Category: Grow
F.E.A.R.: Face Everything And Run
Of all the four-letter words in our vocabulary, fear is by far the most powerful. It’s an emotion that can destroy hopes and dreams and wreak havoc on goals and aspirations. Fear shows its face in many different ways and the resulting anxiety, panic, stress, or complacency has, at one time or another, stopped all [...]
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Excavating Your Creative Inner Child
In my early thirties I threw myself across the stage with wild abandon, singing and acting in shows like “Brigadoon” and “Hello Dolly”. My child self was alive, well and playful! I love show people. They lead with their hearts, and their creative child. They’re free and inspired, willing to become their imagination and be [...]
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The Boomerang Effect of Giving
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. – Eleanor Roosevelt I’m not a salesperson, but I hope I can sell you on a mindset. If you choose to adopt this mentality, you will reap [...]
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YOU’VE Got Talent!
Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them. -Thomas Kinkade You may have heard of the television show “America’s Got Talent,” but what you may not know is that YOU’VE got talent. We all do! What do [...]
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A Deliciously Sweet Recipe For Your Life
My best friend makes amazing chocolate chip cookies. Instead of adding the recommended quantity of chocolate chips, she adds tons of them so that every bite is overflowing with the taste of chocolate. Sweet! I much prefer these cookies to store bought ones where there’s a lot of cookie and hardly any chips; after all, [...]
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Make Some Noise
Audacious. If somebody called me audacious, I’d have to pause and consider if it was a compliment or not. To exude audacity – well that’s just a little loud, even brazen! Canadians have mixed feelings about big ideas and bold, audacious ways of living. Dreaming big is great, but when we start talking about what [...]
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What’s Forgiveness Got To Do With It?
Lately I’ve been wondering whether forgiveness belongs in the work place and have come to the resounding conclusion that, “Yes! …100% it does!” Most exceptional leaders are engrafted with a forgiving heart because they inherently understand that the way to personal and corporate maturity is through not letting personal offenses, slights, or disruptions have the [...]
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Angelina Jolie and Microsoft: Giving Beyond Measure
The public may think of Microsoft as a company of computer geeks, scientists, innovators, and technicians, but Microsoft thinks of itself as a “company of immigrants.” And it’s this astute awareness of the diversity of its employees and their origins that has led Microsoft to pursue legal programs that aid immigrants and their families. “Microsoft [...]
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Hope Always Survives
I equated being homeless for a year as somewhat like winning a Powerball lottery; it was sudden and somewhat unexpected – I mean, I knew it could happen, but I didn’t really think it would. It was totally life-changing, in both good and bad ways. And, it taught me that people really are fickle and [...]
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Life Is A Rollercoaster Not A Rocking Chair
Sitting in a coffin-tight bobsled waiting for the crew to push me off, my chest tightens. They give me a shove and suddenly I’m flying. The first part of the concrete track covered with ice is straight, and in a sport that’s recorded in the hundredths of seconds – I know that our speed may [...]
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