Lacking Life Skills?: Episode 922
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Things your grandma and grandpa should have taught you, plus having patience for God’s plan, and what “soft” skills do you need to succeed?
Featured musical artist: Ginny Owens
Roundtable: Adulting Know-How You Should Learn
Do you know how to sew a button? Change a tire? Cook a roast? Make a budget? Sure, you’ve mastered Instagram and Monster Hunter Wilds, but those skills won’t help you when you have to host a dinner party, write a thank-you note or negotiate a car sale. Some life skills seem to be relics of the past, but there are useful things that our grandparents and parents learned that perhaps got lost in translation when they came to us. Our “seasoned” guests share some basic life skills that have proved immensely useful in adulthood — and how you can learn them yourself. Get ready to take notes, because things are about to get real.
Culture: Why Waiting’s Not a Waste
After being in 12 weddings, Rebecca George wondered when it would be her turn. In singleness, job transitions, moves and more, Rebecca has learned a lot about waiting. She shares advice and encouragement for those of us wondering if we’ve been left behind or if trusting God is worth the effort.
You’re Not Too Late: Trusting God’s Timing in a Hurry-Up World
Inbox: The Value of “Soft” Skills
We’re all trying to grow in EQ and people skills, but we rarely think about how crucial they actually are to our interpersonal and career success. What are these “soft” skills, and how do we get them? Career expert Ken Lane weighs in.
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| 0:24.1 | Visit truthrising.com today. |
| 0:26.9 | That's truthrising.com. |
| 0:30.1 | Bowenless Show. |
| 0:46.3 | We are now in October. |
| 0:48.5 | This is very exciting for some of you, because you know that I straight up throw shade on those of you who are like |
| 0:54.2 | pumpkin spice lattes in July. I'm not having it. But now we are in fall and I'm okay with that. |
| 1:00.4 | Okay, so you heard it here first. Okay, I often like to give a little preview of what is |
| 1:05.8 | coming up on the show. So here is that preview for this week. For our inbox, a listener is asking, |
| 1:13.1 | what soft skills do I need to be successful, specifically in my career, but also in life? |
| 1:19.6 | Like, what are these things that, you know, I have a degree. Isn't that all I need? No, it isn't. |
| 1:25.3 | So we're going to tell you what else you need to grow in. And specifically, |
| 1:28.8 | our friend Ken Lane, who is a business consultant and coach, he's going to weigh in on that. |
| 1:35.3 | Well, then for our culture segment, Rebecca George is here. She is actually host of the podcast, |
| 1:40.6 | Radical Radiance. And she has the book, You're Not Too Late, Trusting God's |
| 1:45.5 | Timing in a Hurry Up World. Now, she has been in 12 weddings. She has navigated moves. She's |
| 1:52.7 | navigated job changes, and so she knows what it's like to wait, and she's going to share some |
| 1:58.2 | of her wisdom with us. Speaking of wisdom, here we are for our roundtable. |
| 2:02.9 | We have got a great group of folks here who are, I'm just going to say, not in their |
| 2:08.2 | 20s and they are going to share life advice. |
| 2:13.4 | All of those things. |
| 2:14.4 | Have you guys ever had kind of your grandma maybe say something to you |
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