Trick or Treat

 October 30, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
A friend sent me an article earlier this week entitled, “What your Halloween costume says about your personality” and asked me what I was planning on dressing up as this year. To be honest, I haven’t decided what I’ll be dressing up as tomorrow night...
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Killer Speeches

 September 25, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
Yesterday evening, I sat alongside Paul Zikopoulos from IBM; Duncan Stewart from Deloitte; and Vanessa Cohen from Evironics as a proud panelist for a special North of 41 event entitled, ‘How to Deliver a Killer Presentation’. Together we shared our top...
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Com·men·tar·y

 September 04, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
Noun: an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation. There has been no shortage of commentary these past few weeks regarding the various economical themes affective global markets this year. This month, my brilliant...
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Letting Go

 August 21, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
If we haven’t had a chance to chat yet this week, you’ve now confirmed that I am still alive after having survived the Edge Walk and making it back down onto the ground safely. Was it scary? Sure it is. You’re up 1,168 feet above the ground and for the...
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Conquering Fears

 August 14, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
What to hear something ironic? My handsome 6’7 husband is afraid of heights. It’s his birthday tomorrow and he said to me that he’d like to “conquer his fears” this year on his birthday by doing the CN Tower Edge Walk – which involves being strapped to...
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Controlled Reactions

 July 31, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
When I was much younger, my mother said something to me that has resonated with me to this day. I was stressed out about something teen-drama related and she said, “Dian, we can’t continuously control what’s happening around us, but we can always control...
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Something fierce

 July 25, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
I wasn’t able to come into the office yesterday because I was sick – and those of you who know me well, know that I need to be really, really sick to miss work – and so, I was home sick with something fierce from Thursday night until this morning fighting...
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An apple a day.

 July 17, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
I’m writing to you once again from the RBC Dominion Securities office in beautiful Collingwood today as I’ve left the city to celebrate my bestest friend Adrienne’s wedding this weekend – and it’s shaping out to be a sunny, perfect weekend to get married...
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Trump this

 June 19, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
“Donald Trump would make an amazing President” – said nobody this week. On Tuesday, the 68-year-old billionaire businessman and reality TV celeb declared his candidacy with the words, "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created" and “I...
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Stocks, Style, Scotch

 June 05, 2015 |Dian Chaaban
I’m writing this note to you today from the RBC Dominion Securities office in beautiful Collingwood as I’ve left the city to celebrate my bestest friend Adrienne’s last weekend as a single lady before she marries her handsome husband to-be, Eduardo… but...
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