by Mark Edge | Nov 11, 2026 | Emotional Health, Spiritual Health
When I was in junior high, one of our put-downs for each other was the word “rat.” It possibly came to us from an old Jimmy Cagney movie in which the lead character, a crook, exclaims, “You rat! You dirty rat…” (I was an adult before I discovered Cagney actually...
by Mark Edge | Nov 4, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
A funny thing happened with a Freshman humanities class at Harvard. So many first-year students wanted to take it that 180 applied for just 90 spots. What made this class so popular? According to The Wall Street Journal, it requires a lot of outside classwork. There...
by Mark Edge | Oct 29, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
Who doesn’t love the word “yes”? It’s upbeat, it’s positive, and let’s not forget—Yes was also the name of a legendary 80s band. Lately, I’ve written on the subject of rejection*, but what about the other side of the coin? What’s a good strategy for persuading...
by Mark Edge | Oct 21, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
Is a rejection the worst thing in the world for you? No, and I’m going to illustrate why. Better yet, I’m going to let Jia Jiang, from his book Rejection Proof, illustrate why. If you’re not familiar with this book, I wrote about it a few weeks ago:...
by Mark Edge | Oct 14, 2026 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
I recently read a short story by Jacob M. Braude about a young man who applied for a sketch artist job at a Kansas City newspaper. The editor turned him down, saying he had no talent. Still, the young man believed in himself and kept going. After some time, he...
