by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 17, 2014 | Giving Back
I’ve told you before what I don’t like about charity. Knowing how I feel about handouts, you understand that hearing the phrase, ‘give to the less fortunate’ all holiday season long, irks me. There is so much packed into that expression that...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 12, 2014 | Giving Back
You know that feeling that’s best described as being like a kid in a candy store? That’s how I felt when Chimp, a charitable account system I talked about here, asked if they could give Let ME Out!! $160 to donate to any Canadian charity! Giving to a...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 29, 2014 | Giving Back
I’m about to tell you a story that somehow was thrust in my path nearly 20 years ago and has never left me. The details of how I came across this story are foggy but that isn’t what matters. What matters is that I know it was no accident that I came to...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 26, 2014 | Giving Back
Last week, I almost published a blog about a particular charity…but then I deleted it once I realized I was having way too many ‘weird’ feelings about the particulars involved with what the organization was seeking to do. (Beware of hidden agendas,...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 17, 2014 | Giving Back
I just spent the last 20 minutes typing up a post on an initiative about giving to children around the world that caught my attention. Who isn’t attracted to that, right? It sounded like a fun thing to get my own kids involved in. While I was typing the post, I...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 4, 2014 | Journalling
Earlier this year, I launched a book called What If…?: 52 Questions Designed for an Entire Year of Self-Discovery, and it was a lovely, lovely day! If you haven’t held one of these in your hands yet, you have a chance to win your own copy at the end of...
