Hello Reader,

This week was marked by scheduling mishaps, all thanks to British Columbia's decision NOT to change our clocks as winter approaches.

While I'm all in favour of not having my sleep disrupted every 6 months with clock changes, I don't remember a time when I've had more mishaps than this past week.

Just in the last 24 hours, I've made and missed a meeting with the same person 3 times, all because our scheduling tool was not reading the right time.

Worse? It was me who was making the mistakes and not showing up when I had thought I had agreed to!

Argghh!

How about you, have you had this happen to you at all these past few weeks?

Mistakes = progress, not failure.

I was literally repeating that to myself today as I stared, yet again, at the missed meeting notification, when last night before going to bed and this morning just before breakfast, I double checked that I had set it up correctly.

And then, it happened. AGAIN!

9:30am Pacific Time.

Double and triple checked.

Yes, that was the right time.

Then this morning, at 9:20am as I made my way up to my computer, I looked again at the meeting reminder in my email: 8:30am.

What!?

How!?

I had missed it again, and had to reach out and apologize...AGAIN to the guy I was trying to connect with.

Thankfully, I wasn't the only one having this issue. And thankfully he was very kind and understanding, but what a frustrating experience!

But mistakes = progress only if you don't let them stop you from trying again!

I my case, my meeting today that I just FINALLY finished, was super helpful, and well worth pushing through to make happen.

Links Of Interest

How to stop freezing in the middle of your CELPIP response. Based on a few people asking the same question, I created this video to help you finally stop freezing mid way through your speaking task responses.

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Take your reading skills for a spin: Are you loud working? I came across a term this week that I thought was fascinating: "Loud Working." Ever hear of it?

In short, it means: you try and draw attention to your work accomplishments as you accomplish them, so that the people you work with (your boss, coworkers) know you are making valuable contributions to the company. Of course, there are right ways and WRONG ways to do it!

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An event to help you find work: Wednesday, November 18 - details here: Job Search 101: Let's Fix What's Not Working via Daria Lysenko a Career Catalyst and Ignacio Dinamarca, a certified Career Coach. (Both Daria and Ignacio are LinkedIn connections of mine.)

**And no, I do not receive a dime from suggesting this resource for you. I think what Daria does is worth checking out, especially if you're hunting for work and having a hard time doing it!

Thank you for reading, have a great week!

Aaron

Ps. Need help getting ready for your CELPIP exam? join the CELPIP Success school right here!​