miami beach news 11.15.2012

BY JESSICA FUENTES

On October 30th, the EmergingLeadership Council held their monthly“Lunch With an Expert” at Café Avanti.Over 60 business professionals gathered tolisten to our new Chairman of the Board,Alan A. Lips, making it one of the mostsuccessful lunches of the series. The inti-mate event was moderated by Past Chair ofthe Chamber and owner of Miami FashionWeek Aaron Perry. Aaron began Alan’sintroduction by stating that “without Alan’sleadership on the Board, this Chamberwould not be where it is today.” Together,they make for a truly dynamic duo in andout of the boardroom, so much so that theyeasily provided listeners with a sense ofintimacy and comfort.

Alan Lips was born and raised in Atlanta,Georgia. Miami Beach was always hisfavorite place to visit, and ironically he fellin love with a girl during college that wasfrom here. They moved here post-gradua-tion, got married, and now have three beau-tiful children. He still considers MiamiBeach the best place in the world.

Alan adds passion and a personalapproach to everything that he does. As apartner at Gerson, Preston and Robinson,one of the most successful accounting firmsin South Florida, Alan’s area of focus isInternational Tax. “One way or another,everyone is touched by people comingfrom South America,” says Lips, adding“they just don’t get the right advice.” Alandistinguishes himself from others bybecoming that reliable source who meets

with clients since day one, and builds aneffective structure that works personally fortheir family and business.

One of Alan’s primary focuses is givingback to the community. In addition to hisleadership in the Miami Beach Chamber ofCommerce, he co-chaired and establishedthe Young Founders of Mount SinaiHospital with an interest and goal in pro-viding care to people who cannot afford it.Nevertheless, he made it another success.

Our Chairman’s advice to new members:“Join a committee and treat the Chamber asthe intimate setting that it is. The Chamberprovides the outlet for people to build relation-

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BY ALAN A. LIPS

I would like to takethis opportunity toreflect on my firstmonth as Chairman.What a chamber andwhat a great experi-ence to be in this newposition! I said itbefore and I will say it again: there is nochamber like the Miami Beach Chamberof Commerce. We are so lucky to havesuch a high-quality group of caring anddevoted individuals as our Chamberstaff. They work so hard to make surethat every member gets a real and mean-ingful return on their investment. Theyensure that every event goes flawlessly,and they are always available to meetand educate our members on everyopportunity available to help create newbusiness and new relationships.

Our Quarterly Pillar Breakfast at theAlexander Hotel was better than everwith an informative and educatedoverview of the incredibly long andcomplicated election ballot, providedby our dear friend Michael Putney.Everyone in attendance listened care-fully to every word and left with a clearunderstanding of the local politicalraces and the numerous proposedamendments. Thank you, Michael, foryour devotion to the highest qualityjournalism with the most accurate andunbiased opinions on the complicatedpolitics of today!

We were also fortunate to have theWomen’s Business Council“Breakfast with a View” at the Forgewith University of Miami PresidentDonna Shalala. What an asset wehave right here in South Florida withsuch an incredible and high-rankingeducational institution! Dr. Shalala’swords were inspirational and manyinterested guests had the opportunityto ask their questions and share won-derful experiences.

Letter from the Chair

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Chamber announced a $30,000 grand prizewinner of AETNA Voices of Health Award

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BY TASHA GIUDA

The road to victory for the MiamiBeach Education Foundation grewfrom a small grassroots effort into acity-wide campaign: nearly two monthsof tireless hard work and 205,000 voteslater, the massive outreach efforts final-ly paid off. On Tuesday, October 30th,representatives from Aetna- one of thenation’s leading diversified health carebenefits companies- arrived at theMiami Beach Chamber of CommerceBoard of Governors meeting toannounce the Chamber as the winner oftheir 2012 Voices of Health Award.

Beating 33 other U.S. organizations,the Chamber pulled through at the closeof the online voting competition to winthe $30,000 grand prize, which will

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AETNA’s Florentino Colon and Nohemi Alarcon (center) present the first place check to (L to R) Chamber ChairmanAlan Lips, Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and Chamber President Jerry Libbin

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benefit the Miami Beach EducationFoundation by providing local schools withmuch-needed healthcare and nursing servic-es to help detect childhood health issues. Theprogram will aid in directly combating theexisting obesity epidemic, as many chronicconditions currently going untreated at localschools are symptoms of being overweight.

“This was an awesome community effortthat truly demonstrates the power of mem-bership,” said Chamber President and CEOJerry Libbin.

Through the Aetna Voices of Healthcampaign, which aims to close racialand ethnic health care quality gaps andhelp people lead healthier lives, the pub-lic was able to cast votes from Augustuntil October for their favored nominat-ed non-profit organization. The MiamiBeach Education Foundation finished infirst place with 205,629 votes; comingin at second was the Dallas Mayor’sYouth Fitness Initiative at 168,657votes. Although still new, this year’scampaign experienced some growthcompared to 2011, the year the programwas established: last year’s 636,539total votes grew to 718,354 in 2012.Aetna reports that this year’s campaignalso included international votes from

the United Kingdom, Costa Rica,Canada, Japan, Mexico, Australia,Germany and France!

“We are thrilled by the number of votesand the amount of public involvement inthis year’s Aetna Voices of Health cam-paign,” said Floyd W. Green III, Aetna’shead of Community Relations and UrbanMarketing. “The Miami Beach ChamberEducation Foundation is one of the nation’stop community groups ensuring that adultsand children are educated about the variousissues that impact their health. We areinspired by their efforts and proud to sup-port them.”

The Chamber was equally thrilled, as thenews quickly spread from member to member.

“The Miami Beach Chamber ofCommerce Education Foundation is honoredto collaborate with Aetna on this initiative,which allows us to harness our very activecommunity to help meet the need for healthcare in our local schools,” said Alan Lips,Chairman of the Miami Beach Chamber ofCommerce. “The tremendous response fromour community and business leaders support-ed us in our victory and we thank themall…as well as Aetna on behalf of our stu-dents, who will now receive the care theydeserve.”

To learn more about this prestigious awardand the Miami Beach Education Foundation,visit online at www.aetnavoicesofhealth.com.

I must also mention our Pillar Networkerat Baoli: I was almost blown away just try-ing to get there as a result of HurricaneSandy. Well, Sandy didn’t stop me or 120other members from coming out and net-working and having a great time. We mustbe doing something right to get that kind ofturnout!

And of course, we started ourMembership Drive on October 1st, with agoal of bringing in 100 new members inthree months. We have four teams: Chamber

staff, membership committee, Pillar Boardand the Board of Governors. Having differ-ent teams is the key ingredient: this createssuch a healthy, competitive spirit and greatcomradery amongst the team members.Even greater are the relationships made fromthe teams! Well, evidently we have greatnews for the first month. We are only onemonth into a three month drive and arealready 80% there. This is a testament to thegreat things that this Chamber does, and Iencourage everyone to get involved andexperience the power of membership.

At your service, Alan A. Lips

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ships. Get to know others and ask for advice.”His recommendation to us all? “Always

do the right thing, do what’s in the best inter-est of the organization that you care about,whether it is your business or not, and makesure to enjoy it while you’re doing it!”

In keeping with the Miami BeachChamber’s mission to provide beneficialprograms and events to the local businesscommunity, its Emerging LeadershipCouncil regularly hosts this monthly lunch-eon series to give attendees an intimateperspective inside the life of a notable busi-ness “expert.” The invaluable experience is

limited to 60 guests inside Café Avanti’swarm dining space, and features differenttopics each time, based upon the speaker’sparticular industry. For more informationon December’s upcoming Lunch with anExpert and what’s in store for 2013, visitthe Events Calendar onwww.miamibeachchamber.com or call(305) 674-1300.

Jessica Fuentes regularly hosts the MiamiBeach Chamber’s “Lunch with an Expert”monthly series at her Italian restaurant CaféAvanti. An active member within the MiamiBeach business community, she currentlypresides on both the Emerging LeadershipCouncil and Pillar Board of Trustees at theChamber.

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A group of local youngprofessionals has joinedforces for the purpose ofsecuring the financial sta-bility of the State of Israelvia investing rather thandonating.

Headed by BrendaVargas, who serves as theChair of the YoungInvestor Society, thisgroup of investment mind-ed young professionalsstrives to convey theimportance of supportingIsrael’s economy whilepromoting an attractive,consistent ROI. Israel Bonds is one ofIsrael’s most valued and strategicresources, with a record of proven successspanning more than six decades. Brendashares her passion with Israel with herbusiness; she works to enhance her clients’overall financial wellbeing by designing,implementing, and reviewing tailoredmade strategies designed to meet herclient’s specific financial goals.

By focusing on building long lastingrelationships with her clients, Brenda hasbuilt a successful practice that caters to theindividual and corporate, foreign nationalmarket, through a relationship-based,value-added, personalized planningprocess, Brenda addresses her clients’needs in the areas of personal risk manage-ment, estate and business planning strate-gies, executive and employee benefits, andlife stages planning tailored to help protect,distribute, and transfer wealth and is theperfect leader for such a group due to herexperiences as Chair of business and net-working councils such as the Miami BeachChamber’s Emerging Leadership Counciland as President of BNI Chapter, and

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Praised for consistencyand dependability, the Bondsorganization has helpedbuild every sector of Israel’seconomy. Facilitating invest-ment and pride in Israelthrough the sale of Israelbonds is global in scope.Worldwide sales haveexceeded $34 billion sincethe first bonds were sold in1951.

Proceeds from the sale ofIsrael bonds have played a

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Israel Bonds capital has helped strength-en every aspect of Israel’s economy,enabling national infrastructure develop-ment. Today, expanded ports and trans-portation networks are facilitating the ship-ping of ‘made in Israel’ technology aroundthe world.

The Young Investor Society participatesin a wide range of events – from CocktailReceptions, to art shows to wine tastings; itplays an integral role in networking withIsrael Bonds’ local and national leadershipas well as exclusive opportunities to mixand mingle with Israeli dignitaries. Joiningthe Young Investor Society is simple. Eachinvestor under 40 is automatically a mem-ber after purchasing their first bond whichnow starts at $36 and is available for pur-chase at www.israelbonds.com.

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ELC Lunch with an Expert at Café Avanti

Guests wereall ears at theintimateluncheon

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Dozens of Miami Beach events andinitiatives designed to extend a warm

welcome to LGBT visitorsHistorically, Miami Beach has always

drawn international LGBT travelers,thanks in part to the City’s efforts to ensureguests are safe, comfortable, and mostimportantly, entertained. Now after twodecades of openly welcoming the gay com-munity, Miami Beach has gone beyond justbeing “LGBT friendly” and is taking extrasteps to ensure that the City is the numberone vacation spot of choice for the LGBTcommunity.

LGBT vacationers are welcomed with aLGBT Visitor Center; the option to stay atthe gay traveler boutique hotel, The Lords,which the New York Times deemed “com-fortable and welcoming” and a uniquewalking tour which provides an LGBT his-tory of the City. Miami Beach has even ini-tiated The Pink Flamingo Hospitality pro-gram—a LGBT focused hospitality train-ing program created specifically for MiamiBeach hotels and resorts to train theiremployees to generously accommodategay-friendly travelers.

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In November White Party Week™brings action and awareness to MiamiBeach. The event began in 1985 to supportwhat is known today as the 501[c](3) non-profit Care Resource, a community basedAIDS service organization rooted in themerger of Health Crisis Network andCommunity Research Initiative. More thana dozen events round out the White PartyWeek schedule, making it one of thehottest tickets in Miami Beach. For a com-plete White Party Week schedule of events,visit www.whiteparty.org.

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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancerdeaths among both men and women –responsible for more deaths each year thanbreast, colon and prostate cancer combined.In the U.S., tobacco use still accounts for 87percent of lung cancer deaths; and, smokersare up to 30 times more likely to developlung cancer than non-smokers are. However,when diagnosed early, more than 90 percentof lung cancers can be cured with promptsurgical intervention. In an effort to savemore lives from this disease, Mount SinaiMedical Center has developed a lung cancerscreening program that aims to diagnoselung cancer in its earliest possible stage.

Lung cancer in its early stages has nosymptoms. Hence, more than 85 percent ofmen and women diagnosed with lung cancerare found to be in a late stage of the diseasewith very little chance of being cured.However, low-dose CT lung cancer screen-ings, available at Mount Sinai, offers greaterhope for survival through early detection,especially for high-risk patients. AComputerized Tomography (CT) lung scanis an efficient and painless exam. It combinesspecial X-ray equipment with sophisticatedcomputers to produce multiple images of

your lungs, taken from different angles.Mount Sinai is able to provide a low-doselung screening because, as a RadiationSafety Provider, we have instituted safe-guards to ensure the smallest amount of radi-ation dose exposure to patients undergoingtesting. These safeguards help eliminate

duplicate studies in the future and ensure thatyou receive the information you need withthe least amount of exposure.

Recently, the American Association forThoracic Surgery Task Force for Lung CancerScreening and Surveillance released clinicalguidelines recommending annual lung cancer

screenings with low-dose CT for smokers andformer smokers age 55 to 79 with a 30 pack-year history, or age 50 with a 20 pack-yearhistory and additional risk factors.

“Based on these new guidelines, we arepleased to announce that Mount SinaiMedical Center’s multidisciplinary lung can-cer screening program is an opportunity tooffer high-risk patients a greater chance ofsurviving lung cancer,” said Dr. Roy F.Williams, thoracic surgeon with MountSinai’s Division of Thoracic andCardiovascular Surgery.

Dr. Williams is one of only a few surgeonsin the nation with experience in minimallyinvasive lung surgery, and Mount Sinai is oneof a select few hospitals in South Floridaoffering robotic lung surgery, which requiresless time in the hospital and offers a quickerrecovery. Mount Sinai’s multidisciplinaryapproach leads to greater accuracy of diagno-sis, consistent clinical results, decreased timeto treatment and higher patient satisfaction.

To learn more about Mount Sinai’s lungscreening program, or to schedule anappointment, please call 305-535-3434 orvisit www.msmc.com.

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Dr. Roy Williams(back right) isone of only afew surgeons inthe nation withexperience inrobotic, mini-mally invasivelung surgery,which can beused to treatand cure lungcancer whencaught in itsearly stages.

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The Bnai Zion Foundation(bnaizion.org), in existence for over a cen-tury and supporting diverse humanitarianprojects in Israel that transform the lives ofthousands in need, is honoring the mayorof Miami, the Hon. Tomás Regalado andJavier Palomarez, president and CEO ofthe United States Hispanic Chamber ofCommerce (ushcc.com), at a dinner onMonday, December 3, 2012 at the DezerCollection Auto Museum in North Miami.

Mayor Regalado will receive the BnaiZion America-Israel Friendship Awardfor his commitment to the wellbeing ofthe people of Israel, and Mr. Palomarezwill receive the Bnai Zion DistinguishedHumanitarian Award for his commitmentto the improvement of Judeo-Hispanicrelations.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Mayor Regaladocame to Miami at age 14 with his brotheras part of the Peter Pan Project, determinedto become a journalist. Elected CityCommissioner in 1996, Regalado kept hisday job and was the news director forSpanish Broadcasting Systems, a dailyhost and commentator on WWFE LaPoderosa, and host of a daily news pro-gram on the cable network TeleMiami.Regalado was re-elected in 1999, again in2003 without opposition, and in his last

election in 2007, he was re-elected by nine-ty-four percent (94%) of his district. Hewas elected mayor on November 3, 2009.

Javier Palomarez is one of the nation’spre-eminent multi-cultural sales and mar-keting executives and his opinions haveappeared in leading publications includingThe Wall Street Journal, Business Week,USA Today and many others. He wasappointed to the National AdvisoryCouncil on Minority Business Enterpriseand he serves on the FCC Federal AdvisoryCommittee on Diversity in the Digital Age,on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 SmallBusinesses Advisory Board, on Pfizer’sSmall Business Advisory Council, and onAetna’s Latino Advisory Council. TheUSHCC, which he heads up, is the leadingadvocate for nearly three million Hispanic-owned businesses and over two hundredlocal Hispanic chambers of commercethroughout the country.

The history of Bnai Zion includes a longlist of accomplishments and its projects inIsrael serve the less fortunate across themedical, social service and cultural spec-trum. Proceeds from the dinner will beused to fund Bnai Zion projects.

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Daniel Craig sheds some light on SkyfallBY LAUREN COHEN

There aren’t manysights more surreal thanthat of Daniel Craig,dressed in a crisp, Bond-esque suit, walkingtoward you. So to thenhave the opportunity tospeak with 007 himself –

well, you can imagine what that was like.Most surprising, though, was the realiza-tion that Craig has a real sense of humorunderneath that slick veneer. It’s that sub-tle, dry humor that he demonstrated in per-son that makes “Skyfall,” the latest entryinto the 50-year-old James Bond franchise,one of the most fun Bond films yet.

I recently sat down with him to discussthe film, the state of the next “Girl With theDragon Tattoo” movie (“I’m very opti-mistic that it might possibly happen maybesomeday,” he joked), as well as his role inthe London Olympics opening ceremony,Bond’s chauvinistic tendencies, and all theimmense praise that “Skyfall” has beenreceiving.

This is your second time working with

director Sam Mendes, first on “Road to

Perdition,” and now on “Skyfall.” What

was it like working with Sam again? Did

you guys have any communication

between those two films?

Daniel Craig: Not a great deal. I’d seeSam, you know, here and there. I’d do the-atre sometimes and he’d come and see mein that…I saw him at a party and I kind ofoffered him the job [to direct “Skyfall”],which is not my place to do. One too manydrinks. I always thought if it hadn’t workedout I could just blame the booze…It waseasy and that conversation that I had withhim that night really was the start of it. Hewas being very complimentary aboutCasino [Royale], and I wanted to pick hisbrains as a director – because I knew wewere going to start thinking about the nextfilm – and I wanted to pick his brains aboutwhat we could do, and how we could makeit better, and I had all these ideas and webounced them off each other a little bit andI kind of sort of said: “Do you want to doit, why don’t you do it?” and so he did.

We learn a lot more about the charac-

ter of James Bond in this movie than we

have in previous films – how did you

approach that?

Craig: You know it’s easy to say now,but I always felt that we could explorehim…you read the books, I mean theywere written a long time ago so I suppose

that kind of in a way they’re dated, but theystill stand up as good reads. And Flemingreally does explore the characters – there’sa lot of self doubt there, I mean he killspeople for a living, it bothers him…I keepsaying that no one told me what the ruleswere, as far as action and adventure movieswere concerned. I always thought that youcould have a plot, and therefore a charac-ter…I never forget I’m playing JamesBond, this isn’t a character study. It’s giv-ing somebody who is closed off, lettingkind of a little bit go occasionally just sothat we see in, and see him knocked downso that we can see him stand back up again.Those things, I think, hopefully, make forjust a more enjoyable movie…that’s thething about an action movie, where youhave a hero. The world needs saving at thebeginning of the movie, and at the end ofthe movie he saves the world. I wanted todo a bit more than that.

A lot of people have expressed opti-

mism that this could be the first Bond

movie to receive a Best Picture nomina-

tion. Are you confident in this? Do you

think a Bond movie could ever achieve

this?

Craig: I never would speculate aboutstuff like that. It’s very nice, one of thenicest things. I can’t lie, when the pressstarted to come out it was a huge relief forme. Because you invest a large part of yourlife — as did many people — in this film.I knew we had a good film, but who knowshow people are going to respond to it. Ithink that to sort of speculate now wouldbe a little bit jumping the gun. There are

some great movies out there this year, andthere are some more movies to come outthis year that are going to be good. I hopethat people like [cinematographer] RogerDeakins are in the mix somewhere becausehe’s done such an amazing job, and itwould be nice to see him get a nomination,or even [win] one.

We spoke with the Bond girls earlier

— we’ve actually decided to start calling

them “Bond ladies.”

Craig: Yes, there you go. We’re movingforward!

Can you speak on your two Bond

ladies in this film?

Craig: Again, with the casting, wecouldn’t have done better, or wished tohave done better. Both Bérénice andNaomie – as well as Judi, we can’t leaveher out of the equation. Naomie was justperfect, I look forward to sort of doingmore with Naomie; she’s got the actionchops as well as the acting chops. AndBérénice is just so gorgeous and exotic anda wonderful actress and I think in way iskind of an old-fashioned Bond girl but is somuch more…I love the fact that Bond stayssort of chauvinistic, I mean I think it’simportant that he does. Otherwise it wouldbe kind of lying to say he’s a modern man,he’s not really a modern man. But puttingstrong women in front him — that makes itexciting, and sexier, I think.

Roger Moore was recently quoted as

saying that you’ll go down as the “best

Bond in history.”

Craig: We love Roger! [laughs]

How does it feel to receive such praise

from a past Bond actor?

Craig: Well it’s very nice; he’s a lovely,lovely man, Roger. He was the first JamesBond I ever saw in the cinema so I supposeI have a real affinity to him and a real softspot for Roger, but he’s also a gentleman.And, you know, I pay him well [laughs].

What was it like working with Danny

Boyle and the Queen on that short for

the London Olympics opening ceremo-

ny?

Craig: All I can really say is, look, I wasvery honored to play just a little part in thatopening ceremony…it was incrediblymoving, the whole opening ceremony andwas perfect. But it was very surreal. I wasat the palace working with the Queen; it’snot kind of something I ever dreamed I’dever do. But she was lovely, just very keento do it and very happy to do it. We laugheda lot. It was very quick, it was kind of overbefore I could think about it, really…and Ihad to keep it very secret though, that’s thething.

Are there any things you’ve learned to

do in the films that you’ve been able to

apply in real life?

Craig: I don’t finish work and go sky-diving as a hobby, or anything like that,no…Some of the things I do in the movieare good fun to do, but they stay in themovie. I get to drive cars and shoot gunsand do all of those things. But, you know, Ican’t drive a car like that without gettingarrested or shoot a gun like that withoutgetting arrested, so I have to leave them atwork.

Don’t you think that people would be

a little more lenient with you though?

Craig: What, if I drove an Aston Martinat 80 mph through Manhattan, shooting agun? No! The NYPD would just basicallythrow me inside after tasering me 100times — with good reason. [laughs]

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My good friend and client Bruce had

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80-year-old father who came to live with

him. After all, Bruce is a teacher and has

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My ex-husband isalways calling me on hisweekend with the kidscomplaining that the kidsare not doing chores at hishouse, talking back to him,etc. I have tried in the pastto have us work together

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What you can do is tell your ex that on hisweekends he needs to handle his householdissues with the children. As with anything thathas to be conveyed, do it nicely, but firmly.Realistically, him bringing you into the mix to“do something” actually takes the poweraway from him as a parent. That is betweenhim and his children. I’m not talking aboutmajor issues when the two of you should beon the same page, but the day-to-day “stuff”can frustrate any parent. When he has the chil-dren, that is your time to give your mind andnerves a break and to rejuvenate so upon theirreturn you are refreshed and on your game.

My ex has taken to picking and choosingwhat he will and will not follow through onaccording to my MSA. What can I do, I’mgetting overwhelmed and frustrated, not tomention exceedingly angry. This was anagreement we both agreed to.

Welcome to the real world. Lesson #1 inthe divorce game is whatever you bothagreed to doesn’t necessarily translate intofollowing it. My suggestions are as follows:1) Take a deep breath and don’t let this con-sume you, because it can if you let it and,quite frankly, that is probably what he wants.2) When he doesn’t follow through on some-thing, send him an email with the infractionlisted in the subject and in a very businesslike fashion, address the infraction referenc-ing the page and paragraph that clearly out-lines his obligation from the MSA. 3) Create

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My ex has moved on rather quickly and itappears that he hasn’t missed a beat. Hisbusiness is flourishing, his mistress hasmoved in with him, they travel all the timeand, oh yeah, he got a new car. Meanwhile, Ihave to start all over and am struggling inevery aspect of my life. When is it going to bemy time?

I hear you and I understand. You, my dear,hold that answer and no one else. Your timestarts when you decide it starts. Stop lookingover the fence in his backyard and put thatenergy and focus on your Plan B. First step isto change your thoughts from that of a victimto that of a warrior. You can make a betterway for yourself but it begins with one sim-ple thing — your mindset. Change that andbrace yourself for an amazing ride.

Note to Self: My life begins with me and noone else. I have the power to direct my destiny.

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