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3 Ways to Be More Successful at Work (and Life!)‏

Published on August 5, 2011 By Nick Taylor

1.       Don’t take it personally All too often, when faced with difficulties in the workplace we take it personally and become defensive – DON’T! You have to know how to separate the professional role you are expected to perform by your co-workers from the private individual that you are, as known and loved by your friends [...]

The Holy Grail of Travel

Published on January 26, 2011 By Nick Taylor

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he comes to see.” ~ Doug Lansky Not everyone is fated to seek it, chase after it or pine for it with reckless abandon. It may seem patently ridiculous to some. And it is far from “practical”, i.e. what Grandma would approve of. But for some of [...]

Death after Life

Published on May 30, 2010 By Nick Taylor

Today I had a rare chance to reflect upon life – all the while paying my respects to death. My grandfather’s sister-in-law Mici had passed away after outliving her husband for a good two decades. And boy, had she lived: you could tell from the throng of her sobbing family members splayed amidst the soft, [...]

The Four Virtues

Published on May 12, 2009 By Nick Taylor

In business, as in life, certain qualities deemed ‘virtues’ are constant, timeless, ancient and yet so often painfully ignored. We should always remember that we ignore the lessons of history at our own peril. The four Cardinal Virtues have their roots in Plato’s philosophy and are sometimes synthesized in human form, as in the beautiful [...]