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Shortcuts and Hacks - The difference between cheating and working smart -|- Recently I read somewhere that the longest distance from point A to B is a shortcut. While this sounds backwards, the point is that when a person tries...

Under the Knife - Perspectives from surprise open heart surgery -|- As Halloween 2024 quickly approached last week, I should have known that an adventure was in store. See, 10 years ago during this same week in 2014 was when...

Surface Area - Improving life by subtraction -|- A few years ago my wife and I went through the exciting process of buying our first house. We ended up on a 2 acre lot in a neighborhood where the nearest...

High MINIMUM! - Increasing your competitive advantage -|- I cannot tell you how many times I've seen it over my 13+ years in management with Chick-fil-A. You have this person and they have a REMARKABLE skill set in some valuable...

N to Z Toolbox? - The meaning behind the name -|- Starting a business comes with a lot of interesting new experiences. With every one thing that you do, it feels like there are a dozen other things that then...

Communication Domination - Winning the remote communication game -|- As a pretty detailed person, a pain point that I encounter a lot revolves around communicating with others. I'm not talking here about speaking in person. Instead, this issue arises when...

Meetings = Your Advantage?! - Standing out as #1 out of 100 -|- A phenomenon that many have never experienced occurs when you stand in front of a group of people to present a speech, sermon, teach a class, or...

Interviewing the Interviewer!  - Landing the gig -|- It’s no surprise that a person should put their best foot forward in preparing to answer questions in a professional job interview. But one aspect that is often overlooked occurs at the...

The College Crisis! - 73% feel unprepared for professional life?! -|- There is a problem that has been well documented in a number of different places that's been prevalent for some time now regarding education. A child attends school under...

The Pendulum: - An Image for Succeeding in Life -|- As someone who holds a communication degree, concepts from physics like equilibrium, force, etc. are not in my wheelhouse. But over the years I have often used the concept of...