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

The article attached to today's post is the last one I wrote for 2018, meaning all twelve articles from 2018 have been posted here on my...

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...

Yesterday after I gave a talk at CATS corner, I received this email from one of the organizers: "I totally agree with Nayo, your session...

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...

I have a daily agenda like most people. I started a monthly agenda since March. LinkedIn Learning was my focus on my May agenda. Learning...

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...

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” Anais Nin The first time I came across that quote, it resonates...

Since I started my blog on June 13, my morning routine usually consisted of the following (in that order too): I went out and tackled my...

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...

The first time I heard about Toastmasters was in 2003 when the subject of public speaking was brought up during a college HR class. I got...

I have been fascinated with personal development and building a blog has been one of my PD goals. Thanks to WIX which helps me achieve my...

I was lucky to be part of the six wedding celebrations since I came to Canada in 1997. Nationality was referring to the origin of each of...

It is a Facebook photo challenge I took on in May and the detail is like this: ten days, ten photos of my daily life in black and white....

The first time I heard that word was this past Tuesday at my Toastmasters meeting It was word of the day presented by our Grammarian. ...

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens..." when I started typing away those words,...

Have you heard about this: Listening is the new reading? I haven't until recently but I have been doing the listening daily since March...

It may sound catchy but it is the true reflection of my Toastmasters attendance. Ever since I joined Toastmasters in summer 2003, Tuesday...

Monday is usually my least favorite day of the week, even when I am not working. Strange, isn't it? Today I decided to give Monday a...