I appreciate clear agreements. When you drive through at Steak-n-Shake, they tell you, “This isn’t fast-food.” I know not to expect to whiz right through the line. This is helpful. Sometimes when I give the message at a funeral, I inform the family, “It’s ok to cry. It’s ok to laugh. There will be times […]
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“Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” “Interrupting cow.” “Interrupting cow…?” “MOOOOO!!” One of our first rules as coaches is never to interrupt. You shouldn’t… until you should. The time to interrupt is when you realize you are no longer partnering with the client. Partners work together. When the client is talking more than 80% of the time,
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Chess is one of the few games that does not depend on luck. You are not going to roll a seven and, surprisingly, win the game. You are not going to see an ace turn up on the river to complete your poker straight. You are going to win or lose because you planned, focused,
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The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ is a fantastic mystery, but I do not think God just stuck a full-term baby inside the waiting mother. Technically, though God is not always technical, God the Father implanted a zygote, a fertilized egg, into Mary’s womb. A zygote is a single cell filled with DNA that divides
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