Holly Bond

We don't know if they're really making a joke or if they actually know or if they know James. And I have two incredible children. Brilliant. My son, Matthew, he's in the ocean sector and he lives in Houston, Texas. And my daughter, Rachel, is in business development and in environmental engineering technology. She lives here in Halifax. So here we are.

We don't know if they're really making a joke or if they actually know or if they know James. And I have two incredible children. Brilliant. My son, Matthew, he's in the ocean sector and he lives in Houston, Texas. And my daughter, Rachel, is in business development and in environmental engineering technology. She lives here in Halifax. So here we are.

It's so interesting that you say that. I had this very conversation over dinner last night. And as I'm getting older and I think of what do I want to do next? And my son, I was talking to him last week and he said, I was talking to him about what am I going to do next? And he said, Mom... why can't you just enjoy life, right? You're almost 60. Why don't take time for yourself and enjoy life?

It's so interesting that you say that. I had this very conversation over dinner last night. And as I'm getting older and I think of what do I want to do next? And my son, I was talking to him last week and he said, I was talking to him about what am I going to do next? And he said, Mom... why can't you just enjoy life, right? You're almost 60. Why don't take time for yourself and enjoy life?

And what drives you? Why do you keep having to conquer something else, move, conquer? And I've been thinking about that for a week now, and I had this conversation last night. And I don't know, Vince, I don't know if it comes from When I was young and grandmother was an entrepreneur. She owned nursing homes, seniors' residences.

And what drives you? Why do you keep having to conquer something else, move, conquer? And I've been thinking about that for a week now, and I had this conversation last night. And I don't know, Vince, I don't know if it comes from When I was young and grandmother was an entrepreneur. She owned nursing homes, seniors' residences.

And she told me the stories where she had $11 and arrived in Nova Scotia and started off with a little corner shop. And then she saved the money and then she kept buying buildings and creating nursing homes. And I always thought that was amazing. But I think... I don't know what, I feel like I have to prove something that I can do it.

And she told me the stories where she had $11 and arrived in Nova Scotia and started off with a little corner shop. And then she saved the money and then she kept buying buildings and creating nursing homes. And I always thought that was amazing. But I think... I don't know what, I feel like I have to prove something that I can do it.

And I think it might be because I did not, when I went back to university, when all of my other friends graduated, moved away, we called it the brain drain, okay? In the late 80s and early 90s, people were leaving Nova Scotia and they were emigrating to other parts of Canada and around the world. And our population was declining here. And I think I didn't have my degree.

And I think it might be because I did not, when I went back to university, when all of my other friends graduated, moved away, we called it the brain drain, okay? In the late 80s and early 90s, people were leaving Nova Scotia and they were emigrating to other parts of Canada and around the world. And our population was declining here. And I think I didn't have my degree.

And in a dinner conversation, when you meet somebody, they go, oh, Holly, what do you do? That always caused me anxiety. Oh, I'm a homemaker. I left university. I have my certificate. What do you do? Oh, I have my MBA. I'm living in Paris or Hong Kong or Florida. And this is what I'm doing. And so I felt everybody was moving ahead of me. I always had this feeling like I had to run to catch up.

And in a dinner conversation, when you meet somebody, they go, oh, Holly, what do you do? That always caused me anxiety. Oh, I'm a homemaker. I left university. I have my certificate. What do you do? Oh, I have my MBA. I'm living in Paris or Hong Kong or Florida. And this is what I'm doing. And so I felt everybody was moving ahead of me. I always had this feeling like I had to run to catch up.

And I think might still be with me. I feel like there's so many things that I want to do. There's so many different sectors that are so incredibly interesting to me. And maybe it's because I'm attention deficit. That could be a two. Who knows? But I just know there's so many interesting things to do and I want to try everything. And I don't want to be 85 and look back and say, I wish I did that.

And I think might still be with me. I feel like there's so many things that I want to do. There's so many different sectors that are so incredibly interesting to me. And maybe it's because I'm attention deficit. That could be a two. Who knows? But I just know there's so many interesting things to do and I want to try everything. And I don't want to be 85 and look back and say, I wish I did that.

And the other thing that I think has just been recently, my family has told me this. My mother died a couple of days before my 30th birthday, which also happens to be Christmas. And she was my age when she died. I think... Through the last 10 years, especially, I feel like that date of that she was like 57, I think that it was almost subconsciously, what if I only have till 57?

And the other thing that I think has just been recently, my family has told me this. My mother died a couple of days before my 30th birthday, which also happens to be Christmas. And she was my age when she died. I think... Through the last 10 years, especially, I feel like that date of that she was like 57, I think that it was almost subconsciously, what if I only have till 57?

What do I want to do? And I think it's been driving me. And now I'm here. Who knows? Maybe I will realize that I don't have to continue to race.

What do I want to do? And I think it's been driving me. And now I'm here. Who knows? Maybe I will realize that I don't have to continue to race.

Yes, and success is a fleeting kind of moment, right? It's all the other things that people look at, and that was a relatively small company, but people look at very successful business owners and they don't realize that the turmoil and the pain and the

Yes, and success is a fleeting kind of moment, right? It's all the other things that people look at, and that was a relatively small company, but people look at very successful business owners and they don't realize that the turmoil and the pain and the