Difficult people are everywhere. They’re the ones who cut you off in traffic or buy up all the paper products in the store during the pandemic so no one else can have any. Or they’re the ones at home or on the job who zero in on your weaknesses, giving you too many critical looks or stinging comments. These difficult …
How to choose people who lift you up, not bring you down
These are extraordinarily difficult times for our nation on a number of different fronts. But who you choose to hang around … or listen to … during these difficult times will be a critical factor in how well you cope, personally and professionally. Unfortunately, most people have no idea how big of a deal this is. And as a result, …
6 Relationship Commitments You Need to Make
There are two approaches to relationships. The first one almost never works. The second one almost always does. The first approach has three steps: 1) find the right person, 2) fall in love, and 3) hope everything works out. And if that fails, repeat steps 1, 2, and 3. The second approach has three steps as well. But they are …
How Skid Row Taught Me How To Communicate (part 1)
Growing up, and even as an adult, after I had gone through a really bad day or a really bad stretch in my life, my father would tell me, “Well, you just learned an awful lot more than you ever learned in school.” I’m not sure that was 100% accurate, but his comment led me to a major discovery. Whenever …




