Daily Discipline from BK

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Can I count on you or not?
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Brian Kight

Can I count on you or not?

2025-12-18 04:59:59

When there is a need to say a very difficult thing to someone, are you capable of saying it? Are...

Relationships under tension
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Relationships under tension

2025-12-15 04:59:59

A relationship is not a fixed property. Relationships always change. They evolve. The evolution of...

You’re asking the wrong questions
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You’re asking the wrong questions

2025-12-04 05:00:00

The answers you get in life depend on the questions you ask yourself.

Watch the Intention-Experience Gap
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Watch the Intention-Experience Gap

2025-08-25 04:00:00

When you speak to someone, you speak with an intention. You say what you say, the way you say it,...

Respect the invisible influence of parents
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Respect the invisible influence of parents

2025-04-22 04:00:00

My wife and I had a conversation last weekend about the hidden influence of parents. Not the...

Reset honesty in key relationships
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Brian Kight

Reset honesty in key relationships

2025-02-20 05:00:00

There are two kinds of people: 

Harder than necessary for no good reason
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Harder than necessary for no good reason

2025-02-17 05:00:00

Think about a specific kind of person in your life. A person you find it challenging to be honest...

No BS Empathy: 10 Concrete Techniques
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No BS Empathy: 10 Concrete Techniques

2024-11-27 05:00:00

You can apply any of these at any time. Just one will help, but applying all of them will transform...

We suck at empathy and the reason is obvious.
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We suck at empathy and the reason is obvious.

2024-11-21 05:00:00

Another reason we resist giving empathy is because we rarely receive it. We sometimes withhold it...

Smash the Empathy Accelerator
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Smash the Empathy Accelerator

2024-11-20 05:00:00

Empathy is an unbelievably simple act. All it requires is full focus on the other person....