Women in Business picture prosperity

Posted by Emily Myers on May 7, 2014

Speaker Christine Gordon (second from left in first row) with Women in Business

As a Chamber of Commerce group, Women in Business is open to all members. Today at the Stone Barn, the group was all women. Chef Ray Maxwell stayed in the kitchen preparing breakfast.

Christine Gordon, Wells Fargo Financial Advisors, presented a method for visualizing the life you want. Gordon gave participants a "Prosperity Workbook" with cards describing activities of daily life such as reading, music, exercise, and travel. Each individual was then to compose a picture of their ideal life.

The cards are arranged to each individual's preference. Two aspects are considered when laying out the activities. Bottom to top is the less to more cost of the activity. Right to left is the timing of the activity. Left being sooner, right, later.

If the sailing card is at the top left corner. It means that sailing is an activity that you want in your life soon and that it is expensive. If the card for friendship is at the lower left corner, means that it is desired soon but is not expensive.

What if there is no card for your dream activity? The packet includes blank cards to add any activity. Gordon warned the group that if golf is part of your picture, you are going to have to make your own card for that activity. Sighs from the audience indicated that was a serious omission.

Gordon shared her own picture. As a financial advisor, Gordon presented reasons that the financial planning card should be in the sooner column.

About Emily Myers

Emily Myers has lived and worked in Chadds Ford for over thirty five years. She founded the parent company of Chadds Ford Live, Decision Design Research, Inc., in 1982. ChaddsFordLive.com represents the confluence of Myers' long time, deep involvement in technology and community. Myers was a founding member of the Chadds Ford Business Association and currently serves on its board of directors. Her hobbies include bridge, golf, photography and Tai Chi. She lives with her husband, Jim Lebedda, in Chadds Ford Township.