relationships
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Why Should I Read | The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Gaiman writes about the world of the dead as he reminds us to cherish the time we have in this life. Because most of the characters in The Graveyard Book are eternal, the experiences of the mortal main character, Nobody Owens, are seen in stark relief.
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Why Should I Read | Attitude 101
I didn’t want to read another book on attitude. Then I realized I had a bad attitude about it.
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Why Should I Read | The Ideal Team Player
Are you a Jackass? Patrick Lencioni can tell if you are. As the founder of The Table Group, consultant to 78 of the Fortune 100 companies, Lencioni is perhaps the most qualified individual to teach about jackassery within teams.
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Why Should I Read | Bringing Out the Best in People
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: “This was their finest hour.”
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Why Should I Read | The 5 Love Languages
This knowledge is NOT common, guard the emotions of your spouse; these languages can be spoken with incredible benefit or devastating consequences.
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WSIR 002 | How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success
Why should someone read a book on sales? I asked myself this question when this book was recommended to me the first time. I didn’t feel that anyone outside of the profession of sales should have to pick up a book entitled, How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling. I realized later, and as…
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Chapters of Life
Reality. Sometimes it hits you. After 5 years, my time with TeenPact Leadership School has come to a close. If you look back on your life you can identify different turning points that changed things profoundly for you even if they didn’t seem so significant in the moment. When I packed up for a week…
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Friendship: Deposits and Withdrawals
Friendship is a word in our culture that has lost much of its meaning. Now, this is not a post ranting about how “Back in my day, when you unfriended someone they had a black eye.” No, I believe that while friendship has deteriorated because of less quality interaction, it is a topic that we can do something…
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Learning to be Heroes
You can define a society by the heroes it keeps. You can also define a person by the heroes he or she keeps. Who are your heroes? Who are you modeling yourself after? -Jeff Olson The Slight Edge As individuals strive to be what we are created to be there are different avenues to pursue.…
Jon DeLange 