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March 2024 Newsletter

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The Most Frustrating Sporting Event of My Life

by Tim Fulton

One of my favorite parts of being a dad was attending my kids' sporting events. Both of my sons, Taylor and Carter, played baseball from T-ball at age four through high school. Early on, I helped coach both boys' teams. Then I settled on just being an active (sometimes overly active) spectator.

The high school team had a relatively new field with a beautiful computerized scoreboard. I remember attending many games there. In fact, for several seasons, I volunteered as the announcer for the games, doing my best to introduce each player at bat properly and remind the parents to purchase as much food from the snack bar as humanly possible.

There is one home game I will never forget. It was my older son Taylor’s team. Just as I volunteered as an announcer, there was another parent who volunteered to run the scoreboard. This was not just any scoreboard. This was a very fancy computerized digital display. Thank goodness there was one dad with technology experience who understood how to run this very complicated scoring device. Until this one game…

That night, Mr Scoreboard did not show up. In hindsight, we should have sent a search party.

Tim Fulton

President, Small Business Matters

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Pat Renn is a financial professional who has been cited in ABC, NBC, FOX, and CBS for his work in wealth management. A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ with over 35 years of financial counseling experience, he is also the president and founder of The Renn Wealth Management Group. Pat once served as president of both the Georgia Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners and the Georgia chapter of the International Association for Financial Planning.

An author as well, Pat published two books, Finding Your Money’s Greater Purpose, and most recently, Your Financial Future and Legacy. He was born in Greece and moved with his family to the U.S. when he was 10 years old. Today Pat resides in metro Atlanta and is married with two sons. In his leisure time, he enjoys traveling, golfing, fly fishing, and wing shooting.

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MASTERMIND GROUP

Hosted by former Vistage Chair and SBM President Tim Fulton, the SBM MasterMind Group enables small business executives to work virtually with growth-minded peers to hone their leadership skills and prioritize their most important weekly action items. The MasterMind Group offers each member the following:

A weekly one-hour virtual group meeting
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An annual group retreat
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All for the small investment of $295/month!

Mastermind group member Mary Ritz shares her experience...

To learn more or to join the SBM Mastermind Group,

contact tim@smallbusinessmattersonline.com

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