Relationships
Got Nagged? (Relationship Quick Tip #2)
If you find that someone is constantly nagging you or saying the same things over and over again, your best bet to break the cycle is to: Acknowledge the positive [...]
What’s the big deal? (Relationship Quick Tip #1)
In any relationship, personal or professional, whenever you hear yourself saying or thinking, "What's the big deal?" pause and take whatever you've just dismissed seriously. Something that's not a big [...]
How we get in each other’s way without even knowing it
As I was eating breakfast this morning, I watched my son, Jake, drag the kitchen chair across our wooden floor from our dining table to the counter. “Stop dragging the [...]
Mindwise by Nicholas Epley
(click on book cover for more details) Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want Published: January 2015 ISBN-10: 30774356X EP Rating: 5 [...]
Why it’s so hard to be patient when teaching our kids (or those close to us)
With schools closed in my area because of the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I suddenly find ourselves becoming ad-hoc teachers to our kids. Despite training and coaching others for [...]
10 Ways to Be Happier When You’re Feeling Just Fine
Recently, I’ve been on a steady diet of books, podcasts, and documentaries related to happiness. This topic piqued my interest ever since I read about the field of positive psychology [...]
13 Behaviors to Build Trust – Speed of Trust
Trust is the backbone of our society. We trust streetlights and drivers when we cross the street. We trust banks and other financial institutions when we give them our money. [...]
A Parent Talks to a Child Before the First Game (Poem)
As I'm reading about the famous UCLA basketball coach John Wooden in Wooden: A lifetime of observations and reflections on and off the court, I stumbled across the inspiring poem [...]
Conscious Business by Fred Kofman
(click on book cover for more details) Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values Published: October 2013 ISBN-10: 1622032020 EP Rating: 5 out of 5 [...]