by Motivated Magazine | Jul 26, 2011 | From Within
My theory is that we get to choose what we plan to learn in the lifetime we’re given. We’re handed a little clip board, one of those tiny golf pencils, a piece of paper, and we check off the lesson boxes. I checked off: “Unconditional Love”, “Adventure”,...
by Motivated Magazine | Jul 22, 2011 | Reflect
Olive Kay was a depression era single mother with a grade three education when she was abandoned by her alcoholic husband and began cooking for farmhands in the Prairie dustbowl. Decades later, when the Quebec Chronicle newspaper advertised for a “Women’s Editor”, she...
by Motivated Magazine | Jul 8, 2011 | Grow
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...
by Motivated Magazine | Feb 3, 2011 | Strategize
Before you can start the journey to establish and maintain a consistent personal and business brand, it’s critical you take an assessment of the current state of your brand. The easiest way to do this is by asking one simple question: How does your part of the...
by Motivated Magazine | Sep 22, 2010 | Grow
I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with my name. Officially, it is Maria Rosario, but everyone knows me as Rosie. Born in Canada in a place where the majority of people I knew had English names, I thought mine sounded w-a-a-y-y too ethnic. I felt that my...
