Category: Business as Sport

When I was maybe six years old, a strange, out-of-body thought occurred to me: What if nothing existed? Why must there be matter, people, or anything at all? Why are we here? What is the point? The longer our species has been around, the more we’ve zoomed out, the more knowledge we’ve accumulated — the…

My mindset going into my MBA at the Rotman School of Management was that book-learnin’ is well and good but experiential learning is where the rubber hits the road. So I didn’t hesitate to join University Consulting Group (UCG) — a not-for-profit founded at the University of Toronto that brings together high-performing students from multiple…

No, I’m not talking about Brett Favre, Dennis Rodman, or John Daly. I’m talking about Netflix, Accenture, Play-Doh, and other free-market players who’ve stood the test of time – and made fortunes – by doing away with old models. It’s obvious that the goal of business and sport is to build up. Get bigger, faster,…

Before we outsource our last homework assignment or household chore to AI and embrace a work-free-stress-free lifestyle, let’s set the record straight: Stress is not your enemy. In fact, if you’re actively trying to eliminate all stress from your life, you are, without a doubt, eliminating more good from your life than you’re gaining. Too…

In the lowest points of my entrepreneurship journey — early on, during a global pandemic — I defaulted to doing more. Out of fear, uncertainty, and the determination to make things better sooner, I tried to do absolutely everything. Years later, after seeing the results of those actions, I realized I did more than I…

This past year, I’ve been leaning back into my roots as a former kinesiologist and personal trainer because, after seven years working with small and medium-sized business owners, I realized the biggest obstacle to success is the same in both arenas. Whether you want better health outcomes for your body or stronger results for your…