Elizabeth Gilbert, Author of Eat, Pray, Love gave a talk at a TED conference. You don't get invited to be one of their speakers unless you are totally inspirational and this talk moved me just like this post I wrote months ago which was also from TED. Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love She started by talking about artists and… Continue reading
I was in the best group today at the CMG Conference (here in Portland) talking about which colours will be NEXT. I'll post more later but I had dinner tonight with Stephanie Fehrle who is the creative director in charge of a team of 9 for a company that designs gift bags for all the big box stores, Wallmart, Target,… Continue reading
Last week when I posted this article, one of my readers emailed me and said "Sounds like you've had a recent very bad experience or maybe a series of sorta bad. . ." and I responded that I can count on one hand how many 'bad' experiences I have had with clients in my business and that was mostly in… Continue reading
I love Madonna's music because her lyrics are so positive and powerful. And since Kelly Green is one of my favourite colours these days I fell in love with this image of her (below). 'There's only so much you can learn in one place The more that I wait, the more time that I waste I haven't got much time… Continue reading
flickr It's the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. A great time to remember that giving thanks and having an attitude of gratitude is truly the path to happiness. Zen Habits wrote a great post called "Why living a life of Gratitude can make you happy"." Also Dan Schawbel who writes a Personal Branding Blog interviewed Gretchen Rubin who started a blog called… Continue reading
So much easier to say than it is to actually do. And what I know for sure is when all of the above actually are aligned–more often than not–that's when you automatically love yourself too! flickr Well my lovelies, it's the first day of Fall! Time to go outside and play in the Leaves like this little angel! Related posts:Happiness… Continue reading
I am in Ontario on vacation this week, in Toronto right now and then off to Cottage Country tomorrow! Last night at a dinner party, I met this fabulous woman/entrepreneur who runs her own company and when she was asked how she became successful this was her answer; Love Toronto's flower pots – photo by Maria Killam 'I asked my… Continue reading
You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for. . . unless it's contagious! Franklyn Broude I found a blog today that seriously made me think I should start another one just to do what this woman is doing; it's called The Daily Asker. Last July, this blogger embarked on a 365… Continue reading
I subscribe to four amazing blogs (besides design blogs), Penelope Trunk–my favourite (who I've mentioned here and here) : Seth Godin's blog who I quoted in this post: Get Rich Slowly: When I saw this video, by Gary Veynerchuck, I had to share it with you! It's a must watch video if you want to gain some insight on how… Continue reading
RMITs believe that we do our kids a disservice when we tell them "you can be anything you want to be–anything you dream of being." They believe you can't be anything you want to be, but you can be so much more of what you are innately, genetically gifted at.Warren Buffet says, "I was wired to allocate capital." He would… Continue reading
