Darren Sproat is an IT Manager, Career Coach, Social Media Aficionado, and Blogger. He brings 18 years of information technology experience, primarily in a management/coaching capacity, a drive for success, and a big smile to everything he does. He’s happily married to his high school sweetheart and a Dad to one angel on earth and one angel in heaven.
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I recently listened to an interview of Simon Sinek from Angela’s Your Story Matters Radio Show that I found inspirational and motivating. Simon teaches companies around the world to inspire people to do well… by starting with why!
The title of this post is inspired by a tweet from a social media friend, and contributor to this blog, Greg Hluska. We were discussing our love for some secondary interests and how it can be difficult to get through some of the barriers, perceived or otherwise, that present themselves when …
I still remember Dad’s advice when he was teaching me how to golf. In fact, I can picture it clearly, like it happened this morning. He would stand to the side or behind, golf club in hand, and instruct me on my swing… “One of the most important aspects of your swing is …
Sometimes the best posts are those that are just an amazing photograph that strikes a nerve or stirs an emotion. I find inspiration in amazing photography and this photograph by Sias van Schalkwyk stirred an emotion in me. Why? Read: He is in Our Hearts, Daddy …
A set of recent circumstances, not the least of which has been the latest contributions to this blog from guests like Lynne Holder, Patti Gauvin, Jackie Lee, and Greg Hluska, has me thinking about this journey we call life. The latest circumstance, just a few nights ago, was a friend who said to me, “Every once and a while I just wish …
I go into this weekend preparing for my duties as Best Man at my cousin’s wedding. I introduced him to his bride to be, a close friend of mine, four years ago, almost to the day. The actual anniversary of their meeting each other is tomorrow, July 23, the day of their wedding. Leading up to this momentous occasion …
I have lost count of the number of harebrained ideas I have come up with over the years. Worse than that, I have lost count of the number of harebrained ideas I didn’t take action on. Some of these may have changed the world. Some may have been the biggest, brightest ideas that …
Usually, I would write this kind of stuff in my journal, however, I became inspired while sitting at my computer on this day off work and decided to dump this raw, unedited journal entry into a post here. I am typing exactly what comes to mind as I think through this subject. I dare you to…
I lost my keys. I hurried around the house like a lab rat scurrying through a maze trying to find his cheese but the keys were nowhere to be found. I was in a hurry! Sometimes you just have to take a break, a deep breath, and return to a place of calm and familiarity to really make life happen!
My daughter was working diligently on a piece of artwork the other day and wouldn’t let me see her progress. All she would say is, “I got the idea from your website, Daddy.” Well, I am proud to present the first piece of artwork known to be inspired by Then Life Happens …
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Darren Sproat is an IT Leader, Social Media aficionado, Blogger, Husband and Dad. He is positive and brings a big smile to everything he does.
Inspirational Speaker, Writer & Radio Show Producer and Host, Angela Schaefers has spoken to groups, businesses and at events as an inspirational speaker.