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Valentine’s Day Card Workshop

Have you ever noticed that a pinch of creative inspiration can set the stage for a day (or even a week) of crafting fun? A few times a year, a little corner of our busy kitchen gets a mini reno to inspire the crafting spirit in all of my children … not to mention me ! We are at it again this Valentine’s season with our Valentine Card Workshop fully decked out with everything we need to get busy making homemade cards for a few special someones. If you’re like me, you have a room full of organized crafting supplies … Continue reading

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It’s All About the Little Things We Do For Each Other! #PGMom

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Dr. Jeffrey Pittman

Chair in Corporate Governance and Transparency

Besides working on my own research projects, my main focus at this stage is helping others thrive in developing their own research programs. This can include teaching graduate students, guiding newer faculty members, participating in doctoral consortia, serving as a keynote speaker at conferences and crafting papers outlining potential future research directions. I hope that these activities are constructive in helping to develop the next generation of corporate governance researchers.

I also try to maintain an active research program. In 2021, I published four papers in major journals, including The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research. I have five papers accepted for publication in such top journals as the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research and Accounting, Organizations and Society. Recent statistics suggest that I have been the most productive accounting researcher worldwide ― in terms of publishing in the top five journals in my field ― in the past three- (2019-2021), six- (2016-2021), and 12-year (2010-2021) periods.

In striving to provide evidence on interesting research questions, I generally try to exploit unique data. For example, in a recent study, my co-authors and I explore whether audit partner performance is sensitive to the extent of their narcissism. Extensive prior archival and experimental evidence in psychology, economics and management suggests that narcissistic individuals tend to be more independent. This maps into audit theory that holds that audit partner quality improves when they exhibit more independence. In fact, auditors who are more independent are known to better resist pressure from clients to waive audit adjustments that would lower their earnings. Similarly, prior evidence implies that more independent audit partners are less concerned about the threat of dismissal in the event that they reach audit decisions that are unfavourable to client management. However, in the other direction, more narcissistic audit partners may discount input from other members of the audit team, potentially undermining audit quality.

Accordingly, the impact of narcissism on partner performance distils to an empirical question that we examine in this study. Relying on partner signature size to measure their narcissism, we find strong evidence supporting that more narcissistic partners conduct high-quality audits. This paper, which was published in The Accounting Review in 2021, is part of a series of research projects on the partner-level determinants of audit quality that I have in the pipeline. Similar to my earlier research, I am optimistic that these papers will lead to insights that help inform public policy debates and motivate future research.

Like many others dealing with disruptions stemming from pandemic, this year I have spent time reflecting on my goals for the next stage of my career. Although I will likely take a different path in the years ahead, I will always be deeply grateful to former deans Dr. Gary Gorman and Dr. Wilfred Zerbe for their resolute support of my research activities.


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Excellence recognized: Engineering honours outstanding alumni

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By Jackey Locke

Excellence recognized: Engineering honours outstanding alumni

Engineering alumni Kim Keating and Earl Ludlow are the recipients of the faculty’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2017 and 2018, respectively.

The award recognizes outstanding alumni who have had exceptional career achievements and have made significant impact on an employer, society, community and/or industry.

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Ms. Keating, who is the vice-president fabrication, Technical, Construction Central and Western Canada, Cahill Group, graduated from Memorial in 1998 with a bachelor of engineering degree and earned her master of business administration from Athabasca University in 2003.

She has 20 successful years of experience in the province’s offshore oil and gas industry. Throughout her career, Ms. Keating has worked with integrity and drive to ensure the companies she has worked for, their projects and the employees they represented has been successful on the provincial, national and world stages.

She provides her knowledge in various capacities for business, societal and advisory groups. She is past vice-chair of Memorial University’s Board of Regents, a member of the Engineering and Applied Science Advisory Council, and chair of the Rhodes Scholarship in Canada regional selection committee. She is past chair of the St. John's Board of Trade, past president of WISE NL, a founding member of the International Women’s Forum (Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter) and a board director with the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation and Opera on the Avalon. She sits on the NL Oil and Gas Industry Development Council. She is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering – the first female inductee from Newfoundland and Labrador – and serves on the Academy's board of directors.

“I am truly honoured and humbled to receive this award and to be among the nearly 3,000 graduates who now call themselves engineering alumni of Memorial University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science,” said Ms. Keating.

Memorial engineering graduates are some of the best and brightest making their mark on the global stage and I am very proud to be part of such world class talent. There are so many deserving alumni of this award who through their amazing work and leadership continue to not only advance our profession, but be influential thought leaders leaving a positive impact on society. I thank Dr. Naterer and Memorial for this award and I accept on behalf of all the engineering alumni who inspire me to be best engineer I can be.”

Giving back

Mr. Ludlow graduated from Memorial with a bachelor of engineering degree in 1980 and a master of business administration degree in 1994. He retired from his position as executive vice-president, Eastern Canadian and Caribbean Operations, Fortis Inc. in 2017 after more than 40 years with the company, having worked in several Canadian provinces, Central America and the Caribbean.

Mr. Ludlow promotes a culture of volunteerism and giving back in his professional and personal life. As a business leader, he believes that corporate, social and individual responsibility is paramount. This includes the safety of fellow employees and the general public, the support of charities and social agencies, and the mentoring of the youth of today.

He is an active volunteer in the community. He is currently vice-chair of the Rooms, Governor of Commissionaires NL, a member of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador advisory council and the RNC Historical Board. He served two terms on Memorial’s Board of Regents and is a past member of the Engineering and Applied Science Advisory Council, past chair of the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Foundation and past vice-chair of St Luke’s Homes. He served two terms as the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 1st battalion. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and was awarded the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. He was inducted into the Atlantic provinces CEO Business Hall of Fame by Atlantic Business Magazine. He was designated as the Humanitarian of the Year by the Canadian Red Cross in 2010 and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

“I am honoured to receive the Dean’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2018,” said Mr. Ludlow. “We should all be proud and privileged to have access to such an outstanding university as Memorial and, in particular, a Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science that is world-class!

“As a new graduate in 1980, I had the opportunity to work with trailblazers in this field such as Dr. Angus Bruneau, Aidan Ryan, Charlie Henry and John Evans to name a few. They instilled in me a sense of pride in my profession, a love of continuous learning, a responsibility for community health and a need to think on a global basis. It was evident at the recent reunion that these values are alive and well today. The Paradigm Hyperloop Team is proof that the profession and society are in excellent hands. The presence of such creativity, imagination, entrepreneurship and engineering talent would lead one to that conclusion. MUN engineering alumni continue to positively impact all parts of the globe. To borrow a motto dear to my heart, we have certainly ‘launch(ed) forth into the deep’.”

Dr. Greg Naterer, dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, was very pleased to honour Ms. Keating and Mr. Ludlow for their outstanding achievements.

“Ms. Keating and Mr. Ludlow have given back to Memorial, our program and our students in numerous ways,” said Dr. Naterer. “They serve as role models for the entire university community by helping our students discover their full potential and partnering with us to address important community needs.”

Ms. Keating and Mr. Ludlow received their awards on Friday evening at the faculty’s annual reunion.


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MEC India wins media duties for Hindu group

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MEC India has bagged the media duties for Kasturi & Sons Ltd (KSL), best known for its flagship English-language newspaper, The Hindu.

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Commenting on the win, Rajendra J Prasad, General Manager, MEC said â€œThe Hindu is a prestigious brand with an inspiring legacy. We are eager to combine our talent & range of services to deliver standout brand work & outstanding business results.â€Â Speaking on appointing MEC as a media partner, Sathya Sriram, AVP, Marketing and Strategy, The Hindu Group, said â€œMECâ€™s integrated approach combined with their understanding of consumers and how they engage with our brands make them the perfect partner to handle our mandate. These are important and exciting times for The Hindu Group. We are happy to on-board MEC in this journey.â€The account will be handled by MECâ€™s Chennai branch.

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — One month after raising the Ballon d’Or in triumph to crown his remarkable rise, Karim Benzema’s dream of winning the World Cup is over before he has even played a game in Qatar.

Defending champion France’s World Cup hopes took a huge blow with the news that its star striker Benzema is out of the tournament after tearing a muscle in his left thigh during training on Saturday.

“Karim Benzema is out of the World Cup,” the French soccer federation (FFF) said. “After hurting the quadriceps on his left thigh the Real Madrid striker is forced to give up on taking part in the World Cup.”

Benzema was participating in his first full training session with Les Bleus when he had to come off after feeling some pain in his left thigh, the FFF said.

“He went for an MRI scan in a hospital (clinic) in Doha, which unfortunately confirmed a tear,” the FFF said, adding that he will need three weeks to recover.

Benzema addressed his fans after the news emerged.

“I’ve never given up in my life but tonight I have to think of the team, as I have always done,” Benzema posted on his Instagram account. “So reason tells me to give my place to someone who can help our squad have a great World Cup. Thanks for all your messages of support.”

France coach Didier Deschamps said: “I’m very sad for Karim who had made this World Cup a major objective,”

Benzema had hardly played at all in recent weeks — since winning the Ballon d’Or, he has played fewer than 30 minutes for Madrid — and this was his first full training session with France.

France faces Australia on Tuesday in Group D, then Denmark four days later and Tunisia on Nov. 30.

It is a crushing blow for Benzema, only the fifth Frenchman to win the Ballon d’Or award and the first since Zinedine Zidane, his idol, in 1998.

The hugely talented Benzema, who is of Algerian descent, came through Lyon’s renowned youth academy and scored the first of his Champions League goals as an audaciously gifted 17-year-old. He’s now fourth all-time with 86 goals.

Benzema was France’s top scorer at the 2014 World Cup but did not play in France’s victorious 2018 World Cup campaign because he was still exiled from the team for his alleged role in a sex-tape scandal with then-France teammate Mathieu Valbuena.

The fallout from that scandal led to a dramatic fall from grace for Benzema. He faced a nationwide deluge of vitriol and scathing criticism, including on the political level. It led to a long exclusion from the national team from Oct. 2015 until his recall by Deschamps in May last year.

With his relationship with Deschamps repaired, Benzema scored freely for France with 10 goals in 16 games since coming back to reach 37 overall, and he formed a great partnership with Kylian Mbappe.

He won the hearts of French fans and cemented his place in the affections of Madrid’s equally demanding supporters. Benzema won five Champions League titles and has moved up to second place in Madrid’s all-time scoring list with 329 goals.

At last year’s European Championship, Benzema looked sharp and was France’s top scorer with four goals.

Earlier this week Benzema gave reassuring news in an extract of an interview with L’Equipe’s television channel, which was set to air on Sunday.

“I’m fine. I had a bit of pain but no tear and no serious injury. I could have played (for Madrid) but I wasn’t at 100%,” he told L’Equipe’s TV channel this week.

Now Benzema joins the list of big names injured shortly before the World Cup — like Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Germany’s Timo Werner. Not to mention Benzema’s own teammates, Paul Pogba, N’Gole Kante and Christopher Nkunku.

Deschamps has seen his squad riddled with injuries.

Nkunku was injured just minutes before the end of the team’s training session on Tuesday evening and replaced in the squad by Randal Kolo Muani on Wednesday.

Deschamps is already missing midfielders Pogba and Kante, who helped France win the World Cup four years ago.

Deschamps has an anxious wait to see if his best central defender, Raphael Varane, is fit to face Australia — exactly a month since he limped off for Manchester United with a hamstring injury.

Fellow World Cup winner and central defender Presnel Kimpembe pulled out Monday after failing to sufficiently recover from a six-week layoff following a hamstring injury.

Even without Benzema, France still has a strong attack to face Australia. France is likely to start with Olivier Giroud as the central striker, flanked by 2018 World Cup star Mbappe and either Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele or veteran Antoine Griezmann.

Giroud has scored 49 goals for France, Griezmann has 42 and the 23-year-old Mbappe already has 28. Dembele has been in fine form for Spanish league leader Barcelona this season.

Deschamps has until Monday — the eve of the Australia game — to call up a replacement for Benzema to his 26-player squad. Monaco striker Wissam Ben Yedder, who has three international goals, could be an option.

But Deschamps already has ample forward backup with Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman, Marcus Thuram and Kolo Muani.

Benzema would have turned 35 the day after the World Cup final. If France reaches it, he won’t be there to play in Qatar, just like four years ago in Russia.

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This drink is a homonym for an impact assessment process. And while we’re all trying to decide what that means, have a sip of this liquid dance of rum, citrus and touch of banana liqueur.

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2 ounces dark rum
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1 dash orange bitters

Pour all the ingredients in a mixing glass with several ice cubes. Stir until thorough chilled. Pour over ice into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a stemmed maraschino cherry and an orange slice.

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Alberta legislature Spring session ends as former UCP leader Jason Kenney resigns

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The Spring session of the legislature that saw premier Jason Kenney announce his resignation ends today.

The opposition NDP calls it a total failure, filled with party infighting that culminated with Kenney’s announcement last week that he’ll step down when the UCP chooses a new leader.

Government house leader Jason Nixon says they are ending earlier than usual because there’s nothing more to do.

Nixon adds there are no more pieces of legislation to pass.

“Frankly, I’m out of legislation today. There are two other bills that will remain on the order paper that still need work that I don’t think can get done in time,” said Nixon.

Nixon shot down claims from reporters that they are ending early so cabinet ministers and MLAs that want to run for the leadership can start campaigning.

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NDP house leader Christina Gray recapped the last 13 weeks.

“This session has been a total failure for the UCP. They’ve been entirely engrossed in their own internal drama and they have failed to address the single most important issue facing Albertans today. And that issue is of course the monthly bills that Albertans are struggling to pay,” said Gray.

The government did pass legislation allowing for a total of $150 dollars in rebates for power bills, but it is still not known when Albertans will actually receive that money.

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First half goal from Eden Hazard alongside Rodrygo strike ensured Real Madrid beat 10 men Inter Milan 2-0 in a game which Vidal was sent off, MySportDab reports.

First Half Report

The first half of the game was intense as one goal was registered with a sending off for the home side who weren’t lucky.

Eden Hazard gave Real Madrid the lead in the 7th minutes after converting from the penalty spot to hand his side a 1-0 lead in the match.

Inter Milan was unable to succeed in their attempts to stage a comeback despite creating opportunities to do so as the game progressed.

Things got worst as Arturo Vidal was sent off after being shown two quick yellow cards for complaining to the referee after a foul.

The first half ended with Inter Milan 0-1 Real Madrid as they both headed for the half time break with an advantage to the away side.

Second Half Report

The second half began in the same pace as the first half which the home side already have a man down after he was sent off.

Real Madrid doubled their lead to 2-0 in the 59th minute after a lovely team effort from the away side who had every advantage in the match.

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Inter Milan managed to cause some little troubles which didn’t amount to anything due to their 10 men disadvantage going forward.

The match ended with Inter Milan 0-2 Real Madrid as the away side claimed the win and a good three points in the bag.

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Is Mexico’s AMLO Willing to Walk Away from USMCA?

As the Mexican government’s commitment to energy independence smashes into US financial interests, President López Obrador threatens to put sovereignty above the USMCA trade deal.

The US is not only fighting (and to all intents and purposes losing) a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine while escalating tensions with its biggest geostrategic rival, China; it is also locked in a high-stakes game of economic brinkmanship with its second largest trading partner, Mexico, which could, in an extreme case scenario, end up shattering the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Trade Agreement just four years after its inauguration.

The latest escalation occurred on July 20 when the US Trade Representative Katherine Tai revealed that the US has requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico under USMCA over alleged violations of the trade agreement in the energy sphere. The news came just days after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or AMLO for short, had met with President Joe Biden to discuss shared policy interests. In her statement Ambassador Tai accused Mexico’s government of:

  • Granting competitive advantage to the Mexican state-owned companies to the detriment of private companies.
  • Obstructing the operation of private companies, particularly in the renewable energy sector; in the import, export and storage of fuels and electricity, as well as in the construction and operation of fuel stations.
  • Granting Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petroleos de Mexico (Aka Pemex) a deadline extension to comply with sulphur content limits in automotive diesel.
  • Favoring Pemex, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and their products in the use of Mexico’s natural gas transportation system, again to the detriment of private companies.

Sovereignty Versus Trade

Canada quickly followed suit and requested its own consultations on the matter. Last Thursday, AMLO responded by upping the ante. In his daily morning press conference he argued that the US’s decision to request consultations under the USMCA trade deal is not only unfounded but infringes on Mexico’s sovereignty. Using his strongest language yet in the dispute, AMLO declared that if it came down to a choice between national sovereignty and the USMCA Agreement, he would choose the former.

“Even if [the US] is the most important market in the world, if having access to that market means giving up sovereignty, we do not accept it. We will not surrender our independence to any foreign government,” AMLO said, adding that such a rupture will not occur, since it is in the interest of neither country. But as Jacobin contributor Kurt Hackbarth noted in a tweet, the implicit threat is there.

This is not the first time that a dispute settlement consultation has been brought against a USMCA member. In fact, there have already been four since the trade agreement was signed in 2018, three of which have been brought by the US. The last one was brought last year by Canada and Mexico against the US over interpretation of content rules for automobiles. If the consultation against Mexico’s energy policies doesn’t lead to a resolution in 75 days, the US can request the formation of an arbitration panel to settle the dispute.

Trying to resolve the differences between Mexico and its two northern trading partners is not going to be easy. Crucially, the changes AMLO is seeking to make in Mexico’s energy policy mix are not administrative or technical in nature but structural. What AMLO ultimately wants to ensure is that control over Mexico’s energy resources lies in the hands of the Mexican nation. And that flies in the face of what Washington wants, which is ultimately an energy-rich neighbor to the south that is open to unrestricted foreign investment.

Another reason why AMLO is unlikely to back down in this battle is that energy independence is the capstone of his so-called “fourth transformation” program. What’s more, it enjoys even stronger public support today than on his election four years ago. This is partly due to the recent masterclass the European Union has given the world on the dangers of depending excessively on foreign states to meet your own energy needs, especially if you then decide to declare economic war against the state you most depend on.

Crucially, AMLO’s government is not even talking about nationalizing Mexico’s energy market — unlike, say, French President Emmanuel Macron, who is in the early stages of fully nationalizing France’s heavily indebted electricity giant EDF. By contrast, what AMLO seeks is to fortify Mexico’s public energy providers, Pemex and the Federal Electricity Commission (FCE), as a means of bolstering Mexico’s energy independence, while leaving plenty of room for private enterprise.

To that end, he has reversed some the 2014 liberalization reforms of his predecessor Enrique Peña Nieto. Those reforms were supposedly meant to usher in lower energy prices for domestic consumers as well as thrust Mexico into a more prominent position in the global hydrocarbons market. Instead, the opposite happened: domestic prices of gas, diesel and natural gas soared as public subsidies were withdrawn while Pemex got weaker and weaker as private companies, most of them foreign-owned, moved in on its turf.

Hilary Clinton’s Role

The irony is that much of the damage AMLO is now trying to undo, which the Biden Administration is trying its damnedest to prevent, was largely the result of behind-the-scenes pressure from Hilary Clinton’s State Department. As Desmog reported in 2015, Clinton and her staff at the State Department, many of whom would end up working in the US energy industry, were actively promoting the privatization of Mexico’s oil industry after then-Mexican President Felipe Calderon began speaking about possible reforms in 2008.

“Mexico officials remain extremely sensitive about any public — especially US — comments regarding energy reform and production,” reads a February 2010 cable from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, prior to a visit to the country by Goldwyn. “We should retain the (U.S. government’s) long-standing policy of not commenting publicly on these issues while quietly offering to provide assistance in areas of interest to the (Mexican government).”

If AMLO is ultimately forced to backtrack, US companies would not be the only ones who would stand to benefit, as the Spanish corporate law firm Garrigues notes in an “alert” to clients:

…[A]lthough this dispute has been raised by the United States government in the State-to-State modality and for the benefit of its nationals, the effects of a favorable resolution could benefit private companies with investments in the energy sector in Mexico regardless of their nationality.

One company that will be keeping a very close eye on events is Houston-based Talos Energy. It leads a consortium of companies, including UK energy company Premier Oil and Sierra Oil, which is owned by Hamburg-based DEA Deutsche Erdoel, that is vying with Pemex for control of Zama, a disputed shallow-water field in the Gulf of Mexico that is among the 10 biggest oil discoveries in Mexico’s history, offering an estimated 850 million barrels of light crude. In 2021, Mexico’s government gave Pemex controlling interest of the project and that has not gone down well with Talos.

Pemex on the Mend?

The irony is that this is all happening as Mexico’s state-owned oil giant PEMEX just unveiled its biggest quarterly profits ($6.5 billion) in more than a decade. The company also appears to have put an end to an unbroken 15-year rough patch of sliding production. It was even able to increase its natural gas production 5.3% year on year. The ultimate irony is that in Mexico gasoline is now significantly cheaper than in both the US and Canada, largely due to Pemex’s substantial role within the country’s energy market.

Mexico will also soon be refining much of its own oil for the first time in decades, thanks to the AMLO government’s construction of the new Dos Bocas refinery as well as the rehabilitation of the six refineries already in operation. Chronic under-investment in the sector as well as Pemex’s declining output had played a key role in driving the country’s growing dependence on US gasoline. By 2017, a year before AMLO became president, Mexico’s refineries were operating at 51% of capacity. No new refineries had been built for 40 years.

This left Mexico with little choice but to ship its oil to the US and buy it back as gasoline, turning it, in the process, into the world’s second-largest gasoline importer. Since taking office AMLO has pledged to reverse this trend. In August 2021 he announced that Pemex would soon stop selling crude oil abroad and only extract the oil that it needs to produce the gasoline and diesel the country requires. It is all part of the president’s quest for energy self-sufficiency. But it is not good news for US refiners form whom Mexico was their biggest customer in 2021.

This is the crux of the issue: Mexico’s desire for energy independence flies directly in the face of US financial interests. And AMLO is not just talking about energy independence; he is also interested in bolstering Mexico’s food security and self-sufficiency. His government has already pledged to ban GMO corn. Thanks to NAFTA and US agricultural subsidies, Mexico has become a major importer of US-produced staples such as corn, rice and beans. In 2021, it was the world’s second largest importer of corn. As such, talk of food security and self-sufficiency is just as likely to raise the hackles in Washington.

The financial repercussions of Mexico’s pursuit of greater energy self sufficiency are likely to be significant on their own. If the consultation process over AMLO’s energy policies does not produce a resolution and the US then wins the subsequent international arbitration process, which it invariably tends to, Mexico could end up facing the imposition of potentially tens of billions of dollars of duties on some of its key export industries.

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For the moment AMLO seems unperturbed. He insists that chapter 8 of the trade agreement, whose inclusion his government insisted on, gives his government the right to pursue energy independence regardless of the cost to US companies. Chapter 8’s two paragraphs  make clear that both the US and Canada recognize that Mexico “has the direct, inalienable, and imprescriptible ownership of all hydrocarbons in the subsoil of the national territory” as well as “the sovereign right to reform its Constitution and its domestic legislation” as it sees fit.

Trade experts on both sides of the US-Mexican border beg to differ, arguing that Chapter 8 does not include any mention of Mexico’s electricity sector, which is the main focus of the dispute. What’s more, the ratchet clause in the original NAFTA states that once a sector is liberalized for investment or services — even unilaterally, as happened with Mexico’s 2014 energy reforms — this openness would become part of the agreement.

But AMLO does not seem to be in the mood for compromise. He knows that taking a firm stance against US economic demands will probably garner even more votes for his party, the National Regeneration Movement, or Morena.

AMLO’s Energy Secretary Rocio Nahle García has even said that Mexico’s energy balance and policy are “issues of national security.” For his part, AMLO seems content to troll Washington’s political establishment. A couple of weeks ago, he belittled the White House’s rhetoric, arguing that Mexico has not contravened the trade agreement and that the trade spat was merely a result of corrupt right-wing lobbying in Washington. He then asked his staff to play a popular ’70s Mexican song by Chico Che titled “Uyyyyy, que miedo” (Ooooh, I’m so scared).

In reality, the trade dispute between the US and Mexico bears all the hallmarks of a slow-motion train crash, says geopolitical analyst Jesus López Almejo. On the one hand, Mexico, a country that wants to protect its own energy sovereignty, is standing off against the US, a country that is determined to prise open Mexico’s energy markets for the benefit of US companies. As the world’s long-standing albeit declining hegemony as well as Mexico’s number one trading partner, accounting for 86% of purchases of Mexican exports, the US can inflict enormous damage on Mexico’s economy.

On the other hand, the US economy is already in a stagflationary recession and it desperately needs as much oil as it can get its hands on, including from Mexico. It is also true that Washington is rapidly losing influence across Latin America as a whole. What’s more, Joe Biden is the least popular president of the polling era. And in its dispute with Mexico, his administration is standing off against one of the most widely supported governments in recent Mexican history. In other words, there are a lot of dimensions to this brewing conflict.

In an article (in Spanish) for the Mexican news website Sentido Comun (translation below by yours truly) Kurt Hackbarth suggests that AMLO and his party, Morena, largely have themselves to blame for not subjecting the proposed USMCA trade agreement to the scrutiny it deserved:

In 2019, the USMCA was ratified by a Morena-dominated congress with hardly any discussion, a very different scenario from the heated debates surrounding NAFTA in the 1990s. The president of Mexico has even proposed a political and economic union of the Americas that would include the United States and Canada. Let us ask ourselves: if already with USMCA they intend to interfere in this way with the democratic decisions of Mexico, what would things be like within an even closer union? Just consider how the so-called core countries of the European Union (such as Germany) have treated the “peripheral” countries: through the mechanisms and treaties of the Union, in coordination with its central bank, they have imposed structural adjustment programs and onerous loans, project cuts and tax increases; they have even removed governments. Is that what we want?

It is worth recalling, as Yves has done on numerous occasions over the years, Dani Rodrik’s policy trilemma which holds that “democracy, national sovereignty and global economic integration are mutually incompatible: we can combine any two of the three, but never have all three simultaneously and in full.” In this case, of course, it is regional, not global, economic integration that is on the table.

For AMLO, national sovereignty appears to be sacrosanct. If that is indeed true, the question is: which of the other two is he willing to forego? If it is to be regional economic integration, AMLO may soon discover that it is a lot easier to enter a trade agreement with the US than it is to exit one, especially when the agreement in question (in its original NAFTA form) has been designed, in the words of Eastman Kodak chairman Ken Whitmore, “to lock in the opening of Mexico’s economy so that it can’t return to its protectionist ways.”

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  1. GramSci

    If “global economic integration” means WTO, WEF, ISDS, and subservience to Empire, then AMLO is indeed caught in Rodrick’s trilemma. But there used to be things called bilateral trade ageements. Can the Empire stop them like they stopped Nordstream?

    Does the Empire care enough about Latin American Untermenschen to even try?

  2. Amfortas the hippie

    go AMLO.
    cousin just yesterday was complaining about spanish speakers at the beach dumping trash out of the truck…habitual antiimmigrant rhetoric…new dealy small L liberal stuff still unwieldy.
    i went off about how if we, individuals, are to think of ourselves as responsible citizens of the USA by not dumping trash(an at least partially social engineered habit/more/folkway), is it not also incumbent upon us to take responsibility for the actions of “our” government and corps over decades to so f&ck up central and south america as to ensure the steady flow of “illegals”….without the benefit of 30 years of crying indians and “Dont Mess w Texas”…for exploitation and scapegoatery?
    i encouraged him to learn how to say “hey, man, that’s not cool” in spanish for those instances….ie: assimilate them.
    relevant to this article, in my mind, is the nafta dumping of subsidised(welfare!) USA corn onto the Mexican market…that drove millions of campesinos out of bidness, and up north over the border.
    i tell all my right-leaning interlocutors, whenever they start yammering about “Messkins”…want to stop the flow? 2 things: 1 stop meddling in other people’s countries
    and 2. prosecute meat packers and other corporate egregores(and their human shareholders) for hiring exploitable-by-design “illegal” people.
    its a mike-drop every time.

    1. Eclair

      Amfortas (missed you, BTW, hope you are coping), yes on 1) stop meddling in other people’s countries, and 2) prosecute meat packers ….for hiring exploitable-by-design ‘illegal’ people.

      I remember reading an LA Times (I think) investigative report, back in the ’90’s, following the route of meat-packing recruiters in Central/South American, and back up to the chicken processing plants on the USA south. Big yawn, apparently. Can’t mess with access to our chicken tenders!

  3. Bart Hansen

    Some years ago there was a stink about how our ethanol production caused the price of corn to rise such that Mexicans were having to pay much more for the corn that goes into their staple food of tortillas.

    Is AMLO finally getting payback for what happened back then, or has that years ago problem faded away?

    1. Nick Corbishley Post author

      No, it’s still there. In fact, in 2021 Mexico — the birthplace of Maize — was the second largest importer of corn on the planet, most of which came from the US.

  4. The Rev Kev

    It may be that Mexico has seen that the playing field has changed. Could the US put harsh tariffs on Mexican goods if they try to break out of this treaty? Sure. But then they could also open up major trade relations with China or Russia and with them a helluva lot of countries in South America and Africa as well as Asia and the Middle East. So what I am saying is that perhaps that Mexico has realized that bolting themselves to ‘the west’- in this case the US & Canada – may be backing an eventual losing hand. And it is not 1916 anymore so the idea of the US to move in their military is off the table. The choice is actually simple. Stay with USMCA and just become in the end a territory whose resources & people are to be plundered and exploited or else make the break and align with the new power blocks forming in the world. Sort of like trying to achieve a fresh start.

  5. orlbucfan

    “AMLO seems content to troll Washington’s political establishment. A couple of weeks ago, he belittled the White House’s rhetoric, arguing that Mexico has not contravened the trade agreement and that the trade spat was merely a result of corrupt right-wing lobbying in Washington….” (emphasis mine)
    There’s the truth in a nutshell. The USA an empire? Don’t make this American laugh in derision. Nothing like having a bunch of corrupt, semi-senile/senile, old farts systemically wreck your country.

  6. Gregorio

    Here in Baja California Sur we have a large scale solar farm with grid scale batteries, and a wind farm that are fully constructed, yet sitting idle, languishing in a legal dispute over a deal signed with the corrupt Nieto administration, that gave away a large portion of the energy production farm to international corporations. I personally, and most of the people here, fully support AMLO’s efforts to walk back the neoliberal model.

  7. spud

    i have always viewed free trade as fascism, and i am correct. i have always viewed the clintons as fascists, and i am correct.

    you cannot have a civil society, a humanitarian society, a environmentally friendly society, you cannot even have a dynamic economy, and free trade.

    when you sign a free trade agreement, you just signed on to your own “Operation Barbarossa”

    1. TimD

      I agree but would substitute Neoliberalism for free trade. It calls for everyone to bow to the market and let the market decide. This translates to American-based multinational corporations being able to do whatever they want in order to maximize profits including pushing the values and goals out of the way. Rodrik’s policy trilema is a good fit for describing this situation.

  8. Darius

    Washington still has a big toolbox of covert ops to apply to this situation. Based on the experience of countries around the world, as well as Mexico, I hope AMLO and MORENA are keeping a close watch on such activities.

  9. Susan the Other

    If every country nationalized its land and waters and oil/resources it would be an equitable arrangement for all sovereigns. That would be a good starting point to begin trading contracts. It would automatically restrict monopolization tendencies of overly powerful private enterprise – which is a very disturbing development which never disappears – it only hibernates until the next opportunity. That’s a good topic for discussion: Why not nationalize???

  10. Grateful Dude

    I have acquired great respect and admiration of AMLO. I think he’s for real. He talks about the menace of neo-liberalism in public. And I think Mexico is a safer place to be now, except, I guess, in areas that are run by cartels, all of whom are fed by $ for drugs across the border. Why is cocaine still illegal? Oh wait, growing pot in the US is the federal crime of drug manufacturing to this day. Oy. AMLO pointed out recently that Mexico City is a safer city than NYC.

  11. digi_owl

    The day the world turns its back on the USD will be spectacular, in all the wrong ways…

  12. Adam Eran

    Says Ravi Batra’s Greenspan’s Fraud, Mexican real, median income fell 36% in the wake of NAFTA. You’d have to go back to the Great Depression to find a decline like that in U.S. incomes. And that prompted no great migration!… Oh wait, the Okies. Now imagine the Okies arrive in California where they’re caged and separated from their children before being deported back to OK where they’ll suffer as bad or worse.

    One could guess that shipping a bunch of subsidized Iowa corn to Mexico would put pressure on those little subsistence corn farmers there (I’ve read half of Mexico gets by on less than $5/day). And those little farmers were only keeping the diversity and disease-resistance of the corn genome alive, but they weren’t making any money for Monsanto…so it’s OK to bankrupt them and send them to Gringolandia where they’re persecuted.

    AMLO is assuring his legacy will continue. It’s no accident that Castro, the guy who stood up to this kind of exploitation by the Gringos, is a hero south of the border.

    And it’s been going on for a while. Between 1798 and 1994, the U.S. is responsible for 41 changes of government south of its borders.

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Leveraging Our 12 Training Techniques in Your Weekend Messages

“This is a game changer. How could I use these techniques in a Sunday sermon?“ That’s a common question we receive at the Train the Trainer Retreat after leaders are exposed to the Transformational Training Matrix and the 12 Techniques.

Leaders who preach often are constantly trying to think of ways to increase the congregation’s engagement and application. The 12 Techniques are tools that help communicators do just that.

But what does that look like in a worship service with several dozen or even several hundred people? Most preaching is a combination of Strategic Narrative and Directive Teaching. Those techniques, of course, are valuable tools in our toolkit but leave us in the Descriptive Learning and Directive Learning Quadrants of our Transformational Training Matrix. That’s low engagement.

How can we help a congregation enter into high engagement – into the Discovery Learning quadrant and the Design Learning quadrant?

Well, I have been experimenting. Recently, I was asked to preach at one of the churches that my home church, Cuyahoga Valley Church, helped to plant. So I taught at Renew Communities on marriage. My big idea was: “Actually following Jesus will make your marriage better and will make you better at marriage.”

I tried several of our techniques. It went well! I was shocked at the strong positive response I received. In fact, the Renew Church staff met the next day with another pastor from the area who then made an appointment with me to talk about preaching. They told him that my message on marriage was one of the best they had heard. They also said that they feel that I’m actually getting better as a preacher. Now, I’m not sure I’m buying all that hype, but it sure was encouraging!

What follows are some of the techniques and how I used them. (Note: I will not share with you the Strategic Narrative and Directive Teaching. Most of us are already proficient with those two!)

Maybe my experiences will stir you to experiment. Why not try some of the techniques on for size in your own preaching?

I sometimes use this technique early in the message in order to help the congregation understand why they need to engage and tune in. It’s helpful to keep this kind of self assessment short. Typically I develop 3 statements for a Self-Assessment in a message. Here’s what I used at Renew:

I want to give you the opportunity to take a little self-assessment as we we begin. Here are three simple statements. Give yourself a score on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being high – 10 being “Yes, that describes me perfectly!“

___ I rarely resort to manipulative or childish behavior to get my own way.
___ When hardships hit, my spouse knows that what will flow out of me is love, joy, and peace.
___ My spouse and I can clearly and quickly articulate a shared mission for our marriage.

What was your strongest score? Where do you need to grow the most?

With technology today, it may just be possible for your tech team to build a brainstorming slide on the spot during the service. Using this approach will keep you from having too many Post-it’s upfront that people can’t see. Everyone can see a brainstorming slide being built. Here are 2 brainstorming options I used at Renew:

How do we know if God is the Architect of a marriage? What does that look like? [Title a Post-it, frame it, and build a list with the congregation.] “When God is the Architect and builder of a marriage…” Which of these is a strength for you? Where do you most need to grow?

Strictly speaking, questions are not a technique. However, as you know, we spend a whole session helping our trainers learn how to ask better questions. That’s what the 5 Hat Question Pathway is all about. Below are a few of the questions I used in the message on marriage:

Emotional maturity. Marital stability. Relational unity. Is that what it was like with your mom and dad? Is that what it’s like with you? What has gone wrong?

Did God bring you here today to remind you of your responsibility to bear the fruit of the Spirit, to be civil? To live with emotional intelligence? What’s it going to take for you to begin again to abide in Christ, to stay connected all day every day, to actually follow Jesus – especially in your marriage?

Caring for the poor, the refugee, the orphan, and the widow are big deals to God. What part are you playing as a couple to bring about biblical justice?

Brainstorming/Strategy Development

What communicators long for, of course, is that members of the congregation will actually do something with the information. Providing not only tools, but time for the congregation to build their next steps is paramount. Here’s how I wrapped things up at Renew:

We’re going to build build a list of 10 Traits of a Great Christian Marriage. Quickly! Just shout out a trait! Ready, set, go! All right. Which one of these is your takeaway for today? See, actually following Jesus will make your marriage better. And it will make you better at marriage. So what’s that one area you’re going to focus on as a couple so you can actually start following Jesus better?

Guided Debrief

In the message at Renew, I wanted to help the congregation see God‘s original design for marriage, answer the question What went wrong?”, see what God has done to reverse the curse, and give them a vision for what their marriage could actually be in the future. So, I actually brought in a stand with a giant Post-it and entitled it Pixar Story Line. I quickly introduced them to the concept. Then I asked for 3 words or phrases for each of the 7 parts of the Storyline. It served a Guided Debrief with the congregation about what they knew about creation, fall, rescue, and restoration and how that has impacted marriage today. The venue was fairly large. Some on the sides of the room and in the back probably couldn’t see what I was writing. But I wasn’t too worried about that since everyone in the room could hear the interaction and benefit from it. What follows is the way I introduced it and the congregation’s response (collected from all 3 services).

I’d like you to help me develop the storyline of marriage. We could use the classic storyline of Creation, Fall, Rescue, and Restoration. But I want to try an experiment here today. Let’s use Pixar‘s Storyline which really follows the biblical storyline.

Once upon a time…
And every day…
One day…
Because of that…
Because of that…
Until finally…
And ever since that day…

Once upon a time, God created marriage. The marriage was very good. The man and the woman had no secrets. They were unashamed and happy. The relationship was peaceful. The husband and wife worked well together. God was present with them in the Garden. Things were… well… perfect.

And every day the husband and the wife walked with God. They experienced joy, intimacy, and abundance. They knew the kind of freedom that flows from unity and trust. They exercised dominion over creation.

One day, an enemy, the devil, came into the Garden and tempted the couple to question God. So, they disobeyed God. They sinned. They fell.

Because of that, their relationship was filled with fear, pride, blame, and separation. Conflict characterized their relationship. The couple had to leave the Garden. Their sin led to spiritual death and the death of a peace-filled marriage.

Because of that, marriages continue to be broken. Couples adopt society’s standards instead of God’s. Selfishness, infidelity, and divorce are common.

Until finally, Jesus came to sacrifice Himself, to rescue and restore. He died on the cross to forgive husbands wives. He rose from the dead. His grace changes everything for those who repent and believe the gospel.

And ever since that day, husbands and wives can experience salvation. Jesus brings about reconciliation between husbands and wives. Couples can connect again. Marriages can be filled with hope, purity, and unity. Vision, growth and new goals mean that things can be lovely again. In Christ, restoration to the marriage experience in the Garden takes place.

So, where is your marriage in this story?

Here are a few tips for leveraging the 12 techniques in a weekend message.

  1. Budget appropriate time for each technique.
  2. Trim your directive teaching so you’ll have time for the unscripted interaction.
  3. Be prepared for weird or wrong answers that you may have to edit on the spot.
  4. Get comfortable with giving up total control and allowing a little “mess” in the message.
  5. Ask for one word replies or short phrases for answers.
  6. Affirm and applaud the “gold” that the congregation uncovers.
  7. Leverage any opportunity for humor; have fun interacting!

Is this a little risky? Yes, especially if you prefer the polished professional approach. Why bother? Why take the risk? We want our learners to engage more deeply!

If you try some of these techniques, you will find that you still have plenty of space for declarative, propositional, prophetic proclamation. In fact, you might just find that someone “out there“ makes a point that is actually better than anything you had planned. Using the techniques gives room for the Holy Spirit to work from the room to the stage.

Start small. Try just one of the techniques in an upcoming message. Then, gradually try to increase your use of these techniques for the sake of transformation!

So, what technique will you use the next time you preach?

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Updated: Sep 20, 2020

Hello fellow artists! We want to invite you to a socially distanced, non educational (but you might learn something anyways) self led, plein air session. We meet 1-2 times a week in various parks around Nanaimo and usually spend 3-4 hours painting at a location, weather willing of course!

Saturday Aug the 8th, we are meeting at 4pm in Bowen Park at the Duck Pond/Falls parking lot. And will be meeting in the same spot the following Thursday Aug 13th at 4pm again.

Bring all your own gear, including things like a chair, easel, snacks, etc. All painting and drawing mediums welcome.

The locations and times are determined by group consensus. You don't need to be a member of the NFCA to join us.

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Covid Prom Session Share by Jennifer Petritz

Covid Prom Session Share by Jennifer Petritz

We all know there are worse things in life, but regardless, 2020 was a hard year for our graduating seniors. Our small town in Montana was getting ready to celebrate Senior Prom when our state was shut down due to the Covid-19, an experience shared by seniors all over the world. All of our girls had already bought their dresses, shoes, made hair appointments, had dates… a few short words, they were really sad.

Even though I couldn’t do anything to change the events brought on by a global pandemic, I wanted to do something nice for my 2020 seniors. I offered up free Prom sessions (after the restrictions were lifted) so the girls could have nice pictures in their prom dresses! Even though this doesn’t make up for a missed prom, it was super fun for the girls! They got to do their hair and makeup and get all dressed up to show off their style!

This beautiful senior is a local girl I have known for a very long time. I have been taking her pictures since she was a little girl. She is all grown up now and heading out to start her life after high school. Her beauty is truly mesmerizing, which made me want to share this session with all of you.

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1974 Article in Norwich Bulletin

Narconon Handle Living Problems

Name of Game at Narconon Is ‘Handle Living Problems’

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AWARENESS – One of the first lessons which Narconon teaches is “to be comfortable with yourself.” One of the ways they go about it is to have two participants sit across from each other for 10 minutes until they can feel completely relaxed and at ease. (Bulletin Photo by Kathy Provencher)

This is the first of three articles concerning the Narconon concept of preventing drug abuse, alcoholism and crime, plus helping solve and deal with various and sundry “hangups.”

EW LONDON - “We know it works,” Narconon people say, “that’s why the program stays constant. People do ‘this, this and this’ and are able to handle living problems.”

“This, this and this” is evidently hard to define but Narconon director, Pat Healey described the program as “helping people handle situations so that they are in control of their environment to the point where they’re the cause rather than the effect.”

Narconon, a non-profit organization, was first established in 1966 in Arizona State Prison by an inmate with a history of drug abuse. Attempting to overcome his habit and help others, he devised a program aimed at awareness of self and at evaluating what a person’s capabilities are. He utilized materials he had read by L. Ron Hubbard, concerning program solving and ‘survival’.

The organizer of Narconon was given permission to start programs while in prison and the program grew. Now worldwide, Narconon units are supervised in this country through Narconon headquarters in Los Angeles.

The program began in New London almost two years ago. Last June, according to Healey, there were only two people actively involved in the program. But, VISTA provided four volunteers who hold training meetings three nights each week in the Multi-Service Center at 47 Coit St., New London.

The space there is not sufficient to meet the program’s needs, however, and the Narconon personnel hope “to get out as soon as space can be made available somewhere.” They say an afternoon program could be established if suitable quarters can be found.

Funding is also a problem. Healey pointed out that California funds the Narconon programs there. “It exists in Toronto through voluntary contributions, and is funded in Sweden by the government,” Healey said. “An appeal to co-exist” with other agencies in the area was voiced by Healey, who said the Vista volunteers plus contributions from the community make the New London program possible.

He said, “We started out dealing with people with various hangups, such as how to handle jobs, family crises and so forth.” He said, “We found out that many people just are not equipped to handle certain types of problems.”

The program involves “teaching participants to complete a cycle of action – to handle completely and fully one cycle at a time before progressing to another.” Course participants, Healey said, “are made to be aware of themselves as people. The usual thing,” he continued, “is to deal with symptoms.

“But this doesn’t work because it’s the little things that stop people. They’ve lost certain abilities to handle certain problems, or ‘suspected problems’ in their lives.” He explained, “We try to teach them to be comfortable with themselves.”

One of the first of the structured courses, which never changes, consists of two people, one who has mastered the project, and a newcomer. According to Barbara Barrett, one of the four Vista workers, “It’s very simple really. Each participant serves as a teacher as he or she completes each segment of the program.” During this particular unit, the two people sit facing each other without talking for 10 minutes. “The idea,” Miss Barrett said, “is for them to look at each other and feel completely comfortable. Once they’ve mastered this they go on to the next lesson.”

There is reading material pertaining to each step of the course and a Vista worker is on hand, at all times, to ascertain that the participant understands each and every word. “This is important,” Miss Barrett said, “because many people have trouble with reading and with comprehension.”

As each Narconon student comprehends and finishes each unit, he or she scores “a win” or a gain. Points are given for each “win”, Miss Barrett said, “and every step ahead is a ‘win’.”

“The supervisor is there to see if everything is ok,” Miss Barrett explained, “to see that people are getting ‘wins.’”

Each student determines individually whether he or she has mastered each “lesson.” Healey said, “As soon as you get a ‘win’ you learn how to coach that particular drill. And then you think, ‘Wow, if I can teach someone else what I’ve learned, applying the set of dynamics from ‘self,’ and then from ‘self’ to spouse, or ‘self’ to family, and then to the community and then on to mankind, that’s terrific!”

He said, “Most people are so involved with their own survival, they never get a kick out of helping someone else.”

Healey explained the course briefly as, “One and two lessons are involved with getting the communications through right – into the person’s ear; three is getting the question answered; four is learning how to handle people; and six through nine are controlling things – people and objects and having the ability to handle them completely.”


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A mid-year check-in

Real talk, 6-month review and how to reset

A casual chat

At the mid-way(ish) point in the year, I thought I’d take a minute to check in with you and have a quick chat about business, life… and everything in between.

As online business owners, it’s so easy to be swept up in the wave of comparison.

We see what other entrepreneurs are doing and we judge ourselves against their curated Instagram feed. Forgetting their public profile is a filtered and *often* polished part of their real life.

So, instead of talking about goals and how to “stay on track” to achieve them, I’m having a heart-to-heart check-in.

Life on the road

In the video (above) I’m sharing how the past 6 months of travelling with Drew and the kids have been - the challenges of running my copywriting business on the road, home-schooling the kids and our commitment to having as much fun along the way.

As a copywriter and self-confessed perfectionist, I’ve fallen into the comparison trap many times. Most recently, I was beating myself up because I hadn’t posted in a while.

But when I stepped back and asked myself, “Why am I beating myself up over this?” I realised it was because it’s the messaging many people in my industry (online marketing gurus) promote.

The Hustle Mindset

Now, I’m not bashing content creation. Far from it. Creating valuable content is really important as an online business owner - for sure.

But the hustle mindset is so pervasive. It can create feelings of not-enoughness, suck you into a state of scarcity and diminish your confidence.

Not to mention hustle mentality dances way too close to the border of burnout for me, which is sadly worn as a badge of honour in the entrepreneurial world. In case you're wondering... Nope, burnout isn't a prerequisite to starting and running your own business. You can totally avoid it and still achieve remarkable things. Ok, rant over!

Rebel with a cause

Being a rebel is hard! And believe it or not, when you decide to...

... leave the 9-5 world

... get off the hamster wheel of grind and hustle

... start your own business

... be a freelancer or enter the world of entrepreneurship…

You are going against the grain. Because you're challenging conventional norms and making your own rules (or breaking them as the case may be).

And that’s a good thing.

Don’t think you qualify as a certified rebel? Check this out. According to the folks at Lunarmobiscuit.com 400 million people are entrepreneurs. That sounds like a lot but it only makes up less than 5% of the world’s population.

Source: Lunarmobiscuit.com: How many entrepreneurs are there in the world?

Know your why

Simon Sinek, said it best when he said Start with Why. As online business owners, it's important we know what drives us, inspires us and motivates us to keep going.

Your why is that big bright red hot burning reason why your business exists. Your why doesn't have to be grand, noble or world-changing. Of course it can be but it might be tied to more personal reasons - at least in the beginning, such as having the desire to do work you love, make your own money so you can contribute to the household income or prove the naysayers wrong,

READ THIS POST! It walks you through the 5 things you need to know before you start your online business, including how to identify the why behind your brand.

In the post you'll learn, explore and expand on the following:

  1. WHO - who you are and who you serve

  2. WHAT - what you do

  3. WHY - why you do what you do

  4. HOW - how you do it

  5. WHEN - when you’ll bring it (your products or services) to market

Source: Thekennedyconnection.com

Like Frank Said…

Do it your way. (I know he didn’t *actually* say that but you get the point!)

OK, pour the wine… here comes the cheese…

You have one precious life and you get to design it however you wish. There’s no one way to live or run a business. It’s all up to you. You get to choose.

If a goal, intention, desire or dream no longer lights you up or inspires you then you can change your mind. Rewrite the script and pursue something new.

It’s entirely up to you!

This mid-year check-in was very powerful for me.

If you feel a little restless, uncertain, stuck, overwhelmed, or disengaged with your work then maybe check in with yourself. Have an honest conversation with your soul.

  1. Are your goals still in alignment with your heart?

  2. Do you still feel passionate, joyful and connected to your mission?

  3. What brings you peace?

  4. What’s no longer serving you?

  5. If money and external validation weren’t a factor, what would you do?

Taking a moment to reflect, review, reassess and reevaluate the things that matter in your life - sheep and a castle backdrop optional - can be refreshing.

It’s perfectly OK to take a break or change your mind.

Trust your gut and give yourself permission to honour your wishes. Even if they don’t make sense to anyone else. You know who you are and the business you want to build.

And guess what…

Even if you’re not 100% clear… that’s alright too. Have faith in your capacity to figure things out and trust The Universe has your back and is always conspiring in your favour.

Till next time,

Nat x

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This bag is seriously versatile, equally suited to slinging on for a dog walk or for popping your essentials in for a night out. In the early stages of designing it, I boxed the bottom of the bag, but I ended up remaking it without doing so; to my eye, the slimline design suits it best. Experiment with contrast base fabrics of different types, for a totally different look every time you make it - and enjoy changing the look of your finished bag by simply switching your chain handle for one of a different length. I hope you love it as much as I do. - Natasha

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Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has pleaded with the federal government for help in dealing with the worsening homeless situation, the New York Post reported on Sunday.

In particular, Blasio called on the federal government to help provide assistance to low income citizens who cannot afford to rent apartments.

"The problem ultimately is Donald Trump has not shown any willingness to give us the tools we need, most especially Section 8 vouchers, which allow people to live in rental housing", de Blasio said.

Trump has blamed the authorities of Democratic-governed California and New York for the deteriorating situation, criticising them for putting too much effort into the impeachment procedures against him instead of addressing the homelessness issue.

In an effort to tackle the problem, de Blasio announced on 23 December an additional $21 million in spending on mental health services for homeless New Yorkers, the New York Daily News reported. The funding is the result of a review of the controversial legislation known as Kendra's Law enacted by NYC that gives the green light to involuntary treatment for mental health issues.

As of September, there were around 62,000 homeless people accommodated in NYC shelters.