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Six Lifelong Learning Lessons from The Intern Movie

Last week I published a piece on lifelong learning lessons from the perfectly fine Google recruitment video and/or raucous, adventurous workplace comedy, The Internship. This week I will focus on another perfectly fine (except for the last 20 minutes, but…

What I Learned from Writing a Letter to my Future Self

This year I participated in Vancity’s Leadership and Exploration Development (LEAD) program with 90 other leaders from across the credit union. It has been a transformational experience. One of the things that made the journey enlightening was writing a letter…

Six Tips for Thriving after the Collapse of Western Civilization

A few things happened last week. My wife and I watched Mad Max: Fury Road on Netflix (it’s really good) and Rachel Nuwer wrote a depressing article for the BBC Future about how Western Civilization could collapse. Facts are facts…

How We Will Realize Our Potential in 2016

With a new year upon us, it’s time for Michael, Kurt and I to engage in a The Potentiality New Year’s tradition and make public commitments about how we will realize our potential in 2016. By aligning goals with our natural talents, being…