North-West ExpeditionsReading Time: 4 minutes Parenting is embracing a million tiny deaths, including your own Hellos and Good-byes He was super excited. His first time walking to school on his own. This is the magical end of grade four. Like all magic, the alchemy comes with a cost, a tiny, beautiful slice of a fee. In return for this amazing new […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes While I slowly query agents for my first book I’ve started on a new one about a Racoon named Dot. The characters are all based on animals that (more or less) live in my alley. This scene is based on a true story (that time I accidentally threw my keys into my dumpiest only to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kids digging graves for kids. It is something out of a horror movie. Something from the Holocaust. It is Canadian history from very recent history.
Reading Time: 2 minutes None of them are about cooking
Reading Time: 8 minutes Even when they’re not top performers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Clarity creates calm and is required for performance
Reading Time: 5 minutes Passion is not enough
Reading Time: 4 minutes Mistakes are less important than fighting back
Reading Time: 4 minutes Top performers drive quality communication
Reading Time: 4 minutes Communication is key to success This article is from my list of nine surprising high performance lessons from Hell’s Kitchen. The show is chock full of swearing, apologies for any colourful language that finds its way in here. Summary Communication is key to winning in Hell’s Kitchen and elsewhere. From time to time we all struggle. Top […]