The Networker
20/20 in 2020
Happy 2020! I hope you saw in the New Year at a raucous gathering with lots of friends and loud music. Unless you’re like me. Then I hope you didn’t. Then I hope you had a quiet evening with a few loved ones and fell asleep early despite the racket next door.My...
Before You Buy A Talking Trout
Aah, the perfect gift. You’re loved one will cherish it for years to come. They’ll tell everyone they know about it. And they’ll think of you fondly every time they use it, which you hope will make up for the way they think of you the rest of the time. But if you wait...
Sound Off on Online Shopping
I type in my name, address, credit card number, discount code, mother’s maiden name, model of first car and nickname of second-grade teacher’s oldest child and ta-dah! The online form locks up. I close out, go back in and do the whole thing once more and…it locks...
Plugging Your Time Leaks
We all have the same 168 hours in our weeks, but I feel like I consistently come up short by around 20 or 30 hours. I’ve identified some of the time leaks in my work life and I’m working on plugging them, with varying levels of success. Email - Of all my leaks, email...
Strong Minds
Strong minds Would you try to run a marathon without training for it? Probably not. Yet we expect our minds to keep burning through energy all day. Why do we treat our mental capabilities so differently? Despite being an organ, your brain has some powerful...
Saving Our Language in the New Year By Ken Goldstein
I was trying to come up with what to put in this month’s article when I received a great little piece from Doc McIntyre from UoT that I thought worthy of sharing: Saving Our Language in the New Year By Ken Goldstein Stop beginning any spoken sentence with Candidly,...