I started on my goals in December with the usual trepidation. Part of me always resists the rote nature of writing goals: making a list and trying to stretch my boundaries but be realistic. and then I had a new thought. When I plan an adventure trip there is always…
Colleen Francis http://bit.ly/MZUNd started her keynote at the December Canadian Association of Professional Speakers convention in Calgary http://bit.ly/45FX9Z with this line “I know we are supposed to be in a recession, but our sales were up 30% last year, what about you?”. She had my attention! Colleen had some great…
I just left the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers convention in Calgary. Why are we going to all the expense to come to an event and then rush off at every chance to check email, send a tweat, or just muck around with our phones? I caught myself doing it…
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I just arrived in Vancouver at the end of a long one. Busy day in the office, rush home, family stuff and then catch late flight into the rain clouds of the big smoke. As the taxi took me closer to my hotel I was thinking ‘thank goodness I’m staying…