Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Getting out of your own way The best advice I've ever received – and I've received a lot, has got to be this piece... Get out of your own way. Said to me by my first mentor, the person that enco...

Her name was Megan and as soon as she said it my heart sank a little. She was present during the 90 minute keynote for leaders that I did recently in Vancouver, BC. At the reception afterward Megan sh...

Enclothed Cognition What the heck is that? I remember the first day I put them on. I would never have purchased them but I raised the 'magic number' of dollars for the Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Bik...

  Inspiration de jour… Meet Josie, she’s 11 and if she is any indication of our future, it is in good hands! Jose had a Random Acts of Kindness birthday party. Inviting a handful of f...

  TRAVELING SOLO In a world where we are constantly surrounded by people, pets, noise, clutter, distractions, and excess, today I would like to talk about being alone. I have just come home from ...

  Is it just me or is it really easy to have superficial relationships with people? You know, you like each other or you work together or you have been friends for a long time. Maybe at one point...

Fresh off my first, last and definitely my only Bungee Jump (I’m still nauseous!) I am excited to share with you my friend and colleague Ravi Tangri’s new podcast From Meh to Yeah! He inte...

“If we can’t be the best at it, then why are we doing it at all?” This quote is from the book Good to Great by Jim Collins and, respectfully Jim, I couldn’t disagree more. Sure...

I’ve been working on my Spanish for a few months now with the help of the Duolingo app. My favourite part about the app is the ‘Turtle Button’. When the app wants me to translate a s...

This year I am using Scrabble letters to create a word to focus on for a space of time. I place the word out on my counter so we can see it frequently, then I move it to my Scrabble board. I thought i...