by bretthill@outlook.com | Nov 1, 2022 | Article, Blog, Communication, Original content
“… beyond the immediate message of the person, no matter what that might be, there is the universal.” –Carl Rogers An Unexpected Inspiration One evening my family and I stumbled into Half Price Books in Redmond, WA, after the fabulous happy hour at a local...
by bretthill@outlook.com | Aug 7, 2022 | Article, Original content
Yes, you need some hard-core skills to succeed in IT. You learn many necessary and valuable skills with long hours at your keyboard, armed with a reference, some good examples, a few virtual machines (for infrastructure nerds like me), and, of course, patience. But...
by bretthill@outlook.com | Jan 6, 2022 | Podcast
Most people have not spent much time thinking about what they are connected to during a conversation. Are you worried about what to say next? Thinking about how you want to be acknowledged or accepted as a friend? Afraid of disappointing them? If so, then what you are...
by bretthill@outlook.com | Dec 22, 2021 | Original content, Podcast
“Listening has consequences.” When I read that phrase in a speech delivered by the famous psychologist Carl Rogers on Interpersonal Communications, I knew I had to talk about this. There is a lot of goodness in that speech and in this episode, you’ll...
by bretthill@outlook.com | Dec 14, 2021 | Podcast
Billy Lahr, one of the hosts of the popular Mindful Midlife Crises podcasts, joins me in this funny and light-hearted yet serious episode where we discuss such topics as his recent midlife crises world tour involving paddleboarding, geomancy, and “pizza dough as...
