December 2012
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“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”—Winston...”
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Passion Profile: Composer
Aaron Gervais
What do you do?
I’m a composer of “classical” music. I write on commission, mostly chamber works, vocal music, and staged pieces (opera). I work primarily with acoustic instruments, although I also use electronic and mixed media elements on occasion. My music primarily gets played in North America and Europe. Most people would consider what I do to be avant-garde, but...
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“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your...”
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“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more...”
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“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained,...”
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Saturday Share: What We're Listening To - Deadmau5 →
“While I’m not a huge fan of deadmau5’s previous album, the style and rhythm in this album is simply amazing. Have listened to this at least 5 times through.”
—Spencer Thompson
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“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement,...”
November 2012
42 posts
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“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”—Will Smith”
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From the CEO: The Ovarian Lottery
80% of the world lives on less than $10.00 a day(1). 50% of the world lives on less than $2.50 a day. The fact that you are able to sit and read this article is a semi-miracle. Our ability to read, interpret and process information is a gift, not a right. We are lucky in so many ways - yet people continue to complain about their “lot in life”, regardless of how bad that lot really...
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“Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found...”
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“Every single person I know who is successful at what they do is successful...”
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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”
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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,...
