Are you living as if someone will wave a magic wand and transform your life? It never worked for me! Fact is, there’s no fairy godmother! This blog post contains my personal LinkedIn weekday entries for November 1 through November 5, 2021. You’ve been cut! Sometimes, you’re simply not ready. you may be in over […]
I ask “Why did that happen?” when I’m totally unprepared. I become prepared by exercising foresight, that is by thinking ahead. This blog post republishes my weekday LinkedIn posts that appeared May 31 through June 4, 2021. Key themes are: being prepared for opportunity, critical thinking to produce foresight, grasping what’s essential in a situation, […]
From Proverbs 24.16 we learn that failing is Ok if I will get back up. Therefore, my repeated efforts show resilience in my character. The Precept Explained So, the issue isn’t failing because we all fail. Instead, the issue is my ability to recover and move on. Hence, “falling seven times” from Proverbs 24.16 is […]
In Proverbs 25.15 we learn about combining persistence and diplomacy. As such, resilience makes me more persuasive. The Precept Explained At times, persuasion requires persistence. Especially, when working up the chain of command. In addition, I must be patient during negotiations, else I impatiently lose sight of my goal. That said, the first half of […]
From Proverbs 24.10, we learn that a lack of resilience is deadly. Conversely, if I intentionally grow then resilience keeps me strong during difficulty. The Precept Explained Like some other precepts, Proverbs 24.10 is worded in the negative. As such, its key phrase is “… faint in the day of adversity …” Thus, according to […]