October 19, 2019
Personal branding starts with authenticity. It seems obvious. So why do so many people seem to be trying to make themselves into someone they're not?
October 11, 2019
Last night I was lucky enough to win an award from my company. It still hasn’t sunk in, but what has is the fact that I have a ton to be thankful for. The way I've been treated at my place of work is proof that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
October 4, 2019
You may have heard of impostor syndrome, or maybe you haven’t; but considering that a whopping 70% of people will suffer from the phenomenon at some point in their lives, you’ve probably come across it before. So what is it, and how to do you deal with it?
September 27, 2019
If you're planning a trip to Banff and you're looking for even more ideas than what I posted last week, here'sa list of five more things to do in Banff!
September 21, 2019
If you’re planning a trip to Banff, here are five places that should be on your must-see list!
September 13, 2019
My alarm wakes me up from my hotel bed at 4:00am. I’m crazy, I think to myself as I groggily layer up for the 5-degree weather outside. Today I’m going to watch the sunrise over Moraine Lake in beautiful Banff, Alberta.
August 30, 2019
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Lens filters come in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes. You have colour-enhancing filters, polarizing filters, neutral density filters and more. Within each of these categories are a series of subcategories; neutral density filters, for example, decrease the amount of light that enters your lens, without changing the colours that come through (hence the term “neutral”). In a category all its own is the ND1000 filter. It’s one of the strongest neutral density filters available, letting in 1024x less light than the lens normally allows. So why the heck would anyone want to do that?
August 23, 2019
Earlier this year, I wrote a post talking about the mental healing process I went through to forgive someone for an unnecessary injury caused while training karate. Long story short, someone did something they shouldn’t that left me with seemingly permanent neck pain. For years, I’ve lived with that pain, with no clue what specifically was wrong. This week, that all changed.
August 16, 2019
In my conversations with people, I have heard a wide variety of perspectives on credit cards over the years. Some thoughts were on-point, while others… well, they were the type of well-intentioned, but misguided advice that makes you slap your palm to your face. Here are five commonly-mentioned, and completely untrue, myths about credit cards. It’s time to get the facts straight.
August 9, 2019
I spent much of the past week lounging by the water at a cottage up north; a pretty Canadian thing to do over an extended long weekend. In preparation for the vacation, I was looking for an adventure book; something about traveling and getting off the beaten path. I found exactly that in Escape from the Ordinary; it’s a gem of a book that I wanted to share with you.