This rings true of Maya Angelou's famous quote: "When you know better, do better!" Stop holding on to safety and change your mind and your ways. That's where the future is! I have a lot to say about change. Many years ago I decided to take the P...

This week was tough. Monday morning started with the tough decision to put our family dog down. Ugh.  By midday on Monday, I had cried enough for a week and yet I had the opportunity to serve hot dogs to children at a local community centre...

All in all, I've had to be humbled by situations in order to make change. It's not been easy or pretty but it's been worth it.One of the most painful experiences I had to go through was to be proclaimed a racist. Yes, for those of you who know me an...

Doing more by doing less sounds like an oxymoron to me. I am a high capacity person. I love to have a full calendar that keeps my energy up and allows me to feel a sense of accomplishment. Some of you may see it as being a busy body but, it’s importa...

When I was young, I taught my stuffed animals everything I learned at school, every day. As soon as I got home, I would set up my classroom of stuffies and proceed to teach them what I had been taught. Some of them were very good students; others, no...

Today is a big day for me. . .it’s my 29th wedding anniversary. I know, it's not traditionally a milestone year but I think it’s important to be impressed with just how hard it is to have stayed together this long. As I reflect on the reasons to be i...

Last week I was speaking and teaching a fair bit. . .it’s the Fall and my schedule is generally very busy with classes and conferences. As a part of this experience, I meet many people who are dissatisfied at work by how they are treated. I am i...

This morning I awoke to a new level of optimism.Yesterday was a really hard day. In fact, September has been a really hard month. Nothing that should have worked right, did. But, instead of forcing change, I dropped it, left work early, which I rarel...

I recently engaged in a deep conflict with my spouse. It felt like our relationship was on the line and my desire to communicate openly and honestly seemed to be ignored. For days, we navigated each other with distance. After a week, I began to fume...

The 1:10:100 rule states that it costs exponentially more to identify and correct errors the longer it takes to find them. It costs $1 to make sure it’s done right the first time; it costs $10 to fix it after the fact and it costs $100 if you do noth...