A New Level

WARNING: Don’t watch the following if you suffer from any kind of heart problems. Equally important, don’t watch if you’re prone to comments along the lines of “that’s just stupid”, or something equally judgmental.

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Share a Secret…

I want to share a little secret with you.
You’re in charge.

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Disconnected - Take Two

Interesting to see the debate continue around global warming. Is it real? Is it fake? Is the threat of global warming being pumped up to move us closer to a global carbon tax?

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Service, who’s job is it anyway?

If you saw the video I favorited last week on my youtube channel, you’ll recognize this man:

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Being Better

This week I’m writing from Orlando, FL where I’m attending the National Speakers Association annual conference.

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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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You can make a difference

Sometimes we forget that we CAN make a difference. It’s nice to have reminders.
Here’s one I like; you might like it too…

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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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Balance

Balance…

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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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