Feb 4th – 8th Quotes of the Week

On FearOvercoming Obstacles pic

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which youreally stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

On Perserverance 

“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.  – Vince Lombardi

On Failure

” Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.”  – George Eliot

Unlocking The Wisdom Of Our Elders

Mr.Goodine & Downey

One of the most memorable and powerful movies I have ever watched was Finding Forester. As a young black man I still remember the very first time I saw the movie and how powerful of an impact it had on my life. It changed the paradigm of how I looked and viewed myself and of my potential as a young person in the world.

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The NEW “Red Tory” Political Party of Canada ?

After interviewing over one-thousand people in the last 10 months in Ottawa. I can say with strong conviction that I believe a generation of young people are going to unite for a political party in the near future. I am not talking about the NDP either. This generation will realize the power of political change and the party that they will choose just might be the Green Party of Canada. Imagine a new “Red Tory” party of Canada, replacing what used to be called the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. A party that’s fiscally conservative. A party that is socially liberal. And a party that thinks of social entrepreneurship as a true concept of business. Continue reading

The Maritimes “Brain Drain”…..Reality ?

 

Human capital flight, more commonly referred to as “brain drain”, is the large-scale emigration of a large group of individuals with technical skills or knowledge. (c) Photo Editing Curtsey @UNUSMMG

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YMCA Strong Kids – Fundraiser Event

Why This Event?

This event is a private special event for socially conscious young professionals who are leaders of tomorrow and understand the importance of community. This will be a great opportunity for networking and meeting progressive like minded individuals in a warm engaging environment. With the purchase of a ticket guest will be treated to a free selection of great food and complimentary drinks.

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Modern Gender Dynamics & Changing Roles

In recent years have seen an explosion of male joblessness and a steep decline in men’s life prospects that have disrupted the “romantic market” in ways that narrow a marriage-minded woman’s options The Atlantic, November 2011 Cover Story

Click the Image to read the story. All The Single Ladies By: Kate Bolick

The statement above is a bold, honest,and  powerful said with supreme conviction.  And surely this article is empowering for women and maybe even some men who are embracing new roles in society as we continually strive for more fairness and equality.

However in the end this article felt more like a rant without a clear statement. Gender roles and equality is a huge political, legal, and social issue. I am not the best writer nor do I consider myself much of a critic but this is something that is affecting society on a grand scale and deserves thoughtful commentary outside of a 140 character tweet.

Kate decided like many other women to take a different path in life that was liberating and self-fulfilling to her ideology and I commend that. Everyone has a unique situation, circumstance and personality. I don’t believe we should make blanket statements with generalizations about women or men but I will direct my attention and comments to this specific article because she has successfully sparked a great debate.

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An Inspirational Cooking Story: Jeff Henderson Streets to the Stove

Jeff Henderson Bio: Photo Credits The Food Network

This post was inspired because over the last 4 years I have been so deeply involved in business and politics that I have not had the time to make many home cooked meals. This has been tough because I  always wanted to be a chef when I was younger and it is a huge lifestyle uplifter. I can remember back in university I would have ESPN and the Food Network on constantly, however recently that has been replaced with pure CNBC, and BNN. I remember on occasion hosting  big pancake breakfasts and cooking massive dinners enough to feed 10-12 of my football teammates in my basement apartment before entering the working real world.

Well after a few years of retirement from the kitchen I am finally getting back into this long lost hobby and life supporting skill. I was inspired by Robin Burns, a family friend who makes the most incredible Guacamole Recipe you can believe. You can also visit her website at  www.thehungrybirdy.com trust me you will not be disappointed.

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A Vision Of The Future: By Corning

I thought this video by Corning was very interesting! I think this company is doing very positive things with there Marketing and that they have a very special Entrepreneur  behind the vision.  They are telling a story and making the

Corning Glass Future Concept www.corning.com

Consumer the central theme of it, they are selling the concept of Corning and the future of how we will use glass.  I really liked how they used simplicity in delivering there message. The only sound in this video was the soft beautiful music playing in the background which allowed the viewer to get lost in there own thoughts and imagination or maybe that was just me. lol

Here is the Link to Video if you would like to find out what I am talking about.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38

These were some of the questions and thoughts that came racing out of my head after watching this video through the perspective and mind of two different viewpoints the Consumer and Entrepreneur. Continue reading

How Good Was Your Day?…Honestly

In business and specially in accounting you have to track everything. First and most fundamental  is tracking your  Debits & Credits vs Account Type,  click the link to get a basic overview of this principle.  Inspired by this basic principle it got me thinking about the balance sheet of my day, and how positive or negative it might be? and how I can answer a simple question with complete honesty and statistical evidence.

Everyday presents a new wave of emotion that comes from our every day activities and life events.  Constantly  connected to our smart phones  it is difficult to accurately process and respond to information, and complete desired task.  (Twitter, Facebook, Email, RSS Feeds, etc.. get in the way of “Getting Things Done” (#GTD), so I developed a new end of the day activity to help accurately determine how good my day actually was.

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