<span style="color: #323232"> </span><a style="color: #0049a9" href="http://aespire.com/" target="_blank">Brian Sooy</a><span style="color: #323232"> helped me raise my voice when I started on</span><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable" style="color: #323232"><img class="alignleft" src="http://mills-scofield.com/storage/Brian%20Sooy%20Courage.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1401211928122" alt="" width="253" height="253" /></span><span style="color: #323232"> my own.  His voice is powerful. So please read this post and his book, </span><a style="color: #0049a9" href="http://bit.ly/Buy_RYV" target="_blank"><em>Raise Your Voice: A Cause Manifesto</em></a><span style="color: #323232">, if you want to change your business...and yourself. </span>
<p style="color: #323232">At age 52, I ran my first half marathon. Not 100 yards from the starting line, a child sat on his father’s shoulders, holding a sign up high. It read:</p>
<p style="color: #323232"><em>This seems like a lot of work for a free banana!</em></p>
<p style="color: #323232">Early in the race, I appreciated the humor. 11 miles in, at the beginning of an uphill climb to the finish, I appreciated it even more. <a href="http://mills-scofield.com/blog/2014/5/27/this-seems-like-a-lot-of-work-for-a-free-banana.html#.U4fQFvldU3k" target="_blank">Read more</a>...</p>