Bruce Glick is working on a project connecting families with their local birds. He is a high school teacher who is balancing a full-time job and a post-retirement transition into the freelance lifestyle.

Introduced to birds and nature by his dad, Bruce has been in awe of nature his whole life. Through his project he strives to enrich the relationship people have with nature, as well as the relationships they have with each other. Bruce tells many stories during our conversation, and his passion for birds is contagious.

What is Bruce’s longterm plan?

What kind of life experiences led him to where he is today?

Why is it that sometimes educators don’t make the best business people?

Let’s find out.

Show Notes

The following resources were mentioned in this episode. For your convenience, links are provided below.

• National Audubon Society - Protecting birds and their habitats since 1905.

• The Marketing Seminar - A workshop about creating generous change and serving other people. This seminar inspired the book This is Marketing*.

• Deep Work* - A book about doing deep work in our noisy connected world.

• Fungi Perfecti - Mushroom products for home and garden.

• Merlin Bird ID - A bird identification app by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

• Transcript: Ep3, Bruce Glick, Birds and Families

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