Reading Time: 5 minutes Coping with grief The people in your life may not like to see you cry because it makes them feel helpless. Find someone you trust to let you cry as much and for as long as you need. Find a cause to fuel your energies. Helping others will help you take your mind off yourself. […] Read more
The Real Work Of Grieving
The more business you do with your computer, the more essential it is that you make it secure, efficient, and fast. Here’s how
Reading Time: 6 minutes Modern business is almost impossible without computers. We can find the market information we need on the Internet at any time of day or night, we can order that obscure part that nobody else stocks, we can send an after-hours email to a supplier about a defective product and we can manage our bank accounts […] Read more
Own The Clock
Reading Time: 6 minutes There’s never enough time. Between business commitments — both on the farm and off — plus all the demands of family, friends and community, it’s all too easy to get run ragged and then not have any time or energy left over to take care of yourself. To help, we searched out four time-management experts. […] Read more
While Many Of Us Talk About Becoming Global Citizens, Others — Including Canadian Farmers — Are Out There Seizing The Opportunity
Reading Time: 6 minutes We hear it time and time again. We must all become global citizens, especially farmers. But what exactly does this mean? Is it really just words? To Graham Pike, dean of international students at the University of Vancouver Island in Nanaimo, B. C., global citizenship starts in an unexpected place. It starts by seeing the […] Read more
Farmers are tough negotiators. But tough doesn’t always mean effective. So how good a negotiator are you?
Reading Time: 4 minutes o matter how good our poker face, we all wonder after we sign on the dotted line whether we really got the best deal. Sure, the dealer says we took everything he had to give, but after all, he’s playing poker too. In fact, as many of us have learned, it can be all too […] Read more
OK, so Step One is done. You’ve got an amazing idea for a new business venture. Now, what do you do next?
Reading Time: 2 minutes So you ve got it. You can picture it already, the perfect idea for a new business venture. It s all you can think about, and you know all your friends and family will be so impressed by your success. But, there s a great big but. You ve never taken a new business venture […] Read more
How do we prepare our kids for an uncertain future?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The good news is that although the world has changed dramatically, and will continue to change, the skills that enable young people to make good decisions remain the same. That’s the abiding message from Stephen Covey, the author of THE LEADER IN ME: HOW SCHOOLS AND PARENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE INSPIRING GREATNESS, ONE CHILD […] Read more
Distance Education
Reading Time: 2 minutes Richard Reesor Farmer Stouffville, Ont. For the past seven years, Richard Reesor has been spending about a quarter of his time in East Africa as a volunteer with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), an organization which addresses basic human needs such as food, water, shelter, peace and justice in 65 countries ( Since 2007, Reesor […] Read more
Okay, so the last time you were in school, you were mainly worried about who would ask who to the grad dance. With these tips, you can squeeze every ounce of benefit out of your study time
Reading Time: 4 minutes Every school says it. Their number one job is to create life-long learners. However, it turns out that it can be as easy to forget how to be a good student as it is to do algebra. To help, here are some memory refreshers, together with tips on how to learn faster and better in […] Read more
“ Those who can, do,” Mark Twain said. “Those who can’t, teach.” Now, Canadian farmers and agriculturists like Richard Reesor (l.) are among the hundreds turning Twain on his head, sharing can-do skills with farmers in developing countries all
Reading Time: 2 minutes Richard Reesor ” ” ” Farmer Stouffville, Ont. For the past seven years, Richard Reesor has been spending about a quarter of his time in East Africa as a volunteer with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), an organization which addresses basic human needs such as food, water, shelter, peace and justice in 65 countries (www.mcc.org). […] Read more
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