by Sue Horner | Jan 23, 2019 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
“It’s only mid-January, but chances are pretty good that all those lofty resolutions you made before the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31 have fallen by the wayside,” says executive coach Harrison Monarth in an article for Entrepreneur. What happens? We have good...
by Sue Horner | Dec 23, 2015 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
As the old year winds to a close and you get ready to pop the champagne on a new one, you’ll find lots of advice for making and sticking to resolutions. I’m not a big fan of once-a-year resolutions, but according to the impressively named Statistic Brain...
by Sue Horner | Oct 28, 2015 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Is your first reaction to something scary to say no? Mine usually is, too. But last year I decided that when my first response to something was “Oh no, that’s not gonna happen,” I was going to say, “Why not?” It was an interesting exercise that led me to accept two...
by Sue Horner | Jun 15, 2014 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Is there one question “you are never tired of asking and will never know the answer to”? This is the question 2014 IABC World Conference* speaker Lesley Jane Seymour referred to in her keynote session, “Discovering Your Life’s Question.”...
by Sue Horner | May 4, 2014 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
What I was thinking? Months ago, I agreed to do a fundraising event, the 24th annual Canada Life CN Tower Climb. That’s 1,776 steps, from the bottom of that tower on the left, allllll the way to the observation deck. I would be part of the Advantis...
by Sue Horner | Oct 30, 2013 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
“All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.” – Astronaut Sally Ride “When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.” – Writer Anne Lamott, in Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith With Halloween on the doorstep, it seemed time to...
by Sue Horner | Oct 11, 2013 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
October 11 is National Coming Out Day — meant to be a reminder of the power of coming out as gay or lesbian*, marking the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1988. Why is coming out so powerful? Simple. When people...
by Sue Horner | Aug 29, 2013 | Most popular posts, The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Can a heart ache with sadness and swell with pride at the same time? Yes, especially if your son writes a wrenching, powerful piece describing what it was like growing up a gay sports fanatic. Matt came out to family and friends a few years ago, which already took...
by Sue Horner | Aug 23, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Beautiful gardens are part of the charm of Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC. While I was there, I found myself enchanted as much by the various doors and gates throughout the gardens as by the colourful peacocks that roam the grounds. If you want to get all...
by Sue Horner | Feb 27, 2012 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
The hot topic of conversation at a meeting of the Halton-Peel Communications Association last week was work/life balance. HPCA members are all entrepreneurs who presumably have a little more control over our lives than those in the corporate world, which is key. Yet...
