AskMerce | Andrew Mercer's Thoughts on Personal Growth

The Art of Meaningful Conversation A week ago I sat live in the CLE recording studio (ie. my office) and broadcast one of my favorite talks on the Art of Meaningful Conversation.  For those of you out there who couldn’t tune in live, or hadn’t heard about it in the first place- you’ve got one [...]

Do you remember this classic Seinfeld bit where Kramer is cast in an upcoming Woody Allen movie as an extra who delivers a line in the movie.  As Kramer so often does he slides into Jerry’s apartment to share the news and Jerry, Elaine and George each take turns hearing, interpreting and delivering the line [...]

This past weekend I was asked to speak at the 2012 InterVarsity Greek Conference in Indianapolis by my younger brother, a staff worker with Greek IV.  The talk was on Sex and Dating and I was speaking directly to over 100 college aged Fraternity and Sorority members who also happen to be Christian.  The organization [...]

  During our weekly staff meeting at CLE we were watching this above interview with author John Kotter on the importance of urgency.  It struck me as I was watching, and as I’ve been coming out of a motivational slump myself that a strong sense of urgency makes the world go round.  The way Kotter [...]

The Caveman Plan I’ve been doing the Whole30 food challenge since the first week in January and I have been both surprised and delighted by what I have been experiencing so far.  The plan makes eating pretty simple, not sure what to have? Think of what a caveman had available to him and that will tell [...]