Everyone Needs a Highlight Reel
A highlight reel is a curated collection of your most meaningful moments. Accomplishments, breakthroughs, praise, uncanny achievements, talents-on-display, and concrete examples or stories of the impact you make should all be on your highlight reel. Your highlight reel could be…
Nostalgia
Nostalgia is good for grounding us in values and shared stories. Research by University of Southampton psychologist Constantine Sedikides, Joost Leunissen, and Tim Wildschut shows that nostalgia bolsters social connectedness, strengthens optimism, and helps us weather disruption with a sense…
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is the highest form of love because it is the only force powerful enough to rebuild what violence, division, and resentment destroy. Communities cannot be safe, healthy, connected, or self‑actualized without it — and the evidence is overwhelming. Forgiveness…
Renaissance People
So I didn’t set out to raise a Renaissance person. But here we are. Watching my oldest son last week — pitching terrariums he’d co-created with friends at a the Kidovate Youth Entrepreneurship Experience, anchoring our defence and making clutch…
The 10 Qualities of Respected Rebels
Years ago, one of my mentors, Brian, told me about a powerful professional persona called “The Respected Rebel”. A respected rebel thrives as a benevolent disruptor and innovator while honouring the chain of command. To be one means pioneering bold,…
A Balls Haiku
Bounce. Arc. Swish. Courage. Practice begins. Perfect sound. We need more of ’em. – A haiku about balls; from the perfect answer in a game of Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition to sports to the courage the world needs. It…
Foolin’ Around
Many historians think April Fools Day kicked off in the 16th century when calendars changed and folks got mixed up about the New Year. Those who stuck with the old process allegedly became targets of pranks, jokes, and all sorts…
A West Coast Vibes Haiku
Landscapes, people, food. Beautiful everywhere. Living west coast vibes. – A West Coast Vibes haiku that mostly captures that feeling when five families convene in Tofino and have the very best time together.
Enough
I recently meditated on Seth Godin’s article about kinds of ‘enough’. There is enough of pretty much everything on our planet, but its not equitably distributed. And many of us don’t need anything else to have enough, but our wants…
Employee Ownership
Giving workers a meaningful stake in their organization builds accountability, loyalty, and shared purpose. When employees are also owners, decision-making aligns more naturally with long-term sustainability than short-term profit extraction, resulting in more cooperative organizations and more equitable distribution of…