Good recipes for a long, happy marriage can be hard to come by. Some recipes whip up perfect wedded bliss, while other recipes call for too much salt ruining the whole batch. My parent’s recipe for their 55 years of marriage has always been easy to follow with no fancy ingredients. They took a large…

While in Chile teaching sessions on how to manage one’s life to be truly masters of our destiny, I received this video that speaks for itself. The tools that allows us to communicate with the world may lead us to be disconnected with those closest to us. We may end up living in a bubble….

Do you know why we have a 40 hour work week? The answer might shock you. Its origins date to the Industrial Revolution (not the Internet Revolution – the industrial one). Back in the middle of the 18th century, it was common for people to work 72 hours a week. Then, the US Congress passed…

By encouraging drivers in Western Australia to slow down and avoid rushing, their government has produced a real gem of an ad to encourage a healthy joie de vivre.

Is it true that no man is an island entirely of itself? Mark Bezos, a volunteer firefighter in New York, would seem to agree. In this short video at TED he recounts a simple act of kindness that left behind a lasting impact. Quoting again John Donne, we are each a piece of the continent….

Life is filled with so many details that it can be overwhelming. The big whiteboard in my office is filled with long lists of things to do and people to contact, the calendar in the kitchen is filled with sports and music lessons, school events and volunteer commitments and my blackberry buzzes consistently like a…

After being squeezed through a global recession, many Canadians have watched their workloads rise. Hours are longer, responsibilities are greater, and anyone who values their job will accept it. If this sounds like you, try listening to Nigel Marsh’s Ted Talk on work-life balance. He warns us that we have to be responsible for setting…

The book “Switch – How To Change Things When Change Is Hard” by Chip and Dan Heath offers excellent advice on how to create change both in your personal and professional life. The authors begin with a counter-intuitive proposal. When we consider change, most of us look at what is going wrong in our lives…

Many of us don’t bother with New Year’s Resolutions anymore, which seem doomed to failure. However, it’s definitely worthwhile to re-evaluate our habits every now and then. Take a look at this striking quote about the nature of a habit: “I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will…