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Five Attributes of Awesome Risk-Takers
Being comfortable with risk is pretty rare these days. Whether we’re transitioning from school to work, trying to move from one job to the next, pitching a new idea to the boss, or making a romantic...
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How to Stay on Your Sustainability Diet During the Holidays
artbanidto’s photostream / Flickr Creative Commons Many of us use the holidays or vacations as an excuse to disregard what we would normally do in everyday life. We eat and drink too much, indulge in...
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How to Put Your Strengths to Work
When was the last time you were doing something at work that was so engaging and thought provoking that you totally lost track of time? If the answer is never, there’s a good chance you’re one of the...
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Four Reasons Volunteering Builds Career Success
In a world where many of us are already struggling to maintain some semblance of work/school-life balance, it is certainly challenging to spend your spare time working for free. While many people...
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Three Lessons on Innovation and Adaptability
We’ve always had to innovate to thrive. From developing better clubs for bonking food on the head to wrapping wheels in rubber or miniaturizing on-off switches and building faster, brighter, and more...
View ArticleBeyond Stress: How Leadership Style and Decision Making Authority Influence...
When we talk about employment and health, the conversation usually focuses on how your health impacts your ability to find and maintain meaningful employment, or how being healthy impacts your...
View ArticleWhat to Say When You Just Don’t Know
Every once in a while we’ll be asked questions that we don’t know the answer to. It could be a complex question in front of a large group of people or a brief query from your mentor. Failing to have...
View ArticleThree Ways to Bring Historical Analysis to Your Community
OPENING | The Value of History “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” – Mark Twain A thorough analysis of the past might just be the best thing for your community’s future. Because...
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Unleashing your Creative Beast: Three Tools for Cultivating a Creative Mindset
Alfred Hitchcock said, “Ideas come from everywhere.” So why is it that when we are most in need of a great idea, they are suddenly nowhere to be found? I have heard a few times the lamenting of people...
View ArticleStart Goal Setting Today!
The idea that adaptability and goal setting are good for your career isn’t rocket science. In fact, the University of Toronto’s Towards 2030 report highlights adaptability and self-management as two of...
View ArticleTime Management for Guys… A Six Pack for Success
Grandma used to say, “Some people can fall into a bucket of crap and climb out smelling like a rose”. As we grow older, we start to realize the wisdom behind those words. Why do some people have a ton...
View ArticleO.U.R. Eco Village
Ben, my husband, is spending the summer working at an intentional community on Vancouver Island, called O.U.R. Ecovillage. We visited O.U.R. for the first time in September, during one of their regular...
View ArticleOctopi Falls 4-3 in Bronze Medal Match
On a crisp, clear Wednesday night at Thunderbird Stadium, a substitute-sparse Octopi Vancouver squad went down 4-3 against a very chippy The Scoring Machine “team” – other accepted synonyms for “team”...
View ArticleJim Bright – Chaotically Edutaining!
Who are you? I’m a man whose older brothers when growing up emigrated to live in Australia, and who found himself many years later doing the same thing. Part of the deal in the move was to teach...
View ArticleWhitecaps Build Community with Flags and Families
Nothing like a hard fought soccer game under the open Vancouver sky. This weekend, I got to experience it first hand as the Vancouver Whitecaps took on DC United in their third game of the season....
View ArticleBringing Compost Inside
In my apartment there are two Rubbermaid bins. Often they are tucked away under a table or bathroom counter. Every once and a while a visitor will notice them and ask why they have holes drilled into...
View ArticleHolly Langland is Carpe Diem!
Who are you? Well, my life purpose is bringer of light, play and possibilities and the older I get [Editor’s note: she’s not old] the more I realize how true it is and how hard I strive to achieve my...
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What can a business advisor do for you?
Starting a new business can be one of the most challenging things that an individual may do in their lifetime. Specifically, if the new business owner will not stop until they have achieved a certain...
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