August 2007 Motivational Times Are you hiring the same kinds of people? Do you eat dinner with people who are the same as you? Are you limiting yourself? Holding yourself back because those people you stay with make you feel comfortable? Perhaps it is time to grow -- Be Uncomfortable & Transform Your World by Pegine Echevarria   Tips for Your Business Last time we met Louie the Loonie and followed him on a journey that showed how important shopping locally can be for any economy. This month, learn the importance of marketing, even when you’re operating on a shoestring budget -- Target Your Market by Natalie Walsh ____________________________________________   Stories from Previous Issues . . . April 2007 Downtowns Miramichi We’re taking a few minutes to really think about how where we shop impacts the community. Follow Louie the Loonie as he makes his way from the mint to the Miramichi, touching many lives along the way -- Shopping Local Benefits Everyone by Natalie Walsh   Making a Move Financial planner, James Sellars, of Moncton, introduces readers to many interesting people he’s met in Panama and recounts their courageous stories of migration -- Courageous Lifestyle Changes by James E. Sellars February 2007 Changing an Industry A Bathurst business has created a new type of bullet that is accurate, easy to manufacture and cheaper to produce—and it also just happens to be lead-free. This has the potential to change the entire bullet industry -- Bathurst Business Invents Lead-Free Bullets by Kellie Underhill   December 2006 Motivational Times -- Rose Coloured Glasses, Live Well by Pegine Echevarria October 2006 Community Growth -- Change, Culture and Leadership by Brian Donovan July 2006 Motivational Times -- Mental Toughness—You Have It In You to Succeed by Pegine Echevarria May 2006 How To -- Thinking Outside the Box by Steve Gillman Knowledge is Money -- Understand Your Tolerance for Risk by Steve MacIsaac Motivational Times -- Professional Associations—Making the Most of Your Affiliation by Pegine Echevarria April 2006 A View from the Ridge -- Our Curious Ways by Ridgely Goldsborough Motivational Times -- Are You Ready to Evolve? by Pegine Echevarria More Money in Your Future -- RRSP Just First Step in Financial Planning by Steve MacIsaac March 2006 Troubleshooting -- Save Time and Money on Your Laser Printer – Part 3 by Jerry Arsenault January 2006 Troubleshooting -- Save Time and Money on Your Laser Printer – Part 2 by Jerry Arsenault December 2005 Technology in Traditional Industry -- Successful Business to Business Conference Held by Kellie Underhill Troubleshooting -- Save Time and Money on Your Laser Printer – Part 1 by Jerry Arsenault More Money in Your Pocket -- The Smith Manoeuvre: How to Make your Mortgage Tax Deductible by James E. Sellars NB Entrepreneur Wins -- Taking Timber Top to New Heights:  Steve Toner wins BDC's Young Entrepreneur Award for New Brunswick Reprinted by permission of Madeline Leclerc, Editor of La Cataract and the Victoria Star Motivational Times -- It Takes Courage To Improve Yourself As A Leader by Pegine Echevarria July 2005 Motivational Times -- Are You A Rebel? by Pegine Echevarria Legal Tips -- Negotiable Instruments — Apparent Authority June 2005 Motivational Times -- You Cannot Do It Alone! Finding Your "Yoda" by Pegine Echevarria Legal Tips -- Vacation Pay — Statutory Holiday News from Silicon East -- NB IT Firms Showcased in Maine Positive Growth -- New Best Western May 2005 Motivational Times -- What are you DOING with you? by Pegine Echevarria Working Together -- Enterprise Miramichi Launches Forestry and Metal Manufacturing Initiative April 2005 Free Session -- Cyberbullying Summit in Miramichi KAPOW! -- SURGE Protection: How Safe Are You? by Leslie McLaughlin Youth Programs -- Students Create Summer Jobs March 2005 Case Law -- Legal Tips courtesy of Lyne A Thériault Law Offices in Grand Falls February 2005 Goodbye Mr. Brochure . . .  -- Faster Than You Can Say "Website" by Conrad Toner Motivational Times -- It’s the Small Decisions by Pegine Echevarria Service Matters -- New Business Launched in Richibucto January 2005 River Business Network Update -- An open letter in English and French from Susan Robichaud

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