Don't major on your minuses
Repeat phrases often enough and they will become true; don’t major on your minuses. This is “automatic” negative self-talk. “Yeah, but...
Jerry Clark
Jul 26, 20222 min read
Alleviate Anxiousness
I think we have all been there, our son, daughter, or someone we care about comes to us and says, “I am not smart enough!”, “I am not...
Jerry Clark
Jul 24, 20222 min read
BLAME
You are in a classroom where students are working on a group project. The deadline is approaching, but they are far from finishing and...
Jerry Clark
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Life, love and the pursuit...
Life, love, and the “pursuit” of…. relationships. There is nothing more thrilling, more exciting than the feeling that “the one” is...
Jerry Clark
Jul 17, 20222 min read
Individuation
Individuation is a process by which a person becomes an “individual.” It is a separation of intellect, emotion, and independence of self...
Jerry Clark
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Self-built glasshouses of pain
We put up walls to keep the pain out and wind up cementing the hurt in. We keep emotional pain inside and build walls around us thinking...
Jerry Clark
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Trust is the cement...
Riddle me this—what takes effort to build, is easy to ruin, and is essential to any emotionally healthy relationship? TRUST. Trust is the...
Jerry Clark
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Resilience
Think of a bouncing ball. When a ball hits the ground, the force or pressure causes it to bounce back. That is what resilience means—the...
Jerry Clark
Jul 10, 20222 min read
“I heard her smile”
I just happened to hear a conversation that was taking place and this sentence captured my attention, “I heard her smile”, they said. "I...
Jerry Clark
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Manipulation
Manipulation is a tactic someone uses to “pull your strings” and gain control over you by making you feel bad about your “authentic”...
Jerry Clark
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Rear-view mirror as big as the windshield
Are you driving down life’s highway with a rear-view mirror as big as the windshield? Sounds silly but we do not realize what a blind...
Jerry Clark
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Passive. Aggressive. Assertive.
We have all experienced them, the friend that fly’s off the handle at a waiter, the roommate that leaves notes instead of talking, the...
Jerry Clark
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Don’t measure yourself by someone else yardstick.
Emotionally mature people can tell the difference between constructive and destructive feedback. Constructive feedback helps us identify...
Jerry Clark
Jun 26, 20222 min read
You got to know when to hold'em
Sometimes unkind, sarcastic, antagonistic comments are thrown in your direction and as culture would have it, you ‘immediately’ react....
Jerry Clark
Jun 23, 20222 min read
The Morale Booster podcast
I had the pleasure of speaking on “The Morale Booster Network—Dr. John Ughulu” It is a platform for entrepreneurs, career professionals,...
Jerry Clark
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Once upon a time...
Once upon a time, an old Cherokee told his grandson about a great battle he would face. The grandson sat down to listen. He was eager and...
Jerry Clark
Jun 19, 20222 min read
Let me tell you what I need from you...
“Let me tell you what I need from you before I tell you what I’m gonna to tell you.” —Jerry D Clark When you begin to talk and do not...
Jerry Clark
Jun 16, 20222 min read
got blinders?
I got to thinking about horses wearing blinders. Blinders keep horses narrowly focused on the task or road ahead. It reduces their field...
Jerry Clark
Jun 12, 20222 min read
Turning frustration to fascination
Think of the last time you were disrupted by something outside of your control. It might have been bumper-to-bumper traffic, being late...
Jerry Clark
Jun 9, 20222 min read
The tip of the iceberg...
I observe often that we do not talk in-depth enough, we talk on the surface and too much information goes unspoken. We hit the highlights...
Jerry Clark
Jun 7, 20222 min read