Parveen Kaler

Founder | Smartful Studios Inc.

Month: January, 2008

From Goal to Game Plan

We are just over a week into 2008 and there have already been people falling off of the New Year’s Resolution bandwagon. One of the biggest problems that I see is that people don’t plan to achieve a goal. Resolutions are wishes to achieve a goal. Barring fairy dust and magic, that is just not [...]

The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland

The first episode of jPod will be airing on the CBC tomorrow.  So, during my Christmas holidays I decided to go back and read Coupland’s latest novel, The Gum Thief. I usually jump in bed 15 minutes to an hour before I want to actually sleep. I spend that first chunk of time reading whatever [...]

Goal-Oriented versus Outcome-Dependent

“When I’m done with school I’ll have more fun.” “When I’ve finally paid off my debt I’ll go on that cool trip.” “After this project ships, I’ll spend more time on my hobbies.” “I won’t be happy until I get this one final thing done.” It’s that time of year when everyone is making resolutions. [...]