Damien and I have had many conversations about our upbringings and how vastly different they were. In one of our recent conversations, we got on the subject of how those around us, while we were growing up (and in some cases even still today), tend to put up walls. We were...

Some days, I read passages in these books and can sit down and write out my thoughts right then. Then, there are other times when the passages are so thought-provoking that I need time to digest and reflect on what I have read before putting my thoughts onto paper. The...

I have written two blog posts (Book Brew 33 and Book Brew 66….too bad this one isn’t #99 for a cool pattern—though I suppose 76 is still a neat number... if you squint.) on the topic of empathic listening and effective communication, so you would think I have said all...

I found some interesting contrasts in business advice today that I initially took as conflicting advice. However, after pondering it a bit, I realized that the advice compliments, not conflicts.  

I just finished reading the section of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People on the fourth habit of Think Win/Win. While reading through it, I had to stop quite a few times to sit and reflect on what I had just read because it was very insightful into some of the...

Why is it that more often than not, when we are given good advice from someone who has more knowledge, expertise, and/or experience in the area than we do, we don’t follow said advice? This has been heavy on my mind for the past few days, and I am putting this out there in...

Choices. There appear to be many kinds of choices - Good choices. Bad choices. No choices. But are there really different kinds?

I know I am not alone in thinking that our world is now full of constant distractions, mostly digital (even as I am sitting here there is the distraction of the email notification indicator, a Roomba doing its thing, and the noise of a TV in the distance).

As this theme is about simplicity and practicality, I will leave it to speak for itself.

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