Category: News & Commentary

Pursue Excellence ‘Til It Hurts – Because That’s What It Always Takes

Excellence – and the pursuit of it – truly grab me emotionally. It’s why I like what I like. It’s why I’ve been interested in the hobbies and pursuits that I’ve done. It’s what I have sought in my professional life, and what I am now trying to build. It’s how I gauge cars, knives, guns, [...]

Sunday November 27th, 2011 in Emergency Management, How-To & Techniques, Leadership, News & Commentary | Comments Off

Who’s Really the Risk Averse Party? Politicians or Bureaucrats?

It’s not often that strangers initiate conversations with one another in the big city. It happens a few times now and then, though, and I was in just one such spontaneous conversation on the subway the other day. I was reading (and still am reading) the book The Millionaire Mind. It’s a great book, by [...]

Saturday November 26th, 2011 in News & Commentary | Comments Off

Did The Gig Match the Job Posting? Hmm….

I have been doing some pretty intensive cleaning around my home, and I came upon some old job postings. These are postings for jobs that I applied for, interviewed for, and got. It’s interesting now to look back on the postings to see just how the gigs matched the postings… or not. I’ve got two [...]

Sunday November 13th, 2011 in News & Commentary | Comments Off

Good Friends Are Worth Their Weight in Gold … And Probably More

I have a fair number of acquaintances, but there is a small handful of people whom I consider truly good friends. It’s a small but select circle. Yet, I am very glad to have these people as my friends. Sure, we differ on how we see things sometimes. We might even argue very vocally when [...]

Sunday November 13th, 2011 in News & Commentary | Comments Off

If You Think Things Could Be Better, Make Sure You Go and Vote!

Prior to the Canadian federal election earlier this year, I was speaking to my stepbrother and asked him if he was going to vote. He replied, “No! I want to send a message to those clowns inOttawa!” When I heard that, I said a few words about how refusing to vote sends no message at [...]

Monday October 24th, 2011 in News & Commentary | Comments Off