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A new decade, resolutions…

Catherine told me today at work, you are at the other spectrum of most of the engineers that I have known. I thought it was totally funny, so in order to comfort her, I'll start with some facts.  (3): the number of decades I have lived so far in my life. (3): the number of months I will have been working in my new job at GE Capital. 2013: A year that has been fulfilled with many adventures and challenges, new friendships, renewed ones, personal growth and more. As I enter a new decade, for the first time ever, I feel like I want to take some resolutions, not just for the upcoming year 2014, but for the next years of my life. To act, perhaps as a reminder of what I have learned over the last year or so, and help me, stay true to myself, and hopefully you might see something in this for you as well.  Stay true to myself: Easier said than done! It is truly when I act from the heart, following my soul and intuition, that I am at my best. And this, without judg...

Chasing Time; I haven't seen the finish line.

As we are all entering December, every body seams to get into another gear. Trying to wrap up things at work, complete your objectives, so you can start the new year fresh, with a clean slate.  At the same time, we are juggling the expectations of the holidays. Family reunions, the gifts, gatherings, office parties, and more.  It's funny for the last few days, I got trapped in that cycle. Even at the grocery store, while I was trying to figure out what we needed to buy for our new apartment in Montreal. I caught myself thinking at the same time of what outfit I was going to wear at my office party, what gift I should by for a specific family member.  Same feeling at work, while we are all trying to "get things done", because the year end is coming and we need to catch up. In reality, is there ever a possibility that we will catch up, that one morning we might wake up and ask ourselves, "I don't know what do to today, I have nothing on my agenda." ...