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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Why I read the Bible in one year (again and again and again)

    Yes, I identify myself as a Christian. My life was never the same again since I encountered the reality of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I would never get to know Him if not for all the church workers who lent their time and effort to teach me what it means to live life as Read more


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  • Keeping up with everyone

    This is a rather impossible task, even if social media tells you otherwise. Because knowing someone better takes a lot of time and even effort to actually make that time possible. Even if you insist, try to remember and count the people you mostly maintain communications with throughout the week. Narrow them down to the Read more


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  • The hireling

    You will know whether a person is just a hireling or not by how she handles her tasks. A hireling only sees the work as a transaction where she does the work she thinks the pay was worth. Just like ticking the boxes off a checklist, she makes the transaction happen without an extra. But Read more


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  • Transitions and the cry for change of leadership

    It’s not easy to hold yourself accountable for how you respond to the things that happen around you. The easier route to take is to put your focus and energy blaming the leader or someone on the pedestal. Because someone has to be accountable. And what usually follows after a transition (and most of the Read more


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  • Are you ready for a world in which…?

    Twenty-five percent of online orders are delivered by drone. Many of these drones are fitted with cameras and other sensors to collect data as they fly over neighborhoods, providing an additional revenue stream for shippers and merchants. Individuals who opt for free, unlimited drone delivery consent to the collection of data from their homes and Read more


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  • Who sets your Agenda? (from Linchpin: Are You Dispensable?)

    Who is your boss? What is your work for? Whom are you trying to please?If you are working only for the person you report to according to the org chart, you may be sacrificing your future. Pleasing him may cause you to alienate customers, hide your best work, fit in, and become merely a cog Read more


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  • Cakes and what we do about them

    Cakes and what we do about them

    Why do you make an effort to make a cake (or buy if you don’t have the skill or time) on birthdays? I can’t totally answer for you, but it has become a symbol of celebration for me. And blowing a candle completes that birthday feeling. This is not about the origin of cakes and blowing Read more


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