String

You can’t push a string. (a UofC professor – name forgotten – but phrase etched in my mind)

Growing up to be a CEO

Keeping it Real Series! Ever since L…. and I started PearlsOnly  and I gradually stepped up into the CEO role, I had felt quite odd holding the CEO title.  I knew that for where this was going a CEO is the exact right title, and that I had to wear it and get...

Learning

“Today I LEARNED something new and it’s so great that another today is comming tommorow” Paul Lepa

Keeping it real

Putting up the Everest Base Camp was a very good exercise for me.   It helped me remember why this whole blog is about – and its about keeping things real.  I think some of the ‘negative’ thoughts or questions over the last few months didn’t make it...

You get paid to pick yourself up

When I was in sales, we all used to get paid commissions on the sales.  My saying was different, “You don’t get paid for winning, you get paid to pick yourself up after loosing!” 🙂

Lost Horse

I got reminded of this great Chinese proverb tonight – I read it some time ago – and though it was quite cool!    It seems to mirror the way I think.  It’s a great story how life may turn out unexpectedly. Negative things  may turn into...