“There you are, in a big sales meeting. The client makes a weak joke in your direction and the boss looks your way. Say something. Say anything. Well, not just anything – you need something clever but innocuous, smart enough to…
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Book Report: Elements of Wit
Tagged with: aphorisms, Benjamin Errett, Boris Johnson, brevity, Cary Grant, charm, chutzpah, compassion, confidence, conversation, cultural literacy, Donald Trump, Dorothy Parker, Dunning-Kruger effect, Elements of Wit, flow, Flynn Effect, Frinkiac, George Clooney, humour, hustle, illusory superiority, intuition, Jay-Z, Lil' Wayne, Mark Twain, Nora Ephron, Oscar Levant, Oscar Wilde, refreshment, resilience, righteousness, romance, Seinfeld, Shakespeare, Steve Martin, Strunk and White, The Simpsons, Winston Churchill, wit
Posted in Books, Everything
Posted in Books, Everything
Two very different champions
Within the past few weeks, both the soccer teams on which I play won their respective league championships. These achievements, while trivial in the grand scheme of life, nevertheless fill me with pride and some satisfaction. It wasn’t so much that…
Tagged with: Exports, Fusion, Grand River Soccer, KDSL, Lee Brooks, Mind Gym, resilience, satisfaction, Tri-City Men's Soccer League
Posted in Everything, Soccer, Sports
Posted in Everything, Soccer, Sports
Why I donate to the University of Waterloo
Yesterday I spent an hour meeting with the Development Officer for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo (my Alma mater). Since graduating in 2006 I’ve been a President’s Circle-level donor to the university, and this meeting came about because the…
Tagged with: Computer Engineering, ECE 100, education, philanthropy, resilience, UW
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Posted in Everything
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