The other thing I often do on day one is ask students to introduce themselves and throw them a curveball as they are about to do so: “Tell us how your family pronounces your name, where you are from and…a particular skill that would permit you to survive a zombie apocalypse.” The...
When introducing oneself, it is customary to begin with the surname of the person being introduced. In addition, interviewers and employers should specify their titles (e.g. “Managing Director”). Keep in mind that asking a potential hire how to pronounce their name is totally fine; Questions...
More hearteningly, people often want to do the right thing by the “Other” but just aren’t sure how. Some of my favorite reader questions come from this category: Can you say “bless you” to a sneezing atheist? (Yes.) Should I pronounce a foreign perso...
Most Chinese people will have a hard time pronouncing a foreign name. If you haven’t picked aChinese nameyet, follow our guide to give yourself a Chinese-sounding name, or you can transliterate your name into Chinese to help them pronounce and remember your name better. For instance, instea...
When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!" New ...
“IF YOU WANT TO GATHER HONEY, DON’T KICK OVER THE BEEHIVE.” PRINCIPLE 1 Don’t criticize, condemn or complain. Matthew 7:1-2 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you”...
So showing a little humility is good, but flogging yourself isn’t. Take your mistakes in stride and you’ll live to tell great stories to your grandchildren. Most every great speaker or entertainer lives through some public failure, and they often use their mistakes to entertain and enlighten...
For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone. Galatians 3:22 But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe. ...
If how I pronounce things, my speech impediment, or if I say things in a certain order bother you then I am not the girl for you. Be kind. No matter how someone "appears,” we are all dealing with our own stuff. Love yourself, love others and let's end this stigma in the ...
He calls them greedy, spots, water-less clouds, dead trees, etc., and pronounces that their judgment is the "blackness of darkness for ever." How many times does Jude use the word "ungodly" in verse 15? Finally, Jude ends where he begins. He started with the grace and love of God...