Play well

Image via Wikipedia

Being a kid, I didn’t have computer and the internet; I’ve got a LEGO brick game as present. I was amazed about the unlimited possibilities to combine the blocks, and quickly realized that if I put them together using two knobs I get a stronger connection than using one knob and one hole. Using more knobs it allows building a very strong structure.

It’s starting with some simple forms, and then only your imagination can limit it. Everything you need you already have. It’s simple. Great toys!

The name LEGO is formed from the Danish words "LEgGOdt" ("play well"). In Latin the word means "I study", "I put together".

For some years I was using the LEGO logo for my journey in life;

LEGO = Learn with Enthusiasm and GO!

To achieve something, I had to learn first about the subject, but only when I put enthusiasm in learning I had great results. After that, when I choose to start and do it right away, the results were exactly as in my imagination. During the process I realized that somehow the things started to work in my favour. 

How do you achieve your outcomes?


"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

News You Can Use - "Growing Pains"

After navigating through the global recession in relatively good shape and enjoying a strong bounceback in the early stages of recovery, Canada’s economy appears to be transitioning to a relatively subdued rate of expansion of about 2%.
Read more here.

Today is Gateway Day by Mike Lipkin

 Welcome back, it’s time to get working. July and August are just distant memories but September is here and it’s now. So are you recharged? Are you regenerated? Are you ready to rock your world? Because that’s what it’s going to take...
» Watch the video
» Listen to the podcast
» Read Mike’s new insights 

What you focusing on?

 As I mentioned before, the intention of these posts is to create a conversation between us and to support you in being successfully accommodated to the Canadian workplace and society. Primarily, to support you in becoming a highly successful IEP.

Each week I will select one or more topics related to the exercises proposed under each main quality of our topic and share with you some experiences about the way that my friends or myself went through something like this.

Just goggle "achieve balance" and you will get millions of hits. We hear a lot about the need of balance in our lives, between work and personal life, etc. On many sites you will get recipes about how to achieve it. Personally, I believe that maintaining balance in our daily life is impossible. I can agree with the concept of ecological balance in nature - as a whole, however I like to see it from the perspective of energy. Energy is always moving based on our focus. So, where are you moving your energy? It is your work? It is your family? By changing your focus, you enable an instant change in how you feel, you can change your emotional state. Are you stressed? If you are stressed, then this is a result of where you're putting your focus. 


Remember: Whatever you focus on becomes your reality! (Believe it or not!) In fact, everything you do is a reflection of what you are focusing on... in your career, in your personal life and relationships or in your health. What you focus on determines how you'll feel!


Now, write down why you must Engineer Your Success in Canada, even if you are not an engineer. As my friend Salvador put it, "These top ten qualities to be successful are fundamental for any professional trying to succeed in this new interconnected world." 
Now, please take your time and go through these next five steps. Be clear and specific. One step at a time...

• What are your reasons?
• What will it give you, your family, and your friends?
• What will it eliminate?
• What kind of stress would disappear if you had a guide like this?
• Write down what it will cost you if you don't take the time to master all  these qualities.

Be happy, now!

P.S. Do you notice any strange wording? (hint: see title)

"Quality questions create a quality life." ~ Anthony Robbins
"Always I will take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.” ~ Og Mandino