Woody Allen once said that 80% of success in life is just showing up. What about the other 20%? He didn't say. This article says it is...

Did you know that you can join Toastmasters as long as you are 18 years old? Did you know that there are over 16,800 clubs with a total...

On Monday, July 6, I wrote: Monday is usually my least favorite day of the week. This Monday, I found this quote: "When you start to do...

Have you heard of a quote by Marcel Proust? "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new...

According to Wikipedia: "It is a song about nostalgia from the 1960 musical comedy The Fantasticks, It is the first song performed in the...

Did you know that an average person can read 250 words in a minute? Did you know that 250 words = around 1,500 characters? Did you know...

What are your proud moments? Do you remember how you felt in those proud moments? Being an active member of Toastmasters has brought me...

If you are a parent and I ask you to describe your experience in three words. What would they be? For me, the words are blessed,...

"PowerSkills 2020 was a five-day FREE virtual career conference that included keynote speeches, workshops, webinars, panel discussions,...

"Tell Me and I Forget; Teach Me and I May Remember; Involve Me and I Learn". I don't know who said it. but it is a great quote. It is a...

There are many ways to raise kids. Some work better than others. In my case, my way worked: they both graduated from McGill University,...

Facebook has a feature called "memories". It reminds you of what happened on this day, but years before. On July 31, 2009. My entry was a...

I created the category "Reading" when I started this blog, today I decided to write a weekly entry called "Book of the week". Most books...

I was suggested to write about self-discipline as I was told it is one of my strengths. According to Your Dictionary: Self-discipline is...

No, I am not referring to the movie "Pretty Woman" featuring Julia Roberts. I am talking about the Pretty Women from my weekly...

Do you keep a daily agenda? Do you have a monthly focus? What are your weekly highlights? I consider myself a very organized person and I...

It is the name of McGill Toastmasters Club's newsletter and the caption of the cover photo taken on October 7, 2008. In the earlier years...

The first time we met, it was more than a decade ago, it was at McGill Toastmasters Club's joint meeting with Concordia Club. She was a...

As it reads on the poster: on Tuesday, July 21 at 12:00 p.m. I am going to give a talk at Virtual CATS Corner, Career Advising &...

Some of you (my 20 something subscribers) might wonder: there was an email last night saying that you had a new post but there was blank...