Aha! Moment Monday When I skated with the Ice Follies, we trained, rehearsed or performed about 50 weeks of the year. We did have a break during Christmas at which time in my first year I flew to Germany to visit my family who was residing there for a short period. Naturally I had my skates with me and one day we went onto an open pond with some extended family members. I love skating … [Read more...]

Aha! Moment Monday I was introduced to the concept of MasterMinding several years ago when I was invited into a group of international entrepreneurs. Being a person who is hard-wired as an entrepreneur, it’s my inclination to think fast and move fast.  I trust myself and have always been okay with taking responsibility for a decision and potentially falling down as a result.  My DNA is not … [Read more...]

Aha! Moment Monday It’s not uncommon for business professionals to trade favours.  They say “Your network is your net worth” which proves true when you know someone, somewhere who can fill any gap somehow. I’m not talking about bartering, per se, but more in terms of seeking advice, connections, donations, collaboration, brainstorming, mentorship or even employment.  Especially for start-ups … [Read more...]

Aha!  Moment Monday Several years ago the New York Telephone Company made a detailed study of conversations to identify the most commonly used word.  Can you guess what it would be? The word was “I”, used 3,900 times in 500 conversations. C’mon, when you see a group photo, whose picture do you look for first? I’m remembering when my son was in high school and the high level of anxiety he … [Read more...]

Aha!  Moment Monday If you’re into fitness then you likely perform sets “to failure”.  What that means is that you do enough reps of an exercise until you can’t possibly do one more, then you try and do one more. The sets could be box jumps, curls, planks – whatever – but rather than repeating a fixed number of repetitions of the exercise, you work your muscles to exhaustion with each … [Read more...]