A documentation of my journey to improve my life
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The secret to my success: Community No matter what you hope to achieve in life I cannot understate the incredible value of building a strong and diverse personal community. It is without any reservation that I can say that I am where I am today because of the amazing people that have supported me along the way. They have freely offered their knowledge when I’ve requested it, they have caringly shared their support when I’ve needed it and they have...
“Vision without execution is delusion” – Thomas A. Edison” Do you have a big idea? A crazy dream? A grand plan? Well, what’s stopping you from bringing it to life? Are you stalled in planning or are you, like most of us, lacking the push towards execution? If you ask any true entrepreneur they will tell you that ideas are a dime a dozen. Even if you think you have the next million dollar idea, the reality is that not only...
Does your job make you happy? It’s a simple question, but I realize not such an easy answer. Let me rephrase the question; are you doing something that when you wake up in the morning, you’re excited to go and do? Yes, no?? Here’s a scarier question, if the answer was no, why are you still doing that thing that you obviously don’t like? I was faced with this question recently, and it was by far, one of the most difficult...
Winners and losers, this is how we’ve divided up the world. There is no grey area, no participation ribbons to be given out for good efforts (as much as we like to pretend that there are). We shower our winners with glory and quickly forget about those that strived but did not succeed. We are taught to idolize winners and to model ourselves after them, but what happens when we ourselves strive and falter? What happens when we attempt to reach for greatness...
Think of some things that you’re really passionate about, the things you do just for fun? Watching movies, playing games, going for hikes, taking out the boat? Now, what if they couldn’t be shared with anyone and you had to do all of those things completely alone. Would they still be as much fun? Would you still enjoy them? I’m willing to guess probably not nearly as much… It’s our community, our social glue that makes our experiences so fulfilling. We venture out...
“Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop to look around once in a while you could miss it.” This quote by famous 1980’s movie philosopher Ferris Buller has always been one of my favourites. It’s stood as a reminder for me that life is precious and not to be wasted, that life needs to be about fun and entertainment just as much as it does about work and achievement. This quote has inspired me to live a more adventurous...
When was the last time you picked up a good book and really invested yourself into it? Not a magazine or a TMZ article, not a news update or a blog rant but a real life, paperback, ink on your fingers, read until you fall asleep kind of book. A week, a month, a year? For me it has been many years since I had bothered to attempt a real book. Excluding the odd comic book (a nerdy pastime of mine) I...
Life is hidden behind the new I often hear people making cliché statements such as “life is short” or “this year has really buzzed by” when talking about their lives but I’ve noticed I rarely see anyone actually doing anything about that. We float through life thinking that ‘better’ is just on the other side of our horizon but what we don’t bother to notice is that we’re not actually moving closer to it. It’s like we all know we’re...
How many times in your life have you laid out plans for something really amazing just to have them flipped completely upside down at the very last minute? You lay out your strategy, you double check your work, make sure all your i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed and then life decides to come and rain on your parade. What do you do in these situations? What can you do? While attempting a month trying to ‘experience something new‘ everyday I’ve run...
Walking downtown recently I happened to find myself engrossed in someone else’s conversation/life. It was one of those situations where you don’t mean to ease drop but before you know it you’re three blocks into a story you can’t pull away from. A seemingly average girl had flung herself into tirade with her friend about how absolutely bored she was living here in Kelowna. As we walked she proceeded to vent at length about how tired she was of the ‘superficial people’, the ‘tired social scene’...
