Nov 27, 2024
North Bay Ontario  

“Hugh, can you come into town? Our battery is dead.”

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Winter arrived with a vengeance last week to the Prairie provinces and mountains of Canada. Social media was full of posts of trucks having to chain up just to make it up the small hills of Manitoba. 

Here in Northern Ontario, we woke up to fresh snow yesterday. With all the leaves long gone, the white certainly beautified the countryside.

And while the temperatures rose to just around the freezing mark, my dad’s call in the middle of the day, announcing that he was stuck in town with a dead battery was a clear announcement that the long, dark months of winter had commenced.

Unfortunately, I was in the middle of a walk and 20 minutes away from my car. Fortunately he is a member of the provincial automobile association and help was dispatched quickly to help him out. 

Thankfully, nothing untoward happened, it wasn’t brutally cold, and he wasn’t stuck up some remote country road. 

With American Thanksgiving tomorrow, I thought I would share with you an excellent article my good friend Steve Messineo wrote a few years ago. 

Enjoy!

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 “Keep Calm and T.A.F.E.L. On!”

Here’s how he came up with this slogan and it’s meaning.

We are all bombarded by negativity on a daily basis, especially by the media and by social media. Shawn Achor, author of "The Happiness Advantage" wrote, it takes 3 times the number of positive stimuli to overcome the effects of 1 negative stimuli. So, how do we do this?

We can do this through T.A.F.E.L. - an acronym I thought of this morning and one I think my good friend Hugh Tafel will appreciate for obvious reasons. 😃 I'll define it now:

🙏🏻 Thank: When you look around at all that is going on, it is easy to give thanks to all that is good in one's life. I am thankful for my family, my friends, my home, my health, my work, all of the good times I have had in my life, and so much more. Thanking and being thankful in your heart and in your mind for all that is positive in your life for a few minutes each day is a great way to overcome any negative stimuli.

🤝🏻 Appreciate: Appreciate people for who they are and what they believe in. Appreciate that everyone is different, and those differences are what makes us human. Appreciate people's perspectives and reflect on them before too quickly criticizing them. If we would all show more appreciation for each other, we would all get along so much better. It is also necessary for the next step in this acronym.

🥰 Forgive: Forgive anyone and everyone who made or makes you angry, sad, frustrated, or depressed. Forgive those people in your heart and in your mind, even if you can't say it to their faces. For example, mad about something our President or some other politician did? Forgive him/her and let it go. Don't let other's actions ruin your day. As hard as it may be to forgive people, especially those who have hurt you in any way, I believe from my own experience that it is necessary in order to move and be a better person.

👩🏻‍🏫 Educate: Consistently find time to educate yourself and other's. Education breeds self-confidence and satisfaction for learning something new and applying it to make your life and those you love lives better. Educating yourself on other people's perspectives, really digging deep and not just accepting the stuff thrown at you by mainstream and social media, also allows for appreciation and cooperation, both of which we could use a lot more of as a country.

😂 Laugh: We all should do more of this. Laughter is the best medicine they say, and when you think about it, how good do you feel when you are able to have a hearty laugh. Find those books, videos, interactions, whatever that make you laugh daily, and you'll feel much better about life in general.

So, there you have it everyone. Keep Calm and T.A.F.E.L. on! Have a fantastic week! #thankful #appreciation #forgiveness #education #laughter = #happiness
(with thanks to Steve Messineo)

Until next week,

Stay healthy and focus on profit! 

- Hugh 
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