This video reminds me of the influence we can have when we choose to act consistently in a way that serves the world. Others get pissed off. They want to bring us down with them. Their playing small wants to keep us from playing big. School Portrait (2011) from Michael Berliner on Vimeo. It’s easy …
Monthly Archive: January 2012
Jan
30
Value and Motivation: Wesley George
corker #3: Wesley George! Wes is a seeker of truths. After becoming friends in Vancouver, he went off to complete his degree in mathematics in Ontario and has since moved to New York to help a professor with some of her projects as he completes his PhD in cryptography. He looks for what is true …
Jan
29
Day 4-6: European Yogi Nomads hit Basel
With my travel essentials in tow (a rad playlist, my mat, and my new favourite body refresher), I spent the last three days of my reading deprivation week in Basel, Switzerland with the European Yogi Nomads. 8 hours of yoga was the perfect remedy for the aches and pains of not being able to read …
Jan
29
Flashes of Benevolence
I was in line at Capers on 4th, and somehow got a flash of inspiration and decided to buy the person behind me in line their meal. It was an elderly man, and he was eating a very light serving of dinner. He said that was the nicest thing someone did for him lately, and …
Jan
26
Day 2 + 3: Distraction & Creative Action
Day 1 was filled with temptation. The textbooks, the incoming letters from friends I haven’t heard from in years, the blog posts … all tempting to read. I did not give in. Day 2, yesterday, was a day of distraction. Was there an episode of Community that I could kill some time with? What about …
Jan
25
Day 1: “I want to read a book”
That was the first thought I had when I woke up yesterday – Day 1 of reading deprivation week. Yes, at 7 am, my bookshelf of textbooks and inspiring texts seemed more appealing to me than eating breakfast. I wanted to read because I knew I wasn’t supposed to. I’ve experienced that before… Someone tells …
Jan
23
Creativity On Crack – Reading Depreviation Week
At the beginning of my MBA, I committed to taking in meaningful learning and development opportunities that would pop up along the way. Ones that would compliment the spreadsheets and textbooks and challenge me all the same. I was recommend and, since the start of the year, have begun the self-directed course/book The Artist’s Way. …
Jan
22
Feel the Fear. Step Into Action.
Sometimes I get really nervous. This usually happens right before I hit the stage, the morning before a marathon, or right before I press send to that e-mail I knew needed to be written yet have no idea where or how it will be received. I am then reminded that nerves are the best thing …
Jan
19
2012 = Scandi Sweatfest
I love getting sweaty. There is something about the sweat dripping of my face, the mind raging with endorphins, and the lactic acid burning in my body that reminds me “I don’t feel this way by sitting on the couch!” Sweat is earned. After a sweatfest in Vancouver over the holidays, I became aware that …
Jan
18
Moving On
Pick of the Post: We Are The In Crowd – Never Be What You Wnat
