Feb
05
For the past 2.5 days, 4 of my classmates and I came together as the “Miracle Workers” to compete at the internal round for the Venture Capital Investment Competition. Unlike the usual business case competition, this competition gives MBAs an opportunity to act as a venture capital firm and select a real start-up company to …
Jan
29
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
26
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
16
On Saturday night, I took to the online airwaves to present two workshops on “Getting Out Of Your Own Way” for the UBC Student Leadership Conference with the best co-presenter I could have asked for, Krystal Gabriel. She was live and alive in Vancouver, while I was connecting in from Copenhagen via Skype. I loved …
Jan
14
Develop: de-vel-op, verb. to bring into being or activity; generate; evolve to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state to make active or promote the growth of to increase value or change the use of The verb develop has the Latin prefix “de” meaning “away” or “off,” …
Jan
03
Every year I love writing this post. It allows me to take the time to reflect on where I came from, who played a large part in my life over the last year, and remember the rad adventures that made me smile from ear to ear. It’s like a yearbook of awesome. I especially love …
Dec
05
For the past 5 years, I’ve presented at the UBC Student Leadership Conference. As many of you know, I think having such an opportunity is pretty freakin rad. This year, I’ll be miles away and I made that mean I couldn’t be a part of it. <insert tiny violin playing ‘woe is me’ music here.> …
Nov
28
After 2 days at leadership bootcamp and a morning planning session for Krystal and my session for the UBC SLC, it got me thinking about why annual conferences and team retreats are so amazing. They connect us with other like-minded individuals. They provide us with space to reflect, learn, and discover more about a topic …
Nov
02
I headed to London on a whim and, as previously mentioned, these stories tend to have a happy ending. I got off the plane, found my Oyster card from my bag, and minded the gap all the way to the London Business School. After getting off at the wrong stop, realizing my cell phone network …
Oct
26
Before I left Vancouver, a friend and colleague of mine looked at me and said: Play full out over there. You don’t want to look back and wish you did something different. BOOM! Words I’ve taken to heart since I’ve arrived in Copenhagen for sure! To me, playing full out means dropping the excuses, the …