"The great achievement of the human spirit is
to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources"
by Marquis de Vauenargues, a French author (1715~1747)

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RESOURCES

INSPIRATIONAL STORIES (VIDEO CLIPS & ARTICLES)

• Blue Ribbon Movie
  
  
• Professor Randy Pausch & The Last Lecture
  
  
• Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of insight
  
  
• The Pincrest Diaries (CBC Documentaries: The Lense)
  
  
• Louis Mulkey: A Firefighter Basketball Coach
  

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

• The Tao of Pooh  (Benjamin Hoff)
  
  
• The Te of Piglet  (Benjamin Hoff)
  
  
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
  
  
• The New Psycho-Cybernetics (Maxwell Maltz, M.D.)
  
  
• The Way of the Superior Man (David Deida)
  

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

IMMIGRATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES

• Arrival Survival Canada: A handbook for new Canadians

• Canadian Immigrant Magazine
  
  
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  
  
• S.U.C.C.E.S.S
  
  
• Tonari Gumi: Japanese Community Volunteer Association
  
  

LINGUISTICS

• Lingo-Ease Accent Modification Speech and Language Services

PUBLIC SPEAKING

• Geoffrey X Lane
  
  
• Toastmasters International

WELLNESS & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• kyonoba (Japanese)
  
  
• Vancouver Wellness Directory
  
  

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