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
20
My health is one of THE most important things in my life. Creating a difference in this world starts with ensuring I am physically and mentally able to do so. Having a healthy body and mind is like tying up my laces before a marathon. It’s the first and most important step to ensuring I …
Aug
04
What I put out in the world is infectious. Nicholas Christakis spoke at an event a few months ago (hat tip to UBC Alumni Affairs for helping host it) on social contagions. This is the notion that, like diseases, our behaviours and thought patterns can be passed on throughout our social network. He used the …
May
30
This past weekend, at UBC Alumni Weekend, I presented at a Next Step event on why simply setting goals doesn’t lead to achieving goals. I introduced 5 of the “secret ingredients” to goal setting while walking attendees through a tangible process they could then use to set goals. For those of you who weren’t able …
May
23
When I write down and share my goals, I get hungry to start accomplishing them. Like my addiction to DQ blizzards, I have a similar one to living a life I love – and goals help me get there. (So do DQ blizzards, but in a different way.) Tomorrow, I’ll be able to put a …