Author Archives: Steve Piscitelli

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(#130) Making Your Life Work!

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

When it comes to New Year’s Resolutions we find lots of big intentions—but minimal action. I recently heard that most New Year’s resolutions don’t even make it a full month before they are forgotten or broken.  Time Magazine says the … Continue reading →

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(#129) Identify What You Can Influence

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

Today, you have the ability to have a positive impact on your little area of the world.  Tomorrow, broaden that circle. One of my students, during an in-class post-election discussion, said that he was disappointed at the level of nastiness … Continue reading →

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(#128) What is Your Brand?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

When it comes to branding ourselves obvious characteristics present themselves: How we dress; how we smile (or don’t); how we speak; how we look someone in the eye (or don’t). More than a decade ago I read a book by … Continue reading →

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(#127) Recognizing the Good Things in Life

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

Why not recognize the good things that happen around us, show gratitude, and encourage those behaviors? Maybe in our own small way we can help create an environment of remarkable consistency and growth. This past Tuesday, my wife and I … Continue reading →

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(#126) Have You Looked at Your BUT Lately?

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

The first step is to recognize (be aware of) which BUT is taking control. Then make the decision to kiss your BUT goodbye! I have written on this blog before about excuses and how they can derail our plans and … Continue reading →

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(#125) What’s Important?

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

Are we living a life that makes us unrecognizable to those who love us–and maybe even unrecognizable to ourselves? For their midterm exam, my student success classes wrote about their dreams and the actions they have taken this semester to … Continue reading →

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(#124) When a Culture of Yes is Really a Culture of No

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

 “It is possible to build a culture around innovation, leadership, and optimism…” Eric Schmidt “Rather than nurture the people on their bus, weak leaders throw them under the bus.” Steve Piscitelli Video recommendation for the week: In a 2008 talk … Continue reading →

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(#123) How Do I Measure Up?

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

 Relevance, engagement, and passion. Our students deserve it. Our community deserves it. Knowing my passion for any information about student success, my campus reference librarian frequently sends me emails about books, articles, and videos that come across her desktop. This … Continue reading →

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(#122) What Is Your Story?

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

What are you leaving behind? What are you building each day? It’s one thing to be successful. But are you significant? Over the course of my teaching career, I have found it interesting and helpful to know a little about my students … Continue reading →

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(#121) Living with Purpose: Are You Betraying Yourself?

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Steve Piscitelli

If what we do does not align with our purpose (what makes us feel whole or complete or meaningful) then we need to pause and ask ourselves some questions. This week I began preparation for an upcoming webinar on social … Continue reading →

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