The Solution Lies Within

Following in the footsteps (so to speak) of my last post, The Learning Never Stops, I wanted to share another little trick I learnt a while ago.

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Where is your focus?

Being focused and paying attention isn’t automatic; at least not for me. It takes work and it takes constant vigilance.

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The Learning Never Stops

This one belongs in the category of bizzare…

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MBA or MBI?

Great article in Mondays’ Globe and Mail by Harvey Schachter on futurist Jim Caroll’s call to replace the MBA with the MBI - Master in Business Imagination.

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When a Challenge Seems too Great, Break it Down

I’ve long been a proponent of breaking seemingly impossible goals down into achievable steps. It looks like I’m not alone. Following is a link to a great story by Wallace Imen from the Globe and Mail on professor Denis Shackel’s own, hard won technique for staying on top in “Challenging Times”.

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What Matters Now

I’m going to go out on a limb here, but hey; seeing it’s the end of the year, why not? This new ebook from Seth Godin could well be the most important book (“e” or otherwise) you’ll read this year; perhaps next year also.

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Mind Power

For a month, Pierpaolo Petruzziello’s amputated arm was connected to a robotic limb,
allowing him to feel sensations and control the arm with his thoughts.

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Lessons Abound

Thinking of perception again this afternoon in Auckland as Margo and I make our way back towards Canada. Things aren’t always as they seem…

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Internal Conflict

Some great comments from the Dalai Lama in Melbourne yesterday; far too many gems to cover here.

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Proprietary Information

I spent yesterday in a meeting with one of Canada’s leading oil companies (I was the keynote speaker). Like most companies on the planet, the hot topic of conversation is “How do we deal with the retirement of the boomers…

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Angles of Perception

We all know that we don’t all see the world in the same way. We know it, but do we truly get it? Do we truly understand how deep the rabbit hole goes?

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Creativity

We all know that we don’t all see the world in the same way. We know it, but do we truly get it? Do we truly understand how deep the rabbit hole goes?

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The Real Dirt on Farmer John

You know you’re in for a treat with the “dirt eating” opening scene…

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A Time Comes

Well worth watching even though it runs for almost 20 minutes.

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Slow Learners

As someone often referred to as a “motivational speaker”, my job is to get you thinking. To inspire, to educate; both good things. This morning though I want to challenge you.

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