In today’s world it seems all too easy to live a life of non-commitment. As evidence, recent statistics show that 51% of Canadian adults are ‘single’. However, commitment isn’t restricted to personal relationships. Commitment is defined as ‘An agreement or pledge to do something in the future’. So, based on the above statistic, is commitment…
Category Archives: Career
Are You Afraid to Commit? … Numbers Show Many are Being Held Back from Success Because of Their Fear
Wildeboer Dellelce Offers Job To Con Artist?
I didn’t know whether to laugh or be angry when I read about the results of an investigation by the Toronto Star. The investigation uncovered a fraudulant degree operation run by Peng Sun whereby he produced hundreds of fake York University and University of Toronto degrees for paying clients who used them to land jobs…
Hard Assets Investment Conference in San Francisco (Nov.30-Dec.1)
The last time I had visited San Francisco was about 5 years ago for a personal development course through Brian Klemmer & Associates. But, most of that trip was spent indoors and then having my limits stretched in the forest with confidential stuff that they don’t want me to talk about. I’d tell you more,…
7 Tasks Leaders Carry Out Daily
Leading others requires continuous learning and reminders of what it means and takes to be a leader. So for those of you that are leaders, leaders of leaders, or just work with leaders, this article will be helpful. According to Jeswald Salacuse, dean of law at Southern Methodist University, leaders have seven tasks they carry out…
Thoughts Are Things
Napoleon Hill writes that “Thoughts Are Things”. Thoughts carry with them ideas, beliefs and even feelings. Thoughts are at the core of The Law of Attraction. Thoughts are the building blocks of the vision you have for your future and therefore that which you will manifest. Be selective, be careful in the thoughts you hold. …
Communication is Key
Every once in a while I’m reminded of how important communication is for stable relationships. This week I had a chat with a long-time contact and author who considers himself to be a personal development champion. Part way through the conversation it became obvious that we just weren’t communicating. So, I applied the tried and…
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Conference 2007
Well, I barely recovered from my snow storm travel adventures when I headed off to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Conference 2007, popularly known as the PDAC Conference 2007. The first PDAC conference took palce in 1932 and since then it has been a gathering place for people and companies involved in the…
Who's In Your Life?
This article is dedicated to all the people in our lives. And I would like to begin by thanking my friends Jovian and SweetieNov for asking me when I’m going to post my next article. It’s good to see that someone is reading some of my work. Who is your life? Have you ever taken…
Like The Lead Goose In The Flying Flock
Today I had a conversation with a colleague of mine who was amazed when she realized that for the past 7 years I’ve been working on several consulting contracts, while running MetroActive (a business networking and training organization with 9,000 members). “How do you do it?” she asked. It wasn’t the first time I heard…
The Opportunity Abounds
After my first week of contemplating and exploring, I’ve realized the enormous amount of opportunities available around me. If anything the challenge is the decision itself of what to pursue. From what I can tell so far, the rest is just execution. Or am I oversimplifying things. I started putting out the message to some…
