Beyond the Rhetoric

I think we all have an innate desire to improve ourselves in some way or another. We want to run faster. We want to earn more money. We want to take better pictures and create better memories. And in our efforts to improve ourselves, we may set a number of goals and we hope to [...]

“To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary: nature, study and practice.” What does it take to be successful? We hear about these people who are earning millions of dollars doing Hollywood movies, playing professional sports or running hugely popular companies, but how did they get there? Even on [...]

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” It’s something that’s been told to us time and time again. We’ve heard it from teachers, philosophers, career coaches and even entertainers. If you want to maximize your chances at success, you should seize every opportunity. Sometimes you may just stumble across a lucky break [...]

“It is better to wear out than to rust out.” I’ve written several times before about the importance of finding life-work balance. We all would probably agree that it is worthwhile to pursue your life’s passions and do what you need to do to pay the bills, but there is also something to be said [...]

And here we are at another Wednesday, so that means it’s time once again for the weekly speedlink on Beyond the Rhetoric. Let’s see what bloggers have had to blog about this week. Our tour begins by visiting Buzz Bishop. He’s been doing a series of posts on the things that Calgary needs and one [...]