I have a friend who is all business. He frequently runs our conversations through his assistant, and he generally approaches our relationship as a business transaction. To be honest, I’m not that interested in working with him. His professionalism is killing our relationship. I learned in college the key to success was dressing to impress,…
Whenever a new ISIS atrocity shows up on my Facebook feed, I go through a gamut of emotions. It makes me sick. I wrestle with why. And I can imagine you probably go through the same spectrum of feelings. But what emotions should Christians feel when they hear news of bombings in Pakistan or a priest…
We all need real friends in our lives. But how do you know someone’s actually a beneficial friend and not just a life-sucker? A lot of us deal with fake friends in our lives. They might look like real friends, but when it comes down to it, they just aren’t there for us. I get it:…
Let’s face it, unless your self-employed, the way you relate with your coworkers and boss pretty much determines how successful you are. It’s not always the most skilled employee that gets promoted; it’s the one everyone likes. Office politics. For some, this comes naturally. For others, it feels like a dreadful evil of the workplace.…
Want to be everyone’s best friend? Incorporate these seven sentences into your everyday conversations. Seriously, employees, the boss that hates you will start loving you. Mothers-in-law, your daughter-in-law will want to spend all their time with you if you say these things. Men, your wife will finally see how amazing you are if you start saying:…
Before I started my last job, my new employer gave me a personality test. Then on my first day, he brought me into his office and we discussed the results. “You scored unreasonably high in one area of this profile. The guy who helped me interpret the results said nobody scores that high. He told…
If you follow me on social media, you’ll see coffee is a significant part of my life. My wife, in her ultimate show of support for my vice, let me build a coffee bar in our kitchen, where I can keep all of my gear. The addiction has turned into more and more gear—roasters, brewing…
When someone told me Snapchat was the new social network, I got an account. I tried using it a few times, mainly to send silly selfies back and forth with my wife. But I didn’t really see the benefit of it. In fact, the knowledge it was under fire by parents for being a sketchy…
It’s scary to be open and honest with people. I don’t know about you, but there are times I’m tempted to hold back the real me. I feel the pull to project the “perfect” version of myself on social media or when I meet someone new. But I’m convinced being transparent is one of the…
Life is lived on autopilot unless you’re intentional. And if you want your life to count for something significant, you can’t let it sit on autopilot. You have to purposefully choose the moments in your life—at least the few that are under your control. I believe every person needs to intentionally bring these seven moments into their…