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Just relax…

Just relax…

Yes, we can talk about meditation, deep breath, yoga and other East-inspired practices to calm down and get through any potentially perceived tense situation. Like anything else, it takes repetition, some kind of a process, to reach a certain level of mastery. My years of…

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Put up or shut up

Put up or shut up

It could be a motto heard anytime in the changing room with hopeful Olympians and Paralympians during the 4 years leading up to the Games. Witnessing the daily performances in Sochi right now is mesmerizing, and not only for Team Canada. I used to hear it,…

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FOMO

FOMO

Ok, so I admit I did not know what that means until this past weekend while attending a party. Whether it is a chosen way of living, a disguised way of suffering in silence and hope, like living vicariously, the Fear Of Missing Out can feel like a…

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Wishful consistency

Wishful consistency

Working from a sport event to another is fun: no doubt about that. Then there are the “nitty gritty” and other details that one runs into, whether in the planning or operational phases, which, sometimes, get on the nerves. There is a simple reason for…

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Alexander was right

Alexander was right

In the middle of some stressful planning, I hear turmoil, and sometimes witness relationships being fragmented after some dire personality frictions: it is like adding oil to a fire. Debates around logistics planning lose logic, and strategies face some kind of failure. Why? Mostly because…

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One inch at a time

One inch at a time

Having drinks in a sunny London patio this weekend (yes, it happens), the conversation turned serious while talking about sport. A friend of mine works for an international recruiting company which, like many in this industry, is starting to feel the pain. The market feels…

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Moving (on)

Moving (on)

The clock is ticking, and seems to go faster sometimes until I realise that it is just an illusion, that I am letting some external circumstances get the best of me. Pointless: it is “just” stress. Some say it is hormonal, and I tend to…

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The walk

The walk

The World Economic Forum just ended in Davos, and entrepreneurs may still have doubts. Yet, some of my clients manage to get their game going, and that is pretty reassuring. One, however, seems hesitant: rightfully so, as they are logically watched by their public investors. Moving one…

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The packing dilemma

The packing dilemma

Here I am, waiting for my flight to Denver, CO, to attend a conference on a topic I am highly unfamiliar with: hence my going, in the quest of understanding more about the industry’s regulations my new client is tied to. Yes, this is a…

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The tundra way of things

The tundra way of things

Summer has been playing hide and seek in Vancouver, and ideas of a sunny day keep collapsing with reality. Thinking of the Great North where the sun never really sets some parts of the year, and escaping from the rain under a temporary gazebo, I got to…

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