As part of our perpetual desire to improve ourselves and our lives, we continually set goals. Having goals keeps us hopeful, inspired, and challenged, but our ability to reach them is dependent on many factors; the key one being motivation.…
We live in an incredibly fast-paced, competitive, and often turbulent time, with everything changing at warp-speed. I can barely get through a day without a software update or new coffee flavour being pitched at me! As humans, we are made…
Navigating Challenges The theme for this month’s insight is navigating challenges…and obviously we’re going to be talking a little bit about white water kayaking as well! I had the opportunity last weekend to go white water kayaking with my brother-in-law…
Reframing Activities Today I want to talk to you about reframing activities, which is really a dimension of agile leadership. As many of you know, I’m very much an advocate of agile leadership practices. In terms of reframing activities, most…
Happy New Year everyone! I hope this past year has been fruitful and that the upcoming year holds lots of excitement as well. We welcomed in the New Year in a home-made, wood-fired hot tub that my brother and I…
Surviving Winter…with a Smile! The winter weather has officially arrived so this month I thought I would write a short article about surviving winter…with a smile! Now that my family and I are living back in Canada, we’ve had to get…
Do you Fear the Unknown? This month’s Insight is centred around the Fear of the Unknown, officially referred to as Xenophobia. This fear is present in almost everyone to a certain degree, and in its more severe occurrences an be extremely debilitating,…
Many people incorrectly associate exercise with feeling exhausted. On one level it would seem to make sense that a purposeful expansion on energy would leave us drained and unable to focus. Surprisingly though, this is far from the truth. In my own life,…
The ambition to ascend in all that we do is a profound inner motivation. Whether it be in business, athletics, science or social circles, this intrinsic drive to reach the top is hardwired into our DNA as humans. For me, the…
Life is all about finding the right balance. To live a rewarding life we need a good mix of adventure, relaxation, work and play. We have to stimulate our emotional side, physical senses and challenge ourselves mentally. To much of…
