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Career Inspiration: And the Oscar Goes to….
This article was first published in my column at the Globe and Mail And the Oscar goes to.... I love movies and always watch the big award galas, which culminated in March with the Academy Awards. I found many of this year’s winners to be especially inspiring. Their...
Positivity at Work
I've been swimming blissfully in the study and application of positivity for quite some time and lately have ramped it up a notch. I have always been hugely interested in and engaged with the science of positivity. I think it's part of my innate DNA -- but also very...
Advance Praise for Ease
Further to my last post about my upcoming book, Ease, I will be announcing the 'come and get it' date real soon. For now, I wanted to share with you some advance praise for Ease. (Cover Design by H2 Marketing Central) For a first-time author, nothing is scarier than...
Ease (book) Pre-Launch Update
UPDATE ON EASE - Pre-launch News: The T's are crossed. The i's are dotted. The book is now in the stages of design, production and....drum roll please: closer to launch. For those of you subscribing to my newsletter, you have heard me talk about a book I've been...
Three Ways to Boost Your Career Mojo (Brainworks series)
This article was also posted on the Globe and Mail. George is bored. Work has been in a lull for months without any new challenges or interesting activities. His days are filled with routine tasks. He is lethargic and has a foggy brain. He is worried he will lose his...
Six Ways to Tame Your Stressed Brain
A slightly shorter version of this article has also been published in the Globe and Mail Careers. The Scenario: It is late afternoon and a busy executive, whom we will call Sue, is trying to finish up a project before she leaves to get her daughter from daycare....
Why Doing Nothing Could be the Most Productive Thing You (don’t) Do
UPDATE: This article was originally posted a few years back - before I wrote my book, Ease: Manage Overwhelm in Times of Crazy Busy. It's still very timely so worth a repost. Read on and get a link to one of the Ease Tools mini chapters (Tool #13) I used to be good at...
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