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The Toronto Star - Afghan business makes scents
"Do you know the scent of orange blossoms? There's something intoxicating and exotic in their sweet perfume. It lingers in the air, stays on your mind. Puts you in a different place." |
The Globe and Mail - Can Canadian perfume help Afghanistan break its poppy habit?
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The Chronicle Herald - Opportunity blossoms
Metro News - Unlocking the sweet scents of Afghanistan
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Atlantic Business Magazine
"Passionately positive and
intensely engaging, Barb Stegemann is a motivational tour de
force. Since her return to Atlantic Canada fresh from numerous
economic and social development triumphs in British Columbia,
I have been fascinated by the way she has entranced,
enthralled and encouraged her fellow citizens to rediscover
their inner spark and embark on a quest for excellence. This
book is much like Barb herself—it serves as a powerful
touchstone that gently yet irrevocably forces you to look
inward. And with that introspection, comes an unavoidable
awareness that each of us is a potential agent of
change."
- Dawn Chafe
Read more (in PDF)
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The Block Magazine
"Named by BC Business Magazine as one of the province’s life shifters, Barb Stegemann would put the reinvention of matriarch Madonna to shame. Local businesswoman, motivational speaker, columnist, and author of The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen: A woman’s guide to living & leading in an illogical world, Barb is a multi-achiever whose positive outlook, inspired by stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius, is simple: Everyone and everything is brought to you for a reason. Either to teach you or to bear."
- Mary-Jo Dionne
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The Halifax Chronicle Herald
"Readers looking for a path to a brighter future for themselves and their community will find The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen a compass on which they can depend."
- Steve Proctor
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The News
"More than 30 [women] attended a school for Women in Municipal Government Saturday at the Nova Scotia Community College in Stellarton. Many of the attendees mentioned that municipal politics is an excellent place for female candidates due to high reported involvement in community-based activities.
Barb Stegemann, author of the book The 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen, was on hand to speak with the group. Her book is designed to empower women to go into business and government."
- Adam Richardson
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Long live the citizen, not the consumer, in 2009
"MANY in business and media talk of a wanting a crystal ball for 2009.
I believe that those who can focus on the meaning of their existence rather
than worrying about existing will thrive. And major futurists are echoing this philosophy. "
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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Unleashing N.S.'s power starts with you
"WE ARE WIRED to believe whatever we perceive. So if you believe your community
or workplace will never amount to anything, that's exactly what will happen. Or if we believe we work for
the greatest organization on earth with a mission to make people's lives better, then we
will indeed find ourselves building such organizations and communities. It's physiological. "
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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Your suggestions for prosperity
"IN THE LAST Culture Shift column, I interviewed Martin Rutte, co-author
of Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work, and discussed what he calls New Prosperity
for Nova Scotians. At the end of the column, I invited readers to tell me what
they thought it would take to create this new prosperity. "
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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Economic transformation must benefit everyone
"IT IS NOT enough for a handful of experts to attempt the
solution to a problem, to solve it and then to apply it. The
restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit
of society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment."
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Albert Einstein
While running at the gym the other day I
looked up at the TV and saw an interview with Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. I became transfixed. I
had never heard such inclusive language from a world leader. I
began to email key phrases on my BlackBerry to myself so I
would not forget.
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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2009 April > Barb Stegemann Book Signing
"On a clear mission to empower people to reconnect with
their voting power and buying power to narrow the gap between
rich and poor, Barb is clearly speaking to what every day
people want - leadership, courage and joy."
- By BARB STEGEMANN
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Ask politicians where aid money goes
WE'VE ALL discussed it at a book club or over dinner with
friends. We've all reflected about it after reading about
world hunger. We've all wondered:
How can we end poverty?
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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Defending women in Afghanistan the right thing to do
AS A WOMAN in a capitalist country, the age of 40 offers prime moneymaking years:
freedom to choose whether to launch a company, climb the corporate ladder and/or
raise children. A forty-year-old woman in a capitalist country owns the buying power.
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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St. Andrews a model of how to get things done
IS THE GLASS half empty or half full? The answer is both!
Nova Scotia and its individual communities are going through
some honest transition, recognizing the books need to be balanced
with the recent callout from our government for all of us to seek investment.
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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Give people power to be creative, find solutions
IMAGINE IF YOU could design your day, right down to the people you spend time with.
Now imagine if you could design your community as a vibrant, safe, harmonious, productive, inclusive place. And what if you could literally sculpt your body like an artist creates a sculpture or painting, all the while strengthening the economy.
- By BARB STEGEMANN Culture Shift
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Barb's Articles
In Praise of Moderation in Nubody's OptiMYz magazine (in PDF)
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