Professional skills are specific. They are manifested in every specific thing we say or do. No one can be “generally professional.” Go...

Connecting is not simply a part of life. It is living, as well as teaching, at its best. To not connect is to not only miss life, but to...

According to Terry’s Unabridged Common-Sense Dictionary, a negative person is one who is proficient in finding the cloud in every silver...

We long dreamed of vacationing in Yellowstone, one of the natural wonders of the world. Someday, someday. Finally, someday came in the...

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. - Samuel Johnson Face the person who is speaking. Listen with the...

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It was my finest hour at McCollum High School in San Antonio. I had accompanied Mr. Parnell and Mr. Polk, my band and choir directors, in...

I was reading at an outside table at our local Starbucks when Rachel, one of the managers, started a casual conversation with me....

Are you discouraged these days? If you answered yes, it wouldn't surprise me at all. We get down from time to time, don't we? S.Truett...