I just finished Great by Choice again. Man, I love that book. And I love listening to Jim Collin’s read it. Wow. It’s a business book. And yet a few times, some of the stories in it moved me to tears. What qualities do you need to become a great company? A great organization? A…
The Around the Bay is only 10 days away. This weekend is my last long run before the big race. How did I do last week? Not as good as I hoped. My toenails were still recovering from my 30km practice run. And it’s hard to fit a long run in with some other activities.…
I can’t believe some people would be stupid enough to think that Empathy is a weakness. Humanity wouldn’t be around if it wasn’t for empathy. Empathy is what helped us bond together in our hunter gatherer tribes. We are not remarkable creatures. We’re small. We’re weak. We don’t have claws. We can’t run very fast.…
It’s hard to stay completely calm these days. With our neighbour, the Felon-in-Chief, spouting ridiculous rhetoric. I am so tired of reading about his ignorance and hate. There are no words strong enough to describe what a vile person he is. And the fact that people voted for that guy. It’s like voting for an…
It’s been a while since I mentioned The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter. It was my favourite read of last year. Every now and then something that Easter mentioned in the book pops into my brain. Like the fact that our ancestors, the hunter gatherers, were extremely fit. Not only were they fit, but their…
Why can’t I make myself go to bed at a reasonable time? I know that I need to improve my sleeping habits. I know that I function better when I have seven hours of sleep or more. But I can’t get myself to get to bed on time. So, I end up getting six hours…
It’s that time again. I’ve got to curb my TV watching so that I can get other things done. At least, I need to curb it during the week. I don’t smoke. I don’t do drugs. And I don’t drink to excess. But… I watch a heck of a lot of TV. It keeps me…
I spend a lot of my time having conversations in my head. Deb will often look over at me and say, “Who are you talking to?” I’m not on the phone or speaking out loud. But she can tell that I’m carrying on a conversation in my head. I have done that ever since I…
Just a little over two weeks before the big race. And I haven’t gone for a run yet, this week… But I did a thirty kilometer practice run last Saturday. So, I’m taking it a little easy. I’ll go for a run tomorrow and Sunday. At this point, I’m not going to push the distance…
We’ve got two weeks to be off book for Things I Know to be True. It’s that awkward time where you need your script in your hand. But the script hinders your movement around the stage. There’s line learning and movement learning. And I’ve been a bit lax. I’ve got rehearsals on Sundays, Tuesdays, and…
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