“I’m Too Busy”
When you say I’m too busy you’re making an excuse. You’re prioritizing in your mind, you’re telling yourself you couldn’t possibly do one more thing. It’d be too much, you couldn’t handle doing any...
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Al D’s Four Keys To Life
On June 26, 2013 we lost one of the good ones. One of the influencers. One of the thought leaders. He may not have been published in the Harvard Business Review regularly but he influenced the people...
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6 Ways To Conquer A Conference
Conferences come and conferences go. Perhaps you’ve been to many but have only taken valuable information away from a few. Was there a common thread amongst the ones you found valuable? I’m willing to...
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They Can’t Be More Passionate Than You
Older people have more experience than you. CFL linemen are stronger than you. Accountants are more analytical than you. Comedians are funnier than you. Financial analysts are better with their money...
View ArticleSometimes You Just Have To Be Like Harry Potter
In Harry Potter The Prisoner of Azkaban, there’s a scene at the lake where dementors are about to kill Harry, Hermoine and Sirious Black. There are too many dementors for Harry to defend against. Just...
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5 Words That Changed Everything
I was on a Westjet flight the other day, as per usual, like most of you do, I was finishing off one last tweet before I “turned off my phone” during take off. This is usually when the flight attendant,...
View ArticleLet’s Teach Our Kids To Code
“Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer… because it teaches you how to think.” -Steve Jobs I think this video is amazing. Kids need to learn more about computers, more about...
View ArticleMost events aren’t meant to be remembered
that’s why most events aren’t that good. How many presentations, conferences, lecture’s, speeches, keynotes, and guest talks have you been in that have completely bored you to death? It’s become an...
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9 Lessons Learned Volunteering on Not-For-Profit Boards
1. The world is changing faster than you can imagine. “Every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data — so much that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years...
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13 Grievances For The 2014 Social Media Season
1. Don’t ask me to like your page, Retweet you or buy something. If it’s important I’ll find it on my own or a friend will tell me about it. I’ll buy it when I’m good and ready, stop asking me to do...
View ArticleThe Phrase You Hate To Hear But Have to Say Yes To
Can I give you some feedback? If you’re like me this is one of the worst phrases to hear in the English language. What they’re actually saying is “would you like me to tell you how I actually feel...
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The Seven Most Important Words a Leader Can Say
I’m not sure, what do you think? From Richard Branson’s The Virgin Way he talks about the 7 most important words for leaders to use. “I’m not sure, what do you think?” puts your staff at ease, makes...
View ArticleWhy Having ADHD Is Like Having a Superpower
If the movie Man of Steel taught us anything it’s Superheros have a lot going on in their heads. Think about it. People (it’s not just kids for your big fat information) who have a lot going on in...
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Everything in Life Can Be Better – Episode 5 – #InTheLab
If you don’t think so you’ve already given up. When I made chocolate chip cookies for the first time and took them out of the oven I noticed something peculiar. The cookie to chocolate chip ratio was...
View ArticleThe Sharing Economy: The Biggest Change Since The Industrial Revolution
The Sharing Economy: The Biggest Change Since The Industrial Revolution Presented Nov 24th at the Regina Realtors Association Business builder day. Here are some of the videos we had a look at. From...
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Why You Don’t Need a Marketing Strategy // eps 50 #inthelab
Why You don’t Need a Marketing Strategy How many small startups have a marketing strategy? I’d venture a guess as very few. No I don’t mean a “marketing plan” I mean an actual strategy with tactics,...
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The Importance of Accepting Another Person’s Point of View // eps 51 #inthelab
“I now appreciate public transit.” -Conrad Hewitt, 2016 Trying to see peoples’ points of view isn’t something that comes natural to humans. As we’ve evolved, the softer skills in life have become much...
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Why It Sucks Being a Coach….. Some Days // eps 52 #inthelab
Why it sucks being a coach….. some days At a given Volleyball tournament of 12 teams, the first three teams go home happy. One, Two or Three are a nice finish, but anything after that really sucks. So...
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The Most Important Lesson ‘Cool Runnings’ Taught Us
“A Gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you’re not enough without it, you’ll never be enough with it.” -Irv Blitzer to Derice Bannock after Derice asked why he had cheated in the Olympics. Winning...
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Learning Friday(s) 2017
We want to be one of the most caring, smartest, driven companies in the world. How can we do that? By working on the team! Every Friday after lunch our team gets together and learns something about...
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