It all starts with these three questions — With slippery hands gently clutched around my knees, back curled over ninety-degrees, face looking down into the scalding cement pavement, I focused on catching my breath and wiping off the ovular drops of sweat that were relay-racing from the top of my forehead down into my eyes and congregating just…

“I wish I was more willing to forgive.” — “There was blood everywhere. But wait, let me backtrack.” “This piercing voice was screaming so loudly that I could hear her from the second floor. She lives on the fourth. I’m a nurse, so when I hear somebody screeching, “Heeeeelp! Heeeeelp!” I spring into action. I jolted out of my…

Bravery redefined. — He trudges up the hill with a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left. He’s scarred on the face. Each stomp forward is another battle won. He lets out a thunderous roar as he fends off an attacker. He finally makes it to the top of…

What does personal growth actually mean? — What’s it all for? As a reader of self-improvement articles, have you ever stopped to really ask yourself what you’re doing here? Why are you on this site, at this particular time, reading this particular piece? Have you ever taken a moment to step back and actually define what personal…

Be your own devil’s advocate. — I never used to care much for thinking. In fact, outside of my academic and professional life, I actively sought out ways to think as little as possible. I watched mindless tv shows and movies. I aimlessly scrolled through social media. I had little on my mind. But this all…

A 7-day task. — Allow me to cut right to the chase. Relational communication is a fancy way of saying how you communicate in any kind of social interaction — be it family, friends, dates or strangers. The number one piece of advice I’ve deduced after thousands of hours studying this topic, is to…

Are you different enough? — $126 in 4 minutes is $1,890 an hour. $1,890 an hour is $15,120 in a standard 8-hour workday. $15,120 a day is $75,600 in one week. $75,600 per week for 50 weeks of the year is $3,780,000. I could hear them from two levels above. As I hurried down the…