Sunshine Productions Main Page
Welcome to Sunshine Productions website! I’m Sunshine (why the name?) and created this site to help and inspire others!
The main section documents our many adventures camping, snowshoeing and canoeing over the years via trip reports. Each trip report documents (with photos, videos and text) the adventure we had, stories, successes and failures. They can help in planning a trip, or if you just want to live vicariously through them. Feel free to browse the list of trip reports to read the reports that interest you (and those I haven’t documented yet). If you are interested in a particular location you can take a look at the following page. Hopefully you get inspired to head out there as well! If you have any questions please comment or ask directly!
I have been playing hockey for almost 30 years now (mostly as a goalie), many years competitively and used to run a website called the hockey resource. It had a bunch of articles and drills on hockey in general but with some focus on goalies. I decided to put them on here as reference since some of it could be real helpful to those interested! The list of goalie drills can be accessed here, The Beginner’s corner has info about the game, rules etc. Finally there is a section with info on hockey equipment including a few buyers guides.
We have a couple side articles on home automation and and how to efficiently plow snow from your driveway and shovel it clean. I also put up a few notes I took while reading some management/leadership books in case you wanted to know if its worthwhile reading them.
Feel free to comment on the articles, ask questions or send some requests, we have social media accounts as well (instagram, YouTube, Facebook, twitter) but this is all done on off-time.
Here are our latest posts:
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Trip Report – July 2009 – Mattawa river canoe camping
After having finished my first canoe camping trip and discussing it with another friend, the Mattawa River came up. This is a historical Voyageur route between North Bay and Mattawa with only a few rapids and easily accessible. Every year, there is race on this river but we weren’t there to race! This was a…
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Work in progress
It’s been a while, sunshineproductions.ca expired but we need somewhere to put our photos and remember all those crazy trips/events. So will work on this slowly but surely.
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Why the name Sunshine Productions?
So where the heck does the name sunshine productions come from? Well, as with many things, there’s a story behind it. It all starts in 2010. Out on one of those great canoe camping trips, one of the first ones for me really. We’re all sitting around the campfire enjoying a meal and for some…
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Book Notes – The art of war – Sun-Tzu
Know your enemy’s strengths and weaknesses Adapt to the situation Weaken the enemy Attack their weakness Logistics are very expensive Avoid battle when victory can be obtained in other ways When fewer/weaker evade or avoid Strategy – Victory is determined before battle Competent organization and training Effective command systems Flexibilty in combat Decisive strikes against…
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Book Notes – The power of ethical management – Blanchard
There is no right way to do a wrong thing Using an ethical check 5 Ps of ethical power Purpose – objective/intention Pride – satisfaction, listen to others, affirmation of others/self Patience – think long term, Persistence – keep at it, don’t give up Perspective – see what is really important Trying is just a…
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Book Notes – Unstoppable Teams – Mills
C.A.R.E loop -> Connect, Achieve, Respect, Empower Platform (You) Unstoppables Connect Achieve Respect Empower Activate the 10x advantage
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Book Notes – The On-time, On-target manager – Blanchard
The 3 “P”s which the 3rd is a C Priority – Often we work on the wrong things, creating last minute rushes, late work, stress and poor quality of work Do Maybe do Don’t do Want to do & have to do Want to do but don’t have to do Don’t want to do and…
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Book Notes – How to win Friends & Influence people in the digital age – Carnegie
Don’t criticize, condemn or complain – these things only reduce relationships People dread condemnation, leads to defensive stance and any further discussions are viewed negatively from the start. Affirm what is good – it helps build confidence and growth. (not fake flattery, genuine items) Need to connect with a core desire. Giving something they want…
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Book Notes – The one minute manager builds high performing teams – Blanchard
To perform, teams need to collaborate and communicate, be aligned towards the same goal. Characteristics (PERFORM) Vision is essential to create a common purpose and point the team in the right direction Observe in groups Stages of groups Leadership styles – adjust to provide the group what it needs (typically stages align with styles) Leader…
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Book Notes – The Art of Saying No – Zahariades
Overall, book is mediocre, reasoning and strategies are interesting but it could be much shorter or go more in depth and back it up with more research. Coles notes version is likely enough Need to prioritise our needs or it will catch up eventually. Asserting allows us to clarify what we want, but do so…