two sweaters and some cold weather

Up here in Canada, eh.

Two sweaters, two layers of pants, a suit and a neck warmer. 

PERFECT

will smith & obama chat

Interview with my two favourite people (Barack Obama & Will Smith). ♥

"Critical ingredients for any effort for peace is the ability to stand in your shoes, see through your eyes, to constantly imagine whats it like ... like, being a mother in Bangladesh right now...and if the waters were rising because of climate change. That kind of ability to imagine ourselves in different situations helps us connect with other people....

I dont want to simplify it, none of this is easy. What it does mean is for example, when wealthy countries think about foreign aide, thinking about it as an investment. This is a way so we dont have to send soldiers on a peace keeping mission because peace is already there. This is a way to make sure that we have new markets. Now that these folks bought a bicycle maybe now theyre ready to buy a car... constantly thinking about how to create opportunities for collaboration and cooperation. "

tony robbins why we do what we do

Tony Robbins is an inspirational speaker. His energy is incredible. I had the opportunity to see him live last year and...WOW. 

Watch this video and be awed.

Some of his quotes from mindbodygreen.com

1. “Long ago, I realized that success leaves clues, and that people who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results. I believed that if I precisely duplicated the actions of others, I could reproduce the same quality of results that they had.”

2. “The first thing these people have who succeed, who are fulfilled, is that they’ve decided what the purpose of the game is, at least for right now.”

3. “If I’m committed, there is always a way.” (He also says, “If we can (generate) the right emotion inside of us, we can get ourselves to do anything. If you don’t have the money, but you’re creative and determined enough, you’ll find the way.”

4. “The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be.”

5. “The past does not equal the future.” More: “Most people think, the past equals the future. Of course it does—if you live there!”

6. “Reasons come first. Answers come second.” In a recent interview Tony expanded on this, explaining, “If you find yourself saying 'I can't do something', but you know it in your heart of hearts that if you do it, you're going to grow, you're going to be a better person, it's going to contribute to your family or to your kids or to something that matters, and you keep saying 'I can't do it,' there is no question—you must do it. You don't discuss it anymore. You just take immediate action... You do what's necessary.”

7. “God’s wealth circulates in my life, it flows to me in avalanches of abundance. All my needs, desires and goals are met instantaneously, for I am one with God and he is everything!”  

8. “It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” And in his TED speech of 2006; “Decision is the ultimate power. Decisions shape destiny.”

9. “The simple reason that most people fail financially is not because of the lack of a plan, it’s not because of good advice, it’s not even because of a lack of capital. It is for one reason—they attach more pain to the idea of having money, than NOT having it.”

10. “Demand more from yourself than anyone else could ever expect.”

inner kingdom and love

skyventure

I've done a few hours in the wind tunnel Skyventure Montreal, as well as some in Arizona. It's wicked awesome!! I think I love wind tunnel and skydiving equally... they both excite me!

With thousands of dollars and lots of coaching, I look forward to being at this level...in a long time from now...

blurred lines

Currently my FAVOURITE song...

Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke & Pharrell & TI

this too shall pass

"This too shall pass"is a proverb indicating that all material conditions, positive or negative, are temporary. 

lean in: women, work and will to lead

I am so excited to read Sheryl Sandberg's new book. I am not a feminist, but this will be inspiring...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, commonsense solutions that can empower women to achieve their full potential.

Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2010, she gave an electrifying TEDTalk in which she described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which became a phenomenon and has been viewed more than two million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto.

In Lean In, Sandberg digs deeper into these issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. She recounts her own decisions, mistakes, and daily struggles to make the right choices for herself, her career, and her family. She provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career, urging women to set boundaries and to abandon the myth of “having it all.”  She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women in the workplace and at home.

Written with both humor and wisdom, Sandberg’s book is an inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth. Lean In is destined to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can

she started from the bottom now she's Oprah

Last night was the second time that I had the opportunity of seeing Oprah Winfrey live.

My evening started at Moxie's for a spicy Caesar, avocado spring rolls and crab&scallop cakes (delish, btw)

We made it to our seats at the Scotiabank Place in Kanata just on time . As we found our seats (103 row R) , she was being introduced .

Oprah spoke for about an hour and a half or two hours about how she "started from the bottom" now she's here. (*Insert Drake's music video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RubBzkZzpUA )

As I recently saw Oprah speak live, own the 20th anniversary DVD collection, watched her show daily for years and follow her O Magazine I considered this evening a refresher. I was meant to be there, to remind me of everything I hard already learned.

The energy here was different from Lifeclass in Toronto last year. Perhaps it was because there was a blend of motivational speakers(Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Etc) or maybe it was the way the room was laid out. The room was dark with a light solely on Oprah. Last year,  the room was fully lit, everybody had their iPad's out and paper pads to take notes. Hustling and bustling for non-assigned seats created an energy in the Metro Center last year.

I was probably one of the few who took notes last night, well, written notes, I know everybody was taking mental notes with the head nods and "mmmhmmm"s.

Here is my Coles Notes version of what I was refreshed on last night...
(Writing in the dark = uber messy script.)


Why are you here?

"I am the master of my fate and the captain of my soul "

Take what you love, anything you love, do it in a way that you can serve. Your charge is to share.
NOBODY is here to have a purpose that only serves ourselves. 
Use your platform, your strengths for good, for others.

Believe in yourself and your purpose

You become whatever you believe. What do you really believe?
Your beliefs are the lenses through which you see the world.

Your energies

 For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Negative and destructive thoughts are creating their own clouds around you.

Your energetic state creates what is around you.
When things aren't going well you should look to yourself.
Every action, thought and feeling is created by an intention.
 Intention ->  cause -> effect
You are an energy field.

Humans only have two emotions, where all remaining sentiments are derived:
Love & Fear

Love:                                                             Fear:
Compassion                                                  Jealousy
Honesty                                                         Anxiety
Friendship                                                     Oppression
Kindness                 ...ETC...

Open your heart space. Everyone can feel the intention.
   example: when somebody apologizes insincerely and you can feel it. and you don't want to react positively because you have the equal reaction feeling to their level of  intent

Life and Success

Failure is life at it's most poignant pushing us in a new direction
LUCK : preparation meeting the moment of opportunity.
 You should do all you can do, once you've done everything, you must release all     attachments. Let it go. Release it all. What is for me is for me. Repeat: Do it, do it the best you can, and let it go.

Our life speaks to us. It starts with a whisper(message), then a pebble(lesson) , then a brick(this is a problem), then a crash (crisis), ...then disaster. LISTEN to your life.

The life that you want awaits for you when you open your heart to love.


I will leave you with this, a poem of self love...

Poem Love after Love by Derek Walcott

The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,

and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.       

  L&P,
 K

an evening with Oprah

I saw Oprah Winfrey, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra and Iyanla Vincent last year. I bought my ticket online the day I heard they were going on sale. I chose to go alone to really absorb all of the interesting information put forth by these amazing speakers.  I drove to Toronto, stayed at a friends and continued to the Metro Centre to line up for Oprah. Imagine a line around a stadium... This was the case at 6am . Luckily, I met somebody at the hotel attached and we snuck through the hotel area. 

 

I found a spot on my own , sat next to two awesome ladies. Everybody was friendly. I believe there was 4500 people in the room. The energy was high. I finally scratched this off of my bucketlist.

 

My friend phoned me a few months ago to let me know he was getting us tickets for Oprah coming to Ottawa. I'm looking forward to an evening of positive energy.

 

I can't wait to see Oprah again!!!!

Photos to come...

 

i have a type

I have a type, and that type is Organic Modern.

I just came across this website: http://www.organicmodernism.com/index.php 

Here are some cool pieces...