by Mark Edge | Jun 20, 2025 | Emotional Health
What can light your fire at work? What can sabotage you at work? Next week, I’d like to talk with you about Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. I’m reading it for the second time because I have found it to...
by Mark Edge | Jun 13, 2025 | Emotional Health
In the 1930s, S. W. Fears and his family lived in a boarding house near downtown Tyler. During this time, when S. W. was around five or six years old, he enjoyed dangling his legs off the front porch and watching the trains pass by on the nearby railroad tracks. One...
by Mark Edge | May 23, 2025 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
Imagine if I told you that your little brother or sister, your son or daughter, or your grandson or granddaughter could be virtually guaranteed that he or she will not live in poverty? Well, I can. Here’s how: Finish high school. Get a full-time job (at least 35 hours...
by Mark Edge | May 9, 2025 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity
How do you train someone to do what you want? One approach is to instruct. You take the time to teach them the steps, the script, the actions, and the attitude. That method can take a lot of time. That’s why I thought it interesting to observe how well my daughter...
by Mark Edge | Apr 25, 2025 | Emotional Health
In 1961, Kurt Vonnegut wrote a short story called Harrison Bergeron. It was a fanciful tale that envisioned a future in the United States where the Constitution mandated everyone be alike. In this society, no one could be smarter or more athletic than anyone else. The...
by Mark Edge | Mar 21, 2025 | Emotional Health
I want to share something that doesn’t make me proud because it doesn’t reflect well on me; in fact, it makes me feel small. A while back, I learned that a guy a couple of years older than me had passed away. I was surprised to hear this news. I had known him...
