by Michael Best | Mar 18, 2026 | Articles and excerpts
I’m apparently at risk of becoming the pariah of my community because I feed the deer. I’ll explain how this is even possible by first setting the scene. We live in a quasi-rural community on approximately one-acre lots in a forested area midway between the villages...
by Michael Best | Nov 14, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
I’m an introvert. However, I didn’t fully appreciate what introversion is until I read Susan Cain’s, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Cain explains introversion as a preference for a quiet, more minimally stimulating environment. This...
by Michael Best | Sep 20, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
Here are reviews to be found on the back cover of Characters Who Can Make Or Break Your Small Business : “There is such an incredible wealth of wisdom in this book – and it’s possible to just dip into a chapter (character) at a time. I loved the...
by Michael Best | Aug 16, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
Think about your car’s dashboard. Depending on the model and the age of the car, the dashboard will have a varying number of dials, gauges, and digital readouts. They all tell you something about the performance of the vehicle (and sometimes a whole lot of other...
by Michael Best | Aug 2, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
(First posted in 2017 and subsequently published by Soundview Magazine. Now repeated because the message is timeless and warrants revisiting). I was recently dismayed to discover that my favourite art supply store was no longer offering free cookies. My first stop in...
by Michael Best | Jul 31, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
Picture yourself in a cottage in the woods. The sound of the lake lapping the sandy shore drifts in through the screen door on the warm, loamy forest air. A chipmunk scurries about on the wooden deck and beyond that, a solitary fisherman sits in a small aluminum...
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