reading, walking, meditating and listening to beautiful music. I grew brain cells from all the brainstorming. Teacher 2009 forced me to learn about and get more active in my social networks, and make lots of new friends. I think most importantly I learned to live in the present moment. When my husband Barry survived a heart attack and 6 hour triple bypass, it put everything in perspective. We are in grattitude for all the little things we used to take for granted. We focus on the things we have. We are grateful to be healthy! 

So thank you 2009 for making me a stronger person! Thank you for all the powerful lessons and new skills, thank you for the wisdom, the inspiration to make a difference,  thank you for the new brain cells, thank you for teaching me to  focus on each blissful present moment rather than stress or future fears, thank you for teaching me perserverance and determination.  Thank you for the courage I learned to muster. And especially, thank you for the victorious graduation to  2010, I hope a slightly gentler teacher.

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