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  • How can I make money doing what I love?

    How can I make money doing what I love?

    Who hasn’t heard some form of, “you can’t make money doing what you love”, “work is a necessary evil”, or “you work for a living and live for the weekends”? This is, sadly, taken as dogma in our culture. But it isn’t true. Meaningful work is not a myth. Not only can you make money doing what you love, you can make GOOD money (And many people do!). If,...
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  • Quote: If you don't know what you're passionate about, you an only find work you love by chance.

    How can I find work I love if I don’t feel passionate about anything?

    If you don’t love your work now, but want to find a career that is energizing and fulfilling you probably fall into one of the four following camps: You already know what you really want to do and are working on transitioning from where you are to where you want to be. You know what you are passionate about, but aren’t sure about how you could actually make a...
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  • The Link Between Procrastination and Purpose

    Admit it. You procrastinate. We all do it sometimes. (Dont’ believe me? Check out this vintage Ellen DeGeneres take on the art of procrastination. Sound familiar?) But what is the purpose of procrastination? As a regular columnist for several online and offline magazines over the years, I have come to realize that, like Ellen illustrates, procrastination is often a necessary part of the creative process. When the words just aren’t...
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  • Celebrate Canada Career Week with Kyosei

    Are you passionate about your career? Do you feel like your work energizes and inspires you? Does it allow you the balance and freedom to spend time with friends and family and pursue your other passions? Today marks the first day of Canada Career Week 2015. This year’s theme is “Decent Work, Healthy Lives.” While decent work is important (and not enough people have it), we set our sights...
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  • Investing some time in planning up front saves you time because you are mapping out your whole strategy all at once. #StartupSins

    Conscious Entrepreneurs Beat the Odds with Strategic Planning

    In a previous post, we covered how impatience is a leading cause of failure for new entrepreneurs. Here, we’ll talk about annual strategic planning, a key practice successful conscious entrepreneurs use to avoid the pitfalls of impatience. Planning can be like putting on clothing to go out. A certain amount – maybe a little bit more than you need – is usually best (you can always take off layers you...
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  • Tips for staying genki at work. Keep your energy up! by blic sejo via Dollarphotoclub

    3 Tips to Boost Your Energy for Life and Work.

    During my five-year stint in Japan, one of my favorite (and most used) Japanese words was genki.  Part of the reason for this is that, in Japan, o genki desu ka is used as a common greeting akin to “How are you?” The accepted response, genki desu is the equivalent of “I am fine.” But the reason that this word was co-opted into everyday vernacular by myself and so many other of my English-speaking friends is...
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  • Impatience is the most common killer of a startup.

    Are You an Impatient Entrepreneur?

    New entrepreneurs are usually excited and impatient to get going, so they often slap up a website, print business cards and begin promoting their business before they have a solid understanding of their business concept and offering. While there is value in just getting started and having something out there to begin interacting with your customers and finding out what they want, this approach has big risks. It can easily...
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  • 3 Tips for Conquering Your Fear of Networking

    Many entrepreneurs and job-seekers hate networking. As a result they hide behind their computers, feeling productive and hoping that their websites, social media, and e-mail will make those essential connections – and sales – for them. For many types of businesses, however, networking is still an essential element of your marketing plan. Colleen DeBaise from Entrepreneur Magazine offers a few tricks to make going to those meetings a bit less...
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  • River in Japan. Photo by bryan... via Flickr. Some rights reserved.

    Becoming You: How staying true to yourself is the key to success.

    This is a story about how I found that staying true to yourself is key to success, regardless of gender. Something unexpected happened just as I was getting ready to leave Japan after five fulfilling years of cultivating my business and my spirit there – I was offered a job. Having been an entrepreneur since my early twenties, jobs don’t normally tempt me, but this one was different. It...
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  • 6 Top CEOs Share The Key to Success

    Success can be reached via many different paths. Some say it’s a strong idea. Others say it’s passion or drive. Six of BC’s top CEO’s agreed on one thing – people are key. Finding the right right people, getting them in the right positions, keeping them, engaging them in their work, maximizing their potential, minimizing their mistakes – research is proving that all of this is critical. Our work...
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