Frequent “refresher” courses in self-discipline? Yes, we all need them. — We don’t know what our smartphones are doing to us, but we are being changed, that much is clear. ~ Tony Reinke Self-discipline is a life skill that set limits on the heights or level of success any person can achieve. Therefore, the development of self-discipline is of foremost importance…

5 books that positively affected my learning, growing, and thriving in 2022. — I can’t do wi’ knowin’ so many things besides my work. That’s what brings folks to the gallows, — knowin’ everything but what they’n got to get their bread by. ~ George Eliot Books. They are everywhere. Yet, the majority of us never have or create the time to swim…

7 lessons and why pacifists must read Steven Pressfield’s Gates of Fire — Steven Pressfield’s Gates of Fire — The Epic Battle of Thermopylae is a historical fiction that retells the world changing battle between Persia, led by king Xerxes I, and the Greek city states, led by Sparta under their king, Leonidas I. The war film, 300, is based on the ancient…

20 lessons from Rob Moore — Playing for the long-run — In this life, things don't just happen. You work to make them happen. Sure, you already know that. We well captured this one of life’s often inconvenient truths in nursery class — "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." …

Every parent has a unique role they are good at. But many mothers tend to get the lion’s share of the work. “I don’t like this job anymore,” George complains to his wife, Kira. “What job?” she asks. “The job of doing all of the dirty work in this relationship.” …

10 lessons from Barry J. Moltz on bouncing back and making better choices. — Every so often, life throws shocks and hard knocks at every and anyone of us. You might have been spared thus far, but your turn is coming. It is not a case of “ïf”, but “when”. Sooner than later, failure will come dodging your steps. Prepare. Popular wisdom tells us…

4 ways truth and integrity boost your brand — No. I’m not talking about breaking the laws of physics. Neither have I discovered what Albert Einstein missed out on. But, I’ll be uttering a gross-understatement, proclaiming my discovery of faster than the speed of light travel. …

Because ingratitude is the way of the world. Don’t make it yours. — Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude. ~William Shakespeare (As You Like It) One good turn deserves another. Meaning, kindness should and ought to be reciprocated. Unfortunately, many people often chose to forget the reciprocal side of the compassion equation. …

A handful of lessons from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Yale University’s 2019 Class Day Speech. — It was late Sunday night. Both of us have been busy from late the previous night. The early hours of the new day of a new week were rapidly counting up. The FM radio station on the phone was on. I joined her to listen to a lively ministration from…