John Weston

John Weston is a lawyer who works in areas of Government Relations and Indigenous Affairs; johnweston.ca. His book On! Achieving Excellence in Leadership deals with “Fitness” and seven other values that characterize great leaders. 

Bio last updated April 27th, 2019.

John Weston

Articles by John Weston

  • The Triumph of the Infinite

    In the third of three-part Convivium series based on a recent workshop he led at the Christian Writers’ Guild in Ottawa, author, lawyer and former MP John Weston maps his own experience to help others overcome fear of failure and deepen our lived faith.

    Don’t let the fear of failure stop you from exercising your great gift, as a person of faith and writer  But once you’ve embraced failure, worked on specific skills, and put together the two components of your secret weapon, what next?   If you can embrace failure, work on specific skills, and recog...

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  • Staring Down the 500 Pound Gorilla

    In the second of a three-part Convivium series drawn from a workshop he led at the Christian Writers’ Guild in Ottawa, author, lawyer and former MP John Weston maps his own experience to help others overcome fear of failure and deepen our lived faith.

    Ed said, “It’s October, it’s raining, you’ve just lost your job, you’re asking your wife to head to Ottawa, and you’re going somewhere alone to write a book? You might as well just end it all right now So why should we expect our first solution to a problem in our life to be the last or perfect one?...

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  • Faith From Failure in Politics and Writing

    In a three-part Convivium series based on a recent workshop he led at the Christian Writers’ Guild in Ottawa, author, lawyer and former MP John Weston maps his own experience to help others overcome fear of failure and deepen our lived faith.

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  • Finding Strength In Civic Culture

    Against the seemingly intractable problems of world hotspots such as the Middle East, it can sometimes seem naïve to continue seeking solutions. The real answer, says former MP John Weston, isn’t surrender but cultivation of a civic culture that moulds people to believe they can make a difference.

    Civic culture moulds people to believe they can make a difference, influencing public policy beyond politics and military intervention Civic culture influences Global Affairs officers such as former High Commissioner to Pakistan, Randolph Mank, to invite Canadian jurists, lawyers, and educators to l...

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