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The Finest Business Venue in Vancouver - 1 views

I am so thankful to The Pacific Club for helping me make my event very successful. It was the first biggest event I ever had and I was quite apprehensive at first. But after talking to the staff of...

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started by Justin Pacificio on 13 Jun 13 no follow-up yet

"The O-Purpose Leader Experience" Video | Kevin McCarthy - 0 views

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shared by Gary Patton on 08 May 12 - No Cached

Gary Patton on 08 May 12

This is the complimentary vidio of first session of "The On-Purpose Leader Experience" Audio by Kevin McCarthy, author the book "The On Purpose Person and "The On Purpose Leader". The above links will take your to my reviews of Mr. McCarthy's two books. 1. Use this link to get to the Event (no password is needed): http://www.onpurposeleaderexperience.com 2. Note the Control Box in the upper left hand corner of the Event page. Click on the SLIDES and/or LISTENING OPTIONS if you feel like you are having viewing or listening problems. 3. You can register for TOPLEX from within the webcast using the tabs on the left of the screen.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is the complimentary vidio of first session of "The On-Purpose Leader Experience" Audio by Kevin McCarthy, author the book "The On Purpose Person and "The On Purpose Leader". The above links will take your to my reviews of Mr. McCarthy's two books. 1. Use this link to get to the Event (no password is needed): <a href="http://www.onpurposeleaderexperience.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.onpurposeleaderexperience.com</a> 2. Note the Control Box in the upper left hand corner of the Event page. Click on the SLIDES and/or LISTENING OPTIONS if you feel like you are having viewing or listening problems. 3. You can register for TOPLEX from within the webcast using the tabs on the left of the screen.</div>

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"Stop Working More Than 40 Hours a Week" and making staff do it! : Lessons from Sheryl ... - 0 views

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Stop Working More Than 40 Hours a Week
- Gary Patton on 03 May 12
  
  Much research clearly seems to proves the advice in this article and Sheryl Sandberg's family-oriented practise is wise. I suggest you stop if you also are requiring your staff to do it too! As a "recovering Type 'A' workaholic", I speak from experience because I couldn't work, at all, for over 5 years after the dis-stress on my body, mind, emotions, will, and spirit caused a life-threatening event in my life in 1995. gfp (2012-05-03)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Much research clearly seems to proves the advice in this article and Sheryl Sandberg's family-oriented practise is wise. I suggest you stop if you also are requiring your staff to do it too! As a "recovering Type 'A' workaholic", I speak from experience because I couldn't work, at all, for over 5 years after the dis-stress on my body, mind, emotions, will, and spirit caused a life-threatening event in my life in 1995. gfp (2012-05-03)</div>
  
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Gary Patton on 26 Apr 12

"There's a century of research establishing the undeniable fact that working more than 40 hours per week actually decreases productivity." gfp (2012-04-26)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"There's a century of research establishing the undeniable fact that working more than 40 hours per week actually decreases productivity." gfp (2012-04-26)</div>

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Best Speaker in Australia - 1 views

started by Gerald Payton on 11 Dec 12 no follow-up yet

Q&A: Ontario's privacy commissioner took your questions on law enforcement and online p... - 0 views

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Ontario's privacy commissioner took your questions on law enforcement and online privacy
- Gary Patton on 17 Feb 12
  
  You, like me, may find less than reassuring the Ontario Privacy Commissioner's answers re your online privacy in this interesting interview.
  
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Gary Patton on 17 Feb 12

You, like me, may find less than reassuring the Ontario Privacy Commissioner's answers re your online privacy in this interesting interview.

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How To Solve Difficult Problems - 0 views

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shared by Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11 - No Cached

Remember when you were staring at the ceiling in elementary school, and the teacher asked you whether the answer was on the ceiling? Maybe it was.
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  You guys NEVER ever did that ...right? gfp (2011-10-04)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">You guys NEVER ever did that ...right? gfp (2011-10-04)</div>
  
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One potentially appropriate therapy for procrastination lies in teaching something akin to time management
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it is desirable that not only that there should be an interval free from conscious thought on the particular problem concerned, but also that that interval should be so spent that nothing should interfere with the free working of the unconscious or partially unconscious processes of the mind. In those cases, the stage of incubation should include a large amount of actual mental relaxation"
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  Might it not have been more understandable for his readers for this academic to have simply said: "When you have a really difficult problem ...go to sleep!" Or: "Take a shower!" The latter usually works best for me. And to enhance the former, I keep a pad & pen on my bed-side table so I can jot down a quickie reminder, without really waking up, because I seldom can rember my brialliant idea in the morning? What do you do? gfp (2011-10-04)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Might it not have been more understandable for his readers for this academic to have simply said: "When you have a really difficult problem ...go to sleep!" Or: "Take a shower!" The latter usually works best for me. And to enhance the former, I keep a pad & pen on my bed-side table so I can jot down a quickie reminder, without really waking up, because I seldom can rember my brialliant idea in the morning? What do you do? gfp (2011-10-04)</div>
  
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Helmholz described how new thoughts came to him: After previous investigation, "in all directions," .. " happy ideas come unexpectedly without effort, like an inspiration ... they have never come to me when my mind was fatigued, or when I was at my working table ... They came particularly readily during the slow ascent of wooded hills on a sunny day" (p. 91).
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  Athiestic scientists describe the event this way! Some call it 'serindipity' to similarily disguise the real source! I more accurately and unasamably call it what it is: GOD! gfp (2011-10-04)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Athiestic scientists describe the event this way! Some call it 'serindipity' to similarily disguise the real source! I more accurately and unasamably call it what it is: GOD! gfp (2011-10-04)</div>
  
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Einstein would "allow the subconscious to solve particularly tricky problems
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  Apropos my note above re 'serendipity', and contrary to common myth, Einstein was at best a diest late in life but not a Christian, according to those who knew him well. gfp (2011-10-04)
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Apropos my note above re 'serendipity', and contrary to common myth, Einstein was at best a diest late in life but not a Christian, according to those who knew him well. gfp (2011-10-04)</div>
  
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They engage in the "preliminary period of conscious work which also precedes all fruitful unconscious labor" (Poincare, 1924).
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  Don't you just love academic writing? gfp (2011-10-04)
  
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Of course, the "illumination" that is the result of incubation needs to be followed by more conscious work. Ideas that arise as a result of incubation need to be evaluated (Smith, 1994);
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  Really? Duh!! gfp
  
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Incubation sometimes requires a very long break:
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can also occur with breaks of shorter duration.
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it can also happen in very short breaks, a few minutes or even moments.
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  God seldom works the same way ...every time! gfp
  
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I have found that these breaks work best when they are devoted to something fairly mindless: washing just a few dishes, filing just a few papers, or doing some light exercise.
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In fact, high achievers may actually take more time.
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perhaps some of the "non-stop" working was staring at the ceiling. If high achievers appear to accomplish tasks more quickly than others, I suspect it is only because they put in so much more time.1
- Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11
  
  "Type "A' Personalities", please take note! (This is a note to myself!! :-) ) gfp
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Type "A' Personalities", please take note! (This is a note to myself!! :-) ) gfp</div>
  
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Gary Patton on 06 Dec 11

In this helpful, short article the author outlines, simply, how to unleash your creativity best by using the simple process of incubation. gfp (2011-10-04)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In this helpful, short article the author outlines, simply, how to unleash your creativity best by using the simple process of incubation. gfp (2011-10-04)</div>

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Work/Life Balance Is A Myth | Fast Company - 0 views

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shared by Gary Patton on 30 Jan 12 - No Cached

Work/Life Balance Is A Myth
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When I ask busy executives to describe a satisfying life, they often envision a scenario in which they work hard but dictate their own assignments.
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What they really need is control. But, frequently, what they think they want is balance-
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That myth compels many of us to view an ideal life as a set of perfectly level scales.
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In reality, that perfect balance almost never occurs, except for those rare, fleeting moments when the trays pass each other on the way up or down--and we’re too frazzled to appreciate that brief moment of self-actualization anyway.
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There’s always a lot of chatter in the media about the latest trends in work-life balance.
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I’ve noticed a couple trends of my own
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when it comes to work-life balance, we often adopt a victim mind-set.
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Second, we want to believe there’s a quick fix that we’re somehow overlooking
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Doing what that guy in the photo was doing is impossible for more than a few minutes at a time.
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don’t say if no if you don’t have any leverage
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In practice, however, what I’ve seen is that people often invest that free time in doing more work.
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Their identity is rooted in work, and that’s where they want to be. Outside of work, in the complex dance of family and community responsibilities, they lose their autonomy. Their professional expertise doesn’t mean much.
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We need better ways to manage work-life boundaries, understanding that we are subject to phases, often dictated by events out of our control, in which our work lives and personal lives ebb and flow in their demands.
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Shore up the home front
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f you feel overworked to the point that you complain about it constantly
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Say “no” strategically
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Quit complaining
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Take control instead
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Gary Patton on 30 Jan 12

Here's how you can defeat the myth of work-life balance!

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