Reflective Leadership
Who's your hero?
"Name two people, living or dead, who are your heroes," my friend asks us as part of an ice-breaker activity. I’m puzzled. I don’t have...
The Who is not you
“It is the best idea for you. Ever.” I’m vibrating as I explain to my friend how she can launch a course she has designed. “Write the...
The Rule of 72
I hate it when I don’t follow my advice. My own really, really good advice. I was about to make a big announcement, an announcement that would change...
Seeing a What-If world
Have you wondered what your life would be like if you lived with a What If philosophy? Would you belt it out with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, windows wide...
The warmth of friendship
Friendship can keep you warm on the coldest day. The cold, spring wind congealed the cheese in his poutine and blew the dipping sauce for my yam fries off the...
The rhythm of living
We are standing at her front door. I am saying goodbye to my friend who is waiting for back surgery. She is leaning on the door pillar, trying to stand erect....
The Indecision storm
My head snaps like a flag in the wind as indecisions storm in my mind. “Should I do this? Or not?” “Is this the right thing to say or is...
Vision trumps self-doubt
The clatter of the dice rolling across the Monopoly board fills me with exhilaration. I loved playing Monopoly – rolling the dice for opportunity,...
From marionette to master
The world presents a different perspective when you are face down in a snow bank. The lesson? Well, take a lesson when you want to learn something new. I did....
Do you know WHY?
The machete flashed in the sun as I slashed a path through the jungle green. My hair was plastered to my head; sweat stung my eyes; my breathing was ragged; the...
Lead, don't micromanage
I can feel the tightness in my chest and the blood rushing to my brain. My fingernails leave trails on the desk as I push down the anger boiling up. I am trying...
The Great Equalizer
Time slows as I adjust my goggles, lean on my poles and survey creation from a mountaintop. The awe flooding through me slows time even more as I peer through...
Learn from Rita
Rita has the secret to your business success. Thousands of business books profess to have the secret. Workshops are built around that premise. And then there...
The little things make us
Sweat flew as I twisted on my left foot and my gloved fist smacked the Thai pad with an orgiastic thud. Sweat hung in the air as the thud reverberated across...
Time-travelling memories
I discovered I can time travel while sitting at my desk. As I scroll through my school alumni Facebook group, I am back in time, back in my small hometown....
Equal is not always fair
By Myrna Selzler Six kids were dancing, yelling and hyperventilating to Jingle Bells as they performed an annual ritual: trying on new running shoes. The clerk...
Join an army of elves
The warmly dressed river of humanity flows past the Salvation Army kettle with hardly a break. Occasionally, someone pops out of the flow; usually, an older,...
Beam me up, Scotty
I imagine myself as Captain James Tiberius Kirk every time I click into a Zoom meeting. “Beam me down, Scotty,” hovers on my lips as a new world...
Think before saying no
Can I drive?” my six-year-old, vibrating with possibility, asks as he tugs on his seatbelt and reaches for the steering wheel. “No! That’s...
Lessons from the dog pile
“We will, we will, rock you. Rock you.” It was Friday night lights, also known as city-wide high school football Friday night. The throbbing bass...