Would you have coffee with a stranger?
All of my best friends were strangers once. Today I received an email newsletter from my friend Drew Dudley. Drew is a leadership expert and always has great insights to share. He talked about the need to “Be gutsy” and encouraged his readers to ask the question “What did I try today that might not […]
11 Tech Tools That Don’t Suck!
When it comes to technology the question often becomes how much is too much? When does technology stop making you more efficient and start becoming a time suck? How do I find technology that works for me and doesn’t entirely suck the life out of me? If you are anything like me and easily distracted […]
Finding “The One”: 5 Things No One Tells You
Thanks to Karen for asking me this one on FaceBook. I feel that if I can nail this one I can likely retire. The answer to the question of how to find “The One” seems to be as elusive as the fountain of youth. Let’s start with a little bit of a disclaimer and background […]
6 Practices to Becoming a Better Listener
So we all know, or should know, that one of the keys to a successful relationship on any level is to be a good listener. Whether we are talking about sales, family, spouse or friends our ability to truly hear what the other is saying is a critical component for a healthy relationship. For someone […]
The Perils of Positivity
Can a positive attitude be bad for you? I spend a lot of time exploring what most would coin “Emotional Intelligence”. “the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically.” It is something that I believe is infinitely more important than intellect. […]
Incoherent ramblings… (Sometimes I write unfiltered)
This is an excerpt from a journal entry I wrote while waiting for a meeting that I was an hour early for. I usually write on my laptop but this time I opted for pen and paper. I love sharing random musings in the hopes that I will provoke thought and conversation. Love to hear […]
Grief: How I Learned to Navigate Death and Loss
This is an anonymized letter I wrote to a friend who lost his girlfriend. I hope this may help you with whatever you are going through. Dear Friend, I can only begin to imagine the pain you are feeling right now. While I have known monumental loss, loss of a proportion previously unfathomable, only you […]
6 Reasons To Stop Trying
A New Year is upon us, and with every New Year comes the inevitable … New Years’ Resolutions. Statistically speaking (although we all know 75% of statistics are made up) approximately 35% of resolutions are abandoned by mid-January. We make a resolution to go to the gym 4 times a week. We try it, we […]
Choose your ‘Hard’
Today I was speaking with a friend of mine from out of town who is struggling. Business development is not going as well as they would like and she is considering reverting to a ‘fall back’ plan. She recognizes that there is a finite amount of time for which the financial numbers of the business […]
Why are we afraid to live our Truth?
Words are an interesting conundrum. I sit here about to commemorate the anniversary of Colleen’s tragic death and I look for words to equal the beauty of the person and memories I hold. It is estimated that there are just over a million words in the English language. What if the people, objects or experiences that […]
Sometimes you have to be an energy vampire part II
Hopefully, you read Part I of my Summit experience which gives you a little bit of context on how I ended up here. In my last post, I wrapped up writing as we landed at Pearson airport. I was honestly a little surprised that I stayed awake on the flight since I had dragged my […]
November Project: Sometimes you have to be an energy vampire Part I
It’s Thursday morning, July 14, 2016. When I say morning, I mean EARLY morning. I mean 3:05am kinda morning. Usually for me this means that the night got a little out of hand. Not the case this time. Why you ask? Why the heck would you be up at 3:05am on a Thursday morning? It’s […]
Worried about your sales pipeline?
The other day someone asked the question in the Facebook group, I love Mortgage Brokering, “At what point do you start worrying about your pipeline. I happened to be the first reply. I talked about how unproductive it is to even fret about it at all. I don’t give any merit to paying attention to your […]
Expectations: The key to a stellar customer experience
This article will change your life. No seriously, I mean it. This article all by itself will in fact change your life. At this point in my career if I have to get involved in a file it’s likely because it has gone sideways. I can’t tell you how many files I have had to […]
Creativity is a Bitch
Creativity is a bitch. It really is. Trust me I know. I practice creating daily and it is damn hard. Much harder than most of the physical feats I have ever accomplished. Yes I know, doing an Iron Distance triathlon is nothing to sneeze at but the reality is that endurance triathlon is simply the […]