Archive for August, 2010
Emotional Baggage: What Size are your Burrs?
Posted by: | CommentsThe emotional virus lives and thrives in the gap between expectations and perceived reality – Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer, From Chaos to Coherence.
None of us are unscarred by our life experiences -Some of us wear them lightly, learn from our experiences and move on.
For others, the damage runs deep, the scars still bleed when scratched, and we drag our emotional baggage with us, made heavier by our own consistent belief in them.
Still others flaunt their scars as though they had been bravely won in war and never let others forget about them!
During a trip out to Collingwood on a business trip during a week in late summer, we took our little dog Ginger for a run on the green grassy slopes of the ski hills. We live in the city where there are restrictions to having your dogs run freely in urban parks. So Ginger looks forward to being off the leash and to enjoy complete freedom to chase wild rabbits in the surrounding fields. Read More→
Self-Esteem: The Propeller to Success
Posted by: | CommentsNo Person has ever outperformed their own Self-Image
We have all seen or known of people of great promise or talent disappear into obscurity and eventually fade away from the minds of other people. We know that it is not because of lack of ability, opportunity, education or support.
People stop succeeding when they give up on themselves. It is the first barrier and the final frontier to overcome before you set out on your journey to success.
We constantly compare ourselves to others who appear to be more powerful, more successful, more good-looking, wealthier and overall just plain luckier than us and immediately ascribe it to our lack of not having those same things that prevents a similar success for us.
Our mental self sabotage defeats us before the battle is even begun! And it all boils down to a simple lack of self-belief and self-esteem. The most underrated ingredient for success! Read More→
Community Heartbeat: Remembering Linda
Posted by: | CommentsAugust 14th,2010 dawned clear and bright, and the sun shone gently on St. Bonaventure’s church and a community with heart who had gathered together to pay homage to a woman of great love and an exceptional life who became a symbol of unity to hearts moved by love.
Linda was a professional and beloved wife and mother of three children. Like many adults who think they are invincible, she was suddenly and mysteriously taken over by schizophrenia and heard voices that no one else could. Only she recognized and understood those voices – some were the whispers of loved ones, others were persistent murmuring voices that began to drive her away from her home and onto the streets of Don Mills.
Linda made her new home on a bench in our community. Lots of kind members of the community remember her with kindness and love – the children who ran to share their lunch with her, the generous parents who gave her money to help support her. We cared deeply about Linda as did her grateful family.
There were others though, who viewed her with less than loving feelings. They deemed her a nuisance, did not like her presence in “their” park and vociferously pleaded with the city to take her bench away. Linda was forced to move on to other benches and less sympathetic neighbourhoods and eventually died alone and friendless on the streets of North York, outside a gas station where nobody cast a sideways glance at her pitiful plight. Read More→
Quality of Life: Wake up and Enjoy the Coffee
Posted by: | CommentsOne day your Life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching! – Author Unknown
Team Interaction – Part 1
Posted by: | CommentsComing together is a Beginning. Keeping together is Progress. Working together is Success. – Henry Ford
Most successful companies emphasize the importance of Team work, as they realize that their success as an organization hinges on effective Team Interaction.
In a productive environment teams realize that the results of their work together makes a strong contribution to the overall goals, vision, mission and values of their company. However few are cognizant of the fact that only 25% of the challenges they will experience as a team will be task oriented. The majority of the challenges with functioning as a team lies in the team culture and the quality and process of interaction between team members. Read More→
