It's hard being nice to jerks, especially those that are out to get us. The first step in managing these difficult relationships is understanding they are not actually jerks. They are likely just annoying you because of a universal truth of behavioral interaction. Some types of people just...
It's great to be ambitious and hard working. What's not as great is when we get caught in the cycle of 12-hour days. We often justify the work by saying to ourselves, "I have to do this just to keep afloat."
We eventually make it a habit of working harder...
Many times have I heard the question: "Why do bad things happen to good people?" And yet we have Proverbs 13:21, pointing us in a different direction -- "Misfortune pursues the sinner, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous." That sounds better, doesn't it? Especially the part about...
No one wants to be foolish…even less so a fool. How can we, as devoted followers of Christ, know if we are being a rich fool in our professional aspirations? The answer is found in God word, in general, and some really unexpected places, specifically. I'll give...
If you listen to many of the modern sociologists, you'll hear them say work-life balance is a thing of the past. Well, in this Christian professionals group coaching session we will explore whether or not this is true or a myth. You will surely be surprised at what we...
In Deuteronomy 29:29 it says "the secret things belong to the Lord." There is a profound wisdom in acknowledging how little we actually know. As a famous theologian named Thomas Watson once said, "The greatest part of our knowledge is not as much as the least part of our...
There's a part of us that wants to vent at work when things aren't right. Something inside, however, holds us back. We choose, instead, to suppress how we're feeling instead of expressing it. Is this the right thing to do? The truth is, other factors are at work when...
When making difficult decisions, that kinds that have a large impact on our future, it can be hard to see how we get in our own way. We feel stuck or confused and it happens based on the four types of internal blockers (Fear, Assumptions, Interpretations or Limiting Beliefs). ...
This is the 11th video conference session in my series of FREE Saturday morning Group Coaching sessions. In a joint-study conducted by Duke and Harvard Business School, researchers wanted to find out the extent people go to deceive themselves. They also explored how far people go to preserve...
We live in an I-Want-It-Now world. It is so deep in our psyche, very few realize it's even there. And when it comes to our professional aspirations, the same attitude influences our steps. We want fast results in our job search, career growth, training endeavors, leadership efforts and so...