Uncertainty can certainly strip away your peace of mind. In a developed society, we plan our lives around the certainty we’re blessed with. Many people don’t feel the need to grow a vegetable garden due to the expectation that Safeway will always have potatoes in the produce section. Many of…

Though there are many unique interpretations of the details of a sales cycle, the general principles are quite universal. A typical sales cycle consists of the following stages: lead prospecting, initiating contact, qualifying the lead, presenting the offer, overcoming objections, closing the sale, and generating referrals. …

There are 326 million cubic miles of endless blue sea occupying the expanse between our seven continents, making up 70% of the earth’s surface (Bureau of Reclamation, 2017). With merely 5% of the ocean floor having been discovered and mapped, and with the deepest part reaching almost 7 miles, water…

I’m a strong believer in the idea that our entire decision-making process is influenced by either of two powerful, opposing factors: the fear of something versus the love or desire for something or someone. Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we seem to balance these two forces against one…

Hearts only grow harder and flesh is never thin, Some are much explicit while others hold it in, Dare, I let it lay on the surface of my skin, Lest I be judged by the color of my sin. A man of tobacco’s smoke is a man oppressed in vice, Cares nothing…

My heart needs a home, I tried fitting it on bookshelves among the fantasy novels, but for some reason, Tolkien wouldn’t let me in between him and Mary Shelley. I tried placing it by the stereo in front of the speaker, next to the collection of music curated over the years. But after…

You are heartwarmth in winter You are the wind that rustles the orange and green ornaments, delicately clinging to wooden branches You are a lonely thought silently walking through my labyrinth mind, barefoot and curious You are golden silence at my breakfast table, the perfect mid-day sweetcake, and supper’s sparkling…

Respect. What is its nature? Like love and humor, its origins ought to be genuine. True respect cannot be taken by force. True respect will spawn organically. To demand it from others is like trying to force someone to laugh or to fall in love. To be respected is not…