by agnes | Nov 18, 2013 | Finding Focus, Getting Down To Business
Some of you may recognize the title as the words behind the acronym TED as in TED Talks. You may also have seen the acronym TEDx Talks, the X meaning that the event was “fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.” It...
by agnes | Nov 14, 2013 | Finding Focus, Getting Down To Business
Now isn’t that a bright and riveting post title?? Seriously, though… the older we get, the more life we have to deal with. Have you ever had “one of those years”? I have, and I know a few others who have. Just as my children were entering or...
by agnes | Nov 12, 2013 | Getting Down To Business, It's The Life In Your Years, On A Personal Note...
My alma mater is UVic – the University of Victoria. Their alumni magazine is called The Torch and an article in the latest edition really hit home for me. http://agnesknowles.ca/torch-autumn-2013 On page 14 is an article by Brad Buie, BA ’99 called The Meaning...
by agnes | Nov 11, 2013 | Getting Down To Business, On A Personal Note..., Weekend Wisdom
How often have you shared a funny or meaningful picture on Facebook, or Pinterest, or by email? It just seemed to capture something that you identified with, or found funny, or perhaps touched your heart. You, my readers, have responded quite favourably to my Weekend...
by agnes | Nov 4, 2013 | Finding Focus, Getting Down To Business, On A Personal Note...
How much money would you need to have coming in to have a comfortable retirement? Each of you will have a different answer for this question. If OAS and CPP (along with the GIS of course) bring in about $1500/month, some of you are going to say another $1k would be...
by agnes | Nov 3, 2013 | Blog, Getting Down To Business, In The News
I read an interesting article the other day. The numbers mentioned really hit home and reconfirmed why I am in this on-line space doing what I am doing. “For the first time ever, according to the Statistics Canada 2011 Census, there are more Canadians living...
