What would you do if the death of your soul mate meant the birth of your dream? That’s exactly what happened to me more than two decades ago. One day, I was a (relatively) normal, happy 32-year-old married woman; the next day I was a devastated young widow. The learning…

“When opportunity knocks, answer the door.” – Anon Let’s start with the rats… When I first moved to Vancouver Island years ago, I learned to accept that rats were part of the deal, so I best get used to them. …

“Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more growth than everything else combined. Happiness doesn’t come from living a lukewarm life, always wondering what could have been. …

“It is crucial to understand that wealth flows from savings, not from income.” – David Chilton, The Wealthy Barber Returns What if the greatest financial gift you ever gave a child didn’t cost you a cent…but meant that they ended up with a nest egg of a million — or…

“In order to get where you’re going, or where you want to be…in order to reach the heights you desperately want to reach, you actually have to go through the process of changing the person you are now.” – Roswell (on Insight Timer) And that can be downright terrifying. Why…

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

“In order for us to achieve excellence in our lives we must ask ourselves this simple, but powerful question throughout every day — What’s Important Now?” – Brian R. Willis, Life’s Most Powerful Question A few years ago, I delivered a presentation in Chicago to an audience that consisted primarily…

“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” ― David G. Allen “Timing,” as the old saying goes, “is everything.” However, what I’m discovering is that… Trying to get the timing right is often beyond our control —…

“And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin This quote by Anais Nin is one of my all-time favourites. I had a pretty little framed version of it in my Calgary…