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“Honey, it’s time for dinner”, announced my wife “What?  I can’t possibly stop, I have too much work to do”, I responded in my mind. I was working in my home-based office busy trying to successfully launch our first business.  Decades ago in a little rented house on the outskirts of town I deeply felt the pressure of launching a …

Paradox: “A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.”  (Dictionary.com) Have you ever ridden a bicycle?  Of course you have.  Did you realize that a bicycle is a profound example of a paradox?  A paradox is something that appears to be self-contradictory, but is in actuality a profound truth. Every bicycle has …

I have a friend who has been successfully battling cancer.  He is now free of cancer, but is receiving ongoing treatments to ensure it does not return.  He described the treatments to me… “They basically inject tuberculosis into my bladder.  This shocks my immune system into overdrive so it attacks and kills any remaining cancer cells.” What??  You have got …

Recently I met with an out-of-province business owner. I was learning he came from a rich family heritage including a close senior relative who had served as a beloved Premier of their province. As he relayed his recollection of his famous relative he made this statement that immediately captured my attention, “Even into his old age he remained very curious. …

What on earth am I looking at? I could paint this. That thought was rattling around in my mind as I looked at the painting in front of me.  I had never been a fan of native art, and here I was in the personal gallery of a passionate collector of Abstract North American Native Art.  This man’s personal collection …