This August, my column on CBC Radio One’s North By Northwest explored what I’m calling “our summertime value”. Summer has it’s own pace. We have vacation, others our touristing around us, and even the odd heat wave conspires to slow us down. Summer reminds us to relax and play. I believe that there are values… Continue reading
Posts tagged "values"
Calling all Heroes!
This week on North By North West I talk about heroes. The heroes that you had as a child or even today can be a great tool for discovering more happiness in the moment and in the future. You can hear it on the podcast here. Look for the episode from February 27th, 2016…. Continue reading
Balanced Living-The Secret Revealed
This month on North By Northwest on CBC Radio One, I talked about balance and the myth of living a balanced life. If you want to learn more about it and also find the Wheel of Life tool, read on. Let’s talk about that elusive holy grail of the working life – balance. I know… Continue reading
Irritation might be the key to your happiness
This month in my regular column on North By Northwest on CBC Radio One I talk with guest host Margaret Gallagher about how to turn what frustrates and angers you into a tool to reveal what you truly value in life. If you know that, you will add happiness to your life right now. … Continue reading
Envy
No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues. Bertrand Russell -British author, mathematician and philosopher 1872-1970 In my life and in my work, I often find myself coming head to head with one of the seven deadly sins, and not one of the fun exotic ones. Envy. Quick and dirty example-I meet a singer at… Continue reading
Owners Manual: How Do I Turn On?
Welcome to Assignment Number One in “How to Write your Own Owners Instruction Manual” This week: How do I turn myself on? Last week I wrote about creating your own Owners Manual and it struck a chord with many of you out there. For the next few blog posts I’m going to giving assignments… Continue reading
Instruction Manual
If you could write your own instruction manual, what would you write? What would you put in the book that described the care and feeding of you? When I was lucky enough to be away last week at a spa to celebrate my mother turning 70, I began to think about this. There is something… Continue reading
Three Steps to kick start the New You
“Please Sir, Can I have some more?” This was notoriously asked by the poor orphan in Dickens “Oliver”. His life was changed forever when he uttered that phrase. This month I’m intending to do the same thing. I’m going to ask for more of what I want. I’m going to call it the Oliver Way,… Continue reading
Resolutions-Yay and Nay
I think there are two kinds of people: Those who make New Years Resolutions and those who don’t. Well, there probably is a third, but they don’t care at all and so aren’t reading this so let’s not talk about them behind their backs. It’s rude. If you are one of the first two kinds… Continue reading