F.W. Taylor was the original closet organizer guru on Netflix—only his reality docudrama series was based on maximizing the amount of pig iron that a man could haul in 1911.  He was irked that the passions or desires of the workers were so easily stirred when these people wanted to – that is, were enjoying… Read more »

I learned today that to be highly effective in leadership roles, we need to love our people.  We must nurture others so they flourish, spreading their wings to fly their most magnificent skylines.  To help others prosper, I believe we need to be selfless.  That’s because every big ego gets buried in the mud, so… Read more »

From my early beginnings as a young introvert, the public library has always been a bit of a refuge.  Years later, not much has changed, albeit with an additional affinity for endless hours spent scouring second-hand bookstores to add to my ever-growing “to-read” pile. From one bookworm to another, this column will be underscoring and… Read more »

Private parking lots and their parking machines are not covered under any bylaws across any of Canada’s biggest cities, and it is creating problems nobody would have imagined could occur, such as the printing of parking passes that short people on time and result in people receiving wrongfully issued parking tickets.  Despite that cities have… Read more »

Most Canadians are unlikely to be aware that the penalty for having used a fake university admissions letter is the same penalty for someone using forged identity documents like a fake passport: deportation and a 5-year ban from Canada.  That same penalty also applies for misrepresentation that occurs at the application stage, whether or not… Read more »

Scholarship name:  SGI Anniversary Scholarship Sponsored by:  SGI Canada Deadline:  September 30, 2024 Potential payout:  $2500 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be a child/legal dependant (under 25 years old) of an active employee of SGI, SGI CANADA or Coachman Insurance, and be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate certificate, diploma, or degree program at an accredited post-secondary… Read more »

As we strolled through the streets of Basel, Switzerland, in 2019 our eyes were often drawn to views of the river.  The Rhine flows through the centre of Basel, on its winding way from the Alps to the North Sea.  It’s a busy river, with a constant traffic of barges, ferries, pleasure craft, and the… Read more »

When an Olympian says, “Set realistic goals,” I scratch my head.  It strikes me that their goals were initially in the “impossible” category, certainly unrealistic, for almost everybody.  So, an Olympian advising on “realistic” goals when they’re at that near-impossible level of achievement seems contradictory.  It’s like when my professor told my high-performing friend to… Read more »

Facebook: The Pomodoro Technique.  A top contributor on the site posts about the Pomodoro technique, a time management strategy for incorporating breaks into work periods.  The student’s first 25 minutes of the Pomodoro-timed day will be allotted to a shower. Reddit: Where to go for program advice? A student applying for the Master of Counselling… Read more »

Basel is in northwest Switzerland, tucked up against the borders of both France and Germany, and bisected by the Rhine River.  Settlement in the area dates back to at least the 5th-century BC, and the Romans built a village nearby in the 2nd century BC. With its abundance of museums, including the first public art… Read more »