Je ne saute pas de joie c'est certain. Mais....

Je ne saute pas de joie c'est certain. Mais en même temps, je suis content d'avoir la chance de passer à un club qui me donnera la chance de jouer plus souvent. Je suis déçu de quitter le Canadien, les partisans de Montréal et une ville où j'ai adoré jouer. Mais je suis soulagé en même temps.

Maxime Lapierre

I don't know anything about music....

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

Elvis Presley

A weed is...

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

James Russell Lowell

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly....

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction.

Ashleigh Brilliant

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in...

It is true that I have had heartache and tragedy in my life. These are things none of us avoids. Suffering is the price of being alive.

Judy Collins

C'est pourquoi les personnes convaincues sont si souvent ennuyantes...

C'est pourquoi les personnes convaincues sont si souvent ennuyantes. Elles sont tellement persuadées de tout connaître de la vie qu'elles ne se donnent plus la peine de la garder. Le sage ne connait rien, mais il regarde tout et peint ce qu'il voit.

Simon Parke
Méditation Minute
Réflexiona pour la vie quotidienne

Tous les êtres humains pensent....

Tous les êtres humains pensent. Seuls les intellectuels s'en vantent.

Philippe Bouvard

Le meilleur moyen de prendre un train à l'heure....

Le meilleur moyen de prendre un train à l'heure, c'est de s'arranger pour rater le précédent.

Marcel Achard

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions....

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

Dale Carnegie

Saviez Vous # 41

Batman est la serie dans laquelle Burgess Meredith jouait le Pingouin

Saviez Vous # 40

Rio de Janeiro est la ville qui est surveillée par une statue du Christ de 82 pieds de hauteur.

Saviez Vous # 39

Alan Alda a réalisé le film Les Quatre Saisons

No iron can pierce the heart with such...

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

Isaac Babel

The best interviews like the best biographies should.....

The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.

Lynn Barber

It is dangerous to be right in matters....

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Voltaire

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately...

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Louis Hector Berlioz

When you have something to fall back on....

When you have something to fall back on, you fall back.

Danniel Star
From Motivated Magazine
Winter 2010

Les proverbes ressemblent aux papillons....

Les proverbes ressemblent aux papillons ; on en attrape quelques-uns, les autres s'envolent.

W. Wander

Saviez Vous #38

Le Thème de Lara étais la chanson thème du film Cr. Jivago.

Saviez Vous # 37

La main gauche est la main avec laquelle les nomades arabes refusent de manger.

Personnalité médiatique L’année au Nouveau Brunswick David Alward

Comment réagissez-vous au fait d'être choisi personnalité de l'année par L'Acadie NOU­VEL­LE/CapAcadie.com?

David Alward: Premièrement, je veux remercier L'Acadie NOUVELLE de m'accorder cette distinction. J'ai vécu une expérience incroyable pendant la dernière année. Je suis vraiment fier, mais j'accepte cet honneur avec humilité. Mais c'est aussi grâce à toute l'équipe qui m'entoure que j'ai pu accomplir ce que j'ai fait cette année.

Lisez l'article sur Cap Acadie
http://www.capacadie.com

New home builders in Manitoba and those interested in...

New home builders in Manitoba and those interested in upgrading an existing residence will be required to install carbon-monoxide detectors, the province said Wednesday.

Vancouver Sun
Read full article: www.vancouversun.com
Manitoba makes carbon monoxide detectors
mandatory in new residences.

As a kid growing up in the little city of....

As a kid growing up in the little city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, I dreamed of one day playing in the NHL, but never did I expect it to be as much fun as it turned out to be.

Ron Francis

Saviez Vous #36

Il y a 1000 watts dans un kilowatt

Saviez Vous # 35

Le paradis des marins est le pays de cocagne.

Un imbécile qui marche va....

Un imbécile qui marche va plus loin qu'un intellectuel assis.

Michel Audiard

We cannot afford to sit on our laurels in.....

"We cannot afford to sit on our laurels in what has happened in terms of H1N1 to this point. We have to be prepared for the next one that comes, it's a vital health issue."

Art Eggleton

We are drowning in information but...

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.

John Naisbitt

Establishing goals is all right if you....

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours.

Doug Larso

Every goal, every action, every thought....

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

Sydney Madwed

L’art de diriger consiste à....

L’art de diriger consiste à savoir abandonner la baguette pour ne pas gêner l’orchestre.

Herbert von Karajan

The reality is that everyone is getting welthier and....

The reality is that everyone is getting welthier and the environment is generally improving..... If you doubt that, consider the phenomenon of e-Bay, It has generated billions of dollars of value by solving the search problem for hoarders and byers alike.

Not many have lost wealth as a result of e-Bay but almost everyone is better off, including the environment, since e-Bay has reduced the demand for new goods. E-bay is a spectacular but normal example, just like the wheel, cell phones, home appliances, better management in companies, and so it has gone on.

David Seymour
Taken from the Telegraph Journal
Tuesday December 28, 2010

It's hard to overstate that extraordinary innovations...

It's hard to overstate that extraordinary innovations in medecine, nutrition, and sanitation doubled life expectancy since the Industrial Revolution, from 40 in England in 1800 to around 80 in most of the developed world todau.

David Seymour
Taken from the Telegraph Journal
Tuesday December 28, 2010

Parity is the new reality...

"Parity is the new reality. It was six months ago, and will be in 2011," said Rahim Madhavji, president of Knightsbridge Foreign Exchange Inc. "A lot of businesses have adjusted, but many exporters still hold the view we will return to a 95-cent (U.S.) loonie and that's a false hope."

Rahim Madhavji
president of Knightsbridge Foreign Exchange Inc.

Saviez vous # 34

Un aviateur du nom d'Antoine de St-Exupéry a écrit le roman "Vol de Nuit"

We have to turn the page and focus on rebuilding the party....

We have to turn the page and focus on rebuilding the party, regrouping, reconnecting with our membership and regaining the confidence of the New Brunswickers as we get closer to the 2010 election.

Victor Boudreau
New-Brunswick Leader of the official opposition

We need to take some time to look at what it means to be Liberal.....

"We need to take some time to look at what it means to be Liberal in the 21st century in New Brunswick"

Victor Boudreau
New-Brunswick Leader of the official opposition

For those who have seen the Earth from space....

For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.

Donald Williams

Our personal consumer choices have ecological....

Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.

David Suzuki

Gifts of time and love are...

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

Peg Bracken

Don't worry about what the world needs....

Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.

Howard Thurman

Hate your job? Suck it up and deal with it....

Hate your job? Suck it up and deal with it. Or, change jobs and hope your next boss is bearable. Better yet, become a free agent and work for yourself.

Those have been the options ever since people working for a paychecks.

Becky Blanton
Motivated Magazine
Winter 2010

Le découragement est....

Le découragement est l'enfant illégitime des attentes injustifiées.

Lloyd Ogilvie

If you rest to long the....

If you rest to long the weed takes the garden!

Jim Rohn

Grands hommes ! Voulez-vous avoir raison demain....

Grands hommes ! Voulez-vous avoir raison demain ? Mourez aujourd'hui.

Victor Hugo

Ce fut admirable de découvrir l'Amérique....

Ce fut admirable de découvrir l'Amérique, mais il l'eût été plus encore de passer à côté.

Mark Twain

The politics of envy has never achieved economic growth...

The politics of envy has never achieved economic growth, because it has at its core a desire to redistribute the existing wealth, instead of creating incentives to create growth that can lift an entire society.

Terry Savage
Chicago Sun Times

The one economic question on most people’s minds is whether the....

The one economic question on most people’s minds is whether the United States will grow again, and whether their lives will ever be materially better, and most of all —whether their children will have a better life than they do.

Terry Savage
Chicago Sun Times

What is clear is that people don’t want to vote again for....

“What is clear is that people don’t want to vote again for the Liberal Party if Jean Charest is the leader,” Jean-Marc Léger, president of the Léger Marketing polling firm, said. “With a level of satisfaction of 18-20% over the last few months, it is quite difficult for the Liberal Party at this moment.”

Jean-Marc Léger, president of the Léger Marketing
Read full article: www.nationalpost.com
Year in Ideas: Is Quebec's separation inevitable?

Grand est celui....

Grand est celui qui n'a pas perdu son coeur d'enfant.

A penny saved is...

A penny saved is a government spending oversight.

Le sage se demande à lui-même la cause....

Le sage se demande à lui-même la cause de ses fautes; l'insensé la demande aux autres.

Proverbe Chinois

Saviez vous # 33

Saviez vous que Pat Nixon et Aristote Onassis ont tous deux exercés le métier de Téléphoniste.

Saviez vous # 32

L'océan Atlantique est à zéro de longitude et zéro de latitude.

You can always misuse a technology....

You can always misuse a technology, but a widespread misuse is going to be pretty limited if you're not saving the records of innocent people.

Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for
the American Civil Liberties Union.

IBM is helping cities worldwide get "smarter"....

IBM is helping cities worldwide get "smarter" about using resources in ways that are good for the Earth as well as local budgets.

read full article : www.montrealgazette.com
IBM pitches "smart" cities as planet savers

This New Year, instead of making a series....

This New Year, instead of making a series of resolutions, commit to an “evolution.”

Patricia Lovett-Reid
Read her article in the Financial Post
Resolve on a New Year’s 'evolution'
www.financialpost.com

When we go into an election, I want to be saying to Canadians....

“When we go into an election, I want to be saying to Canadians, if you want four more years of Mr. Harper, vote for (NDP Leader Jack) Layton or (Bloc Leader Gilles). Duceppe or (Green Party Leader Elizabeth) May,” said Mr. Ignateiff. “If you want to get rid of Mr. Harper and want a compassionate, responsible alternative, you’ve got to vote for the Liberals.”

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff
From the Globe and Mail
Read full article: www.theglobeandmail.com
Ignatieff hopes to lure NDP, Bloc voters sick of Conservatives.

Le moustique, animal le plus mortel pour l'homme

Les professeurs de biologie demandent souvent quel est animal qui tue le plus de gens. Leurs pauvres élèves se ridiculisent en s'écriant «l'ours gris!», «le tigre!», «le cobra !» ou même «l'hippopotame!». La bonne réponse, bien sûr, c'est le moustique femelle -pas de fourrure, pas de crocs, rien qu'une aiguille hypodermique ailée.

Le moustique, animal le plus mortel pour l'homme
Lire l'article sur Yahoo.ca

Le présent n'est.....

Le présent n'est pas un passé en puissance, il est le moment du choix et de l'action.

Simone de Beauvoir

Saviez vous #31

Un ours blanc est appelé "nanook" chez les Inuit

Vitamin D supplementation and exercise may help prevent older men and women from falling...

Vitamin D supplementation and exercise may help prevent older men and women from falling, suggests a new review of 54 studies by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF).

Exercise, vitamin D tied to fewer falls
Ottawa Citizen
Full story at www.ottawacitizen.com/health

Wires are becoming more of an endangered species...

Wires are becoming more of an endangered species every year. Thanks to modern technology, the days are coming to an end when people need to search out that wall charger and cord to energize their devices. With new wireless power technology, people can charge their personal electronic devices simply by dropping them on top of a special mat.


What was Hot (and Not) — and will be
Ottawa Citizen
Full Story at: www.ottawacitizen.com

High-speed Internet has had the greatest technological impact on...

High-speed Internet has had the greatest technological impact on society over the past decade and is the technology most people say they cannot live without, according to a new poll.

Ottawa Citizen
Read full article at www.ottawacitizen.com

When you are young and healthy, it never occurs....

When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.

Annette Funicello

I made a commitment to completely cut out....

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.

Denzel Washington

Il ne faut jamais faire de projets, surtout...

Il ne faut jamais faire de projets, surtout en ce qui concerne l'avenir.

Alphonse Allais

Saviez vous # 30

Le film "Le voyage" fut le dernier film de Vittorio DeSica avant sa mort en 1974.

Saviez vous # 29

Le jaune est la couleur qui combiné avec la couleur noir donne une plus grande visibilité.

I have a simple philosophy....

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Sometimes it's a form of love just...

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

David Byrne

Being deeply loved by someone gives you....

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

Ce n'est pas parce que les choses sont difficiles que....

Ce n'est pas parce que les choses sont difficiles que nous n'osons pas, c'est parce que nous n'osons pas qu'elles sont difficiles. "

Sénèque

Avant de choisir le prénom d'un garçon, pensez....

Avant de choisir le prénom d'un garçon, pensez toujours a la femme qui aura a le murmurer plus tard.

Barbey d'Aurevilly

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit.....

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Dale Carnegie

A creative man is motivated by .....

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

Ayn Rand

I think the best pictures are often on the edges....

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

William Albert Allard

Birds are indicators of the environment...

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.

Roger Tory Peterson

Il y a deux degrés d'orgueil.....

Il y a deux degrés d'orgueil: l'un où l'on s'approuve soi-même; l'autre où l'on ne peut s'accepter. Celui-ci est probablement le plus raffiné.

Henri Frédéric Amiel

Quand les riches se font la guerre.....

Quand les riches se font la guerre, ce sont les pauvres qui meurent.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Il n'y a pas d'enthousiasme sans.....

Il n'y a pas d'enthousiasme sans sagesse, ni de sagesse sans générosité.

Eluard (Eugène Grindel, dit Paul)

Confucius sur l'expérience

L'expérience est une lanterne que l'on a accrochée dans le dos et qui n'éclaire que le chemin parcouru

Confucius

J’ai arrêté de lire les blogues....

J’ai arrêté de lire les blogues. Je ne le fais plus parce que ça n’arrête jamais. On gagne quelques matchs de suite et tout le monde est prêt à nous donner la Coupe Stanley. Puis soudainement on en perd deux de suite et on exige la tête de tout le monde. C’est correct pour les fans, et ça suscite beaucoup de discussions, mais je ne peux plus les lire. On a beau se faire une carapace, ça finit par nous atteindre.

Mike Commodore
Défenseur des Blue Jackets de Columbus
Source: Cyberpresse.ca

Les photos sont là, il ne...

Les photos sont là, il ne reste plus qu'à les prendre.

Robert Capa

Leader can flatten the management structure....

Leader can flatten the management structure by forming a solid team, empowering it to get the job done, and then holding its members accountable for results.

Donald T. Phillips
The Clinton Charisma

Saviez Vous #28

La Volga est la rivière la plus longue de l'Europe.

Knowing my clothes were ready gave me a sens of calm...

Knowing my clothes were ready gave me a sens of calm. I could control the sharpness of the crease in my double knit slacks.

From the book Running with Scissors

Canada will enter negotiations with the United States early next year....

Canada will enter negotiations with the United States early next year in the hopes of reaching a broader, long-term agreement based on the Buy American compromise the two sides reached earlier this year, says Trade Minister Peter Van Loan.

Peter Van Loan
Source Calgary Herald
www.calgaryherald.com

Three in 10 Canadians said they will go to church for Christmas....

Three in 10 Canadians said they will go to church for Christmas, down 18 points from three years ago. Atlantic Canadians were the most likely to say they would go to church at 45 per cent, followed by residents of the prairies at about 36 per cent.

Source: The Gazette
www.montrealgazette.com

Julian Assange said today that it would be "politically impossible" for.....

Julian Assange said today that it would be "politically impossible" for Britain to extradite him to the United States, and that the final word on his fate if he were charged with espionage would rest with David Cameron

Julian Assange
From: The Gardian
www.guardian.co.uk

Your mind is like a rubber band....

Your mind is like a rubber band, once expanded it will never return to it's original shape.

Marshall W. Northcott

Des grandes actions, il subsiste toujours quelque chose....

Des grandes actions, il subsiste toujours quelque chose. Des grande causes, il reste toujours quelque chose. Les formes changent et passent, les corps disparaissent, mais les esprits demeurent, qui consacrent les lieux où s'établit la place de l'âme.

C'est le lieu où les mystiques, hommes et femmes venus de loin et de générations inconnues, viendront pour méditer et pour r^ver, et le pouvoir de l'évocation pénétrera leurs âmes.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to......

You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

Itzhak Perlman

This is one of my all time favorite!!!

The Ninth Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Keep on actively employing the positive principle.

Norman Vincent Peale

The Eight Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Keep thinking, keep believing, keep working, keep praying.

Norman Vincent Peale

Tout pouvoir humain est...

Tout pouvoir humain est un composé de patience et de temps.

Honoré de Balzac

Your best asset is a happy customer....

Your best asset is a happy customer, so regulary ask customers these three questions: What did you like? What didn't you like? What should you like.

Rod McQueen
The Last Best Hope

Tu est arrivé aux portes de l'enfer quand tu...

Quand tu évalues les autres, les événements et les situations uniquement en fonction de l'impact qu'ils ont sur toi, tu est arrivé aux portes de l'enfer.

Simon Parke
Méditation Minute
Réflexions pour la vie quotidienne

Saviez vous # 27

Il y a 54 carreaux sur un cube rubik!

saviez vous # 26

Jerry Comeaux a réussi un saut de 32 mètre avec un bateau-moteur en 1972. Tout un exploit pour son temps.

Wine seems to have a psychological gravity to it...

Wine seems to have a psychological gravity to it. And it's crazy, because at the end of the day, it's delicious, alcoholic grape juice that make you happy.

Neil Ingram

Quand on est dans la merde jusqu'au cou, il....

Quand on est dans la merde jusqu'au cou, il ne reste plus qu'à chanter.

Samuel Beckett

Managers must retain a respect for ideas coming from below...

Managers must retain a respect for ideas coming from below. They have to ask,"What do you see that I am missing?" And they may have to close their eyes for a while, or leave the door open a crack when someone is absolutely insistent that their idea has value.

Desi DeSimone

No one can change behaviors for someone else.....

No one can change behaviors for someone else. People must take responsibility for their own behavior change.

Douglas K. Smith
Taking charge of change

No one is given a map to their dreams...

No one is given a map to their dreams
All we can do is to trace it
See where we go to, know where we've been
Build up the courage to face it.

Sandy Denny

Le bonheur, quand il paraît être dans l'avenir....

Le bonheur, quand il paraît être dans l'avenir, soyez y bien, c'est que vous l'avez déjà. Esppérer, c'est être heureux.

Alain, Propos sur le bonheur

Qu'il est divin le vide qui....

Qu'il est divin le vide qui suit la disparution de la peur.

Anne Rice
Le violon

Le passé de l'homme est un lac profond et.....

Le passé de l'homme est un lac profond, et certains s'y noient à trop s'y baigner.

Germain Véronneau

En vérité, le chemin importe peu......

En vérité, le chemin importe peu, la volonté d'arrivez suffit à tout.

Albert Camus
Le mythe de Sisyphe

Saviez vous #25

L'hippopotame est le plus grand de la famille des porcins.

Greats Proverbs # 5

Talent counts thirty percent; appearance counts seventy.

Chinese Proverb

Green Green Green # 13

Cut down on dishwashing. Select one glass to drink water each day, who need to take a glass each time. This is a bad habits of mine!

Seventh Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Always ask what is the right thing to do, for nothing wrong ever turns out right.

Norman Vincent Peale

People like the Toronto Star, who have been just wonderful through this.......

People like the Toronto Star, who have been just wonderful through this, have placed a lot of pressure on the OMHA, and they saw in the end that maybe it was a decision they should look at again.

Greg Walsh
Statment made by Walsh to the Toronto Star after the OMHA as reverse a decision made for full-season suspension after Walsh decision to pull his team off the ice in protest of a racial slur.

Prototype of a sofware-based decision support system tool to help doctors better diagnose....

Andrew Hamilton Wright, associate Professor of computer science and mathematics at Mount Allison University is close to completing a prototype of a sofware-based decision support system tool to help doctors better diagnose and identify the prograssion of neuromuscular diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ( Lou Gehrig's disease).

Source Telegraph Journal
Monday December 20th, 2010

Greats Proverbs # 4

After dinner rest a while, After supper walk a mile.

Je veut connaître l'avenir parce que....

Je veut connaître l'avenir parce que je suis un homme, dit alors le chamelier. Et les hommes vivent en fonction de leur avenir.

Paulo Coelho
Extrait de l'Alchimiste

Einstein a aussi été un inventeur

Lorsque nous entendons le nom d'Albert Einstein, la première chose qui nous vient à l'esprit est certainement la bombe atomique.

Cependant, Einstein a aussi été un inventeur. Il a inventé un nouveau type de réfrigérateur et un appareil photographique à œil électrique qui représentaient une grande avancée pour son temps.

Every individual should define his......

Every individual should define his or her own success. For me, It was being appreciated by my teammates.

Cal Ripken Jr.

Saviez vous #23

Snoopy est l'arrêt-court de l'équipe de baseball de Charlie Brown.

Sixth Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Practice creative listening. Get quiet so that insights can come through your mind.

Norman Vincent Peale

Two major dimensions of strategic management are...

Two major dimensions of strategic management are responding to changes in the external environment and allocating scarce resources of the firm to improve its competitive position.

Clifford F. Gray / Erik W. Larson
Project Management, The Managerial Process

Souvent, la chaleur du soleil chasse......

Les choses changent, comme nous le savons. Souvent, la chaleur du soleil chasse l'humidité des nuages. Il est bon que le ciel de notre âme soit bleu, même s'il est traversé par des nuages.

Simon Parke
Méditation Minute
Réflexions pour la vie quotidienne

The province, on its own, can't create......

The province, on its own, can't create projects simply for job creation activities. They have to be value-added projects that make sense.

Any time that a province is spending beyond its means, I don't think it's a good idea.

Blaine Higgs
New Brunswick Finance Minister
Taken from the Telegraph Journal
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Quelques Gauchers Célèbres

Domaine des Arts : Leonard de Vinci, Michel Ange et Pablo Picasso.

Au baseball: Sandy Koufax, Babe Ruth et Whitey Ford.

Autres: Charlie Chaplin, Gerald R. Ford, Harry Truman et Benjamin Franklin.

N'ayez pas peur! De quoi faut-il ne....

N'ayez pas peur! De quoi faut-il ne pas avoir peur? Avant tout de faire la vérité sur nous-mêmes.

Jean Paul II

Le prix de la liberté.....

Le prix de la liberté, c'est la vigilance éternelle.

Thomas Jefferson

Saviez vous #23

La Nouvelle-Zélande est le pays qui fut le théâtre des guerres maoris.

Tu peux chasser le diable de ton jardin.....

Tu peux chasser le diable de ton jardin, tu le retrouvera dans celui de ton fils.

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Lis avec tes yeux, dicerne avec....

Lis avec tes yeux, dicerne avec ton esprit, éprouve en ton coeur la vérité des légendes.

John Sack
Du livre: La conspiration des Franciscains

Dès êtres terriblement performants tels.....

Dès êtres terriblement performants tels que Léonard de Vinci, Napoléon, Pablo Picasso, Thomas Edison ou Georges Simenon pratiquaient la sieste avec assiduité. Cette petite détente, de vingt à trente minutes, suffisait à leur redonner l'énergie nécessaire pour rester au sommet de leur forme et de leur capacité à agir.

Du livre Mollo, La philosophie du temps de vivre

Saviez vous # 22

Le mont Olympe est situé en Grèce

Works less, rest and take vacation......

Works less, rest and take vacation. Relaxation is key, take time to relieve stress. Don't rush, plan on being 15 minute early. Cut out noise and limmit time spent with the television, computer or radio on.

Dan Buettner
Taken from Zommer Magazine Winter 2010
Article: Nine Longevity Secrets Revealed
Refer to the Magazine for other tips.

Of all the grammatical slips that really bother me, few....

Of all the grammatical slips that really bother me, few compare to an improperly used "they."

This mysterious unnamed group, "they," is held responsible for untold problems. Bad news tends to be delivered in the third-person plural, whereas good news is much more likely to be relayed in the first-person singular.

Richard Branson
Taken from Entrepreneur Magazine

On one hand, there is the blabbermouth theory of leadership....

On one hand, there is the blabbermouth theory of leadership. In Western cultures, the person who talks the most is viewed as having the highest status. And interrupting people is a way to seize power. Certainly talking is more pleasant than listening. But most bosses ought to shut up and listen more.

Robert Sutton
Taken from Inc. Magazine
October 2010

Dreams come true.....

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

John Updike

Once you've convinced everyone that you're serious, you're....

Once you've convinced everyone that you're serious, you're in a good position to get all your employees involved in the effort.

Donald E. Petersen

Je pense qu'on peut véritablement juger de la réussite....

Je pense qu'on peut véritablement juger de la réussite et de l'échec d'une entreprise par la façon dont elle permet l'épanouissement des énergies et du talent de ses employés.

Thomas J. Watson

Emotion is what makes me what I am today....

Emotion is what makes me what I am today. It makes me play bigger than I am.

Charles Barkley

Crisis are nature's way of forcing change.....

In every crisis, there is a message. Crisis are nature's way of forcing change, breaking down old structure, shaking loose those negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.

Susan Taylor

Saint John as the worst city in Canada for fiscal transparency....

A new online database comparing the finances of Canadian municipalities has ranked Saint John as the worst city in Canada for fiscal transparency....The database pegs Saint John as the least transparent city in Canada, mostly because the city did not make its 2009 audited financial statments public.

Source: Telegraph Journal
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

L'industrie forestière Du Nouveau-Brunswick

L'industrie forestière est l'un des secteurs économiques les plus importants au Nouveau-Brunswick; plus de 20 000 personnes y travaillaient directement ou
indirectement en 2008, et il représente presque cinq pour cent du produit intérieur brut réel de la province.

Source: Province du Nouveau-Brunswick

Reaserch has shown that when people go after one big goal in....

Reaserch has shown that when people go after one big goal in one big step, they invariably fail. If you tried to swallow a twelve-once steak with one gulp, you'd choke. You've got to cut it into small pieces and eat one bite a a time.

Denis Waitley
From the book: The New Dynamics Of Goal Setting

Fifth Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Look for an answer, not for the whole problem, but for the next step.

Norman Vincent Peale

The person who can see how a moral issue can...

The person who can see how a moral issue can be viewed in different ways is likely to appear quite liberal,tolerant, magnanimous, open, and perhaps more intelligent than the stubborn dogmatist.

Steve Hagen
How The World Can Be The Way It Is.
An Inquiry For The New Millennium Into
Science, Philosophy, and Perception

Si vous pouvez faire quelque chose pour régler vos problêmes...

Si vous pouvez faire quelque chose pour régler vos problêmes, inutile de vous inquiéter; si vous ne pouvez rien y faire, il est tout aussi inutile de vous inquiéter.

Dalai-Lama

Green Green Green # 12

To remove stubborn stains from most surfaces, use a baking soda paste (3 parts baking soda, one part water). Apply, let stand, then scrub or wipe clean.

Baking soda is cheap and natural. Not only you'll save money, you will reduce polluants.

Great Proverbs #3

The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.

Saviez vous # 21

Le 29 août 1907, Le pont de Québecs'effondra entaînant avec lui 75 personnes.

Soyez toujours à la recherche de gens positifs...

Soyez toujours à la recherche de gens positifs. Recherchez-les activement. Cultivez leur amitié. Les gens positifs sont des joyaux. Conservez précieusement tous ceux que vous rencontrez. Trouvez des moyens de passer davantage de temps avec eux.

Tom Hopkins
Le guide du succès

On peut beaucoup observer rien....

On peut beaucoup observer rien qu'en regardant.

Yogi Berra

People like to think of "writing" a book as...

People like to think of "writing" a book as though it were a smooth and stately act. Like a swan propelling itself across a quiet pond. It is anything but! "Endless rewriting" would be a more appropriate description.

Harold Genbeen

It's ok not to want to be a leader....

It's ok not to want to be a leader. There are many other usefull things to be done in positions of seniority. Just make sure the people who do want to be the leader are not valued simply because thay want the position.

Nigel Nicholson
Executive Instinct
Managiing The Human Animal In The Information Age

Change demands that you make stuff up.....

Change demands that you make stuff up, try things out, see what works and dosn't, and talk among yourselves a lot. In other words, improvise,act, improvise, act, improvise!

Douglas K. Smith
Taking charge of change

Confier à notre égo notre recherche de....

Confier à notre égo notre recherche de vérité équivault à demander à un loup de surveiller nos bébés.

Simon Parke
Méditation Minute
Réflexions pour la vie quotidienne

Great Proverbs #2

You never miss the water till the well runs dry!

Green Green Green # 11

Carry a few reusable bags. The idea is to reduce the needs of plastic bags who can take 50 to 1000 years to decompose in landfill.

Saviez vous # 21

Saviez vous que l'Australie compte six États!

Fourth Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Skip the postmortems. Take the problems from where you are at this instant.

Norman Vincent Peale

Voici mon secret, il est très simple....

Voici mon secret, il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

Antoine De Saint-Exupéry

Un esprit qui s'est élargi pour.....

Un esprit qui s'est élargi pour accueillir une idée nouvelle ne revient jamais à sa dimension d'origine.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Opportunity Knocked, but by the time...

Opportunity Knocked, but by the time the chain was unhooked, the bolt was pushed back, the two locks were turned and the burglar alarm was shut off, it was gone!

Marshall W. Northcott

I may not be the best looking....

I may not be the best looking in the crowd, but I'm always looking my best.

Dr. Dennis Waitley

On ne peut séparer la vérité de......

On ne peut séparer la vérité de ce qui l'entoure; elle s'épanouit à l'intérieur de nous ou pourrit de manière dégoûtante.

Simon Parke
Méditation Minute
Réflexions pour la vie quotidienne

Easy Winter Weight Control...

Eat slowly. Give your stomach a chance to send a message to your brain that you are full.

From Zoomer Magazine
Winter 2010
More tips to be found in the magazine

C'est par l'attention que l'esprit.....

C'est par l'attention que l'esprit parvient à se former des notions vraies des choses.

Charles Bonnet

Saviez vous #20

Le terme TMELA signifie "temps maximum en l'air" pour les mordus du frisbee

It always catches up with you in the long run.....

All my energy has been directed toward the bottom line,the profit margin. While that has usually produced good results in the short run, and pleased the owners, I've heard rumblings from my customers and people. In retrospect, I realize that always catches up with you in the long run.

From the book: Leadership by the book
Tools to Transform Your Workplace
Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels and Phil Hodges

Great Proverbs #1

In the couuntry of the blind the one eyed man is king.

According to the Canada China Business Council...

According to the Canada China Business Council, it can take up to four years to establish credibility in China and having a physical presence is mandatory for many firms.

These challenges make China an expensive market development proposition.

Peter Lindfield
Telegraph Journal
Tuesday,December 14, 2010

Green Green Green # 10

Why don't you wash your clothes in cold water. Not only you will save on your energy bill, you will also contribute to reduce greenhouse gases by lowering your energy consumption.

The Scientific life of our time is simply....

The Scientific life of our time is simply inconceivable without his paper. It is just as important to make knowledge live and to keep it alive as to solve specific problems.

Albert Einstein
The world as I see it

Pas facile être consommateurs!

La prise de décision des consommateurs ne s'effectue pas dans le vide: les êtres humains- ainsi que leurs décisions - sont façonnés par leur éducation, poussés par leurs valeurs, influencées par leurs groupes de référence et les sources d'information, disciplinés par l'état de l'économie et contraints par les situations d'achat et leurs propres caractéristiques physiologiques.

Du livre: Le comportement du consommateur
Duhaime, Kindra
Laroche, Muller

Curious Coming From A Country That Stone Woman!

"Iran has also reportedly warned its citizens to take all necessary safety and security precautions when travelling in Canada!"

Hummmm! Curious coming from a country that stone woman!

We take pretty much everything for granted...

We take pretty much everything for granted, we think everyone ha a bed, has a shower, everyone has food every day but that's not true. I know we're going to go over there and realize how lucky we are.

Julie Vautour
Taken from the Telegraph Journal
Tuesday December 14, 2010
Student preparing for humanitarian trip to Ecuador

On ne vit qu'une fois....

On ne vie qu'une fois, si on le fait bien, c'est suffisant.

Joe E. Lewis

Saviez vous # 19

Bjorn Borg mena la Suède à son premier championnat de la coupe Davis en 1975.

Third Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Practice "de-confusion." To do so,write on a paper every element of the difficulty, mentally clarifying each part.

Norman Vincent Peale

Universities in New-Brunswick will have to.....

Universities in New-Brunswick will have to make drastic changes if they are going to be successful in a province that carries a large debt and an aging population.

Alex Usher
Source: Telegraph Journal
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Did you know: UNB (University of New-Brunswick) is...

Did you know: UNB (University of New-Brunswick) is the oldest English-speaking University in Canada.

Source: Telegraph Journal
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

They are two types of mistakes....

They are two types of mistakes; those you know about, and those you don't. When yu ask yourself, "Is it me?" You have some idea where you may have gone wrong.

Steven J. Schwartz

On peut comparer l'expérience à la mode....

On peut comparer l'expérience à la mode; une façon positive d'agir aujourd'hui sera demain irréalisable et impraticable.

Og Mandino

I will prepare and....

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Abraham Lincoln

People only see....

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Souvenez-vous que durant une....

Souvenez-vous que durant une présentation, une personne ne retiendra que 25% de l'information présenté.

Green Green Green #9

Chaque geste que nous posons dans notre vie quotidienne pour réduire notre empreinte de carbone et protéger notre environnement est un cadeau que nous faisons aux futures générations.

Source: Province du Nouveau Brunswick

Small Opportunities are often......

Small Opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Demosthemes, Athenian oraror

In the past, the relationship ended.....

In the past, the relationship ended when the sale was made. To today's customer, the relationship begins before the sales is made.

VNO

Saviez-Vous # 18

Le jeu "Le Diplomacy" est le jeu préféré de Henry Kissinger.

Second Guideline For Coping With Difficulties According to Norman Vincent Peale

Never be overwhelmed. Never dramatize the difficulties. Affirm confidently "God and I can handle it"

Space is now the realm of the whole planet...

It's nice to see that there is no geographic monopoly on knowledge anymore. Space is now the realm of the whole planet, not just a few countries.

Franklin Chang Diaz.
Taken fromn Inc. Magazine
Dec 2010- Jan 2011

Chaque jour, faites au moins une chose....

Chaque jour, faites au moins une chose qui vous fait peur mais qui contribuera à réaliser vos rêves.

Martha Beck
Du livre La joie au menu

Yesterday is a cancelled cheque, today.....

Yesterday is a cancelled cheque, today is cash in hand and tomorrow is a promissory note!

Marshall W. Northcott

First Guideline for coping with difficulties according to Norman Vincent Peale

Rule #1: Don't panic. Keep calm. Use your head. Think.

Norman Vincent Peale
From the book: The Positive Principle Today

Genious is little more than...

Genious is little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

William James

Avec un homme, vois-tu,il faut avoir....

Avec un homme, vois-tu,il faut avoir beaucoup de tact, lui laisser l'impression de tout mener, de tous diriger, mais en même temps lui suggérer ce qu'il nous plairait de faire. Mais il ne faut jamais insister ni contredire ouvertement. Ça c'est mortel. C'est pas péché, c'est maladroit. Moi, je suis pour la coquetterie. C'est une bonne arme, une douce.

Extrait du livre: Michel Chartrand
Les voies d'un homme de parole

Saviez Vous #17

L'abréviation kPa signifie Kilopascal!

Green Green Green #8

Baissez le réglage du thermostat. Lorsque vous recevez vos invités, vous pouvez sans problème baisser le réglage de votre thermostat sans que personne ne constate de différence.

Green Green Green # 7

Pour économiser de l'énergie, utilisez des lumières de Noël à diodes électroluminescentes (DEL)et éteignez-les chaque soir avant d'aller au lit pour
diminuer la consommation d'énergie.

La liberté ne consiste pas seulement....

La liberté ne consiste pas seulement à suivre sa propre volonté, mais aussi parfois à la fuir.

Kobo Abe

Green Green Green # 6

En cette nouvelle année qui est à nos portes, donnez-vous comme objectif de passer toute une année sans utiliser de sacs en plastique pour les achats?

Saviez vous #16

Rocky Marciano fut le seul champion de boxe chez les poids lourd demeuré invaincu.

Everyone is interested in jobs....

Whether the economic times are good or bad, everyone worries about creating jobs. Politiciens looking for tax revenue, businesspeople looking for growth, people looking for work- everyone is interested in jobs. While entrepreneurs like to think of themself as the source of jobs, infact, customers create jobs.

Rob McQueen
From the book: The Last Best Hope

You don't have to spend megabucks....

You don't have to spend megabucks, you just have to be single-mided and listen to the customer.

Amy Friend

Le plus grand des défis, pour la femme....

Le plus grand des défis, pour la femme, c'est de soutenir et de comprendre son mari quand il se mure dans le silence.

John Gray
Du livre: Les hommes viennent de mars
Les femmes viennent de vénus

PCs are still seen as "necessities", but .....

PCs are still seen as "necessities", but the industry lacks a capacity for innovation-and that means people won't automatically buy a new one when their existing computer breaks down.

Gartner Inc.
Leading information technology
reserch and analysis firm
From the Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

Selon Frank Goble un climat créatif fournit.....

Selon Frank Goble un climat créatif fournit aux gens une chance d'agir en relevant un défi, ainsi que celle de recevoir la considération, l'approbation, le respect et l'attention de leurs supérieurs; en bref, c'est un climat de motivation positive.

Du Livre: L'excellence dans le leadership

Green Green Green # 5

Il existe des moyens faciles d'éviter la production de déchets. Par exemple, vous
pouvez recycler les bouteilles, les boîtes métalliques et le carton. Vous pouvez acheter des piles rechargeables pour les jouets ou d'autres cadeaux.

Source: Province du Nouveau-Brunswick

Saviez vous # 15

L'Angleterre est le pays qui est considéré comme étant le berceau de l'hippisme.

Hippisme: Ensemble des activités sportives pratiquées à cheval.

Ce n'est pas la technologie par elle-même qui aboutit au succès....

Ce n'est pas la technologie par elle-même qui aboutit au succès, c'est l'homme bien formé et motivé qui l'applique avec bon sens et créativité.

Paul Thayer

A team without goals is just......

A team without goals is just another ineffective committee.

James B. Miller
From the book: The Corporate Coach

75 per cent of social media users across Canada.....

75 per cent of social media users across Canada check their email, text messages and social networking sites first thing before they get out of bed in the morning and last thing before they go to sleep at night.

Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

Le seul contrôle que vous possédez.....

Le seul contrôle que vous possédez sur la terre est celui que vous exercez sur vos pensées.

Dr. Gilles Lapointe
Du livre: Docteur aidez-moi

Green Green Green #4

How many pen do you buy in a year? How many do you through out in the garbage? Consider refillable pens to reduce waste!

Saviez vous #14

Le "Justicier" fut l'émission de télévision la plus populaire aux cotes d'écoutes de 1957 à 1961.

Isn't that where he is supposed to be....

When the media started extolling his consecutive-games streak, Lou Gehrig expressed sincere surprise: << If a man earns his wages playing first base, isn't that where he is supposed to be? I belong on the ball field. >>

Fom the book : Get In The Game
Cal Ripken JR.

The fear of Facebook is similar to.....

The fear of Facebook is similar to the fear that many companies had in the late 1990 about email. At the time many companies were considering shutting down the email addresses of their employees because they couldn't control what employees were writing.


Tom Jenkins
From the Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

L'avenir appartient...

L'avenir appartient à ceux qui croient en la beauté de leurs rêves.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The big drain on health-care spending is going to be...

If you look across the provinces, the big drain on health-care spending is going to be cardiovascular health problem, diabetes, chronic lung disease and mental health.



Steven Soroka
Professor in the faculty of medecine
at Dalhousie University
Taken from the Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

We are going to get to a crisis in health care.....

We are going to get to a crisis in health care where we're going to have to make some huge change.

Steven Soroka
Professor in the faculty of medecine
at Dalhousie University
Taken from the Telegraph Journal
Monday December 6, 2010

Saviez vous #13

Saviez vous que la Suisse est le pays où se trouve la ville de sports d'hiver de St-Moritz!

Stay away from Brookfield Assets Management

Pentioners from Fraser Papers (own by Brookfield Assets Management) are only receiving a third of their pension with Fraser Papers Bankrupcy last year.

The Pentioners are now bracing for further cuts to their monthly income as irregularities has been notice in the pension funds.

To bad that New Brunswick dosn't have Danny Williams as Premier.

Market share and profitality....

Market share and profitality may be correlated, but this doesn't mean that market share caused profitability.

Guy Kawasaki
From the book: How To Drive Your Competition Crazy

For me, I had to become my own personal cheerleader....

For me, I had to become my own personal cheerleader. I would look in the mirror and say << Kantis, you can be whatever you want to be.... >>

Kantis Simmons
From Inc. Magazine
Dec 2010 - Jan 2010

Why performance appraisal meeting cause so much avoidance.....

The reason why performance appraisal meeting cause so much avoidance and anxiety is that managers and employees approach them with the wrong mind-set and often use the wrong process.

Robert Bacal
From the book Performance Management

Green Green Green # 3

This year, compost your christmas tree. Verify with your municipalities for pick up date if any.

Saviez Vous # 12

George III étais le roi d'Angleterre au début de la révolution des colonies américaines.

Any Challenge in life...

Any Challenge in life should be faced with enthusiasm and a good sense of humor.

Denis Waitley
The New Dynamics Of Goal Setting

On the Internet, Nobody knows you're a dog!

From the Book: Bill Gates, The Road Ahead
Drawing by Peter Steiner
1993 The New Yorker Magazine

Green Green Green # 2

Drink tapwater, not bottled water. Tapwater is as good as bottled water. Let's reduce the billions of plastic bottles of waste!

Saviez vous # 11

Un peu mois célèbre que Louis Cyr, Victor Delamarre fut un autre homme fort du Québec.

Les grands enjeux de la technologie

Dans le cadre du Science and Engineering Festival des États-Unis, des experts ont cerné 14 enjeux majeurs de la technologie.

• Rendre l’énergie solaire plus abordable
• Tirer de l’énergie de la fusion nucléaire
• Mettre au point des méthodes pour séquestrer le carbone
• Maîtriser le cycle de l’azote
• Faciliter l’accès à de l’eau pure
• Restaurer et améliorer les infrastructures urbaines
• Faire progresser l’informatique médicale
• Créer de meilleurs traitements médicaux
• Effectuer la rétro-ingénierie du cerveau
• Empêcher le terrorisme nucléaire
• Sécuriser le cyberespace
• Rehausser la réalité virtuelle
• Perfectionner l’apprentissage individualisé
• Fabriquer les outils de la découverte scientifique

Source: Governement du Canada

Lis avec tes yeux, discerne avec....

Lis avec tes yeux, discerne avec ton esprit, éprouve en ton coeur la vérité des légendes.

John Sack
La conspiration des franciscains

Je fais un métier que....

Je fais un métier que j'adore. Mes planètes sont bien alignées, je me sens fortunée.... Joyce Napier

Saviez Vous #9

Saviez vous que le chat fut l'animal adoré par les Egyptiens de l'antiquité dan sla ville de Bubastes

The Finest stroke you can give anyone....

The Finest stroke you can give anyone is your active attention and listening without judging or criticizing what that person has to say.

Phillip L. Hunsaker & Anthony J. Alessandra
The Art of Managing People

We can'tcontrol the cards we are dealt with in life, but...

We can'tcontrol the cards we are dealt with in life, but it's our choice as to how we play them out. Nothing could be more elementary, or more profound.

Carl Hiebert
Taken from Motivated Magazine
Winter 2009

Charismatic and competent leader creates....

Charismatic and competent leader creates an environment that allows, indeed propels or inspires, so many others to accomplish so much.

Norman Augustine and Kenneth Adelman
From the book : Shakespeare In Charge
The Bard's Guide to Leading and Succeeding on
the Business Stage

Saviez Vous #8

Saviez vous que la symphonie pathétique est un film de Ken Russell qui racontre la vie de Tchaikovski.

I Have Made A Mistake.

If I put a person into a job and he or she does not perform, I have made a mistake. I have no business blaming that person, no business complaining. I have made a mistake.

Peter F. Drucker
From the book: The Frontiers of Management

Le Leader d'équipe

Le Leader d'équipe croit qu'il est essentiel de permettre aux personnes de satisfaire leurs besoins tout en visant à atteindre les objectifs de l'organisation. Il intègre les personnes à la productivité.

Jean Guy Vienneau
Du livre LE leadership au service des individus
et des organisations

How deep can we go....

Our province (New-Brunswick) is in trouble:

Public Debts = 15 Billions
People to pay it = 750,000
What a four-person household owes in New Brunswick = 80,000

Telegraph Journal
Saturday, December 4, 2010

Green Green Green #1

Get fit by jogging, running, biking, walking or skating outdoors. Time spent outdoors builds an appreciation for nature and the environment.

Saviez vous #7

Saviez vous que Ian Fleming créa James Bond, le célèbre agent 007 !

C'est seulement dans l'imagination....

C'est seulement dans l'imagination que chaque vérité trouve une existence réelle et indéniable. L'imagination est le maître suprême de la vie.

Joseph Conrad

I honestly believe that's one of my greatest strenghts....

I honestly believe that's one of my greatest strenghts. Making my own choices has allowed me to be more creative than I ever could have been if I was simply following someone else's lesson plan or job description.

Merv Griffin
From the book Merv, Making The Good Life Last

Be Direct....

Be direct. You won't get help unless you ask for it!

Harvey Robbins & Michael Finley
Taken from the book: The Accidental Leader
What to do When You're Suddenly in Charge

The things that we perceive as beautiful......

The things that we perceive as beautiful may be different, but the actual characteristics we ascribe to beautiful objects are similar.

James Redfield
Taken from the book: The Celestine Prophecy
By James Redfield

The choice is ours alone.....

Every day you and I walk down to the end of a pier. Two rowboats await us. One is made up of everything negative anyone has ever said about us. The other is made up of everything positive we have ever believed. Our job is to get to the other side of the lake. Which boat do we get into? The choice is ours alone

Laurie Beth Jones
From the Book: The Power Of Positive Prophecy
Finding the hidden Potential In Everyday Life

Governing a large country is like.....

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

From the book : Real Power.
Business lessons From The Tao Te Ching
By James A. Autry & Stephen Mitchell

Il est tellement plus facile de....

Il est tellement plus facile de vouloir changer l'extérieur plutôt que d'amorcer un changement intérieur.

Joe Vital
Extrait du livre Zéro Limite

Saviez Vous #6

Saviez-vous que Al Capone, célèbre gangster, avait une carte d'affaires qui disait << Vendeur de meubles usagés >>

Today I will meditate on thoughts such as....

Today I will meditate on thoughts such as these:

- I have everything I need to fulfill my destiny.
- I'am valuable; I have royal blood in my bloodline; I have a bright future.
- My best days are ahead of me.

Joel Osteen
From the book Become a Better You
7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day

People who don't give speeches....

People who don't give speeches aren't comfortable giving speeches. People who don't visit customer aren't comfortable visiting customers.

Bernard Avishai & William Taylor

Get involved in your industry....

Get involved in your industry if you want to help shape it's future impact on your own operations.

Harry McWatters

The consensus is that bank aren't lending....

Panel examines the lack of capital available in the province. The consensus is that bank aren't lending.

What's more difficult to agree on is what to do about it.

Taken from the Telegraph Journal
Wednesday December 1, 2010

Saviez Vous #4

Saviez vous que la lettre << C >> en chiffre romain désigne 100