Day: December 4, 2013

Harvest Time Partners Announces Launch of New Games in Partnership with Dr. Toy

Posted on by Harvest Time Partners

Conversation Games Now More Widely Available
Portage, MI (December 4, 2013) — Harvest Time Partners, Inc., a personal and professional development company, is expanding its market penetration through a partnership with Dr. Toy to accelerate the launch of several new conversation games.  Harvest Time Partners’ products will be made available in Dr Toy’s Holiday Gift Guide and The Magic Toy Box.

David Esposito, a managing partner of Harvest Time Partners, said, “We look forward to launching our newest line of conversations games in coordination with the Dr. Toy organization.  Dr. Toy has tremendous credibility in the market and we see them as a great fit to reach our goal of further penetrating the large market for conversation games. We look forward to working with Dr. Toy as we expand our reach and make our new conversation games available to more consumers.”

Dr. Toy’s Holiday Gift Guide and The Magic Toy Box will begin marketing the “revised and updated” version of the award winning conversation game, Abundant Harvest, a one-of-a-kind board game designed to help families and educators open the door to more-productive dialogue and encourage decision making based on principles such as honesty, loyalty, and commitment. Reinforcing the law of the harvest, the game’s primary takeaway is that you will always reap what you sow.  In addition, the conversation games Face to FaceTM will also be marketed by Dr. Toy.   Face to FaceTM is the newest line of conversation games designed to start great conversations on real-life issues, in real-time with friends and families.  Face to FaceTM is available in a Kids Edition, a Teen Edition, and a Dinner Party Edition.  To access the games directly, please go to the Holiday Gift Guide link below:

http://www.drtoy.com/holiday-gift-guide-products/?folio_id=133

For more information or to discuss additional products and services from Harvest Time Partners, Inc., please visit the company website at www.harvesttimepartners.com, email David at david@harvesttimepartners.com, or call 877-786-4278.

About Harvest Time Partners, Inc.

Harvest Time Partners, Inc. was created almost 20 years ago to provide support to individuals, companies, and organizations on a variety of topics and subjects encompassing personal and executive development, team building, leadership training, and building a strong marriage and family. Harvest Time Partners provides character-building seminars, workshops, and custom programs designed to increase personal effectiveness, enhance character development, and strengthen the bonds of marriage and family. Harvest Time Partners, Inc. created the award-winning conversation game Abundant Harvest that continues to be embraced by families, schools, and faith-based programs nationwide. For more information, visit www.harvesttimepartners.com.

About Dr. Toy LLC

Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, PhD, is one of the world’s leading experts on play, toys, and children’s products. With 30 years of direct experience, Dr. Auerbach includes educationally oriented, developmental and skill building products from the best large and small companies in her four annual award programs. Many parents, teachers and toy buyers use Dr. Toy’s guidance in making selections.  See more at: http://www.drtoy.com

Character Creates Opportunity® – Goals: Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Posted on by David Esposito

As we continue to build and strengthen our character, an important topic to address is setting goals and making plans to accomplish our goals. 

For most businesses that desire to exist beyond a few months or a few years, an essential element is setting direction and answering the big questions like “where are we going?” and “how are we going to get there?”  Most businesses conduct detailed work on an annual basis to make funding decisions on plans and many conduct routine, long-range planning sessions to account for investing in the organization’s three to five year plans.

In reflecting back on the personal and professional choices I made over the years, I see a clear pattern where I have spent an incredible amount of time working to develop the plans for businesses and managing the progress towards those goals.  However, I have spent very little time in comparison on setting detailed personal and family goals and specific, measurable steps to achieve them.  I have not been completely negligent in setting goals, however, I have been inconsistent in developing the process for setting goals and the detailed plans to achieve them compared to my professional, “on the job” goal setting process.  After discussions with a number of people, I can see that I am not alone in this reality.

Faced with the sobering reminder that no accomplishment in the workplace could ever compensate for a failure at home, it is important that we develop the rigor around setting personal and family goals and the plans to achieve them.  This planning process is a key aspect of building and strengthening our character.  It will ensure we are putting forth intentional effort to reach our full potential in the only permanent area of our lives, our family.

Personal planning and goal setting is not rocket science.  It is a basic blocking and tackling exercise… allocate some time, think things through, make some decisions, and put things on paper.  There are numerous helpful tools available for free on the internet or in your local library.  There is no shortage of tools to develop a plan.  Many of us just simply fall short with the discipline to do it and work the plan. 

I prefer to address personal plans into some large buckets:

  • Near Term Goals (the upcoming calendar year -12 months)
    • Address the four basic needs of us as humans: (1) Spiritual (2) Physical (3) Mental (4) Social (relationships).  Just a few per category that are realistic and “raise the bar” from the prior year.
    • Time: From prior blogs, this section deals with expanding time spent on “important, but not urgent” activities…mostly addressing the four needs above.
    • Financial…always a fun one
    • Career/Profession
  • Long Term Goals (the big, bold hopes and dreams) that need steady progress in the near term

There are two learnings that I have come away with over the years in making personal plans:  (1) Be as specific as possible so you can really “see” what you are striving to achieve and (2) Less is more.  Focus on the important stuff and avoid making an endless list of goals that will result in more frustration than motivation.  

As always, a good planning session should begin with some reflection and decision on answering the big questions around a personal vision or purpose that you are working towards.  It is helpful to ensure alignment of next year’s goals with the overall “true north” direction in our lives.

In conclusion, I would just reinforce that life continues to grow in complexity and intensity.  If we just rely on “winging it” in the critical areas of our own personal growth and important relationships, we will most definitely fall short of our full potential. 

Being intentional with our personal life-plan is an important aspect of building and strengthening character and our Character Creates Opportunity® to make a positive impact.

What have you learned in building a personal life-plan?  Please share a comment below.

Harvest Time Partners Announces Launch of New Games in Partnership with Christian Book Distributors

Posted on by Harvest Time Partners

Conversation Games Now More Widely Available

Portage, MI (December 4, 2013) — Harvest Time Partners, Inc., a personal and professional development company, is expanding its market penetration through a partnership with Christian Book Distributors to accelerate the launch of several new conversation games. The arrangement will provide Harvest Time Partners with the capability to offer the full line of its patented and award winning conversation games through the Christian Book Distributors’ existing network.

David Esposito, a managing partner of Harvest Time Partners, said, “After a successful year in partnership with Christian Book Distributors (CBD), we look forward to launching our newest line of conversations games with CBD immediately.  CBD has tremendous presence in the market and we see them as a great fit to reach our goal of further penetrating the large market for conversation games. We look forward to working with CBD as we expand our reach and make our new conversation games available to more consumers.”

CBD will begin marketing the ”revised and updated” version of the award-winning conversation game Abundant Harvest, a one-of-a-kind board game designed to help families and educators open the door to more-productive dialogue and encourage decision making based on principles such as honesty, loyalty, and commitment. Reinforcing the law of the harvest, the game’s primary takeaway is that you will always reap what you sow.  In addition, the conversation games Face to FaceTM will also be marketed by CBD. Face to FaceTM is the newest line of conversation games designed to start great conversations on real-life issues, in real-time with friends and families. Face to FaceTM is available in a Kids Edition, Teen Edition, and Dinner Party Edition.

For more information or to discuss additional products and services from Harvest Time Partners, Inc., please visit the company website at www.harvesttimepartners.com, email David at david@harvesttimepartners.com, or call 877-786-4278.

About Harvest Time Partners, Inc.

Harvest Time Partners, Inc. was created almost 20 years ago to provide support to individuals, companies, and organizations on a variety of topics and subjects encompassing personal and executive development, team building, leadership training, and building a strong marriage and family. Harvest Time Partners provides character-building seminars, workshops, and custom programs designed to increase personal effectiveness, enhance character development, and strengthen the bonds of marriage and family. Harvest Time Partners, Inc. created the award-winning conversation game Abundant Harvest that continues to be embraced by families, schools, and faith-based programs nationwide. For more information, visit www.harvesttimepartners.com.

About Christian Book Distributors

From humble beginnings in the late 70s to today’s leading resource for Christian goods, Christian Book Distributors continues to provide an enormous selection at excellent value, with strong customer service and support. Learn more about the Hendrickson family, CBD’s catalogs and website, staff and facilities at www.christianbook.com