#speaking at #CreativeMornings #Vancouver
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And THIS is why Volunteering is important
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I just received the following e-mail from the best teacher in the world, Elizabeth Newton:

One of her students (she teacher business at UBC) just launched a successful business, and was featured in the following article:

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Elizabeth Newton was my psychology teacher years ago, and we have kept in touch. She is one of the very best teachers I have ever had. She cares so much about each one of her students’ success, and dedicates personal resources and time to ensure the excel.

She is now at UBC Sauder School of Business, and every year, she asks me to volunteer my time to go speak to her students about what it’s really like to be an entrepreneur, and to run a business. I love going. I love seeing how excited the students are, and answer all the questions they have!

She just sent me the article to show me that those talks have a real impact on the students. I know the e-mail is about my contribution, but really, it’s about Elizabeth’s contribution to these students. I have no doubt that she changes their lives, just by having them in her class. She works so hard to bring those experiences to her class, and make the learning relevant, and real.

As for me, I will always volunteer to share my experience, and hopefully, like this time, it will make a difference to someone. :)

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What it’s like to be a #mom today 💙💙
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While I’m working at home today:
J is in our music room, practicing his electric guitar (he practices a good 3 hours a day) :)
D invited his best friend over. They are in his room, playing, and I can hear their laughs and excitement from here. :)
On another note, Tabbie the dog is on the chair right next to me, in her little bed, making sure I work. She stays there all day as long as I’m there :)
The sounds of my home are, to me, the sounds of happiness! I feel so grateful to be a mother.

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#recovery mode still ON today
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Made huge headway – worked all day and all evening. Only got up at 8:30pm to make dinner for the family (we eat late in the summer), eat together, and chat. Did a little work after that but by 11pm I was tired. Still recovering I guess…
Today I will try again. I was able to, like yesterday, switch to the non-drowsy drugs, so I can at least make sense of the world! :)
My challenge:
only 40 e-mails (a record low), BUT I have 126 to dos. That will be hard. Impossible even.
My to dos are generally things no one else could do (otherwise i would have delegated), and they can take anywhere from 5 minutes to a whole day.
My rule for work is this: Any e-mail I can deal with in 5 minutes or less, I take care of immediately. Any longer and I add it as a TO DO in my to do program. The reason for that is that I can then evaluate all of the to dos I have, and then decide on the top 3. Once those are completed, I reassess the list in order priority for the day. If it is too much, I decide what to postpone, but the point is that everything that is there for me to do, is there for a reason.
Another day I will explain better how I go about setting my to dos. I do that three years ahead, not only daily. This is what allows me to meet my goals.
Anyway, back to work!