As a parent I know the importance of showing love to my children. It’s one matter to love, it’s entirely another to show it consistently. When I coach or train my clients I often ask the question, “Is it enough to …
Pep talk – n. Informal A speech of exhortation, as to a team or staff, meant to instill enthusiasm or bolster morale. I’m pretty sure we all know what a pep talk is. We would typically see it as something …
Sometimes it takes a long time to learn the value of commitment. This one took me more than five years. About eight years ago, my wife and I committed to volunteering with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Calgary. It’s …
How often do you feel like you’re the hamster running furiously on the hamster wheel? I walk to work every morning and pass by an old car covered in hundreds of stickers. I think the stickers are keeping the old rust …
A week and a half into 2011 and what’s changed? How are your new year’s resolutions coming? How will 2011 be for you? Well, I took a look in my crystal ball, consulted the tea leaves and gazed at the …
I used to be someone who worried. When I was at school I worried about my up-coming exams or a spelling test. When I left school I worried about a job interview or a date with a girl. Heck, I worried about asking the …
When I was 27 I lived and travelled around Europe and for a period of over nine months I didn’t sleep in the same bed for more than 3 consecutive days. My life was packed into two suitcases and the …
Happy new year! Here are ten questions you can start your year with. These questions can be used to help you re-focus and set some meaningful goals for 2011. I find it can be helpful to have a few guiding …
The path we take in life is just that, it’s a path. Where that path goes is completely up to us. We make the choices and decisions which will guide our life in a certain direction. In fact where we …
Merry Christmas! Last night we celebrated Christmas, and I was reflecting on the whole theory of gift giving. With three young children we have gifts to give them, but as I thought about the best gifts I have received in my …
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Earlier this week I had a meeting with an entrepreneur. He's run a number of businesses and now he's developing a community...
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