by Bede | Dec 11, 2020 | Blog
Ever thought about what your purpose is in life? Some of us live our entire lives trying to figure out the purpose of our existence. Some people fail, and some people succeed. And then there are those people who know their purpose, but still they get diverted from...
by Bede | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog
Written language skills are an integral part of many positions in almost every industry. Even staff positions and freelance opportunities that center around writing or editing skills can occur in multiple fields that don’t overlap. From textbook proofreading to...
by Bede | Dec 9, 2020 | General
At 16, Nero became the emperor of the most powerful civilization in the world. Barely out of diapers, he conquered new lands for Rome and quashed rebellions from the comfort of a palace of unimaginable luxury. Despite his position, Nero has gone down in history for...
by Bede | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
Writing is a dream job, but not for everyone. Some writers are hired to write product descriptions for catalogs, and some turn out to be J.K. Rowling. Unfortunately, however, most writers have a better chance of writing product descriptions than they do of becoming...
by Bede | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog
Our lives are greatly affected by what we know, since what we know determines the decisions we will make. Just as we are affected by what we know, we are also affected by how we feel. While philosophy deals essentially with the logical side of life—information and...
by Bede | Dec 4, 2020 | Blog
In school, we’re typically only rewarded when we give the right answers. That’s too bad because it prevents us from learning a critical lesson: that the real power lies in asking the right questions. Over the years, through reading books, talking to my mentors, and...
by Bede | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog
You’ve got a reputation for being the best coder/editor/mechanic/whatever, but it amounts to little if you don’t work well with others. Some of the most important professional skills for workers and employers alike simply can’t be taught in a classroom or measured on...
by Bede | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog
Stress is all around us, and sometimes those little fissures boil over into real dilemmas. Here are five ways you can handle crisis situations with composure and grace. 1. Don’t become part of the problem. Concentrate on the worthwhile things in your life that can be...
by Bede | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog
One of the difficulties we face in our industrialized age is that we’ve lost our sense of seasons. Unlike the farmer whose priorities change with the seasons, we have become impervious to the natural rhythm of life—and we have our priorities out of balance as a...
by Bede | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog
1. Lead From the Future How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth By Mark W. Johnson and Josh Suskewicz Too many businesses and organizations today are run like machines, too focused on numbers and the bottom line. Is any of that a...
