Note: Usually the topic of health/weight is a pretty personal one that I am not willing to share on a public website, but a lot of people have been asking me this question, so I think it might have a lot of value for those trying to get into shape! August 31, 2009 was an […]
Communication: A weakness, a strength, and a desire
Communication has been on the forefront of my mind. Yesterday, during a meeting in Toronto in with one of my mentors, she asked me what type of operational role in an organization I felt I was best situated for. While she herself is a master of Sales and currently loves to focus on Business Development, […]
Just one reason why Impact is so amazing
It is less than a week until the 6th annual Impact National Conference in Toronto! A couple of days ago, I was given yet another reason to why Impact is so amazing: I got an email that said that Mike McDerment, CEO of Freshbooks was coming to Vancouver to speak for the Vancouver Entreprise Forum. […]
The Importance of Being Put in your Place
It had been a while since I had been put in my place. Generally, it can happen in two ways: either someone tells you about it, or you realize it through your actions. Yesterday, it was the later, and it occurred during a soccer referee training session where were running a modified version of the […]
The Failing Image of Success in Entrepreneurs
It is all about image? Is it about having that attitude of success? Is it for the good of your peers, employees, customers, and investors? Let me back up a step with this observation: Many young entrepreneurs (that I admire), seem to put on an external image of success even thought it later turns out […]
Scheduling Time with Others and Yourself
When I first met one of my closest mentors about two years ago, he was one of the “busiest” young people that I had met (I hate using the word “busy” and I will probably end up explaining why in a future post). At the time, he was in his final year of engineering classes, […]
Inspiration From Will Smith
“I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked. You may be more talented than me. You might be smarter than me. And you may be better looking than me. But if we get on a treadmill together, you are going to get off first or I’m going to die. It’s […]
Getting Back in Shape
As I mentioned in a previous post, I feel like I’m becoming a new man. One of the significant changes since I returned to Vancouver is a desire to get back into shape and the will to act on that desire. So far the results have been good. I have been back in Vancouver for […]
Book Review: Good to Great by Jim Collins
I am back from Toronto and I am a changed man. I am taking time to write. I am getting exercise. I am sleeping more. And lastly, I am reading books! In the first book that I have read in about six weeks, I finally got around to reading Good to Great. What is this […]
CBC’s Dragon’s Den vs. ABC’s Shark Tank
Canadian entrepreneurs are well familiar with CBC’s reality TV series Dragon’s Den, which features entrepreneurs pitching their businesses to five investors (Dragons) in the hope of receiving funding in exchange for equity. This summer, ABC has launched an American version of the show called Shark Tank, which is being produced by Mark Burnett. Mark is […]