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Building New Skills Before New Companies Open Up

There were a few stories today talking about how Disney was going to open up a studio here in Vancouver with it first production being a TV series called Moana. While it will still be awhile until the studio opens up I was reading how a lot of people are already trying to prepare to

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Business

Brushing Up On Professional Skills That You Don’t Use Often

Recently I agreed to help some people with their project on some rather tech related work where my skill actually comes from simply being interested in computers in general. That often results in a lot of reading and at times daring to try and build your own systems as an example more as a hobby

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Business

Never Truly Connecting With The People You Meet

Meeting and networking with new people is pretty much essential for virtually every business as often it is who you know. As well it can be a great way for everyone to grow together where everyone’s unique skills and offerings can be complimentary in helping one another grow. There are even speed networking apps nowadays

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Business

Using Your Normal Skills To Make Money

We are often told that to stand out we need to be extremely different. Otherwise you will get lost in the shuffle. Or when it comes to selling items you will then have to compete against price or convenience where the big guy will usually win at that. It was interesting seeing a situation where

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Forgetting or Maintaining Skills You Currently Don’t Use Often

One thing when it comes to school is that many of us often say that a large part of what we learned academically was simply forgotten if we don’t seem to have a need for it in our professional life. For example, I did learn things like woodworking at school but for the most part

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Business

The Fear of That’s All You Know

There has been quite a bit of news here lately on how for people working in the softwood lumber industry they may be hit hard with things like layoffs soon due to the recent trade disputes with the US. On the news you can see that many people being interviewed are worried about their future.

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