Are you a party girl or boy? Regardless of your job title, you must master basic social skills and ability to start conversations with strangers that are magnetic. Do you want instant likeability? Then read on. At the end of these blog series, you will never again bechallenged socially in terms of what to say or start with when you meet strangers. Gain the confidence to get beyond small talk and create lasting connection with people you meet. Scenario 1: You go to a party and see a lady or a man you like. We have all been in these…

For a while he refused; but after words he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming (Lk 18:1-6).’ Three profound insights have given me new perspectives to life: 1. ‘Trust is the oil that nurtures all relationships.’ 2. ‘No one is a great leader without having nurtured more leaders.’ 3. ‘There is no true leadership without overcoming challenges or difficulties.’ What makes a great leader? No one can empower other people without first trusting them. Liars…

Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice and threw himself at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan. This made Jesus say, ‘Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’ And he said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.’ Luke 17:11-19 After years of looking for a job, you finally get one. What do you do on…

‘The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.”’ Luke 17:5 What does positive thinking mean to you? Life is like a road. It is full of bumps, corners, steep slopes, traffic jams, and potholes. The more you are prepared for the inconveniences, the higher chances you have to arrive at your destination. Take a brief moment and answer the following questions: 1) Which school did you go to?…

 ‘The rich man replied, “Father, I beg you then to send Lazarus to my father’s house, since I have five brothers, to give them warning so that they do not come to this place of torment too.” “They have Moses and the prophets”, said Abraham “let them listen to them.” “Ah no, Father Abraham”, said the rich man “but if someone comes to them from the dead, they will repent.” Then Abraham said to him, “If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead.”’…

‘No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money’, Luke 16:13 What is your profession? Why did you choose it? Growing up with grandpa helped me experience first hand the elusiveness of money. Money was so scarce that earning it came after so much hard work.  With hindsight, such experience helped us to become competitive as I am able to focus on the issues at hand without quitting.…