October 2012
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Own Your Future - Building a Better Tomorrow
I am happy to announce that my next book will be available soon! Own Your Future - Building a Better Tomorrow is a project done in collaboration with friend and colleague Michael Lanthier.
The book is designed for younger and older audiences covering not only financial decisions but also career and lifestyle choices that we all must face. It should be available by December 2012. We will keep...
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Up to the Cottage - Memories of Muskoka
WHAT’S THAT SMELL?
Cottages like most buildings have their own distinctive smell. Particularly those cottages that are seasonal tend to have certain scents that change with the calendar and the activities of the cottage dwellers. If you are coming from the city to Muskoka, you already experienced the freshening of the air and the richness of the oxygen as you made your way past...
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Executive Coaching - Friend?
There are some executive coach programs that work to keep a distance between the Executive and the Coach. We understand that. We just disagree. As our the name of our executive coaching association suggests - The Fellowship of Executive Coaches - includes the concept of Fellowship. It has many layers of meaning but among them is the simple concept of two “fellows” in a...
September 2012
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How To Give Great Customer Service By Delegating... →
Great customer service happens when people dealing with the customers either have or have immediate access to someone who has the authority to make a decision. Learn how sales are lost by no one having the power to say “Yes - we’ll take your money!” Grant Fairley is your host today.
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How To Give Great Customer Service With Email with... →
Great customer service and email seem to be opposites. How can you be effective using email to communicate with your clients? What email strategies can make email a positive part of your customer service strategy? Join Grant Fairley of Strategic Seminars for a review of some of the big ideas about using email well.
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Great Customer Service - Keeping Your Word by... →
For those in any aspect of customer service, keeping your word is essential to success. Listen to Grant Fairley discuss why this is so important and how you can ensure your best customer service.
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Team Building - Dealing With Conflict Through... →
Tense times makes team building even more critical to the success of any organization. Grant Fairley of Strategic Seminars talks about a key part of conflict management for any business, government or other organization. In this show as part of a series on team building and leadership, Grant will discuss the importance of forgiveness as a powerful tool to moving forward personally and to making...
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Flag Smoke and Two Ducks
Little traditions perhaps started on a whim can last a lifetime. So many of those extra efforts at creativity or building a relationship, set patterns for our life and the relationships that are to follow.
I had a great relationship with my paternal grandfather who regularly made time for me as he did for my brothers. Joseph Fairley was 66 when I was born. He and my grandmother Lilias...
October 2011
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My new book - Up to the Cottage - Memories of... →
Up to the Cottage - Memories of Muskoka is now available in paperback on Amazon and elsewhere. It is a collection of stories of cottage life on Mary Lake near Huntsville in Muskoka, Ontario. You can find it on www.harcote.ca for Canadian purchases as well. It is also available on Kindle.
August 2011
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“The Bible pictures life as it ought to be; literature pictures it as it might...”
– La Cloche: The story of Hector Macleod and his misadventures in the Georgian Bay and La Cloche districts United Press 1928
Chronic Pain in Kids....A look at what all that... →
This is an important alert to parents of kids and teens who are spending hours and hours gaming and texting. There are long term health issues coming from these teenage tendencies. Written by a pain physician and MD
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“A hungry child can not digest their education.” Grant D. Fairley”
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“Speech recognition software is the stealth solution flying under the radar today...”
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“We will look back on speech recognition software that became truly useful in the...”
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“You will never fully enjoy any true happiness in your life until you have fully...”
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“He does not just march to the beat of a different drummer —- he’s in...”
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“If you want loyalty - get a dog. If you want loyalty and attention - get a smart...”
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“Great leaders and great friends have learned how to lend hope to those in...”
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“Forgiving others is good for them and best for us.” Grant D. Fairley”
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“Forgiving someone else does not change them - it changes you.” Grant D....”
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“Many people live their lives bitter over how others have hurt them never knowing...”
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“God gives us the gift of forgetting when we choose the grace of...”
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“Many people say ‘I will forgive but I will not forget’ but to truly...”
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“Those who choose to forgive others choose to live the life God intended them to...”
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“To forgive others is to free our tomorrows.” Grant D. Fairley”
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“Forgiveness is the power granted to each of us to release us from a lifetime of...”
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“As a couple, it is better to face a fierce storm from outside a relationship...”
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“Two great people do not necessarily make a great couple. That fact does not...”
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“True love is not an accomplishment - it is an unfinished symphony with movements...”
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“Marriage is an act of faith informed but not dictated by the counsel of those we...”
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“There is no perfect match in marriage - but there are matches that are not...”
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“Marriage will not solve any existing problems - it will only deepen them. ...”
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“Marriage is not a 50/50 proposition - it is both giving 100%. Relationships...”
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“Never settle for someone - or allow someone to settle for you.” Grant D....”
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“Couples who are alike before marriage are more likely to like each other later...”
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“Relationships before marriage are the best of times and the worst of times - the...”
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“Every relationship has its patterns - the nature of that relationship develops...”
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“Every relationship is unique - it is the mystery of the human experience that no...”
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“People who have lost relationships often wonder why they can’t just let it...”
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“Love is perfected not in the budding springtime of youth nor even in the bounty...”
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“Love that survives dark and troubled roads will create a bond that the easy path...”
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“To love is to throw yourself into the fires of life for another with the hope...”
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“True love can enjoy all the seasons of life from the wonder of our youth to the...”
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“We often hear of important gatherings of the “great and the good.”...”
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“There are many life journeys we all must take but we do not need to walk any of...”
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“One of the greatest titles we can have is “old friend.” Grant D....”
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“The further you are from the roots of the organization - the more likely...”
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“One of the weaknesses of our society is that history is still news to most...”
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