November 2012
42 posts
4 tags
WatchThe One-Woman Choir
“Every single person I know who is successful at what they do is successful...”
6 tags
Passion Profile: Editor
Joy Gugeler
What do you do?
I am a substantive editor of literary fiction for adults and teens and Canadian non-fiction, and teach editing, publishing, and media studies at 3 Canadian universities. I also host a radio segment called Books & Bytes, oversee a literary magazine and online portal, and produce a chapbook series.
How did you get there?
Though in high school I’d written...
“Poor people have big TV. Rich people have big library.”—Jim Rohn”
5 tags
Setting Manageable Goals
By Jeremy Newcombe
My Problem With Goals
You’ve probably heard before that one of the keys to being successful (in anything) is setting realistic, achievable goals. Personally, I’ve always struggled with this. It might be ironic, but I’ve even had to make “making achievable goals” one of my personal goals. I’m very pleased to say, however, that after working on this skill for the past few months,...
1 tag
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”—Vidal...”
5 tags
1 tag
“There are two rules for success. 1) Never tell everything you know.”—Roger H....”
5 tags
Positive Self-Talk
Visual.ly
1 tag
“If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete.”—Jack Welch”
3 tags
From The CEO: Acquisition of Knowledge - The...
By Spencer Thompson
People that know me well know that I love to preach about the virtues of reading. It has single-handedly done more for my personal development than anything else I’ve done. It has affected my personal relationships, my business relationships and my ability to make decisions. Almost all great leaders have the same feeling - that reading has changed their life. Why is...
2 tags
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come...”
“The greatest good you can do for another is not to share your riches, but to...”
7 tags
Watch“Let me tell you something. An ‘ex’ is something that has been. And a ‘spert’ is a drip. We never use that term. There’s no such thing as ‘experts’. You’re learning all the time.”
Meet Steve Sunk - “The Blade Maker”
Beautiful video by Rob Norton Production
6 tags
Passion Profile: Fundraising Manager
Derek McLean
What do you do?
I am a Fundraising Consultant, working with not for profit charitable organizations. In that role I work with clients to help them: do Strategic Planning (particularly with respect to fundraising); develop a 12-, 24- or 36-month fundraising plan; conduct a feasibility study which tests what they believe their Case for Support is and estimates what level of possible...
“Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not...”
5 tags
The Opportunity of Failure
By Mark McLean
When I was going through the Education program, one of the first things they told me was to take whatever plans I had and throw them out. They were right. At the moment I teach English as a Second Language, though it wasn’t what I originally intended to do.
Because governments around North America have been slashing budgets for Education, it’s difficult to find stable, full-time...
WatchThe winter season is upon us, and snow is starting to form in the Vancouver mountains! Wednesday marked the opening day of Cypress mountain, so the development team held a vote and decided to temporarily pause Sokanu’s relentless development in favour of downhill antics. We’re proud to say that no one died this time around.
The team in action:
I tried to find a video to give you an...
Facts About Sleep
1 tag
From the CEO: The Three Types of Education
Throwback post from CEO Spencer Thompson
As a nation, we have adopted a model of judging people quickly and immediately as to how successful they are. That model is education, or lack there of. Very often in business or dinner parties, conversation can quickly turn to level of education.
“Where did you go to school?” one person may ask. “I am a...
