Monthly Archives: November 2013

Farm Appraisal Complete

I was watching the Buckner and Griffiths Exchange yesterday. It’s a business show on the CBC that only airs once in awhile. Anyway, they were talking about the booming ag sector in Canada. Apparently farmers are making a killing this year because of the bumper crop. Rudyard Griffiths, a savvy social entrepreneur renowned for wearing his dashing red tie,… Read More »

Queen Bee Syndrome

We have come a long way in society to narrow the wage gap between men and women. We are also seeing more women in executive level positions in large companies 😀 But females are still disproportionately represented in corporate leadership roles 😐 For example, compare the Senior Management team to the other staff members of the company below.… Read More »

Please, Stop the Madness

By | 11/15/2013

The following is a guest post by Jacob, a PhD student in financial planning. Have you ever noticed that the way you “should” do things, according to societal norms, is often the most screwed up backwards way to find success at anything? Consumerism is especially bad in our first world environment. Society encourages you to buy things you… Read More »

I’m Going Into Space – Space Tourism, Plus a Giveaway

Space Is Within Reach Some readers will probably know that one of my long term goals as stated on my “About Me” page is to go into outer space 😀 I haven’t gone up there yet because 3 factors in the past have always kept me grounded 😉 Money: It costs about $200,000 to get into space. Safety: Based… Read More »