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“Life is 10 percent circumstance and 90 percent how we deal with it.”  ~ Michael Durrant And let’s face it.  Everyone “deals with it.”  You can run from it, but eventually at least one “it” will find you. “It” is the toughest of life circumstances.  “It” can be the times we don’t see in our [...]

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It might not be your social media presence that will sink or float your boat, but rather your absence. By Karla Stephens-Tolstoy (Founder & CEO, Tokii) Tokii has been in business for more than 18 months now, and we’ve been running a social media campaign since its inception. It didn’t take a rocket scientist on staff [...]

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It should come as no surprise that in the worlds of IT, computer sciences and, my personal favourite, business, there’s no shortage of women who want to hear about the success, hardships, and advice from other females like them. The last list of “Women-in-Tech”  quotes were well received and so we knew we had to [...]

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Riding at a gallop, he advances from the hillside, his armor shining in the sunlight. Getting closer, your heart begins to flutter as he makes his way to the crowd and climbs down off his horse. Pulling up his visor, your eyes meet—your prince charming, your knight in shining armor. He steps in closer tossing [...]

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Posted By: Brothers Al and Igor Tolstoy With Father’s Day fast approaching, we began to reflect on memories of our father and the stories he told us of his father, our Grandfather, Boris Anatolyevich Tolstoy.  We remembered bits and pieces of the story of a man who had seen the rise and fall of empires [...]

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We’ve all heard the cliché: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” But is divorce destined to become the next certainty? The overwhelming numbers are not in our favor. In Canada, 41 percent of marriages end in divorce within the first thirty years. For varying reasons, including growing apart, infidelity, affairs, mid-life crises, or money [...]

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  I’m a “Dog person”. We have three dogs that live with us, a Dachshund and two huge Great Danes.  They’re all boys and they’re all attitude, I love them!  They take up space and when they’re not taking their epic walks they’re taking up all the couch space anywhere we are in the house.  [...]

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I’m a “hyphen” wife, Karla Stephens-Tolstoy, and I’m happy to be so, but it took me about eight years after Al and I got married before I tacked on the Tolstoy name.  For me it had everything to do with convenience, changing your name on driver’s licenses, passports, cell phone bills, and everything else can [...]

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  Case Studies for LinkedIn, Angry Birds, and Pinterest By Kevin Sawyer   FOREWORD BY KARLA STEPHENS-TOLSTOY I know from plenty of experience that million-dollar companies don’t get built overnight. They need lots of time, love and tenderness, as well as a people who willing to forego sleep, sunshine and family to get the job [...]

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Online dating has been a fact of life for singles in the western world since the 90’s.  It has thoroughly and permanently changed the lay of the land when it comes to courting, dating and even marrying that soul mate you’ve always been after. But let’s face it: the scene has gone stale.  The novelty [...]

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