My friend Stephen Hopson has just posted this interview that we did at his blog Adversity University.
As a bit of background, Stephen sent me the questions for this interview a few months ago, shortly after I started as Editor over at Pick The Brain. Certain questions, particularly in regards to the previous name of this [...]

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Did you ever enter a room, see people talking and laughing together and wonder: how are they so at ease? Does it feel like a big deal to just “jump into a conversation” or assert your opinion? Do you have trouble relaxing and just being yourself in the company of others?
Many of us [...]

*** Note: you may have noticed this post went into my feed or was emailed to you half-finished. I accidentally pushed “publish” when I was working on it Thursday morning. Oh well…. there was nothing I could do about this… and it just allowed me to practise some of the things mentioned in this article [...]

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey gives some timeless insights into living a truly effective life. The key is, before anything else, you must have a good foundation. This foundation is a ‘private victory,’ a self-mastery which comes before the success we aspire to achieve in our interdependent social environments – [...]

Last month I was one of 59,000 people who ran the 10km Vancouver Sun Run. I was actually fairly indifferent going into the race - running 10kms is not normally my idea of fun, and truth be told the main reason I was there was because my employer was a major sponsor of the race. [...]