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Alexa: A Delightful Device
Have you heard about Alexa? Are you thinking about getting one? Do you know what she can do for you? I saw an advertisement for a TV...

Angela 
Oct 2, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Networking in Nature
Imagine a brand new fresh approach to networking: Networking in Nature. When I searched online, I located this monthly networking group...

Angela 
Oct 1, 20201 min read
 
 
 


The Olympics and Toastmasters
That was the title of an article I wrote in 2014 for McGill Toastmasters club's newsletter "Masters in Action". In that article, I spoke...

Angela 
Sep 29, 20201 min read
 
 
 


What Are Your Daily Practices?
What do you do to take care of your mind and body? Do you engage in physical activities? Do you practice meditation and believe in...

Angela 
Sep 27, 20201 min read
 
 
 


What Motivates YOU?
Can you identify a few sources listed in this: The 10 most common sources of motivations? For me, it is self-validation and words of...

Angela 
Sep 24, 20201 min read
 
 
 


A Day Without Power
It doesn't happen often that we lose electricity in the house but today that happened. We didn't have power from 9:00 am to 16:00 pm as...

Angela 
Sep 22, 20201 min read
 
 
 


My Reflections On Travel Quotes
I love quotes and I love to travel. Today I am recording some reflections on travel quotes. Once a year, go someplace you have never been...

Angela 
Sep 19, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Adding Valuable Connections
Job Search Tips and Tricks from Montreal's Leading Headhunters, That was a webinar I attended this Tuesday. It was recommended by my new...

Angela 
Sep 17, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Toastmasters is a Journey
If you have read my previous articles about Toastmasters, you will understand why I said that Toastmasters is a journey, A Journey Like...

Angela 
Sep 15, 20201 min read
 
 
 


An Outlet to be More Present
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There is no way around these two things...

Angela 
Sep 13, 20201 min read
 
 
 


A Poem about Music
The poet is Roxane Faulkner. Music is part of my everyday life. It's the one thing that makes me feel alive. No matter what it could be,...

Angela 
Sep 11, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Networking - An Action
Last week, I decided to do something productive to five connections each week. I reached out to my five mentors last Thursday to show my...

Angela 
Sep 10, 20201 min read
 
 
 


The Secrets of A Winning Club
Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because it has one of my Weekly Highlights: the Toastmasters meeting. I have been with McGill...

Angela 
Sep 8, 20201 min read
 
 
 


A Few of My Favorites
Technology is amazing sometimes. It knows what you like to read and it recommends articles to you. That is what my phone does to me from...

Angela 
Sep 6, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Travel Talk: Charlevoix - A Beauty Next Door
Charlevoix is a beautiful cultural and natural region in the province of Quebec. The population is just over 13,000 yet it has tons of...

Angela 
Sep 5, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Music: What Can I Say?
"Music drives you. It wakes you up. It gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct turn will chill you down" Dimebag...

Angela 
Sep 4, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Networking - A Definition
According to Merriam-Webster, networking is the exchange of information or services among individuals, groups, or institutions....

Angela 
Sep 3, 20201 min read
 
 
 


IS Sunday Your Best Day?
On the 2-month mark of my blogging (August 13), I listed my daily focus in my article "Short and Sweet is My Intention". I followed my...

Angela 
Aug 30, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Travel Talk: Cuba - My FIRST Winter Escape
Winter in Montreal can be very bitter sometimes. When I lived in Montreal, my work was a bit over 3 km away. I used Bixi to bike to work...

Angela 
Aug 29, 20201 min read
 
 
 


Under the Weather
What do you do when you are under the weather? Here are my top five choices: Listen to uplifting songs, one of my favorite songs is this...

Angela 
Aug 28, 20201 min read
 
 
 

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