With the new year looming, most people have already picked up their calendar for next year. Some of you are die hard e-calendar types and just keep scrolling on down the screen while 2012 comes up to great you.The rest of us are not and still prefer the paper version. It has been my experience that many individuals with a…
Dale Carnegie first penned his book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, in 1936. I’m reading it as part of my Program Mentor training with the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. Imagine my surprise when I sourced a copy at the Toronto Public Library, I found there were 17 copies and all were on loan or on reserve.I highly recommend…
To our American readers best wishes for a health, happy and joyful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.
Just returned from an Ontario Sailing training camp in Miami at the US Sailing Centre. The trip was great but the luggage is not. We still use a super strong, two part suitcase designed to protect ski gear from air travel. I’ve weighed the darn thing and it comes in at 10lbs before I put in a single pair of shorts….
I have 4 hours all to myself today: that is, all to myself and the mound of paper work that accumulated while I was off tending to clients. We schedule our meetings with clients, with staff and all manner of other related services for our lives but how often do we book time with ourselves to clear out the clutter? Unfortunately we…
Are you staring at a shoe box of receipts? Here’s a quick and inexpensive way to get those receipts tamed. Pick up an accordion folder at the local office supply store with 12 sections, one for each month. Label the sections. Start by filing the receipts by date into the appropriate section. Some people prefer to file by category. Date or…
