Friend and sales trainer extraordinaire Peter McCarthy shared this with me last week, and I thought it worth sharing with you. SKILLS TIP #8 A NEW WAY OF THINKING Recently I was re-reading “Built to Last” by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras and came across the following: “A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo’s scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or his statue of ... Read More

Below is a link to a blog post by Jerry Agar, a Toronto morning talk show host. There is nothing disrespectful about what Jerry writes. He is saying very well what many people feel...  The police should have to prove to some reasonable degree why they suspect someone has committed a crime, before they get the most personal of all possessions, our very body.  Self-ownership is the most ... Read More

It was a very sad day in the Greater Toronto Area today.  A man was arrested for beating his son to death and failing to provide for him for 2 days, during which he most likely would have been saved. In my old neighborhood a young man was gunned down while others had to flee the person who fired off 10 rounds. Is this LA? ... Read More

Check out Mark Schaefer's blog post about where social media is heading.  Very interesting. ... Read More

Techcrunch's Disrupt conference was lucky enough to have Paul Graham, Y-Combinator founder, conduct his famous "office hours" in front of the entire conference for several startup CEO's. This is a must-watch video for anyone who is interested in starting a company today. From Techcrunch's Jason Kincaid: Six companies were chosen at random from the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield. Then, for six sessions of less than ten minutes each, Graham ... Read More

Dave Keon?  My vote! Or Frank Mahovlich?  George Armstrong? Tim Horton!?!? John Kordic? Go to Quextit for the poll... ... Read More

It is now illegal to smoke in the city’s 1,700 parks and on its 14 miles of beaches, or on boardwalks, marinas and pedestrian plazas, such as Times Square.  That includes central park as well. Here is the Wall Street Journal's article on it. ... Read More

Thanks to Tim Ferriss for passing on this excerpt from Peter Guber's new book "Tell to Win".  Guber is Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, a professor at UCLA, owner of the NBA Golden State Warriors. We are filled with stories.  These stories are powerful and often run us – and they can show up at inopportune times. They’re always on, running in the back of your ... Read More

Our beautiful provincial flower.  One of the signs summer soon on the way... This is what makes country living worth it!And the clean air.  And the lower taxes.  And the slow pace.  And the nice people.  And the lack of crime.  And the....   ... Read More

Geek pic of the day shows Enrico Fermi in the 40's (one of the fathers of the atom bomb). http://onforb.es/enrico-fermi ... Read More