Unconditional love
I wasn’t an easy child. A typical week in grade 2 might consist of sticking thumbtacks in classmates, cutting my hair in art class, and at least one fight - usually against more than one classmate. I still have memories of my mother trying to teach me how to make friends. Th...
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The human experience is a rotating kaleidoscope of talents and shortcomings. Resting on our abilities or solely focusing on our strengths can be more fun; they don’t trigger our insecurities the way confronting our shortcomings might. But, what would happen if we only focused on our strengths...
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It seems like everyone believes they can fix the world’s problems today. And anyone who disagrees with them is ignorant or malicious. How did we become so divisive?
Much of this strife stems from our natural tendency to over-simplify complicated ideas and concepts. Life isn’t black and w...
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For Margaret Atwood it’s writing. Warren Buffett loves investing. Nelson Mandela fought for justice.
The lucky ones always know what it is - and it becomes their life’s passion and joy.
Others fall into something they love. They are lucky, too.
But too many merely endure week to week. We...
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In a previous post, I compared RRSPs with TFSAs. This time I’d like to provide a few strategies on the program Canadians are most familiar with - the RRSP. Most investors have a rough idea of how RRSPs work, but determining how they fit into your life and financial plan can be a different stor...
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In 2019, I chose to spend more time exploring interesting content and expanding the breadth of mediums I consumed. I was rewarded not only by what I learned, but also by how these pieces changed the way I think.
The lists below are my favourites from the past year. While alphabetically ordered by ti...
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With each new year, every Canadian adult who earned income in the last year and is under the age of 71 gets additional room to contribute to their TFSA and RRSP.
As an income-earning Canadian adult, there are two investment vehicles you should consider taking advantage of (if you aren’t alread...
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