They’re all over the place, aren’t they? I mean professionals who just never retire. Mick Jagger is 80, Joe Biden is 80, Donald Trump (who rages that Biden is “too old”) is a mere 77. Queen Elizabeth II was 96 when she passed, still serving her country to the end. Elton John is 76, Paul…
5 Strategies to Get Along Subtitle: Deal with the coworker that drives you nuts Sooner of later, all of us find ourselves dealing with the colleague who simply exasperates us. Here are some strategies for getting along, and even more. 1. Identify the Trigger What triggers you? What happens that makes you go: “Hmm. They’re…
Thoughts on retirement from the guy who was never going to retire. Lake Bras d’Or is the glistening jewel in the heart of Cape Breton, in summer a shimmering expanse of water among the mountains, in winter a sheet of good Nova Scotia ice. It was from the frozen surface of the lake in 1909…
Amongst professionals, commoditization is a mixed blessing and a confounding topic. Like fire, it can be your best friend or your worst enemy, depending how you handle it. On the one hand, we live and die by our wit and creativity – we are first and foremost craftspeople. Yet the truth remains that in the…
Going into the New Year, we all get into the “Resolutions” mindset. I’m going to exercise more or drink less or be nicer to my cat. Whatever, we see the new year as a hinge of history, a signpost to a new and better self. Almost anything on our critical to-do list has a tomorrow…
Every year in the weeks leading up to Christmas our office would see a flurry of activity with Christmas cards and gifts to various supporters of our business. One year we even had fresh citrus shipped in from Florida, delivered to various “senders”, and of course, the bank in whose good books we always wanted…
Gilles McTavish was a promising young hockey player, identified at age seven playing in the Tim Horton’s league. His coaches said he was one of the best they’d ever seen. He paid close attention to instruction and could parrot back everything he was told, word for word. Bright boy indeed. As you can imagine, his…
In our study of the Alignment Principle, we observe that when one’s Giftings are perfectly aligned with the Needs of those one serves, all outcomes are optimized. Generally we focus on the optimization of such things as economics, satisfaction, and safety. The professional or entrepreneur becomes well compensated for doing what they enjoy, and the…
Meic is so typically Border Collie, nearly human in his reactions. And none more so than when he gets caught out. Take when he gets worked up over the imaginary burglar. Long after it’s absolutely certain there’s not a bad guy for miles, he remains facing the door, hackles raised, fierce growls rumbling from his…
Lawrence Harvey Zeiger was a nice Jewish boy, born in 1933 to Eastern European immigrants who ran a bar and grill in Brooklyn. Things got tough when his father died while Lawrence was just a boy, and his early years were destitute and somewhat troubled. Things could have turned out badly. But Lawrence had a…