No ordinary man. I had the honor and the blessing to meet and spend time one beautiful weekend when Jeff Timmons' daughter, Jesseca, married Abe Timmons, at the farm in NH. I knew immediately I had met a very special man. His presence was full of joy and love and humor and I wanted to be around him. I will never forget him. He will be sorely missed and lovingly remembered. Sherrill Stone
always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky. the vines are people who are afraid of originality, of new thinking. most people you encounted will be vines; when you are a young plant they are very dangerous. always listen to yourself. it is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. if you are wrong, no matter you have learned something and you grow stronger. if you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life. - excerpt from "the power of one" by bryce courtenay, a book I gave my dad which he loved.
I am Jeff's cousin; and I have so many wonderful memories of him. From the time, as a child, I rode his horse, Lucky. To my grandparents driving 4 teenage cousins from Michigan to visit the Timmons family in New York. (Only as an adult did I realize how courageous our grandparents were to make that trip.) To visiting Jeff and Sara in New England when we both had young families. To visiting them in South Carolin after our children were grown. To having them visit us in Florida just this last December. Then there were the times we would needle each other whenever Boston and Detroit sports teams were playing each other. Or the time he had to call me to brag about getting a hole-in-one when he first started playing golf. But one of the best memories was the surprise trip Jeff and my husband, Bill, planned for Sara and me for our 50th birthdays --- a golfing vacation to Sea Island, GA. The guys made all the arrangements; and Sara and I were completely surprised. It was great fun. So to me, he was just my cousin, Jeff; and I will miss him. RL
I am the co-founder of one of the last start-ups Jeff chose to join. What an honor for us! I sold Jeff's textbook in the late 1980's and always had immense respect for the book and Jeff's contribution to the discipline of Entrepreneurship, but had never had the occasion to meet him.
When I decided to leave the big publishers and launch a new kind of textbook company, I took a flier on contacting Jeff. To my surprise, he was very intrigued and the 2 co-founders made our way to Bray's Island for a meeting. Jeff and Sara were great hosts, we all hit it off, and Jeff became our Lead Advisor.
His advice and pearls of wisdom over the last 14 months were invaluable to our new business. But better than that, we became friends. Jeff and Sara hosted our first company "Friends" meeting in Bray's Island in early 2008. Our company's friends were overwhelmed by the hospitality, the surroundings, the insight, and the overall good yucks.
The mark Jeff made on me, and our company, will continue forever. He was simply the best. Thanks Jeff.
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No ordinary man. I had the honor and the blessing to meet and spend
time one beautiful weekend when Jeff Timmons' daughter, Jesseca, married Abe Timmons, at the farm in NH. I knew immediately I had met a very special man. His presence was full of joy and love and humor and I wanted to be
around him. I will never forget him. He will be sorely missed and lovingly remembered. Sherrill Stone
always in life an idea starts small, it is only a sapling idea, but the vines will come and they will try to choke your idea so it cannot grow and it will die and you will never know you had a big idea, an idea so big it could have grown thirty meters through the dark canopy of leaves and touched the face of the sky.
the vines are people who are afraid of originality, of new thinking. most people you encounted will be vines; when you are a young plant they are very dangerous.
always listen to yourself. it is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. if you are wrong, no matter you have learned something and you grow stronger. if you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.
- excerpt from "the power of one" by bryce courtenay, a book I gave my dad which he loved.
I am Jeff's cousin; and I have so many wonderful memories of him. From the time, as a child, I rode his horse, Lucky. To my grandparents driving 4 teenage cousins from Michigan to visit the Timmons family in New York. (Only as an adult did I realize how courageous our grandparents were to make that trip.) To visiting Jeff and Sara in New England when we both had young families. To visiting them in South Carolin after our children were grown. To having them visit us in Florida just this last December. Then there were the times we would needle each other whenever Boston and Detroit sports teams were playing each other. Or the time he had to call me to brag about getting a hole-in-one when he first started playing golf. But one of the best memories was the surprise trip Jeff and my husband, Bill, planned for Sara and me for our 50th birthdays --- a golfing vacation to Sea Island, GA. The guys made all the arrangements; and Sara and I were completely surprised. It was great fun. So to me, he was just my cousin, Jeff; and I will miss him.
RL
I am the co-founder of one of the last start-ups Jeff chose to join. What an honor for us! I sold Jeff's textbook in the late 1980's and always had immense respect for the book and Jeff's contribution to the discipline of Entrepreneurship, but had never had the occasion to meet him.
When I decided to leave the big publishers and launch a new kind of textbook company, I took a flier on contacting Jeff. To my surprise, he was very intrigued and the 2 co-founders made our way to Bray's Island for a meeting. Jeff and Sara were great hosts, we all hit it off, and Jeff became our Lead Advisor.
His advice and pearls of wisdom over the last 14 months were invaluable to our new business. But better than that, we became friends. Jeff and Sara hosted our first company "Friends" meeting in Bray's Island in early 2008. Our company's friends were overwhelmed by the hospitality, the surroundings, the insight, and the overall good yucks.
The mark Jeff made on me, and our company, will continue forever. He was simply the best. Thanks Jeff.
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