Quick Hits: On coaching well. Regulating alcohol like marijuana. Crayon sculptures.

• I’m getting ready to launch a financial coaching business. The passion to see more and more people learn how to prosper, so they can invest in the possibility of their future and become more generous, has grown with each year since my family took control of our finances and found freedom. One of my big concerns is that (even though I’ve been trying out my skills for the last year on a sporadic, volunteer basis) I won’t be able to connect well with the people I’m trying to serve. I know that the way I communicate what I know is as important as the knowledge itself. I want to bring out the best in people. I don’t want to rob somebody of their confidence when I’m trying to challenge them to grow.

• Amendment 64 in Colorado was supposed to regulate marijuana like alcohol, but it hasn’t exactly turned out that way thus far. I’m not terribly disappointed or discouraged by that, mind you. Anyone paying attention had to know that undoing the culture surrounding this drug wasn’t going to happen after a single step, despite all the facts and support this kind of change enjoys. Fortunately, a little playful absurdity can lighten the mood, and the Campaign to Regulate Alcohol Like Marijuana is a perfect example of creatively pointing out the insanity of those who resist the change. In their letter to the Colorado governor, they brilliantly encourage the regulations surrounding alcohol consumption be strengthened to match the proposed structure around marijuana legalization. Hopefully, no one in office will take their suggestion seriously. Restricting alcohol like that might be a bad idea.

• Pete Goldlust carves crayons. And he’s not alone. And if my girls got a hold of any of these, they’d be used to make Cinderella look like some sort of royal rainbow clown on a page of one of their overpriced Disney coloring books. Value is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.