Chad David

The one common question I don’t understand is “Does this make me look fat?” An outfit doesn’t make you look fat – you make yourself look fat.  The question should be, “Does this hide my fat enough to make me marginally better looking than I would in a bathing suit?” That’s what we’re hoping … [Read more...]

My family trip this past summer to Disneyland continued the tradition of trips teaching me an important lesson to help me be wiser.  This started when I was a youth pastor doing mission trips.  For instance, my second trip was to New York City, and on our prayer tour the host told us one … [Read more...]

On one of the last weekends of the summer, I had taken my kids to swim at my brother’s pool.  If you’re going to have a brother who’s more successful than you, it pays to have one who owns a big pool that’s heated and kept at the perfect swimming temperature.  Once a week my family is able … [Read more...]

When it comes to buying things, labels are crucial.  When it comes to people, however, labels are... risky.  When I write “label” I don’t mean categorizing people because that’s a necessary social skill.  For instance, talking to a two year old should be very different than talking to … [Read more...]

Toronto Maple Leaf fans are like a disgruntled girlfriend waiting for her proposal – they’re on edge and ruining the odds of getting what they want.  This past season was (or should have been) incredible for Leaf fans as they were division champions.  Sure they were knocked out by the Florida … [Read more...]

Last week we considered tips for dealing with stress because I recently did a speech that gave me the gift of three canker sores (but at least it wasn’t worse).  While writing the lesson, I connected with a fellow workaholic, and during our conversation I realized something I hadn’t before: … [Read more...]

The therapy company I work for recently celebrated their twenty-fifth anniversary and they asked me to do a 5-10 minute speech... yeah, I don’t know what they were thinking either.  At the beginning of the evening, a friend asked me if I was ready, and my response was “Well, I grew three canker … [Read more...]

In this third and final lesson in this series on over nurturing, we’re going to look at three more ways that people can over nurture, which is based on the following scale: No Nurturing (-10)---------Healthy Nurturing (0)---------Overly Nurturing (+10) Micromanaging: Whether you’re a boss, a … [Read more...]