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Living A Life For Joy

March was a fun month in our house growing up. In addition to St Paddy’s Day’s (Mom LOVED to decorate for the ‘seasons’), we had…
Serving Me To Serve You

It’s been another amazing week of Four Simple Word Dialogues. Our conversations have covered everything from self-care, ageism, the power of politics, the magic of…
Three Simple Words: Black Lives Matter

When asked about my 8 years as a single, self-employed father I reply with a few observations. One: it was truly the worst and the…
EQ and Servant leadership

I’ve been thinking about Emotional Intelligence (EI) this week both with my personal reading and after a professional development session. And after some refection I…
Happy Mothers’ Day

At some point during most of my Four Simple Words talks I mention my mom Kath (Elsie’s youngest child) as an example of someone who…
Servant Leadership in times of crisis

This week has been filled with examples of strong and not-so-strong servant leadership. Trying to absorb the onslaught of information has me reflecting on the…
Elsie Was A Feminist

I witnessed a great example of Servant Leadership this week while attending a training session about the power of feminist business development. It was fun…
#TryItYoullLikeIt

I want each of us to think about how we can grow our servant leadership skills in 2020. No public pledges, no social media commitment…
About Elsie

Mary Elsie was born to Ida and Charles McBride in 1903 in the small town of Smith’s Falls Ontario. The first of four daughters, the…
Happy International Women’s Day 2020

March 8 is International Women’s Day. It’s also my 50th birthday. Can’t imagine a better day to launch FourSimpleWords.ca. At this halfway point in what…