The title of this message may allude to Job interview and rightly so. But make no mistake, this post is not limited to just Job interviews, it applies to the art of interviewing period. Whether you realize it or not, you are in formal or informal ways, interviewing. Be it when seeking a spouse, seeking an education, seeking a new apartment, or trying to make a new friend. Whenever there is going to be a change, an adoption of the new, an interview occurs [...]
My friend, Jen Lewis sent me this quote after reading "Sit and Think" via email: " I hear a lot of people say that the fear of death and the fear of public speaking are two of the main fears of my generation. But I disagree. I think it’s the fear of silence. We refuse to turn off our computers, turn off our phones, log off Facebook, and just sit in silence, because in those moments we might actually have to face up to [...]
The Bible has been the biggest influence in changing my life for the better, bar none. Yet a book that helped me growing up is the insightful book by Napoleon Hill, titled: Think and Grow Rich. (You should read it if you haven't already - I highly recommend it). After reading this book, I considered, for the first time, that what separated me from others, what my advantage was, were the things I knew that others didn't know. And to truly leverage know-how, I had to pause [...]
A young rich man approached Jesus and asked what he needed to do to attain eternal life. Jesus, looking at him, loved him. Jesus knew all men, so He could tell that this was a just man. Jesus told him to keep the commandments of which the rich man replied that he had. Jesus then asked him to go sell all his possessions, give the proceeds to the poor and come follow Him. The young man left sorrowful for he had great possessions. He refused [...]
Steve Jobs, the iconic former CEO of Apple Inc, said at a commencement speech he gave at Stanford, "... you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something..." That something he talked about is actually someone. He is the son of God, He is Jesus Christ. You have to trust that Jesus Christ has your back. That He will [...]
I had just landed in O'Hare International Airport in Chicago as an 17 year old teenager. It was my first day in the U.S. I knew I was to continue on to Indianapolis, but did not know the next step to take. And so I called a taxi asking the driver to embark with me, on the 3.5 hour journey to Indianapolis. This driver had the opportunity to make a lot of money off my naivety. Instead, he advised me to take a bus instead [...]
Riding back from a family visit, the passenger, I will call Lola (not real name), mentioned how something was said to her and it really hurt her. It had been over 6 weeks since the statement was made but she said thinking of the statement made her cringe with pain. I informed Lola that many people get Cancer just by holding on to some hurt caused by someone else. That bitterness of any kind not just hurts the bearer emotionally, but eats you physically [...]
