Mark Entrekin's Blog

What about a Fresh Approach to Communication

Have you ever noticed how often we use the word “you” in our conversations? It’s almost like a reflex. “You should do this,” “You did that,” “Why don’t yo...

As we enter the first week of 2025, it is an exciting time to consider where we are compared to where we thought we would be at the start of 2024. The past year has been full of unexpected challenges ...

Achieving Unity: Focusing on a Better Future

The world today is changing fast and presenting us with some serious challenges. We deal with economic uncertainty, environmental problems, social injusti...

Do we think about how we see the world? 

Each of us has a unique lens, shaped by the things we have been through. This lens is built from our assumptions, expectations, and opinions. It is how we und...

As a certified Agilist and Practitioner, with over 14 years of experience in Agile, I am often asked how I merge the Agile Manifesto with my Achieving Unity by Harnessing the Power of Encouraging, Ins...

As we look ahead to 2025, the concepts of striving and thriving offer a powerful framework for personal and professional growth. 

For us to strive, we must make great efforts to achieving something, ...

Uniting and Uplifting: A Holistic Approach to Pull it All Together

We can all see many ways where our home life, work life, social life, political life and spiritual life are different.

However, I c...

“WYP It Up:” A Fun Guide to Prioritizing Your Life

What's Your Priority?

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by your to-do list? Do we feel like squirrels hoarding acorns, often collecting tasks without ...

I care, don’t you?

How many times do we hear someone say something and we just want to say “I Don’t Care?”

“I just really do not care!” What does that “really” mean?

Often, when someone says they d...

What is a human if they are not humane? 

If we look at any dictionary, we will find that the word humane refers to showing compassion, kindness, and benevolence toward others, especially those who ar...

Hello everyone,

I hope this message finds you well and in good spirits. 

In this article, I want to share a story that encapsulates my passion for mutual support, skill sharing, creating solutions, ...

Hello everyone, 

In our current world, including business and pleasure, it is common to encounter situations where someone else’s priorities do not align with our own. 

This does not mean we lack em...

Aren’t labels fun? 

Labels can help us remember good times, improve our feelings about ourselves, provide a clear understanding of what something is and many other helpful contexts.

We can make pers...

Love Circulation? What is that?

That is an interesting question! 

If we are talking about how love and kindness spread within a community or among people, it is often described as a ripple effect. W...

Does one of the largest problems in the world today, with people not caring, helping or including others, equate to social fragmentation? 

We are experiencing a breakdown of connections within our so...

Who watched the Harris/Trump debate on September 10, 2024?

Are our political debates and political speeches turning into more of a spectacle where we elect a president because of the attention they g...