Author Archives: Steve Piscitelli

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About Steve Piscitelli

Community Advocate and Author

(Issue #615) Have You Run Out Of Songs?

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Like my hunt for an agent, if I stop listening and creating,I doubt the muse will start typing the next manuscript for me. ~~~~~ Ever feel like your creativity well has gone dry? It could be creativity for dinner menus … Continue reading →

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(Issue #614) Personal Mantras

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Reflective Skies Placid Seas Inner Voice Quiet, Please! ~~~~~ At a friend’s suggestion, I read about finding and/or creating a personal mantras. One site suggested one hundred mantras—and a four-point strategy to develop your own. You can check it out … Continue reading →

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(Issue #613) Tao Te Ching: Perspective on Life with Integrity

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Even the down times—those times when we seem confused and falling short of our goals—have lessons to teach. ~~~~~ Reading a translation (by Stephen Mitchell) of Tao Te Ching I was taken by seeming contradictions (to my mind) that Lao-tzu … Continue reading →

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(Issue #612) Five Stand-Out Team Member Behaviors

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Look at each of the five behaviors and notice a connecting thread: An on-going sense of curiosity . ~~~~~ An article in Fast Company. “Employee Engagement is Out. Here’s a Better Metric”,(February 8, 2022) describes “five key behaviors that employees … Continue reading →

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(Issue #611) Who You Hang With Makes A Difference

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Whether we call this a pod, social circle, monthly book club, or exercise group, this tribe knows and demonstrates the importance of developing authentic connections. ~~~~~ Dan Buettner’s Blue Zones focus on the Power 9® model evolved from research into … Continue reading →

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(Issue #610) Taking Ownership of Your Self-Care

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

“Taking care of yourself” does not have to equate witha “lack of character, responsibility, and commitment.” ~~~~~ A quote I posted this week on my Facebook page (with one of my morning sunrise beach photos) conjured up two memories: one from the … Continue reading →

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(Issue #609) Never Stop Looking for What’s Not There

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

As you look down the road, what don’t you see?What confounds you?What is absent that, once present, will make your community a more compassionate space. ~~~~~ His words made me sit up in my chair and write a post-it note … Continue reading →

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(Issue #608) Interconnections  

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

Not sure where the words came from but there they sat in my consciousness. ~~~~~ In the Spring of 2015, Laurie and I made reservations to celebrate our 40th anniversary (February 2016) in Jamaica. A few months later she was … Continue reading →

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(Issue #607) Who Are Your  Coffee-Cup People?  

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

We have to be mindful and reach out to those whose values and virtues help build a nurturing, dependable, responsible, friendly, brotherly (sisterly), courageous, hopeful community with high expectations. ~~~~~ In the fall of 2002, I traveled to San Antonio, … Continue reading →

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(Issue #606) Renew or Release?

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Steve Piscitelli

If you are able to forgive, does that mean you have renewed your connection with that person? ~~~~~ A plethora of accolades, news stories, and television spots paid homage to the life and accomplishments of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (died December … Continue reading →

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