gran comida peruana
(Great Peruvian Food)
I do believe food translates the personality of the culture. Music also transmits the other element. So, language, music and food from the culture tells a more complete story. Kinda similar to when you meet someone: what foods they like, what music they listen too and how they speak (or what conversations they [...]
The Modern Family
The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread [...]
Make Small Commitments. Get Big Changes.
January 28, 2010 by Colin
Filed under Friends, Inspiration
These are some great words to live by. I agree that probably a good idea to keep these handy to review once in awhile, while you are high on life or want to stick your head in the sand like an Ostrich. I have had a few of those moments over the last [...]
Simple things
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
-Leonardo da Vinci
This past year was full of strife, frustration, challenge and growth and one thing I [...]
Personal Elevator Pitch
Some quick little nuggets for sharing the best of you with others. Whether work or life, something worth thinking about as we plan to introduce the 2010 version of each one of us in just a couple weeks.
Thanks to keff Jinch III for sharing.
3 Tips for Perfecting Your Personal Elevator Pitch A personal 30-second [...]
Christmas Cheer
So I was thinking of who is going to be on my Christmas Card list this year. Really, my list is usually pretty short as my family is small. I have been contemplating, do you send out more cards to a wider group of people, with a thank you or something short, or [...]
Top 10 Personal Rituals for Stress-Free Relationship Building
I started reading Keith Ferrazzi’s book “Never Eat Alone” about 18 months ago and its one of the most impactful books I have read in a long time. The purpose of this book is how to better build personal and professional relationships, networking and enjoying life. I highly recommend it and to prove [...]
Certainty
November 29, 2009 by Colin
Filed under Friends, Inspiration, career
By Jeff Kinch
I have never been (overly) jealous of those who’ve accumulated or accomplished more. Since I was young, however, I’ve been envious of those that had an unyielding sense of what they wanted or wanted to be. I’m not referring to an 8 year old who wants to play in the NFL, [...]
Depression
“Depression is the inability to construct a future”
-Rollo May, American existential psychologist
From reading a recent report on the state of depression in America (and we’ll extrapolate for Canada) 5% of people (15M in the USA) suffer from severe depression, while an outstanding 50% have suffered some form of measurable anxiety over the course of their [...]
Energy
November 13, 2009 by Colin
Filed under Family, Friends, Helping others
By Jeff Kinch
Colin asked me if I could put together an article based on a very elusive topic for me: energy. Energy is something I seem to be constantly chasing; through nutritional experimentation, futile attempts at getting more sleep and ultimately resulting in mass consumption of Tim Horton’s coffee. Fortunately, having just finished [...]