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Stop Doing This If You Want to Be a Better Listener
Being a great listener is the best way to show someone how much you care about them. By listening well, you demonstrate how much you...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


Six Secrets of Communicating in Conflict
Conflict is painful. It is destructive to families, businesses, and to ministries. It leaves people feeling like a failure believing...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


How to Live Happily with Someone who is Cautious
Having been married for 40 years to someone who is extremely cautious, I can share with you some things that I have learned. I’m still...
Bruce Terpstra
6 min read


If People Came with a Warning Sign, What Would Yours Say?
It is easy to identify the “warning signs” to post on other’s foreheads. I can picture that person with a sign saying, “Beware – I talk...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


Four Habits of Connected People
We live in a disconnected culture. People struggle to understand each other. They don’t seek to understand those who approach a problem...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


How Does the Enneagram Compare to the SDI 2.0?
The Enneagram has become popular in many Christian circles which has raised the question, “How does the Enneagram compare to the SDI 2.0?”...
Bruce Terpstra
6 min read


Four Ways to Thrive Under Performance Leaders
Many people find themselves being led by leaders motivated by Performance (RED). These leaders are motivated by achievement,...
Bruce Terpstra
6 min read


Four Ways to Make Your THANKS More Powerful and Effective
November is National Thankfulness Month. It is the month we focus on being grateful and is celebrated nationally on Thanksgiving. ...
Bruce Terpstra
6 min read


Four Ways People Make Decisions and Why You Need to Know the Difference
Don’t assume we all make decisions in the same way, because we don’t. If you make this mistake, you will often find yourself frustrated...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


Four Habits of Powerful Encouragers
If you are like me, you sometimes get discouraged and are tempted to give up. Often the difference between failure and success is...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


How to Handle a Forceful Person
You know the person I am referring. They can be quite direct and in your face about what they want to see happen. They have a goal in...
Bruce Terpstra
4 min read


Why Fear is So Destructive – But Can Be Overcome
Fear. We all have it – to some degree. It is part of being human. We have needs that when threatened, cause us to have an emotional...
Bruce Terpstra
4 min read


Your Vision Casting May be Turning People Off
Vision is critical. It is the invisible motivation that brings people together to accomplish something special. Vision is able to bond...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


How to Overcome Defensiveness
We all have a tendency to be defensive. If we can overcome defensiveness, we would have better relationships and make better decisions....
Bruce Terpstra
4 min read


How “WOKE” are You in your Communication?
Recently I saw a post written by someone who was completely fed up with the way people were reading their post. His statement insisted...
Bruce Terpstra
6 min read


Relational Intelligence Can Help You Engage with Racism and Conversations about Race
At the very foundation of racism is the diminished value of a human life created in the image of God. You may have heard the phrase...
Bruce Terpstra
6 min read


How to Help Your Marriage Survive the COVID-19 Virus
The statistics coming out of China are alarming when it comes to the spike of divorce resulting from the COVID-19 virus. Being locked...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


Your Personality Impacts How You Experience Shelter in Place
Just about everyone is currently sheltering in place under the recommendation or order of their elected officials. We share a common...
Bruce Terpstra
5 min read


Anxiety and Fear Changes You
The COVID-19 virus has changed the world in just a few short weeks. When most of us heard about it for the first time it was something...
Bruce Terpstra
4 min read


How To Avoid Judging Others
No one wants to be that judgmental person. But we all find ourselves doing it. Admit it. We are very observant people who look at the way...
Bruce Terpstra
4 min read
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