How to Spread Kindness in Your Community

How to Spread Kindness in Your Community

This Saturday I will be giving a presentation at the University of British Columbia’s Student Leadership Conference (it’s the biggest and most awesome student-run conference in North America). Drawing on this year’s theme – “Be Infinite”...
Five Tips for Collaborating on Passion Projects

Five Tips for Collaborating on Passion Projects

Kurt Heinrich and I have known each other for over a decade and we have worked together on dozens of projects ranging from road trips to fundraising campaigns to this website. In order to achieve success on a project the people involved must be able to collaborate...
Five Tips for Throwing Awesome Dinner Parties

Five Tips for Throwing Awesome Dinner Parties

This past Saturday my lovely wife, who is also her own woman, Michelle and I hosted four friends for dinner and the experience was spectacular. Here’s how to host awesome dinner parties. Host Awesome Dinner Parties One of my favourite ways to collaborate with...
Four ways to keep a team motivated during summer

Four ways to keep a team motivated during summer

As a leader, you may have noticed that as the temperature has increased over summer, the motivation of your team has decreased. The reality is that between the Pina Coladas, the vacation plans and the neighbourhood barbeques, summer can be a distracting time for...
Three Ways to be a Team Player When You’re Not

Three Ways to be a Team Player When You’re Not

“So I’m not really a team player, and if there’s one thing I absolutely can’t handle in a work context it’s interacting with people in a team environment”. Said no person in a job interview. Ever. And this is why you need to know how to be a team player when...

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