There are many benefits to opening a house for sale on a Sunday afternoon. It saves having to make an appointment to view and makes it convenient for everyone in the family to get together to tour the properties. The seller benefits by having more people view the house in an afternoon rather than individual […]
Month: October 2022
Fun facts about Australia: They get more snow than Switzerland
Australia is a country that most people find a bit strange, as a result there are many facts about Australia that most people find amusing. One of the most interesting is that it snows in Australia. Not only does it snow, but it actually gets more snow than Switzerland in an average year. This is […]
Sports Headlamps: Flood the night with light!
Headlights are finally getting more attention from the public and the sporting community at large. This could be because we often see movies with special forces troops wearing headlights on top of their helmets. Today, even headlamps found in a hardware store can outperform the best headlamps sold in a mountaineering store several years ago. […]
Public Speaking: It’s a great marketing tool when you speak to the right audience!
Last spring, I was asked to speak on branding to a group of marketing graduates at Seneca College in Toronto. At the end of the speech I was approached by a woman who was a professor at Seneca and asked if she would do the same speech for a group she was involved with outside […]
Public speaking: creating value through personal interaction
Public speaking serves many purposes, the first of which is to provide information to an audience. However, this purpose often serves another teacher, promotion. Clearly, a public speaker only has an audience if people are interested in gaining knowledge and information about the topics being discussed, but the speaker must also find value in sharing […]
Sports Physiotherapy: A Unique, Challenging and Exciting Career Option
In the past, there was a time when the role of sports physiotherapists was simply to sponge water to the ground to relieve an injured player. Those days are gone now. Sports physical therapists these days do much more than bring a bucket of water and a sponge. Now they are well-prepared athletes who must […]
Tips for Collecting Art for Gain and Pleasure (a six-part series): Part 5 – Art Conservation 101
After you have invested valuable time and resources in building an art collection, it is It would be a shame if its value depreciated due to the lack of knowledge of proper care and conservation of works of art. Some aging is natural and acceptable up to a point, but deterioration or damage due to […]
Illegal Alien Halloween Costumes: Offensive or Not?
Every October, in preparation for Halloween, all the big department stores and party stores compete to create the craziest and most original costumes. This year was no different than any other. However, one of the creations caused quite a stir among the Hispanic immigrant population of the United States. The set, dubbed the “Illegal Alien […]
Exercise can be fun with the NordicTrack Elite 1300
There NordicTrack Elite 1300 is an elliptical trainer that you use at home. It has many different features that simplify the use of controls and settings. Maintaining a strong exercise routine has many health benefits. This elliptical trainer may come with a hefty price tag, but it will pay for itself by extending its life […]
Open communication: its power and its limits
People should not be treated like mushrooms. The “mushroom theory of management” is something I have seen practiced in many workplaces and close personal relationships. The people in charge or those with important information treat other people like mushrooms by keeping them in the dark and feeding them (let’s clean up a bit) the fertilizer […]