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April, 2006 - Issue 6 - Foreign Exchanges
Do you feel lucky? Are you one of those people who good things just happen to? People enter your life exactly as you need them, good opportunities are bubbling up all around. Or, maybe you're like the mother in the movie "Hollywood Bollywood" who is constantly throwing her hand to her forehead wailing "I'm so unlucky!" You find that people are out to get you; you always end up with the short end of the stick. Well, whatever you believe to be true for you - you're right.
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March, 2006 - Issue 5 - Do you feel lucky?
Do you feel lucky? Are you one of those people who good things just happen to? People enter your life exactly as you need them, good opportunities are bubbling up all around. Or, maybe you're like the mother in the movie "Hollywood Bollywood" who is constantly throwing her hand to her forehead wailing "I'm so unlucky!" You find that people are out to get you; you always end up with the short end of the stick. Well, whatever you believe to be true for you - you're right.
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February, 2006 - Issue 4 - Where is the Love?
I just returned back from running my new favourite workshop called "Ignite Your Sales: Coaching to Results." We had the national sales team of a hot media company gathered from across the country. After a powerful day of articulating their core individual purposes, examining the fears that stop them from playing their biggest games and articulating the vision for what they wanted to create, it was time to play with some powerful perspectives to help them achieve their goals...
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January, 2006 - Issue 3 - Too Much of a Good Thing...
In working with executives and rising stars in organizations, we spend a lot of time focusing on building on their strengths. I believe that authentic leadership comes not from trying to do what everyone else is doing, but in figuring out what you do well and doing more of that. But, as Dr. Seuss says "Life's a great balancing act“ and sometimes our greatest strengths can become our greatest weaknesses.
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December, 2005 - Issue 2 - Ignite Your Connections
As I sit and write this, I look outside my window and see the big, fat snowflakes falling to the ground, adding to the fresh blanket of snow that has fallen in the last couple of weeks. In the blink of an eye, the holiday season is upon us and with it comes the non-stop stream of parties and people. The thought of all that social interaction can be enough to make even the most extroverted of us want to run hide under our warm blankets and hibernate. Instead, I invite you to use this holiday season as an opportunity to boost your social savvy and become the most popular person you know. Continue Reading

November, 2005 - Issue 1 - Celebrating the fruits of your labour
As the leaves begin to change colour and fall to the ground, it is the perfect time to stop and take a moment to celebrate the changes you have made in your own life. We recently held a launch party to mark some of the exciting things going on with North Star Coaches. The energy in the room was buzzing.
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