Stressed Out? Derailed by Uncertainty? Feeling Disenfranchised? Reclaim Your Internal Sense of Power by Topping Up Your Tool Bag or Sharpening the Tools You Already Have If you are reading this, you have taken one or more of the courses in the CORE Leadership Series...
COVID-19 & The Great Pivot! The impact of COVID-19 on Excellence Seminars International first became apparent when asked if we were going ahead with our Gala Celebration to celebrate the 26 people completing the CORE Leadership Series on Vancouver Island, March...
A few days ago, I ordered a dozen books called "The Magic". Certainly not a new book... but for those of you who haven't read it and completed the 28-day program, IT IS SO WORTH IT! And for those that have read it, it might be time to revisit it and complete a second...
Trekking the El Camino de Santiago has gained in popularity over the past few years. People set out upon the 800-kilometre trek for various reasons. Some seek a religious or spiritual experience, others a social experience, and still others love hiking and the...
Today is our 17th Anniversary as a company! April 1, 1999, Vancouver Island Excellence Seminars (later to become Excellence Seminars International) was established, and WE got down to work!!! I emphasize WE ! Today, and many, many, many days, I have received accolades...
Today is a WONDER-FULL day! I have a new great-niece, born last night, and I am saying goodbye to our lovely cat of 16 years tonight. I am delighted, sad, grateful and in awe, all at the same time. Every time a new child is born, I marvel at the miracle of it...
CBC recently aired a panel discussion on loneliness, citing loneliness as a looming crisis despite living in an age of hyper-connectivity. Indeed, at any one time, 33 percent of us report being lonely. It seems we live in the illusion of being connected to one another...
Anything I have ever done that holds great meaning for me today, originally scared me to death! This holds true across every major area of my life - relationships, health, career, business, and finances. Mike Dooley, author of Notes from the Universe, notes... "No one...
Excitement and fear produce the same physiological response in the body. So how do I determine if I am excited or scared? I will choose to feel excitement if I can predict the outcome. If I know that when I get on the roller coaster that I will return safely to the...
This summer, I have been overwhelmed emotionally with some of the news coming out of the Middle East. I can't even speak of one particular story I heard reported on CBC without choking up and tearing up. I don't know if I'm getting more sensitive or whether the nature...
Scientific Evidence: GOODWILL IS CONTAGIOUS!!! I'm reading a book called "The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe" by Lynne McTaggart, borrowed from my brother, Mike. Last time I saw him, he asked me how I like it. I had just got off the plane and I...
As a navigational term, course correction refers to the fact that when using autopilot, planes are off course most of the time. It is only through a series of minor course corrections that the planes land on target. When we stray from pursuing our dreams and goals in...
Everybody has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it. Every time we have seen a person on this stage who is a success in their life, they spoke of the job, and they spoke of the juice that they receive...
It seems to me like many people I know are asking the question, “What is my purpose? What am I here to do?” Even the November issue of the Oprah Magazine addresses it on the front cover. So why is this so important to people? Why is it that no matter what age people...
You will often hear us saying, we will change the world, one person at a time. Kim Nonis is invested in bringing 3.2 billion people into our programs. What a surprise on May 12th when recent graduates of the Pursuit of Excellence arrived at the Introductory Session...