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Life takes unexpected turns, and that’s what makes it so fascinating. Never in a million years would I have expected to be at the downtown office of a multiple-million dollar insurance company on Front St Toronto interviewing for a role as a financial advisor. Yet this morning I was doing just that.
It wasn’t a formal [...]

Last night I attended my first ever Poetry Slam at the Drake Hotel. I was very impressed. Such amazing creativity, diversity, authenticity, emotion, verse, and subjective reality.
Here are some of the poets & their poems:
Open Mic: Fiona

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So the last couple of weeks have been a frenzy, to put it mildly.
Let’s see:

Learning about affiliate marketing
Launching My Positive Inspiration Newsletter
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Networking with people here in Toronto – I met a guy who lives down my street who is a former national hockey league player and owned a $6bil company at one time! His [...]

It’s been a while since I last did an appreciation list, wow over a year ago! So I’m well overdue.

Today I appreciate…
- the 24 hr street car that runs up and down Queen St because it made carrying three large bags of laundry to the laundromat at 7am this morning a LOT easier!
- the makers [...]

So earlier today our Human Resources department sent out an email to promote HP’s #10 ranking in the Top U.S. Companies for Leaders survey.
The Hay Group in conjunction with Chief Executive Magazine considered almost 800 companies in the annual survey.
The 2007 Top 10 Best Companies for Leaders
1. General Electric
2. Procter & Gamble
3. Johnson [...]


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