In last night’s episode of Sherlock, he was questioning someone in regard to his investigation, and asked about one of his work colleagues. The answer Sherlock Holmes received was “I do not criticise my colleagues.” I was impressed by that answer as it showed integrity. This got me thinking about myself at work. How often [...]
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No doubt most of us have first hand experience of office gossip. Perhaps you are standing by the coffee machine / sitting at your desk / eating your lunch etc when a colleague comes up to you and starts talking about another colleague in a less than flattering way. So what do you do? The [...]
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One of the blogs that I enjoy reading is anti-itch meditation which is written by Jeff Weddle. I especially like the sub-title of his blog which is 2 Timothy 4:3 Doing my God-given duty to not tell you what you want to hear. It can be very easy whether you are blogging or preaching to [...]
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During my readings this morning I was looking at Proverbs 10 and came across the following in verse 19: When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. So many times in my life I have opened my mouth and spoke without thinking beforehand. The damage is then done [...]
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