… cause then you can say yes! Having lunch yesterday with the always hilarious Conor Topley reminded me of the power of “no.” As he put it: Saying no to something is really saying yes to something else. TRUTH BOMB! Sometimes we feel guilty about saying no. We feel like we “have” to do things. [...]
It’s been a little bit longer than a year since I started this blog and what a ride it has been! From the random compliments on the street to the digital love I felt as people shared the posts through their networks, I am humbled to be able to brighten up your day or challenge [...]
Last weekend, was a great example of tackling tough questions. I sat on the All Male Panel with some great gents for YWiB’s Beyond Pink conference and was asked to shed some light (from a younger perspective) on women in the working world. My favourite questions had to be: What does feminism mean to you? [...]
This morning Justin Yang shared with me Wordnik’s Word of the Day which just so happens to be CORKER! I wish I made this stuff up… To get the full definition I turned to Dictionary.com’s definition, which defines “corker” as: – noun 1. a person or thing that corks. 2. Informal. something that closes a [...]
Even though I have presented on how to run effective meetings, I still don’t consider myself an expert nor do I consider all my meetings super effective. One of the meeting types I have found to be the most challenging to master is the one-on-one. I have had GREAT one-on-ones and HORRIBLE one-on-ones with my [...]
No trick-or-treating for me this year. Instead on Halloween my sis and I decided to take advantage of the heavily discounted pumpkins that were on sale that day. As we drank a great red, we chatted about our first weeks on our new jobs, our upcoming pursuits and ambitions, and of course, how much easier [...]
To create a masterpiece takes many parts. But who says they can’t all be cut from the same fabric? Watch the video below if you need a reminder of the beautiful power of one person. (Hat tip to Jocelyn Ling for passing this my way) What’s your masterpiece? Pick of the post: fun: Be Calm
Seth Godin spread the news about tribes. He didn’t coin the theory of tribalism, but he did write a great book that outlined how to become a leader of a tribe and make that tribe worth being a part of. Recently, I watched David Logan’s TED talk on “Tribal Leadership.” He promoted his idea that [...]
Today is my sister’s birthday and she wrote some incredible blog posts to celebrate all that she has done thus far, and all that she is about to accomplish in the years ahead. What a way to start a new lifecycle – celebrating your success and planning ahead with some big, lofty goals! (There’s no [...]
… are usually built around mediocre experiences. Great communities are built around great common experiences. As Guy Kawasaki says in his old post “The Art of Creating a Community“: Create something worth building a community around. This is a repeated theme in my writing: the key to evangelism, sales, demoing, and building a community is [...]
