I wish I had written this and really don’t know who did but it’s fun!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930′s 40′s, 50′s, and 60′s !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. Read the rest of this entry

Let’s recap BC’s Provincial election and how it relates to Burnaby.

The ruling Liberal party gets another mandate to serve the people of BC. The people of Burnaby now have 20 of 22 elected officials in my city who belong to the opposition.

Kathy (I have vast experience as a School Board Trustee) Corrigan is elected over a hard working John Nuraney. Being the wife of the Mayor of Burnaby has its advantages. Read the rest of this entry

Unconditional random acts of kindness make the giver and the recipient feel good.

A friend and I were enjoying a nice dinner at a fine restaurant one evening. We looked across the restaurant and saw a young couple hand in hand enjoying a good conversation and holding hands. They looked a little out of place or overwhelmed. My friend called over the waiter and told him to send a good bottle of Champagne to them, “and don’t tell them where it came from, just tell them to enjoy it” he said. They never found out the anonymous benefactor but we all enjoyed the feeling. Read the rest of this entry

Sun Tzu was a Chinese General who wrote the first treatise on warfare and how to win battles. Funny enough the Art of War is easily adaptable to business and is taught as such in some of the world’s leading business schools.

When you read the following tactics imagine that Chinese General and how doing business, especially in a bad economy is like going to do battle for life or death.

1. The entrepreneur’s five most desired traits.
Wisdom is the quality of being able to make sound, logical decisions. It doesn’t come easy and can only be perfected through years of study and experience. Credibility is being able to gain the trust of others through dependable and consistent demeanour. As such, little effort is needed to ‘rally the troops’. Read the rest of this entry

The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer
- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s

As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think big. — Donald Trump

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing…. — Thomas Edison Read the rest of this entry