Category Archives: Career
As You Are In Business You Are In Your Personal Life
Whenever someone tells me that they are a different person at home than they are at the office, it tells me they are a liar. In order for someone to be ‘different’ they need to put on different faces and therefore one of those faces is a lie. One lesson that I learned well in…
Malicious People In Your Business & Personal Life
We’ve all come across good and bad individuals in our business and personal lives. How can we tell them apart? I personally use the concept of ‘intention’ as the biggest indicator of a good or bad person. The reason I use this is because a ‘bad’ person often pretends to be good in order to…
Learning For Life Forum in Toronto
Today I spoke at the “Learning For Life Forum” presented by ACCES (Accessible Community Counselling & Employment Services) and South District Toronto Social Services. My topic was on Lifelong Learning through Networking. Afterwards, I participated in a panel discussion on Learning For Life. On the panel with me were: * Randy Taylor, Author of “Life…
SuccessMania 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia
It’s been a while since my last visit to Atlanta, which partly affected my decision to attend Mike Litman’s and John Di Lemme’s SuccessMania 2006 conference in this city. Before, I tell you about Atlanta, let me give you a quick review of the conference. I had chatted with John Di Lemme at the ‘More…
Starting the year in Dallas, Texas
It’s a New Year and I’m at the ‘More Heart Than Talent’ conference in Dallas, Texas organized by Jeffery Combs. Accompanying me is my newest mentee, Bruce Bian – recent MBA graduate from my Alma Mater, Schulich School of Business. Bruce came to Canada to study for his MBA plans to hold an equity position as…
