wood, lowering myself to the ground. I pulled my phone from my pocket. Two missed calls, three texts, one voicemail. Mom. "Hey." Said one. "How did it go?" Asked another. "Call me when you can." Read the last. "Jason, its Mom. I was wondering about your visit with Dr. Samwell today. Call me later okay? Love you." Click, I tossed my phone onto the bed a few feet away from me, sunk my head into my hands and ran my fingers through my…
A quest is something that you are trying to accomplish. A goal, or a journey. Somebody asks you to find something, or to do something important, that is a quest. This requires whatever is takes to accomplish the quest. To achieve this, you may have to do things you do not want to do. A quest could be easy, or challenging. Some quests may last a day, others years at a time. To me, a quest is also something you are doing for yourself to achieve happiness. The quest for happiness occurs in marriage…
Anxiety: Do You Really Know How It Is Affecting Your Life? Anxiety. Do you really know what that means? Do you know how it feels to live with it? Can you imagine living every day in constant fear over something in your life? Anxiety is something most people have to deal with. There are people in this world who have to deal with anxiety every day of their life and it takes a major toll on them. Sometimes, anxiety affects them based on how they choose to cope with it or how they react to it.…
How Do You Know When the Price Is Right? The biggest struggle for managers and companies is to set prices because there are different factors that create conflict between the price and the customers’ perception of the value of the product. The majority of managers believe that they do not have the superior power to set prices in dynamic markets. There are different options that can bring certainty to firms when, by implementing these alternatives firms can improve profitability. One important…
“Mom hurry up I am going to be late!” “We get you here 30 minutes earlier so you can prepare spiritually for the service, I think you will be fine” “Finally here! See you guys at service, thanks for dropping me off so early!” “Your welcome, but I still don 't understand the reason for you needing to be spiritually ready. All you have to do is listen to the sermon and leave” “Mom this is the way for the Lord to be let me really get a hold of what he wants for me to learn and apply in my life.”…
Body language Is what some people capture from having a certain conversation. Too be honest, I wouldn’t trust any word from someone without body language. Touch is also important, and what I think is the most important. Trying to get someone to read you through your touch. Some people might consider that to be a little extra. I will analyze Haptic communication which is about touch, and reading the other person. “Haptic can be described a tactical communication, which is one of the most basic…
thought of going to jail, and even worse, you won 't talk to me. Damn it! It upsets…
and consultant. Yet many trainers struggle with “being evaluated” and evaluation methods. As a trainer and consultant you will need to develop an Evaluation State of Mind, meaning you should review each action for the resulting outcome; and quantify the observed results against the desired results. Take time to thoughtfully complete each question below with as much detail as you can. Each response should be to the point, contain statistical facts and results. Both your answers and evaluation…
to remain hopeful. “Off on another adventure, eh?” Cotton coughed, as he vaulted over a dust devil. “This is exciting. Just you and me on a quest to track down the golden key.” “I just hope we can find it soon. This stuff is awful,” I choked. “I even have grit between my teeth.” “What’d you say?” he shouted. “You’re a pit beneath my wreath. What does that mean?” “Cotton, you need to clean out your ears.” He leaned over and dumped what seemed like a bucket full of sand out of each ear. “That’s…
comparison. “You question the role of Fate in your life, Orlana,” he said quietly, but the words resounded in her ears like a sonorous gong. “What if I told you I believed in it beyond words? In Haelios and his deceptive ways of making you think you control yourself, when in reality, everything was decided long ago by forces we cannot truly comprehend?” He leaned forward, lips soft and pale and barely moving, gaze flickering between her star-flecked hands and her eyes. “What would you say to…