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Understand How Communication Works
I’m a firm believer that just about every problem in life is due to an issue of miscommunication. Communication means sharing a message with someone, instead of talking to someone. If you were to take these words here and speak them out loud, you would be talking, regardless of whether or not someone is […]
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Being the Gentleman
Greetings to all the kings out there. Sometimes you just need something short and quick to get you through the week. Instead of my longer articles, today I’m giving you the Joker to King “Gentleman’s List”. What you have here are twenty tips that all Kingly gentleman abide by. The King’s List Embody […]
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Stop Being a “Yes Man”
A few days ago, one of my students asked me to help him overcome the problem of being a “yes man.” He said he is overwhelmed because he doesn’t know how to stop pleasing other people who are starting to take advantage of him. If you fit this description, then stop everything else you’re doing […]
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Build an Indestructible Work Ethic
(This post is a variation on an article I wrote last year for an educational website called Fractus Learning.) A writer and computer programmer named Scott Young has written hundreds of articles on improving productivity, and his take on developing a stronger work ethic is the best I’ve seen yet. The main idea is that […]
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How to Develop a Talent
When I was in middle school, my mother signed me up for piano lessons at our church. I took lessons for about a year or so, and then quit after we got our first video game system in the late 1980s. But I learned the basics, including learning my scales and how to read music. […]
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How to Drop a Bad Habit
We’re still in January and there are some of you trying desperately to hold onto your New Year’s resolutions. If one of your goals this year is to let go of some bad habits, then this article is finally going to help you drop bad habits once and for all. The way to drop a […]
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Walker’s Personal Inventory Challenge
I’ve been on a well-deserved break for the holidays, but for the past week or two, I’ve been struggling to find a strong topic to start the year with…something more powerful than the typical article about goal setting or New Year’s resolutions. So when I woke this morning, the first thing I saw was […]
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The Financial Menage a Trois
(The following is an excerpt from the book Joker to King.) Back when I taught middle school and high school, I would sometimes (not often, but every once in a while) answer students’ questions about sex and relationships. I would tell students that if they can’t talk about sex, then they’re not ready for sex. […]
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The Hustler’s Christmas List
I teach full-time, but my side hustle is getting paid for my writing. A lot of people recognize the benefits of a side hustle, but sometimes family and friends are not aware how much a side hustle can occupy a person’s thoughts, time, and energy. Grinding every day and trying to turn a hustle into […]
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Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today, November 25, is recognized as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. There are already lots of great things being written today on the topic, so instead of re-writing some of the same statistics, stories, and concepts, I decided to use my Joker to King platform to discuss some of the […]
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Developing a Healthy Masculinity
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