by Motivated Magazine | May 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
What do organizations look for when hiring? Are skills and experience more valuable than a ‘fit’ with the organization’s vision and values? Where is the balance? Balance is overrated. In fact, if I spent my energy striking a balance I’d never get anything done in a...
by Motivated Magazine | May 9, 2011 | Grow, Uncategorized
“When you have the choice, practice being kind instead of being right” – Dr. Wayne Dyer It is so tempting to criticize others when we believe they aren’t doing something the “right” way or when they say something we believe is “wrong.” Whether we voice our disapproval...
by Motivated Magazine | Apr 28, 2011 | Grow, Uncategorized
At eleven years old my father, my siblings, and our Maltese cross, “Bimbo” (yes, right name, long story) trekked across Canada from Ontario in a silver Volvo sedan prone to overheating. When we eventually arrived in Vancouver, I stood in front of the Vancouver Clock...
by Motivated Magazine | Apr 26, 2011 | Grow, Uncategorized
I love music, especially 80’s music! One of my favourite songs has always been Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” and so you can imagine my excitement when lead singer Steve Perry was rumoured to rejoin the band this November! Unfortunately, this rumour was refuted...
by Motivated Magazine | Apr 13, 2011 | Grow, Uncategorized
In the late sixteen-hundreds, the great poet Alexander Pope penned the phrase, “To err is human, to forgive divine.” The powerful truth revealed through these words has the redemptive potential for us to reclaim our humanity. Not just for ourseleves but...
by Motivated Magazine | Apr 11, 2011 | Grow, Uncategorized
We all tend to see our bodies as “frozen sculptures” – solid, fixed, material objects – when they are more like rivers, constantly flowing, changing the patterns of intelligence. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus declared, “You cannot step...
